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Prince II vs Agile

The Prince isn’t Agile

November 4, 2011

Why the "best" of Project Management, Prince II, cannot ever, ever be Agile. Sorry, Prince II folks.

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Excel for Managers

Excel: Days in Month

November 4, 2011

A simple trick to calculate those pesky dates!

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What is Trust?

Trust – Do we really Understand It?

November 4, 2011

Different people base their Trust on different values. We need to understand these Trust systems to gain the best from people.

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Shattering the Pie Chart Illusion

Death of the Pie Chart?

August 17, 2011

Why circles may not be the best way of representing data for humans...

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Agile TDD

Testing – Critical Success Factor in Agile

August 17, 2011

You can't be Agile if you keep breaking code. It's that simple.

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User Stories

Writing Good User Stories

June 15, 2011

How many projects fail because between the specifications and the final result, it isn’t what the user wanted? The answer is too many… KRS has 3 industry techniques to share, from our experience.

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Excel for Managers

Excel: Dynamic Summing To-Date

June 14, 2011

You can set a SUM or AVERAGE formula to dynamically sum only to-date, so that it updates dynamically at period-end.

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firewall

The Great Firewall of China

June 14, 2011

The most well-known example of Internet censorship occurs in China, but there are many subtler obstacles to Internet Access.

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Mentoring Workshop

Mentoring

May 11, 2011

Few self-made people reach success all on their own. Special teachers, or mentors, assist in huge and important ways by caring about their protégés and imparting their passion for a subject. We can all become good mentors. It is a rewarding path, because we grow and learn personally in the process. But how should it work in the corporate environment?

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Project Rescue

Project Rescue

May 11, 2011

Billions of dollars are spent on software, yet many projects fail. KRS is often called in to a assist a "challenged" IT project, and we share our top tips for Project Rescue.

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