Technology Roadmaps Bridge This Serious Communication Gap

Ah, annual planning season. It’s time to break out those ambitious strategic plans for the new year, but with one small adjustment—this year, bring technology strategy to the forefront with technology roadmaps. See, the unfortunate truth is that many organizations create their annual plans without proper collaboration with technology leaders. They instead engage with such...

Gain powerful insights into your SAFe transformation with Value Stream Management

If traditional enterprises want to tap into the immense business possibilities created by the Age of Software, they need to accelerate the value delivery of their digital products and services – and fast. This isn’t ground-breaking news – most organizations are acutely aware that they need to scale their software delivery capacity and capabilities to...

Autumn Reading List for Enterprise Architects

Autumn is only a few days away. The kids are back in school, pumpkin spiced lattes are back at Starbucks (my favorite), football has started, and the holidays will be here before we know it. With all this change in the air, it can be difficult to stay up-to-date on relevant enterprise architecture content. To...

IdeaPlace’s 2018 Fall Product Release: Machine Learning, New Use Cases, and More

The wait is over. Spigit’s 2018 fall product release is here, complete with industry-first capabilities and exciting new enhancements! The inspiration behind this release, which you’ll hear more about in the below video, was simple: help customers drive significant cultural change. This is important now more than ever. With that in mind, we set out...

Legislation to Force UK Companies to Reveal Wage Gap

UK companies with more than 250 employees will soon be required to publicly share the wage gap between the pay of their chief executive and that of their average employee. This can be seen as another part of the UK government’s consistent drive for greater corporate accountability in the wake of the mistakes of the...

Is Automation Something to Be Feared or Embraced?

Since the Industrial Revolution it has been those at the coal face who have most feared the ever-encroaching push of automation. From looms that could do the work of nine linen spinners up to more recent advances such as robots performing repetitive tasks on production lines in automotive plants, the war of man vs. machine...

Holidays and How to Plan Your Schedule Around Them

The holiday season, whether during the summer or at the end of the year, can wreak havoc on you and your team’s productivity and have negative impacts on your project. Be they missed deadlines, rushed work, instruction confusion or any number of other potential problems, planning around holidays is a minefield of risks for your...

Top 3 Kanban Metrics for Tracking Progress

One of the most challenging aspects of project management is having to steer multiple projects in the right direction. Keeping up with the ever-changing workflow across projects can feel like fighting an uphill battle. Fortunately, managing projects doesn’t have to feel like a constant struggle thanks to a visual and collaborative approach known as the...

How CIOs can make software delivery their strongest asset

A lot rests on the shoulders of CIOs and other IT leaders at traditional businesses. They face an almost daily battle against digital disruption. With startups and other digital-native companies gobbling up market share through software-driven products and services, one inalienable truth has become clear: software is responsible for a greater and greater share of...

An Executive Perspective on Aligning WRM with Digital Transformation Priorities

Previously in this series, we covered challenges and obstacles executive and C-level teams face in the world of digital transformation and how to succeed despite any road blocks by selecting the right work and resource management (WRM) technology investments for your organization. For part three, we are going to align those new digital transformation priorities...