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XLA structure

XLA stands for eXtended Level Agreement in which a service provider and a customer agree on in-depth collaboration rather than on formal metrics.

Marc Smalley offered a simple and clear structure for XLA as shown on the image

Updates in PMP exam procedure

PMI announced radical changes in the certification exam procedure starting 2023, September, 25th.

The exam answers will be sent to PMI, so a candidate receives results in within 5 business days AFTER the exam take-date.

In case of candidate’s misconduct, the exam result is put in failure, and the next attempt is allowed in a test center (CBT) only. Online is prohibited.

How can I renew my ITIL certifications

Starting 2023 Axelos(r) acquired Peoplecert and introduced new rules for renewing certifications. Each certification is valid for 3 years now. There are 3 ways to renew –

  • Pass a new exam. All certification periods for the previous certifications will be prolonged starting the last successful exam date.
  • Pass one of the previous exams again. For example, if you are ITIL Foundation, CSD, DPI certified, you can take ITIL DPI twice and renew ALL certifications.
  • Subscribe to Axelos membership resources here and gain 60 CPD during 3 years.

Stay tuned! Stay certified.

Project Canvas

Canvas tool, introduced in early 2010s by Alexander Osterwalde is widely implemented in business. Dr. A. Nieto presented his version of Canvas for project management.

DevOps Culture online course for special price

Only 1 week till July, 1st. Join our DevOps culture course with special $9.99 price instead of basic $54.99.

You learn:

In the given course you learn what DevOps culture is, and what is the value of applying it.

You learn main Devops concepts and practices, we discuss Devops team features, approach to team design and development.

You learn team and product success measurement and improvement tools.

Another important topic is management and governance re-design in organizations, which adopt DevOps. Shift to more leading and supportive functions instead of direct management is a core approach.

In case of successful development our products grow, and scaling is necessary. In the course you learn basic concepts and approaches to the scaling of products and DevOps teams – both vertical (Iaas – PaaS – SaaS) and horizontal (decomposing).

You also learn the role of specific architectural and technical approach and tools in product and team design in DevOps.

Finally, we focus on “Ops” – which means “operational service”, you learn specific support approaches and 1st Service desl line role.

Join us and improve your team effectiveness.

DevOps Culture virtual course – Join!

DevOps – which stands for Development and Operations – becomes well-known and even fashionable rapidly.

DevOps had been introduced as an organizational culture first. And we – as developers, engineers, support agents and consumers – can gain the most value by applying DevOps organizational and cultural practices for team building, organizing collaboration and work processes.

DevOps stands for united teams with full responsibility for a product/service from the very beginning to the end of its operational phase.

In the given course you learn what DevOps culture is, and what is the value of applying it.

You can join our course now for only $12.99 as early birds! Joi

AI as a Virtual learning challenge

Hello Students,

I hope you are all doing well. As you know, we have an upcoming assignment due in a few days. I want to remind you all of the importance of completing this assignment on schedule.

By doing your work in a timely manner, you not only ensure that you have enough time to review and edit your work, but it also allows you to avoid last-minute stress and anxiety. Additionally, completing the assignment on time helps you to cultivate good time-management skills, which are essential to your academic and professional success.

Remember, the key to success is consistency and discipline. Try to set aside time each day to work on your assignment, break it down into manageable tasks, and prioritize your workload. And always remember, I am here to support and guide you through this process.

Good luck with the assignment, and I look forward to seeing your progress!

Is this appeal Inspiring? I really love it! BUT! it is created by ChatGPT for my request “appeal to students work carefully on their assignment”.

Referring to the survey #OESI performed 60% of its participants state that AI based systems will have hard impact on students’ work, and another 40% choose slight imact. Nobody says “nothing changes”.
The challenge raises when we work in virtual environment and p2p discussions with students are rare, and off-line postsl essays, etc. are often applied instead.

Lindsy principle in project and risk management

 The idea is simple yet powerful: ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž (c)ProjectWorkLab.

โœ… ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†: The longer something has been around, the more history it has. And history is a goldmine for learning about risks and how to avoid them. By looking back at past projects and initiatives, project managers can spot potential landmines and build better contingency plans to reduce uncertainty.

โœ… ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: The “Lindy” principle suggests that simple things are more likely to survive over time than complex ones. So, project managers should keep things simple and streamlined, focusing on the essentials and avoiding unnecessary complexity. This can help reduce the risk of failure and uncertainty associated with overly complicated systems and processes.

โœ… ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€:Tried-and-true methods and practices are more likely to stick around than untested and unproven approaches. By using established project management methodologies and practices, project managers can reduce the risk of failure and uncertainty and increase the likelihood of success.

This is commonly known as the Lindsy Principle, named after Fred Lindsy, an innovative American businessman. The idea behind the principle is that it is more effective and economical to use existing solutions whenever possible than to start afresh with new solutions. The project manager should take into account the resources available, the technical requirements of the project, and the possible risks of failure when selecting a course of action. Generally speaking, the Lindsy Principle states that if a proven solution is available, use it, instead of devising a custom solution.

Above you see the AI generated text based on the main post! Fantastic!

D.A.N.C.E. with key stakeholders

Our Udemy Software requirements specification course is enriched with the DANCE chapter – it deals with working with the most important project stakeholders.

Join or renew access to our course with special access code

ITSM online course update

Our IT Service management course – from portfolio to catalog, SLA, OLA – is enriched with a new lessons weach deals with 3rd parties management – suppliers, vendors, partnership, SIAM model.

Follow the link to reach the course at special price.

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