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Product manager salary: Pay range factors, tips for making more

CIO

As project-based business practices give way to product-focused cross-functional teams, the product manager role is taking on prominence, increasingly attracting interest from job candidates who might otherwise go into IT. Do product managers make good money? As you grow in your career, so will your salary.

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SAFe certification: launch your Scaled Agile Framework career

CIO

Some work best for engineers and architects, and others for coaches, trainers, or those in more senior roles. SAFe Agilist The SAFe Agilist certification works best for a program or project manager , Scrum master , team lead, release train engineer, change agent, or others who are part of a Lean transformation.

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5 surefire ways to derail a digital transformation (without knowing it)

CIO

Customize solutions to meet everyone’s requirements Many organizations use agile methodologies when planning and executing digital transformation and assign multidisciplinary teams to manage releases, sprints, and backlogs. But are product managers developing market- and customer-driven roadmaps and prioritized backlogs?

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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

CIO

Many organizations create program charters for strategic initiatives in which they define the program’s leadership roles and accountabilities. I recommend three primary roles: a product manager owning the vision, a delivery leader overseeing agile teams and implementation, and a program sponsor.

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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

CIO

Over the past decade, CIOs have invested significantly in digital transformation initiatives in an effort to improve customer experiences, build data analytics capabilities, and deliver productivity enhancements with automation. Unfortunately, the business impact of many digital transformations continues to fall short of expectations.

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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO

A-CSMs attend educational offerings to gain techniques and skills that go beyond the basics and introductory mechanics of Scrum, expanding into interaction, facilitation, coaching, and team dynamics, according to Scrum Alliance. Cost : PSPO I: $200; PSPO II: $250; PSPO III: $500 Renewal : The PSPO-1 does not expire.

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The Top Tech Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss in 2019

UruIT

Just some of these topics include emerging trends, product management, career advancement, diversity and culture, and team skill development. Sessions in 2018 covered a wide variety of subjects ranging from technical topics to soft skills like building trust on your team or defining the proper role of an agile coach.