Review of the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

This is a great certificate on all levels. I really like the idea of how much the courses try to emphasize the career of the data analyst and make the students “job ready”. It is not only teaching the fundamental concepts but giving an idea of the career path and getting people with this certificate the tools to ace the job interview.

Product Managers Should Not Be in Daily Scrums

The Daily Scrum was meant for Developers to give each other an idea of the work they had done the day before and their plans for the day in progress. It was never meant for Product Managers or Product Owners to be part of them unless they are taking part of the work in the actual product by working on Sprint Backlog Items.

Methods for Gathering Requirements in System Development

The final users are the most important part of the information system because if the system does not solve their problems or does not do what they expect, they won’t use it. There is where we see the resistance to change from users when they don’t feel part of the information system planning, and when they feel that all decisions were made without considering their points of view.