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Using Lean-Agile Principles to Execute Organizational Transformations
As the speed of business increases exponentially, many organizations find themselves in an awkward position: knowing they need to fundamentally…
Jira Align Foundation to Maturity
Where do you want to be in your Agile transformation at the end of the year? Do you have a…
Cprime and ITIL: The Key to Unlock Optimized ITSM
The modern IT department manages a host of complex challenges on any given day; from routine ad hoc hardware problems…
SAFe® Capabilities Guide
Scale your organization’s Agile practice with the proven Scaling Agile Framework (SAFe®) You’re looking at this guide because you’re feeling…
Enterprise Integration Capabilities Guide
Integrate your enterprise apps to fuel digital transformation Enterprise Integration with Cprime allows your team to focus on innovation and…
MakeDev Program Capabilities Guide
Transform Talent to Tech How are you addressing the global tech talent shortage? Cprime's MakeDev Program uses readily available non-technical…
The Five Phases of Enterprise Agility
Like a long and winding mountain road, the journey to enterprise agility is neither fast nor straightforward. And if you…
Whitepaper: Your Quick Hit Guide to Atlassian Cloud Security for Small and Medium Size Businesses
As a small or medium sized business, you might be contemplating a move to Atlassian Cloud. It's no doubt that…
Raconteur: Agile Business Report 2022
Applying agile development methodologies to the wider business is no new strategy, but it may hold the key to a…
How to Align Organizational Culture with Agile Frameworks
Organizational culture can be defined as a set of values, behaviors, and beliefs that contribute to the unique social and…
Five Keys to Strategic Alignment and Enterprise Agility Using OKRs
One of the most critical aspects of enterprise agility is alignment. If an organization is not strategically aligned at all…
Advanced Scrum Master Practice Guide
Within the world of Agile and Scrum development, the role of the Scrum Master is arguably the most complex and…
Whitepaper: Your Quick Hit Guide to Atlassian Cloud Security
As you contemplate a move to Atlassian Cloud, no doubt security is top of mind. That’s not only understandable but…
Effective Business Leadership Solutions to Common Boss Challenges
Business leadership is a subject that’s been studied, explored, and reimagined endlessly over the years. It's likely that you've seen…
The Mechanics of an Enterprise Atlassian Cloud Migration
In the first whitepaper in this two-part Cloud Migration series, we discussed the higher-level concepts behind migration. In this whitepaper,…
Data Analytics Capabilities Guide
Data analytics has rapidly become a key differentiator for businesses, but improving your practices or leveraging new technology can be complex. Cprime can help…
Advanced Kanban Practice Guide
Originally conceived by Toyota Motors in the 1950s, the Kanban method is a powerful set of tools that was designed…
Remote Business Analyst Guide: Collaboration Techniques in a Virtual World
How digital adoption of analog techniques kept business analysts productive during the COVID-19 pandemic Two of the business analyst’s most…
The Journey to Accelerated Learning with Enterprise Dojos: 5 Customer Success Stories
Enterprise Dojos are fast- paced, fully immersive learning experiences for software developers looking to accelerate their Agile journey and truly…
Business Analysis Capabilities Guide
Cprime's comprehensive Business Analysis Capabilities Guide is designed to arm business analysts at all levels with the critical skills necessary to…
The Definitive Guide to Atlassian Tool Governance
Why Governance is Vital for Your Atlassian Tech Stack, and How to Get Set Up for Success Your company is…
Where’s the value? An Introduction to Value Streams
Value Streams are tools that enable the responsiveness to embrace change. Value Stream Identification, Value Stream Mapping, and Value Stream…
The Journey to Enterprise Agility with Jira Align: 5 Customer Success Stories
For an organization to be successful in today’s high-speed economic environment, efficiency and streamlined performance are vital. Adopting an Agile…
Scrumban Practitioner’s Guide
Scrum has become the most popular Agile method, currently utilized by millions of practitioners around the world. Given its evolution…
Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Capabilities Guide
Equip your teams with the skills and knowledge needed to get the most out of your Microsoft 365 and SharePoint…
Can you keep up with the speed of Agile + DevOps?
Minimize complexity with a single, complete DevOps platform. Learn how you can make a measurable impact, increase operational efficiencies, deliver…
[Audio Whitepaper] Project to Product: Building the Right Thing in the Right Way
Back in the days before agile really took hold in the software development world, workflow processes were dominated by project…
Agile Transformation Capabilities Guide
Our Agile transformation solutions are designed to ensure the successful implementation and utilization of Agile methodologies. This guide walks you…
Cprime Learning Software Tools Training Catalog
Keep your teams moving forward with the right software training and certifications from Cprime Learning! Through our vast network of…
Building a Learning and Development Strategy for an Agile Organization
As the business landscape has changed over the past few years, learning and development (L&D) has grown into a massive…
Setting Up Machines and Scripting for Terraform in Azure
Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool. It is controlled through a simple command line interface. All the…
Cprime Learning Course Catalog
With 30 years of experience in the professional development industry, Cprime Learning provides the training, certifications, and expertise to help…
Product Management: Guide to Thriving as a Product Manager
Being a Product Manager can be incredibly rewarding. In the best of scenarios, they craft their product’s vision, influence the…
A Practical Guide to Scaling Agile with Jira/Jira Align
Discover the “Sweet Spot” for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Your Business Goals Agile methodologies have successfully enhanced productivity for individual…
Stop Second-Guessing Your Move to Atlassian Cloud
Leverage Accelerated Innovation, Enhanced Security, Lower Costs, Streamlined Operations, and Maximum Flexibility While Solving Business Challenges Many companies are benefiting…
Project to Product: Building the Right Thing in the Right Way
Back in the days before agile really took hold in the software development world, workflow processes were dominated by project…
3rd Annual Agile at Scale Report 2020
The 2020 Agile at Scale Survey provided us, once again, some valuable and interesting insights into the state of our…
A Complete Guide to Managing Agile Teams in a Remote World
As the global economy continues to evolve into a complex and tightly integrated system, the popularity of a remote workforce…
Zendesk to Jira Capabilities Guide
Considering a switch from Zendesk to Jira Service Desk? Learn how our team of experts can assist you in this…
ServiceNow to Jira Service Desk Capabilities Guide
Migrating from ServiceNow to Jira Service Desk? Our team of experts is ready to assist clients with all types of…
Rally to Jira Capabilities Guide
Need to migrate from Rally to Jira, but not confident in how to proceed? Lean on our team of experts…
TFS (Azure DevOps Server) to Jira Capabilities Guide
Migrating from Team Foundation Server to Jira? Our team of experts is ready to assist you with this process. To…
The State of AI and Machine Learning in 2020
Many of us remember discussing the kinds of things computers would do in the far-off year of 2000. However, computers…
Extending and Improving Cloud Adoption
Surely, you’ve heard a lot about the cloud lately. An impressive variety of services are available, from storage, hosting, data…
How Design Thinking Can Help Improve Team Collaborations
Design thinking is about more than design; it is about the work process involved in the design. Design thinking teaches…
Human Centered Design: Structuring the Creative Process to the User
Human-centered design (HCD) is a mindset that approaches problem-solving with a focus on users. HCD requires designers to start projects from…
Kanban Quick Start Guide
New Agile teams with limited experience usually encounter many of the same challenges during initial stages of formation. One of…
10 Steps to Become a Blockchain Developer
Learn what it takes to break into one of the fastest growing professions, Blockchain Development. The blockchain market, by all accounts,…
10 Steps to Become a DevOps Engineer
Learn what it takes to break into one of the most highly sought-after IT professions, DevOps Engineering. There are some…
Agile Retrospective Quick Start Guide
Within the context of Agile development, the Sprint Retrospective is a powerful technique that was designed to enable teams to…
IDing and Identifying Project Stakeholders and Personas
Whatever the project justification and the goal, many things need to be done to ensure success. As Business Analysts, we…
AWS Well-Architected Review
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is quickly growing and continues to introduce so many new features that it becomes challenging just to…
Scrum Master Practitioner’s Guide
The role of the “Scrum Master” is one of the most sought-after job roles in recent years due to the…
DevSecOps Playbook
In the IT industry, practicing DevOps has become a predominant way to improve the efficiency of teams. DevOps isn’t just…
PMO Practitioner’s Guide
This project management guide contains valuable lessons to help you expedite your learning, maximize the value delivered to customers, and reap the benefits…
Why I HATE SharePoint eBook
Why is SharePoint so frustrating? From its unusual search function to its seemingly limited compatibility, there's a lot to make…
DevOps in Action – Ops on Dev Teams
While the term DevOps was coined in 2009, it wasn't until recently that the DevOps community started focusing more on…
Thinking in Personas
Why They Are Important to Business Analysts Regardless of the Approach Personas are one method to better understand what needs…
Advice for New Business Analysts
This whitepaper provides invaluable advice for anyone who is new, or sort of new, to the Business Analyst career. Anyone…
Selling Agile Transformation to Upper Management
Although most organizations know that the ability to release a new product or new feature is imperative to their success,…
10 Steps to Become a Data Scientist
Every day, there is more and more news confirming that data science is one of the fastest growing job markets. The…
Rethinking BPMN (Part 1): How to Build GOOD Process Models Using BPMN Myths, Misconceptions, Best Practices
Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) has become the ‘de facto’ standard for modeling business processes. BPMN’s main goal is…
Problem Solving Techniques: Key Skills for BAs
Requirements elicitation happens at the beginning of a project, making it a critical phase that will make or break the…
Getting Started with Continuous Delivery using SAFe®
Software has become critical to almost every organization’s success. In order to stay relevant and useful, your software development teams…
Rethinking BPMN (Part 2): The Process to Model Processes
In our last whitepaper (Rethinking BPMN (Part 1): What is a GOOD Process Model), we discussed what makes a process…
5 Absolutely Non-Negotiable Prerequisites to Getting DevOps Right
DevOps and “DevOps-like” practices are going mainstream, and few high-performing IT teams have not implemented at least some processes and…
SAFe® vs. DevOps
On the surface, comparing a productized program management framework like SAFe® and an open community-driven movement like DevOps may seem like…
DevOps from 30,000 feet
DevOps is a complex system that is shaped from a variety of different innovators and contributors. Because of this, it…
DevOps in an ITIL Shop
Can DevOps and ITIL coexist? This is a reasonable question when you compare the dynamism of DevOps with the methodical,…
DevOps Enterprise eBook
DevOps enables companies to deliver IT products and services - internal or external - with higher quality and speed. It's…
The Ultimate Guide to Reporting in Jira Align
The goal of this white paper is to explore the robust reporting capabilities offered through Jira Align (formerly Agilecraft) by…
The Engaged Enterprise’s Guide to Scaling with Jira Align: Part 2 (Scaling from the Top Down)
In this two-part series of white papers, we’re exploring how organizations can scale Agile most effectively. It requires both a…
The Engaged Enterprise’s Guide to Scaling Agile with Jira Align – Part 1
Scaling from the Bottom Up In this white paper we’re going to dive deep into how organizations can scale Agile…
Slack to the Future: How to get the most from your tech stack
Leverage Slack enterprise collaboration to drive better investment and outcomes from your tools while focusing on your mission critical objectives.…
2nd Annual Agile at Scale Report 2019
The Agile at Scale Survey for 2018 includes a number of new and exciting insights as well as confirmations for…
The Business Value of AWS
In this whitepaper, you’ll see how you can use AWS to adapt to a changing interconnected market, and take advantage…
AWS Security Best Practices
This whitepaper is intended for existing and potential customers who are designing the security infrastructure and configuration for applications running…
How AWS Pricing Works
Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps you move faster, reduce IT costs, and attain global scale through a broad set of…
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (Security Perspective)
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Adoption Framework1 (CAF) provides guidance for coordinating the different parts of organizations migrating to…
Solutions for Agile Governance in the Enterprise (Sage)
Agile Project, Program, and Portfolio Management for Development of Hardware and Software Products Solutions for Agile Governance in the Enterprise…
Overview of Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud services platform that offers computing power, database storage, content delivery and tons…
Scaling Agile with Atlassian and SAFe®
Together, with Atlassian, we are proud to release the “Scaling Agile with Atlassian and SAFe®” white paper This solution provides…
Tips to Make a Lean, Mean ITSM Machine with Atlassian
The ITSM mindset is shifting. In response, IT teams are switching to leaner, more agile approaches that value ease of…
Contested Development: Finding Pragmatism in Agile & DevOps
Our task is to deconstruct the what and why of Agile and DevOps. We’ll tackle Agile and DevOps in nine…
Scaling Agile Survey 2017
Scaling Agile Report 2017” surveys professionals interested in Agile practices to see how companies view the importance of scaling their…
Agile Vox: Scrum for Hardware?
This article was released in the Scrum Alliance's very first edition of Agile Vox Magazine, and is based on Cprime's…
An Introduction to Software Services Lifecycle Management (SSLM)
HOW SSLM CAN HELP YOUR TEAM REACH PEAK EFFICIENCY More and more, software is at the root of many businesses…
11 Lessons Learned from Agile Hardware Development
Abstract A previous paper by the author, Agile Processes for Hardware Development, argued that a Scrum process should be effective…
2017 State of DevOps Report
Today, DevOps is an understood set of practices and cultural values that has been proven to help organizations of all…
Agile Processes for Hardware Development
Hardware and software development are quite different, in terms of the concrete developmental activities. Thus it might seem that…
Harvard Business Review: Agile Practices
By: Harvard Business Review Agile development practices have steadily risen to become a trusted and preferred method of development for…
UX in an Agile World
In a traditional waterfall work flow, User Experience (UX) specialists have plenty of time up front to research and incorporate…
A Real Release Planning Experience
Medium to large-size organizations that develop software products with a Scrum process typically have multiple Scrum Teams that must collaborate.…
Solutions for Agile Governance in the Enterprise
Author: Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., PMP, ACP, CSP Agile Practice Lead Cprime Paper Abstract: The term governance refers to a formalized…
When Scrum Isn’t Agile Enough
Article from Cprime's Agile Coach, Jeff Howey, on matters of Scrum and Agile I’ve rarely run into scenarios where a…
Scrum in the Enterprise: Common Issues
Free Scrum White Paper. Add to Cart & Download Today! "Scrum in the Enterprise" is a white paper written by…
How Agile should your Project be? A Mathematician Derives the Answer
Abstract Advocates of agile development claim that agile software projects succeed more often than classic plan-driven projects. Unfortunately, attempts to…
Scrum FAQ
The everything you need to know guide! Scrum differs from traditional "waterfall" approaches to project management in many ways, but…
Agile PMO
Download the Agile PMO WhitePaper Learn How Enterprise Companies Adopt Agile at the Portfolio, Program & Project Management. Abstract: The…
The Price of Uncertainty
The Price of Uncertainty: All estimates are subject to uncertainty, and project schedules are no exception. A schedule consists of…