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Have you ever noticed that when you go to the doctor—be it your primary care doctor, a dermatologist, or an orthopedist—they always start by measuring your vital signs? They’ll measure your weight, blood pressure, and temperature. Once a year, your doctor will send you to the lab for blood work. And in recent years GPs...
If just the thought of making another New Year’s resolution makes you groan, there’s a good chance you’re one of the 92% of people who can’t seem to stick with them. We’re not trying to berate you here––just letting you know that you’re not alone! New Year’s Resolutions are tricky for a number of reasons,...
Ces dernières années, les bureaux de gestion de projet (PMO) ont eu leur part de mauvaise presse en interne.
“Decision to do one thing is a decision to delay something else” – Dominica DeGrandis, Making Work Visible Flow Distribution is the proportion of Flow items (features, defects, debt, risk) in a specific value stream that can be adjusted depending on the need to maximize business value. Set by the workers who know best about...
Les chiffres clés du taux d'emploi au Royaume-Uni suggèrent que le pays connaît son taux de chômage le plus bas depuis le début des enregistrements. Et ce, malgré les défis posés par les tensions commerciales internationales et le drame du Brexit auquel la Grande-Bretagne est confrontée depuis quelques années. Le fait que la main-d'œuvre britannique voit enfin de réels...
Whether you’re aware of it or not, most of your waking hours are filled up with tasks — both big and small ones. These tasks can be anything: from driving to work every morning, to fixing yourself a healthy meal or reviewing a document for work. No matter the type of job you’re performing, it’s...
Les pratiques de financement - la façon dont les entreprises allouent les budgets en interne - sont assez importantes : elles déterminent en grande partie quels projets sont prioritaires, comment les équipes sont structurées et comment le retour sur investissement est mesuré. Si votre organisation tente de mettre en œuvre l'agilité à l'échelle, vous découvrirez rapidement que les budgets traditionnels, basés sur des projets, et les pratiques de financement qui y sont associées présentent des limites...
Resistance to change isn’t always just hard-nosed recalcitrance. Most of the time, it comes from a place of strategic concern. Consider the questions: Is this really the best use of our resources considering how tight things are already? How can we be certain that the payoff is going to be worth the investment? Are we...
“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...
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...
