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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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 5 comments | Continued
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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 1 comment | Continued
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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 2 comments | Continued
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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 0 comments | Continued
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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 1 comment | Continued
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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 13 comments | Continued
Agile101 Goes International!
Agile 101 is now available in 21 languages (!) including: French, German, Hindi, Portugese, Italian, Spanish…
22Aug2009 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 3 comments | Continued
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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 6 comments | Continued
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 | Tara L Hamilton-Whitaker | 4 comments | Continued