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Like a long and winding mountain road, the journey to enterprise agility is neither fast nor straightforward. And if you…

As a small or medium sized business, you might be contemplating a move to Atlassian Cloud. It's no doubt that…

Applying agile development methodologies to the wider business is no new strategy, but it may hold the key to a…

Organizational culture can be defined as a set of values, behaviors, and beliefs that contribute to the unique social and…

One of the most critical aspects of enterprise agility is alignment. If an organization is not strategically aligned at all…

Within the world of Agile and Scrum development, the role of the Scrum Master is arguably the most complex and…

As you contemplate a move to Atlassian Cloud, no doubt security is top of mind. That’s not only understandable but…
Business leadership is a subject that’s been studied, explored, and reimagined endlessly over the years. It's likely that you've seen…

In the first whitepaper in this two-part Cloud Migration series, we discussed the higher-level concepts behind migration. In this whitepaper,…
Data analytics has rapidly become a key differentiator for businesses, but improving your practices or leveraging new technology can be complex. Cprime can help…

Originally conceived by Toyota Motors in the 1950s, the Kanban method is a powerful set of tools that was designed…
How digital adoption of analog techniques kept business analysts productive during the COVID-19 pandemic Two of the business analyst’s most…
Enterprise Dojos are fast- paced, fully immersive learning experiences for software developers looking to accelerate their Agile journey and truly…
Cprime's comprehensive Business Analysis Capabilities Guide is designed to arm business analysts at all levels with the critical skills necessary to…

Why Governance is Vital for Your Atlassian Tech Stack, and How to Get Set Up for Success Your company is…

Value Streams are tools that enable the responsiveness to embrace change. Value Stream Identification, Value Stream Mapping, and Value Stream…
For an organization to be successful in today’s high-speed economic environment, efficiency and streamlined performance are vital. Adopting an Agile…

Scrum has become the most popular Agile method, currently utilized by millions of practitioners around the world. Given its evolution…
Equip your teams with the skills and knowledge needed to get the most out of your Microsoft 365 and SharePoint…

Minimize complexity with a single, complete DevOps platform. Learn how you can make a measurable impact, increase operational efficiencies, deliver…
Back in the days before agile really took hold in the software development world, workflow processes were dominated by project…

Our Agile transformation solutions are designed to ensure the successful implementation and utilization of Agile methodologies. This guide walks you…
Keep your teams moving forward with the right software training and certifications from Cprime Learning! Through our vast network of…

As the business landscape has changed over the past few years, learning and development (L&D) has grown into a massive…
Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool. It is controlled through a simple command line interface. All the…

With 30 years of experience in the professional development industry, Cprime Learning provides the training, certifications, and expertise to help…
Being a Product Manager can be incredibly rewarding. In the best of scenarios, they craft their product’s vision, influence the…
Discover the “Sweet Spot” for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Your Business Goals Agile methodologies have successfully enhanced productivity for individual…

Leverage Accelerated Innovation, Enhanced Security, Lower Costs, Streamlined Operations, and Maximum Flexibility While Solving Business Challenges Many companies are benefiting…
Back in the days before agile really took hold in the software development world, workflow processes were dominated by project…

The 2020 Agile at Scale Survey provided us, once again, some valuable and interesting insights into the state of our…

As the global economy continues to evolve into a complex and tightly integrated system, the popularity of a remote workforce…
Considering a switch from Zendesk to Jira Service Desk? Learn how our team of experts can assist you in this…
Migrating from ServiceNow to Jira Service Desk? Our team of experts is ready to assist clients with all types of…
Need to migrate from Rally to Jira, but not confident in how to proceed? Lean on our team of experts…
Migrating from Team Foundation Server to Jira? Our team of experts is ready to assist you with this process. To…
Many of us remember discussing the kinds of things computers would do in the far-off year of 2000. However, computers…
Surely, you’ve heard a lot about the cloud lately. An impressive variety of services are available, from storage, hosting, data…
Design thinking is about more than design; it is about the work process involved in the design. Design thinking teaches…
Human-centered design (HCD) is a mindset that approaches problem-solving with a focus on users. HCD requires designers to start projects from…

New Agile teams with limited experience usually encounter many of the same challenges during initial stages of formation. One of…
Learn what it takes to break into one of the fastest growing professions, Blockchain Development. The blockchain market, by all accounts,…
Learn what it takes to break into one of the most highly sought-after IT professions, DevOps Engineering. There are some…

Within the context of Agile development, the Sprint Retrospective is a powerful technique that was designed to enable teams to…
Whatever the project justification and the goal, many things need to be done to ensure success. As Business Analysts, we…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is quickly growing and continues to introduce so many new features that it becomes challenging just to…

The role of the “Scrum Master” is one of the most sought-after job roles in recent years due to the…
In the IT industry, practicing DevOps has become a predominant way to improve the efficiency of teams. DevOps isn’t just…
This project management guide contains valuable lessons to help you expedite your learning, maximize the value delivered to customers, and reap the benefits…
Why is SharePoint so frustrating? From its unusual search function to its seemingly limited compatibility, there's a lot to make…
While the term DevOps was coined in 2009, it wasn't until recently that the DevOps community started focusing more on…
Why They Are Important to Business Analysts Regardless of the Approach Personas are one method to better understand what needs…
This whitepaper provides invaluable advice for anyone who is new, or sort of new, to the Business Analyst career. Anyone…

Although most organizations know that the ability to release a new product or new feature is imperative to their success,…
Every day, there is more and more news confirming that data science is one of the fastest growing job markets. The…
Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) has become the ‘de facto’ standard for modeling business processes. BPMN’s main goal is…
Requirements elicitation happens at the beginning of a project, making it a critical phase that will make or break the…
Software has become critical to almost every organization’s success. In order to stay relevant and useful, your software development teams…
In our last whitepaper (Rethinking BPMN (Part 1): What is a GOOD Process Model), we discussed what makes a process…
DevOps and “DevOps-like” practices are going mainstream, and few high-performing IT teams have not implemented at least some processes and…
On the surface, comparing a productized program management framework like SAFe® and an open community-driven movement like DevOps may seem like…
DevOps is a complex system that is shaped from a variety of different innovators and contributors. Because of this, it…
Can DevOps and ITIL coexist? This is a reasonable question when you compare the dynamism of DevOps with the methodical,…
DevOps enables companies to deliver IT products and services - internal or external - with higher quality and speed. It's…

The goal of this white paper is to explore the robust reporting capabilities offered through Jira Align (formerly Agilecraft) by…

In this two-part series of white papers, we’re exploring how organizations can scale Agile most effectively. It requires both a…

Scaling from the Bottom Up In this white paper we’re going to dive deep into how organizations can scale Agile…

Leverage Slack enterprise collaboration to drive better investment and outcomes from your tools while focusing on your mission critical objectives.…

The Agile at Scale Survey for 2018 includes a number of new and exciting insights as well as confirmations for…

In this whitepaper, you’ll see how you can use AWS to adapt to a changing interconnected market, and take advantage…

This whitepaper is intended for existing and potential customers who are designing the security infrastructure and configuration for applications running…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps you move faster, reduce IT costs, and attain global scale through a broad set of…

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Adoption Framework1 (CAF) provides guidance for coordinating the different parts of organizations migrating to…

Agile Project, Program, and Portfolio Management for Development of Hardware and Software Products Solutions for Agile Governance in the Enterprise…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud services platform that offers computing power, database storage, content delivery and tons…

Together, with Atlassian, we are proud to release the “Scaling Agile with Atlassian and SAFe®” white paper This solution provides…

The ITSM mindset is shifting. In response, IT teams are switching to leaner, more agile approaches that value ease of…

Our task is to deconstruct the what and why of Agile and DevOps. We’ll tackle Agile and DevOps in nine…

Scaling Agile Report 2017” surveys professionals interested in Agile practices to see how companies view the importance of scaling their…

This article was released in the Scrum Alliance's very first edition of Agile Vox Magazine, and is based on Cprime's…

HOW SSLM CAN HELP YOUR TEAM REACH PEAK EFFICIENCY More and more, software is at the root of many businesses…

Abstract A previous paper by the author, Agile Processes for Hardware Development, argued that a Scrum process should be effective…
Today, DevOps is an understood set of practices and cultural values that has been proven to help organizations of all…

Hardware and software development are quite different, in terms of the concrete developmental activities. Thus it might seem that…

By: Harvard Business Review Agile development practices have steadily risen to become a trusted and preferred method of development for…

In a traditional waterfall work flow, User Experience (UX) specialists have plenty of time up front to research and incorporate…

Medium to large-size organizations that develop software products with a Scrum process typically have multiple Scrum Teams that must collaborate.…

Author: Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., PMP, ACP, CSP Agile Practice Lead Cprime Paper Abstract: The term governance refers to a formalized…

Article from Cprime's Agile Coach, Jeff Howey, on matters of Scrum and Agile I’ve rarely run into scenarios where a…

Free Scrum White Paper. Add to Cart & Download Today! "Scrum in the Enterprise" is a white paper written by…

Abstract Advocates of agile development claim that agile software projects succeed more often than classic plan-driven projects. Unfortunately, attempts to…

The everything you need to know guide! Scrum differs from traditional "waterfall" approaches to project management in many ways, but…
Download the Agile PMO WhitePaper Learn How Enterprise Companies Adopt Agile at the Portfolio, Program & Project Management. Abstract:…

The Price of Uncertainty: All estimates are subject to uncertainty, and project schedules are no exception. A schedule consists of…