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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to ensure your data science stories engage your stakeholders and drives results.
Many anthropologists believe our early ancestors built societies around campfire stories about justice, leadership, and government. Your data science teams will also have complex ideas about their data and results. That's why it takes a well-structured story to communicate these insights to the rest of your organization. It's not simply a matter of creating...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to help data science teams make better discoveries and evaluate data. Explore critical questions, critical reasoning, organizing questions, running meetings, and more.
Great data science discoveries are often traced back to someone asking a critical question. That's why it's important for your team to use critical thinking to come up with astute, meaningful questions that add real value. A well-crafted question can prevent your team from...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Get an introduction to data science designed for people who aren't planning on being full-time data scientists. Learn the basics of gathering and analyzing big data.
Many of the people who work on data science teams won't be data scientists. They'll be the managers and associates who want to gain real business value from your organization's data. These team members need to understand the language of data science so they can ask better questions,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Make your agile meetings as productive as possible. Expert Doug Rose explains how to set up and run common agile activities.
Many new agile teams think flexibility in their meetings allows them to do whatever feels right. In reality, agile projects move more smoothly by running short, well-structured activities. Each activity is timeboxed, so the teams stay on track and work within a set time and agenda. In this course, agile expert Doug Rose outlines...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to plan agile projects by creating user stories.
Agile project teams create short user stories as a way to plan out the work for upcoming sprints. In this course, agile expert Doug Rose shows how to write these user stories and prioritize them in the product backlog. He also shows how to avoid the most common pitfalls with agile project planning.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to adopt an agile mindset and build an agile team: one that is self-organized, collaborative, and accountable.
Agile is becoming the preferred project management approach for fast-moving projects. At the heart of any agile project lies an agile team. In this course, the first in the Agile at Work series, expert Doug Rose uses a sample project to show how to build your agile team. A team with an agile mindset is self-organized, collaborative,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to design computer algorithms to be more ethical when making complex decisions.
Most companies have complex computer algorithms deciding who gets a bank loan, job interview, or health insurance. Do you have an ethical obligation to explain the decision-making back to your customer? How do you design systems that are free of gender or racial bias? These systems will define your organization. Yet many of these decisions aren’t happening...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Deliver valuable data science insights every two weeks. Learn how to work within the data science life cycle (DSLC) and break down your work with tools such as question boards.
A data science team asks great questions, explores the data, and delivers key insights. But at the end of the day your team needs to add real business value. Even the best data science teams won't last long in your organization if they can't generate revenue or lower expenses....
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn to hire, foster, and manage data science teams that produce deeper insights and more effective reports and visualizations.
More companies are adding data science teams to their organization. To be effective, it's crucial to understand how to build and manage these teams. Business coach and author Doug Rose lays out the secrets of building effective data science teams. You'll see how to take advantage of existing talent or how you might hire...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn communication strategies that can help you keep your projects on track. Discover how to create a communication plan, manage project meetings, write concise reports, and more.
Today's fast-moving projects generate a lot of email, phone calls, voicemail, and documentation. In this course, author Doug Rose shares the secrets of managing project communication. A solid communication strategy will help your team maximize buy-in, prioritize stakeholder...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to build and manage an effective cross-functional team.
Most organizations are looking for ways to improve how employees work in teams. A standard functional organization encourages people to focus on their own individual tasks. Cross-functional teams, on the other hand, bring everybody together to deliver the whole product. You no longer depend on rigid organizational lines, and instead focus on tighter collaboration and greater employee...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Teams can fix the bad agile they pick up while making the organizational changes needed to embrace an agile mindset. This course shows common challenges and how to fix them.
More than 80% of software products are delivered using an agile mindset, but the reality is that there is a lot of bad agile. Many agile coaches will tell you that bad agile is only good agile unoptimized, so this course walks you through five ways to optimize your agile team...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn the key concepts behind artificial intelligence (AI), including strong and weak AI, approaches such as machine learning, and practical uses for new AI-enhanced technologies.
Computer-enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) has been around since the 1950s, but recent hardware innovations have reinvigorated the field. New sensors help machines have more accurate sight, hear sounds, and understand location. Powerful processors can help computers...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use machine learning to make better decisions and find patterns in your data.
Machine learning is one of the liveliest areas in artificial intelligence. Machine learning algorithms allow computers to learn new things without being programmed. They use statistics as a way to better understand the massive amounts of data that we create every day. These newer algorithms help machines classify images, sounds, and videos. They can answer...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn the key concepts behind artificial neural networks. Discover how to configure a neural network and use that network to find patterns in massive data sets.
An artificial neural network uses the human brain as inspiration for creating a complex machine learning system. There are now neural networks that can classify millions of sounds, videos, and images. These machines can answer our questions, understand our behaviors, and even drive our cars....
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to embrace and manage change across your project.
If you want to work on fast-moving projects, it's critical to know how to manage change requests. A change request can be an opportunity or a ticket to chaos. In this course, author Doug Rose walks you through the elements of change in a project using a sample software project. Discover how to set the stage for change, weigh the change impact, understand the cascade effect, and implement...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Better understand failure so you can learn from the experience and position yourself for future successes.
Almost every great success is paved with dozens or even hundreds of smaller failures. This course focuses on getting the greatest benefit from these failures. The more you learn from these failures the easier it'll be to find success. You'll start by seeing that there are generally two kinds of failures, and you need to change your strategy...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Agile expert Doug Rose shows how to report the progress of your agile project using taskboards and burndown charts.
Agile teams need a lightweight way to report their progress. Agile reports should be simple and easy to read, and radiate information across the room to the entire team. In this course, agile expert Doug Rose outlines a process for reporting on the progress of your agile project. He shows how to establish priorities using product backlogs,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this final course in the Agile at Work series, explore the singular value of conducting an agile retrospective at the conclusion of every sprint.
Designed to help increase the pace and quality of a team’s work, agile retrospectives utilize a structured format to gather insights, identify challenges, create a more agile mindset, and make a team more productive and successful. Author Doug Rose outlines the five phases of a successful retrospective:...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Choose the best enterprise agile framework for your organization. Learn about the features and benefits of Disciplined Agile vs. the Spotify approach.
An enterprise agile transformation is a very challenging organizational change. On top of that, there are many different approaches. Many organizations have a difficult time figuring out which approach is the best fit. In this course, instructor Doug Rose takes you through two of the top enterprise...
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