The next product in the Power Platform suite is Power Apps. Power Apps is a “no-code” interface that works well for the non-technical people out there – yes, it works great for the technical people as well. To create a Power App yourself, you have to start at the Power Apps Home Page. Working in…… Continue reading Working within the Power Platform – Power Apps
Working within the Power Platform – Power BI
Power BI – as has been told probably many times before – is a game-changer. Many people will tell you that Power BI is, quite simply, a visualization tool. https://imgur.com/tDmp4oh Power BI is the analytics tool that can help your business move up to the next level. There are two distinctly different ways that you…… Continue reading Working within the Power Platform – Power BI
Introducing the Microsoft Power Platform
So for the past few years, everyone has been talking about the latest “big sexy” from Microsoft – Power BI. But, have you heard about the restof the Power Platform? Somehow I doubt most of us had even thought there was anything beyond Power BI! In actuality, there are 4 unique parts to the Power…… Continue reading Introducing the Microsoft Power Platform
More on SCRUM
The group session One ceremony that I adore goes by many different names. In the past, it has been known as the Grooming session. Today, it is known as a “Backlog Refinement Session.” I actually like this name because it is more telling of what is done during the session. During the session, the team…… Continue reading More on SCRUM
Things I’ve done on break
Yes, I now have an MBA!
Scrum Ceremonies, part 3
So, we have covered Retrospectives and the Daily Stand Ups in previous posts. Today we will actually go through the rest of the major ceremonies that a Scrum Master must deal with each and every sprint. Sprint Planning is simply a meeting where it is determined what will be worked on during the next sprint.…… Continue reading Scrum Ceremonies, part 3
Scrum Ceremonies, part 2
So, last time, we talked about Stand Up. There are so many other ceremonies that a good scrum master should be working through with the team. Let’s try to step thru some more of them, shall we? Possibly my favorite of the scrum ceremonies is the Retrospective, commonly referred to as the Retro. The Retro…… Continue reading Scrum Ceremonies, part 2
Windowing Functions Exercises
So, using the Lahman’s baseball database – found here – let’s go thru some practice exercises to try out your new windowing functions skills: Find the first year that each park was played inShow the rank with ties (both ways) of the games started in 1983 for each league for all playersPlace the players into…… Continue reading Windowing Functions Exercises
Scrum Ceremonies, part 1
Last post, we talked about all of the responsibilities of a Scrum Master. Now, it’s time to talk about the biggest responsibility of a Scrum Master and where they are thought of the most – during the Scrum Ceremonies. The time that you will be thought of the most is during the Daily Stand Up.…… Continue reading Scrum Ceremonies, part 1
Scrum Masters
Roles and Responsibilities of a Good Scrum Master