Actually, Project Managers are Pretty Good at Estimating Software Projects
Apr 18,
2018
Fortunately for the organizations they work for, development teams are smart enough not to build the original project’s design — which is why we have Scrum and Agile. But, even with Scrum, good estimating may be the least important thing you have to do: Adopting Scrum, Kanban, or any Agile methodology means that you have […]
Work fast with Microsoft Word Quick Parts
,
2018
Microsoft Word Quick Parts makes some of the AutoText and Building Blocks features easily available on the Insert tab of the ribbon. Quick Parts helps you store and quickly insert content into your documents easier. AutoText If you have blocks of text that you need typed out frequently in your documents, you can use the […]
SQL Server’s Graph Database for Contacts and Connections
Apr 17,
2018
What are Graph Tables? Amy J, a student in Learning Tree’s course 8463, Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2014 asks “I see SQL Server 2017 has a “graph database” feature. How does a graph differ from the old HierarchyID datatype?”. Good question, Amy. While the old hierarchyID datatype can represesnt, in a very simplistic way, an […]
Advanced Analytics in Professional Sports
Apr 12,
2018
The keywords Hadoop, Big Data, Machine Learning and AI no longer exclusively belong to the boardrooms of top IT companies. As the Advanced Analytics is becoming more mature, different types of businesses are trying to find ways to make use of it to improve their operations. Professional sports leagues were one of the early adapters […]
Maximizing Your Management In A World of Disruptive Technology
Apr 11,
2018
In our recent webinar on “Maximizing Your Management In a World of Disruptive Technology,” we discussed some of the new challenges facing managers and leaders in today’s workforce. Let’s take a look at what you can do to respond to these challenges. I was recently called into an organization to work with their middle management […]