Agile and Lean practices

Agile delivery involves encouraging teams to build incrementally, test and iterate their work based on regular feedback and other useful data. Skill level Description Awareness This skill level is currently not defined. Working You can:demonstrate experience in applying Agile principles in practiceprovide a clear, open and transparent framework in which teams can delivershow an awareness … Read more

Project management

Project management involves understanding the life cycle of a project to achieve its objectives within the agreed parameters. Skill level Description Awareness You can:show an awareness of project management techniques, and an appreciation of how they are applied in the environment Working You can:apply your knowledge and experience of project management methodologies, including tools and … Read more

Organisations and Leaders in the Knowledge Society

Organizations and leaders must facilitate the acquisition and application of each of these skills. This means policies, procedures, and organizational structures that enable their employees to use these skills. It also means leaders and managers that encourage and facilitate their use. Thinking Skills Communication Teamwork and Leadership Lifelong Learning and Self-Direction Technology Use Ethics and … Read more

Transforming to an automated Database DevOps process

A Real-world Implementation of Database DevOps: People, Processes, Tools | Redgate (red-gate.com) For this implementation we will look at a team of professionals developing bespoke .NET solutions for their customers. Broadly, their ‘old’, manual database development, test and release processes looked like this. It used a shared development and test databases, a couple of ‘standalone’ … Read more

What should a business requirements document include?

What should a business requirements document include? Your business requirements document template should provide detail about your project, but it should also be concise. The goal of the BRD is to give readers the most information in the least amount of words.  Many people may read a BRD, including stakeholders involved in the project, executives … Read more

Aviation Maintenance Dirty Dozen

Lack of Communication: lack of clear, direct statements and good, active listening skills. Complacency: self-satisfaction accompanied by a loss of awareness of the dangers. Lack of Knowledge: lack of experience or training for the task at hand. Distraction: loss of focus, mental/emotional confusion or disturbance, draw one’s attention away. Lack of Teamwork: lack of working together to achieve a common … Read more