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From Idea to Unicorn: One Tool That Can Help You (Business Model Canvas)
Why do businesses fail? According to a study published in Growthlist, blockchain and cryptocurrency startups have a shocking 95% failure rate. Additionally, 80% of startups in the e-commerce industry fail, and the survival rate for tech startups is below 50%. There are several reasons why businesses fail. One of the primary…
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Do we need managers in an Agile Organisation?
Agile Organisations adopt the Scrum framework for developing innovative products and services. According to the Scrum guide, the Scrum framework has just 3 roles. With most organisations undergoing an Agile transformation, are we saying that traditional management roles like project, program and functional managers are obsolete or no longer needed?…
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Understanding OKRs: A Guide to Goal-Setting Success
According to the famous baseball coach Yogi Berra, ‘If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there’. Brief Overview: Objectives and Key Results, commonly known as OKRs, are powerful goal-setting frameworks businesses and individuals leverage to achieve desired outcomes. The OKR methodology entails establishing specific and measurable…
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My Weight Loss Journey (2020 Version)
Life is not merely being alive, but being well. It has been a month since we returned from our winter break in Manali, a hill station in northern India. I’ve been experiencing pain in my lower back and right knee. I informed my manager about my condition and decided to…
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AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials Certification Exam (CLF — C02) – Handy passing tips
The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner validates a foundational, high-level understanding of AWS Cloud, services, and terminology. This is a good starting point on the AWS Certification journey for individuals with no prior IT or cloud experience switching to a cloud career or for line-of-business employees looking for foundational cloud literacy.…
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Agile Transformation – How to Convince The Bosses (C-Suite)?
‘Embracing change demands sacrifices and a courageous willingness to let go of essential elements of your current way of working, beginning with our leaders. We gave up the traditional hierarchy, formal meetings, over-engineering, detailed planning, and excessive “input steering” in exchange for empowered teams, informal networks, and “output steering.” You…
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Power of 5-Whys Problem Solving Technique
Introduction: The 5 Whys technique is a problem-solving method that delves into the root cause of a specific issue by asking the question “Why?” repeatedly. Its aim is to identify the underlying cause-and-effect of a defect or problem, moving away from a short-term solution and towards a long-term fix. This…
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Top Trick Questions for PSPO Certification Exam
Though not a big fan of Scrum certifications, I still want to help the community by posting a few trick questions asked in the Product Owner certification exam (PSPO). Guys, I found PSPO-Advance easier than PSPO-1 because of the time pressure. You have to complete 80 questions in an hour.…
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Scrum: How to do it right?
According to the Scrum guide: Scrum is: If we look at the Scrum guide (2020), it is a simple 12-page guide that contains the definition of Scrum. This definition consists of Scrum roles, events, artefacts, and the rules that bind them together. Scrum is not a defined process you can…