Tue.Apr 16, 2024

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Announcing General Availability of Ray on Databricks

databricks

We released Ray support public preview last year and since then, hundreds of Databricks customers have been using it for variety of use.

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SAFe® Agilist Certification Vs PMI-ACP: Which One to Choose?

Knowledge Hut

The competition for jobs is getting tough in today’s world. Whether you are a job seeker, corporate employee, or a consultant, you should keep your skills up to date in a fast-paced, online world. Agile has become the standard of project management very fast in today’s world, specifically in the IT and service field. Most of the project management professionals have adopted Agile techniques, tools, and concepts to deliver the projects successfully that has never been seen before.

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Utilizing Pandas AI for Data Analysis

KDnuggets

Bring the latest AI implementation to Pandas to improve your data workflow.

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SP, SPC, PM/PO: Which Leading SAFe® Certification Is Right For You?

Knowledge Hut

Are you thinking of pursuing Agile certifications? Then you must have already made up your mind to opt for professional certifications in Scaled Agile Framework® for your career and organizational benefit. That is an extraordinary idea and you will reap so much out of it! Before you take the next step, it makes sense in knowing what is SAFe ® and why it has become a need of the hour.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Video Multiplexer Tips and Tricks

ArcGIS

Tips to properly format your metadata for the video multiplexer tool so you can geoenable video data for the Full Motion Video player.

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Establishing The Agile PMO

Knowledge Hut

Long back, I posted an article on LinkedIn titled, Lessons Learned in Establishing a Project Management Office (PMO.) It centred around the discussion of plan-driven projects, typically manifested by the waterfall methodology. I subsequently spoke on this topic at a Project Management Institute (PMI®) chapter meeting and was asked to incorporate some thoughts on how the PMO might support adaptive or Agile methodologies.

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How To Build A Self-Organizing Team As A Scrum Master

Knowledge Hut

One of the leading roles of a Scrum master is to foster the development of a self-managing team. Self-organizing teams can function effectively without the oversight of a manager or other external authority. Effective communication , well-defined objectives, and an atmosphere of mutual respect and responsibility are the cornerstones of a high-performing, self-organizing team.

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Accelerate with Confluent: Empowering SI Partners to Reach New Heights

Confluent

In the era of digital transformation, robust partnerships are key to driving success. Learn how Accelerate with Confluent is fostering meaningful collaborations with system integrators.

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Benefits and Evolution of Project Management Methodologies

Knowledge Hut

Over several decades, projects have been initiated or undertaken due to market demands, business needs, at the behest of customer request, technological advancements and to comply with regulatory requirements. As enterprises approach some degree of maturity in managing projects , it becomes necessary for streamlining and standardizing the way these projects are executed, be it product development or providing services.

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What is Software Project Management (SPM)?

Edureka

Did you know that with project management practices in place, organizations have achieved a 92% success rate, implying the significance of harnessing project management competencies? Now, it is your time to discover how project management skills in the realm of software engineering can streamline the process of creating, managing, and implementing software.

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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The Three Most Fundamental Aspects of Project Management

Knowledge Hut

Over the years I have found that my most popular blog posts are those that speak to entry-level project managers. They value information which is clear and concise and which helps them understand what tools and techniques to use. Project management is a vast practice area and for somebody who has only recently started managing projects , it can seem overwhelming.

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What Are The 7 Processes of PRINCE2?

Edureka

PRINCE2 is a process-based approach widely used across several industries to manage various project types. This approach divides a project into separate stages, promising effective management across each aspect. There are primarily 7 Processes of PRINCE2. Each process represents a particular objective and task that needs to be executed and then completed.

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Top 5 Agile Trends to Take You Safe Through 2024 and Beyond

Knowledge Hut

In recent times, Agile has proved to be more than just a buzzword in the IT industry. The amazing results of Agile project management have widened its scope for implementation in other than IT industry also; therefore, we often come across the terms like “being Agile” and “doing Agile” More and more organizations and enterprises irrespective of size and business niche are adopting Agile with an eye on commitment, delivery values, profitability, customer’s satisfacti

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How we improved DatabricksIQ LLM quality for AI-generated table comments

databricks

We recently made significant improvements to the underlying algorithms supporting AI-generated comments in Unity Catalog and we’re excited to share our results. Through.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Agile Contracts or Agile Statement of Work - Must-Haves

Knowledge Hut

In IT with the Agile boom, everyone wants to get into Agile Development. Be it the customers, organizations, and even developers, everyone wants to get into Agile Development. Customers want to follow Agile so that they can get to see the Product early and the changes can be incorporated without any cost. In other words, they want fixed price, variable scope.

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Dot com to Dot AI: The New Tech Bubble?

KDnuggets

Welcome to the world of investments!

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Simple Techniques for Transforming to a High-Performing Agile Team

Knowledge Hut

Incorporating team values, especially in Agile teams, is critical to creating a work culture that is collaborative in the first place. It forms the bigger roof that brings together all team members and fosters unity. What is a high-performing Agile team? Do you know how to build a high-performance agile team and how it works? A high-performing Agile team is a cohesive group of individuals who collaborate seamlessly, demonstrate strong Agile principles and practices, and consistently deliver high

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AI Con USA: Navigate the Future of AI 2024

KDnuggets

Join us for a year’s worth of education packed into one amazing week.

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From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success

Speaker: Anne Steiner and David Laribee

As a concept, Developer Experience (DX) has gained significant attention in the tech industry. It emphasizes engineers’ efficiency and satisfaction during the product development process. As product managers, we need to understand how a good DX can contribute not only to the well-being of our development teams but also to the broader objectives of product success and customer satisfaction.

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Daily Stand-up Dos and Don’ts

Knowledge Hut

Anyone who has been part of a Scrum team knows the importance of the Daily Stand-up, the 15 minute meeting that is held at the end of each day. This is a vital part of the Scrum process- as everyone gets updated on information that is needed for coordination. During this meeting, each team member briefly shares what they have completed, and describes any obstacles they have faced the previous day.

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AI Con USA: Navigate the Future of AI 2024

KDnuggets

Join us for a year’s worth of education packed into one amazing week.

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Think Big - Act Small: A New Way For Agile Teams?

Knowledge Hut

We all love planning. And planning big is what we do. Don’t you have great visions for your life when you start a brand new year? You identify a great big list of New Year resolutions and set yourself some goals to achieve within the year. When you are soon after your primary education you research and end up planning big on what academic and professional qualifications to achieve and within what timeframe.

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How Marketers Can Enter the First-Party Data Era with Confidence 

Snowflake

Marketers everywhere are anxious about what fortune the cookieless future holds — but I think we should embrace what will be a refreshing change. The fear is that we will have to reinvent how we target and have an even harder time measuring engagement. Neither is true if we use the deprecation of third-party cookies and subsequent shift to first-party data as a positive forcing factor.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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What is Scrum Alliance® Membership?

Knowledge Hut

The certification offered by Scrum Alliance® enables you to gain an understanding of the agile mindset and learn about Scrum roles, events, and artifacts. But what is Scrum Alliance®? It is a non-profit organisation that helps to create joyful, prosperous, and sustainable workplaces by inspiring and guiding individuals, leaders, and organisations with agile practices, principles, and values.

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Measuring Data Quality: Key Metrics, Processes, and Best Practices

Monte Carlo

Today, the term “data-driven” is everywhere. Every company is “data-driven,” every decision is “data-driven,” even our daily lives, complete with recommendations and notifications from our wearable watches, rings, and phones, are driven by the data we create and consume. But just because everything is “data-driven” doesn’t guarantee that the data doing the driving is reliable.

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Patterns For Adopting & Spreading Scrum In Organizations

Knowledge Hut

When we talk about adopting any new framework or methodology, we think about how we can incorporate these changes into our organization. We simply cannot impose any change in our organization and get started with it, there has to be some process or ways to incorporate that. Also, there are some ways to incorporate Scrum changes within our organization.

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Why UI Designers Should Be A Part Of The Scrum Team

Knowledge Hut

Brushing up on basics First off, let us brush up our knowledge of ‘scrum’ a little. A scrum is a strategy (or better called a framework) used for active software development; where the entire work is divided into small parts that are to be completed in fixed time periods known as ‘sprints’. Each sprint is generally two to four weeks long. It has the following basic components: • Product owner: The person who actually owns the project.

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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication

Speaker: David Bard, Principal at VP Product Coaching

In the fast-paced world of digital innovation, success is often accompanied by a multitude of challenges - like the pitfalls lurking at every turn, threatening to derail the most promising projects. But fret not, this webinar is your key to effective product development! Join us for an enlightening session to empower you to lead your team to greater heights.

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Individual Productivity : How Do You Measure It In Your Team ?

Knowledge Hut

It doesn’t matter what kind of product or services a business offers, it is essential to measure the employee’s productivity or performance, and it is more important to measure accurately as much as possible. Equally important is to use accurate performance measurements, which can reveal how well your business is progressing towards its goals and targets.

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How To Run Fixed Date Projects In Agile?

Knowledge Hut

Various organizations teach different things and make you aware of different points of view. One thing you will learn early in your career is how to “smell” fake fixed dates. Unfortunately, there are still some organizations or people that believe that setting deadlines will motivate people to get work done. Now, how to run fixed-date projects in Agile is the concern.

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9 Steps To Becoming a PMP® Certified Professional

Knowledge Hut

The growing complexity of industrial challenges has led to a crisis of human resources who can meet the demands of projects across the globe. PMP ® certification offered by PMI is designed on rigorous standards and ongoing research to enable you to meet the real-world challenges of organisations. Project Management Professional Certification is the gold standard of project management certification which is developed by practitioners for practitioners.

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How Not to be Agile –The Business Case

Knowledge Hut

Is Agile Everything? ‘How Not to be Agile’ may seem a strange title for the blogs mentioning about how good Agile is! ‘How Not to be Agile’ may seem a strange title for a series of articles about how good Agile is! However, what I intend to do over this series of articles is to share with you the misinterpretations, omissions and mistakes that people make that significantly reduces the potential benefits for an organisation, or part of it, when it embarks on an Agile Tran

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How to Build an Experimentation Culture for Data-Driven Product Development

Speaker: Margaret-Ann Seger, Head of Product, Statsig

Experimentation is often seen as an aspirational practice, especially at smaller, fast-moving companies who are strapped for time and resources. So, how can you get your team making decisions in a more data-driven way while continuing to remain lean and maintaining ship velocity? In this webinar, Margaret-Ann Seger, Head of Product at Statsig, will teach you how to build an experimentation culture from the ground-up, graduating from just getting started with data-driven development to operating