Your path to business agility
Halloween is just around the corner, which means that kids are eagerly looking forward to an evening of costumes and candy — and grown-ups are in store for a flurry of Halloween-themed movies that range from terrifying to heartwarming. However, this year after the final trick-or-treater has made the rounds and you’re ready to plunk...
What keeps so many agile team members awake at night, clutching the sheets in terror? It’s these five spooky monsters: The Agileless Horseman The Agileless Horseman, who is a distant cousin (twice removed) of the Headless Horseman, is a C-level executive — and there can be a bunch of them, as they...
The critical chain theory for project management was developed by Eliyahu Goldratt and presented in a rather novel manner, through the form of a literal novel, Critical Chain. The focus of critical chain is to improve on what are seen as some of the core flaws of standard project management task estimation. The biggest of...
Third-level education is big business in the UK, with the universities themselves generating over $46 billion per year and foreign students coming to Britain to study being worth over $20 billion dollars to the UK economy annually. So, it’s understandable that the seemingly never-ending saga over Brexit is causing pupils, faculty members and university boards...
Business built on agile foundations is fuelled by change from the bottom up, with teams on the frontline spotting opportunities as they arise and getting the executive buy-in to take advantage of them. This is especially true for modern organizations, where technology can change in a flash, and it’s up to those with their fingers...
Dr. Emmett Brown: Marty! I need you to go back with me! Marty McFly: Where? Dr. Emmett Brown: Back to the Future! Great Scott! In the epic 1985 film ‘Back to the Future’, Doc Brown avoids being gunned down by angry terrorists because someone from the future had a different plan in store. By defining the...
Some myths in life are harmless, or even pleasant and helpful. For example, many parents lean heavily on Santa Claus to keep their kids from doing things that would get them on the dreaded “Naughty List.” And the Tooth Fairy comes in very handy when it comes to convincing a child that a loose tooth...
Marketing in the Age of Agile has become an interconnected, data-driven and cross-collaborational environment that would be wholly unrecognizable to either the real or fictional founders of the profession. That doesn’t mean, however, that it has lost any of the swagger that made it such a cool club during its golden age, except now its...
Planning a risk response strategy that is flexible enough to address the major issues that may face your project is essential for ensuring that you are prepared for whatever may arise during the project’s course. Like so many elements of project management, the key to high-quality risk assessment and creating an effective response strategy lies...
Projects failing is a natural part of all business operations, with some statistics showing that up to 70% of all projects fail (i.e. fail to come in either on time, on budget or with the outcomes they were supposed to have). What’s worse is, the bigger the project, the more likely it is to fail...
