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Why It's OK to Occasionally Say "Um" or "Uh" Filler words are a natural part of human speech. In informal conversation, people tend not to even notice them as long as they’re not excessive. Naomi Karten explains how the occasional "um" and "uh" are natural, human, and part of everyday life. |
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How to Benefit from Mistakes Mistakes happen for all sorts of reasons, such as quick reactions, fatigue, bad advice, lack of training, and confusing instructions. Naomi Karten explains how we can benefit from our mistakes because it’s from them that we’re reminded how we could be better—provided, of course, we pay attention. |
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Estimation on an Agile Software Project Estimation is hard work, and people aren’t naturally good at estimation. But without an estimate, it’s hard to know how far off you’re likely to be. Estimates in the context of an agile project can help you better set expectations and improve stakeholder’s confidence in when you can deliver. |
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How to Make Products People Love Scott Sehlhorst explores how to make products people love and focuses on Marty Cagan's ten tips presentation at MindTheProduct 2012, London's first conference for product teams. Key points include product discovery, not building what customers want, and building what customers need. |
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Three Ways to Talk When You Are Listening We know listening is important. Typically, it’s what our stakeholders have to share that we most need to hear when eliciting and validating scope or requirements. At the same time, as business analysts, we cannot be passive flies on the wall. |
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Taking Time Off to Benefit Innovation What a great idea it would be to be able to spend 10 percent of your time—or 15 or even 20 percent—away from your projects developing new ideas and focusing on projects of personal interest. It turns out that the idea is hardly new. Naomi Karten writes how taking time off can benefit innovation. |
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What Do You Do to Manage Software Metrics? Dealing with software metrics is one topic that is going to come up in your career. At some point, your boss or higher-up will request metrics from you or your team on the software, your process, or the people. Joe Townsend writes on how you can manage metrics. |
