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TechTarget defines business agility as “a concept whereby organizations seek to approach their operations and resources in a flexible, responsive manner.” Yet, many executives and employees who have experienced the imposition — rather than the implementation — of a business agility approach in their enterprise have another, less inspiring definition: chaos, chaos, and more chaos....
All companies and projects are driven by specific goals and objectives. These can be long or short term and can be based on achieving tangible, physical results or more abstract outcomes. Despite the fact that they are so similar as to often be used interchangeably, there are actually significant differences between goals and objectives and...
A modern project team will often contain team members with a range of different skills and competencies. This can naturally lead to problems for project managers who want to perform a balanced performance assessment that will judge every team member fairly. Knowing how to assess performance isn’t very easy when all the important metrics come...
Collaboration, when done right, can be rocket fuel for an organization. Whether it’s through a solution like Planview AdaptiveWork or a white board with sticky notes (ideally both!), teamwork can help us understand what we know and how we know it. In theory, collective minds produce better ideas. Yet our own experience might tell us...
Ask any avid cyclist about the importance of their wheels. If their bike is highly customized, ask them if they consider the number of spokes, lacing pattern, or manufacturer of the hub and rim that make up their wheel. If the cyclist is a world-class professional, ask the same question to their Tour Manager. The...
In the first half of this blog series, we talked about how product portfolio management can help companies select and develop the right digital innovations to move their businesses forward. The right portfolio management solution helps ensure products are developed from insights of customers and employees. Further, the right capabilities and priorities must be paired...
As the end of a project nears feelings can be mixed, often lying somewhere between joy at a job well done or relief that it will finally be over. What often gets missed out on however, at the stage when final deliverables are being handed over or an end date is approaching, is what is...
Is your otherwise competent and engaged agile team starting to regularly missing deadlines, produce low quality work, clog or circumvent feedback loops, and roam the halls like zombies—or if you prefer, like white walkers? If so, then the bad news is that your group is burned out. The good news, however, is that you can...
In a hyper-connected world, organizations don’t have to tie themselves to specific people and places to thrive. With the help of software, many are turning to “flash teams,” virtual brain trusts and work forces built on the fly to address specific needs. A concept hatched in Stanford’s computer science department, flash teams use crowdsourcing to...
