Enterprise Agile Planning

Enterprise Agile Planning solution provides a scalable enterprise-level Lean Portfolio Management, Agile Program Management and Agile delivery platform that supports organizations from strategy to delivery, no matter where they are on their transformation journey. Plan and fund both Lean-Agile and traditional portfolios in a single platform for strategically aligned, outcome driven plans. Enterprise Agile Planning solution empowers organizations to deliver the value that matters most while transforming on their terms and timeline.

Agile Terminology

Whether you’re new to Agile or a seasoned practitioner, it never hurts to brush up on your Agile terminology! Bookmark this alphabetized glossary of key Agile terms to use as a reference whenever you need it. Agile Terminology to Know Acceptance Test A set of criteria, written from the perspective of the customer, to ensure...

Remote Work is a Failsafe When Illness Goes Global

The recent coronavirus outbreak has caused shockwaves across the globe. In just a month’s time, we’ve gone from piecemeal safety measures to mandated shelter-in-place and work-from-home policies that have radically changed the patterns of our lives and work. Meanwhile, recommendations from the CDC develop and change at breakneck speed. For many business leaders, this crisis...

5 Agile Mistakes You Might Be Making (& How to Stop)

Though Agile is becoming increasingly popular across the world and in different industries, many teams and organizations that try to adopt Agile project management aren’t seeing the positive outcomes they expect. Just like any methodology, the challenges of Agile project management and its successful implementation are considerable. Here we’ll take a look at some of...

Five Myths About Agile, Debunked

Agile is a methodology that seeks to empower teams to be more flexible and dynamic, allowing them to collaborate better and react more quickly to changes and opportunities. Agile principles can be applied to any industry, but adoption can be undermined due to uncertainty or misunderstandings about what Agile actually is. Let’s take a look...

4 Types of Agile Projects that Aren’t Software

Agile work practices have become the standard for software development across the world, with over 85% of software development teams using it. In fact, it has become so popular that many other industries have started to look into ways to run Agile projects themselves. With Agile’s focus on improving the flexibility and reaction of teams...

The Difference Between Business Agile and Agile Project Management

There’s no quicker way to sap a truly innovative concept of its power than by turning it into a buzzword. This is part of the story of “Agile,” a term that causes a kind of allergic reaction from some in the business world. But when the word gets thrown around in meetings without any follow-through,...

How to Manage Hybrid Projects

Transitioning to something new can be difficult, which is why many businesses are finding that rather than shifting to an entirely new project management methodology, the path of least resistance lies in a hybrid stage between different methodologies. The common mix that forms a hybrid methodology project management approach is between Agile methodologies, such as...

5 Best Practices that Adaptable Businesses Can Learn from Elite Agile Software Teams

There are many things that adaptable businesses can learn from elite agile software teams — and we aren’t talking about where to find the widest selection of coffee mugs and t-shirts with amusing sayings (e.g. “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”). We’re talking about five best practices that define and drive high-performance:...

451 Research Perspectives on Agile Program Management [Video]

We recently sat down with Chris Marsh, Principal Research Analyst for the Workforce Productivity and Collaboration practice at 451 Research, to discuss the fundamentals of Agile Program Management. Chris answered four of the questions that we receive most often about Agile Program Management, articulating its meaning and value in a clear and concise way. Watch...