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If Twitter was 100 people – Twitter Demographics and Usage Trends

A very interesting summary of Twitter User Demographics and Usage Trends by by David McCandless (http://www.InformationIsBeautiful.net).

27Aug2009 | | 5 comments | Continued
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Twitter Search – In Plain English

A great introduction to Twitter and the ways you can use it to find people, keep on top of news and monitor trends.

27Aug2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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DEADLINE Post-it Stop Motion – Post-it Art!

Pure genius! If ever in doubt about what to do with your used post-it notes, here’s some inspiration!

26Aug2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Social Media in Plain English – The forces shaping Social Media

A really great video clip (about a little town called ‘Scoopville’!), which illustrates the forces shaping social media. Short and sweet.

26Aug2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Social Media Revolution – Is Social Media a Fad?

A series of eye-opening statistics regarding the uptake and reach of Social Media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

The opening slide asks the question: “Social Media – Is it a fad or is it the biggest shift since the industrial revolution”.

25Aug2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Agile Software Project Management – Secure Funding and Deliver Value

When securing funding, prioritising and/or scheduling the delivery of a series of requirements, a Product Owner or Product Manager must consider a number of factors.

Some of these factors might include…

25Aug2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Sprint Planning: Hours or Story Points (?) – that is the question!

There is a lot of debate about whether to estimate sprint requirements in hours or to leave them in Story Points. Personally, I see pros and cons of both approaches but would use Story Points over hours where/whenever possible.

24Aug2009 | | 13 comments | Continued
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Agile101 Goes International!

Agile 101 is now available in 21 languages (!) including: French, German, Hindi, Portugese, Italian, Spanish…

22Aug2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
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Agile Epic Board – Epic Card Template

Although I use this board to track our development programme across multiple products, teams and sprints, the Epic Board can also be a very useful project management tool. See The Epic Board – An Essential Project Management Tool.

20Aug2009 | | 6 comments | Continued
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Sprint Backlog Template with Objective-Level Burndowns

A Sprint Backlog Template is used to track progress against Sprint Commitments.

This Sprint Backlog template is slightly more complex than your bog-standard template as it also allows you to track Stretch Tasks and Sprint Progress at a Category/Objective-Level.

19Aug2009 | | 4 comments | Continued