7 Ways to Revive Your Exhausted Agile Team
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...
The Rise of Flash Teams
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...
Centralizing Testing Data To Deliver High Quality Products Faster
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and CEO Test automation is no longer a nice-to-have capability for enterprises. Rather it’s a...
New Product Release: What’s New in Tasktop Integration Hub Version 19.2
A new release of Tasktop Integration Hub, 19.2, is available today, which includes: Centralized test design and execution data across tools for unified reporting Support for BMC Remedy REST API Support for Zephyr for Jira GDPR Changes Incorporation of partner branding changes Centralizing Test Design and Execution Data across Tools for Unified Reporting Many organizations...
Areas of Improvement for Scaling Agile Across an Organization
Scaling Agile across an organization is a difficult undertaking. It takes careful planning and preparation to successfully implement a new approach that connects every team within your organization and requires goals and objectives to determine success. On top of that, good agile leaders must be flexible and willing to give teams the space they need...
How to Be Constructively Critical
How to give constructive criticism that works As a project manager, helping your team to reach their full potential or adapt to the roles that are expected of them often requires highlighting where they could be doing something differently. Constructive criticism is when a manager manages to point an employee in the right direction in...
Four PPM Tools Every PM Should Have in Their Arsenal
Recent years have seen even greater expectations placed on project managers to align projects with the overall successful course of their organization. This has led to the concept of “Project Portfolio Management” becoming particularly popular. Similar to how investment portfolios seek to balance risk and deliver optimum returns for investors, project portfolio management seeks to...
Three Ways to Optimize for Employees with Different Work Styles
The organizer and the improviser. The risk-taker and the voice of caution. It takes all kinds to get the job done. But a range of personalities can also lead to clashes in the workplace. One study found that 40 percent of workers report difficulties with conflicting personalities. But this is no reason to start dividing...
Why Your Organization needs a Value Stream Architect … TODAY!
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets” – W. Edwards Deming Technology in business allows organizations to improve both the performance and overall effectiveness of products, systems and services, which, in turn, enables businesses to meet anticipated goals more quickly and efficiently. Tech, coupled with the right minds and culture, is also the linchpin of innovation, enabling traditional...
