Schlanke Budgetierung, Teil 1: Die Grenzen der traditionellen, projektbasierten Budgets

Finanzierungspraktiken - die Art und Weise, wie Unternehmen ihre Budgets intern zuweisen - sind ziemlich wichtig: Sie bestimmen weitgehend, welche Projekte priorisiert werden, wie Teams strukturiert sind und wie der ROI gemessen wird. Wenn Ihr Unternehmen versucht, Agilität in großem Maßstab zu implementieren, werden Sie schnell feststellen, dass die traditionellen, projektbasierten Budgets und die damit verbundenen Finanzierungspraktiken an ihre Grenzen stoßen...

Flow Load – Übersteigt die Nachfrage die Kapazität?

“Too much WIP is the enemy of productivity,” – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible, and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop The happiness and engagement of the people who plan, build and deliver software has a direct correlation on the productivity and quality of their work. Combined with the rise of burnout in IT...

5 Gründe, eine PM-Karriere anzustreben

Considering potential career paths – either when starting out or looking to switch lanes – can be a difficult process. There are many variables to consider, and often too many unknowns involved to ever make a perfect decision. The more information you have, the better, helping you to see how you would fit into a...

Wie führen Sie als cleverer PMO die Ressourcenplanung durch?

Die Unternehmen von heute setzen zunehmend auf das PMO, um den Gewinn zu steigern. Eine unzureichende Ressourcenplanung erschwert die schnelle Bereitstellung innovativer Produkte, Dienstleistungen und Kundenerlebnisse. "Das Risiko mangelnder Kapazitäten ist die Unfähigkeit, Projekte zu finanzieren. Wir haben ein 'Bedürfnis nach Geschwindigkeit' und brauchen die richtigen Ressourcen zur richtigen Zeit...

A Day in the Life of… a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead

Meet Jordi Böhme! He’s one of our Senior Software Engineers and Team Leads who works remotely in Germany. We spoke to him about working in a different timezone and the first time he ever saw a skunk.  How do you start your day before work? Probably very different from most other Tasktopians; I’m a remote...

Why It’s OK to Say “I Don’t Know” (& How to Do It Productively)

Having to say “I don’t know” can elicit feelings of anxiety and inadequacy at work, like all of your hard work will be for nothing if you can’t answer whatever specific question has been thrown at you. This may stem from childhood, when not knowing what the teacher had just mentioned five minutes before would...

3 Wege, das Engagement der Mitarbeiter durch Crowdsourcing zu kultivieren

Are the benefits of employee crowdsourcing in large organizations a myth, or is crowdsourcing a sound strategy to invest in? Does crowdsourcing for ideas to improve one’s business lead to employee engagement, or is it a waste of time? Based on the results demonstrated at Rogers and TELUS – two of the largest telecom operators...

Flow Time – How Fast are We Delivering Business Value?

Flow time doesn’t stop the clock just because the weekend rolls around. What flow time does do is help quantify the probability of completing x percent of work in so many days – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop  Every second counts in software delivery. That’s why Flow Time —...

Scrum: Wie Sie Backlog-Elemente priorisieren

During a sprint planning session, items are chosen from the product backlog to be worked on in the sprint. However, not all product backlog items (PBI) are created equal, and the prioritization process for what will be chosen is essential for the smooth running and eventual success of the sprint. PBIs that meet certain criteria...