Your path to business agility
One of the core objectives of any project manager is bringing the, often disparate, talents of their team together and getting them working together and collaborating like a well-oiled machine. That’s the “what” but the “how” of actually making that happen is a whole other ballgame. As will be quite clear to anyone who has...
A company’s very survival relies not on a visionary CEO or group of executives but the collective knowledge of its employees and their ability to collaborate. The reality is, despite the spotlight that’s placed on founders, not one CEO or group of executives knows everything. New advances in technology, consumer behavioral changes, and a whole...
In project management, as in the rest of life, sometimes accidents happen, in fact, sometimes these can be more like biblical catastrophes. Everything that can go wrong seemingly does go wrong. Suppliers fail to supply, deliverables don’t get delivered, deadlines get overshot and stakeholders are holding nothing but anger and have no qualms about sharing....
The situation with employment in the UK is continuing to go from strength-to-strength for employees, despite the considerable insecurity brought about by governmental Brexit divides and the future of British trade with Europe and the rest of the world. There had been many predictions that UK employees would suffer greatly following the decision to exit...
The World Bank has a mission to end extreme poverty by reducing the share of the global population that lives in extreme poverty by three percent by 2030 and to promote shared prosperity by increasing the incomes of the poorest 40 percent of people in every country. The enterprise architecture group needed a solution for...
In part 1 of this series, “An Executive’s Guide to Measuring Digital Transformation,” I presented a broad overview of some of the challenges faced by organizations in today’s digitally connected world and illustrated the importance of being able to measure digital transformation. Now, let’s break down that transformation into specifics, looking at how to improve...
Do you utilize enterprise architecture software to better understand and aggregate data to drive digital strategies? If the answer is “no” I invite you to learn exactly how MassMutual is advancing business capabilities and technology to achieve their business objectives. John Anderson, Enterprise Architect at MassMutual, is a featured speaker in the customer webinar: “A...
Being a successful project manager in today’s ever changing business landscape requires something more than just obtaining the proper combination of personality traits and a dedicated project management skill set. Most project managers would agree that the profession of project management requires a delicate equilibrium between art and science. Art, as in an inherent talent...
Putting the right team together can make or break a project before it even begins. The “wrong” team members are not necessarily bad people, just ones who don’t fit what this particular team or project needs. The negative effects can include disruptions, a negative atmosphere and also a significant drain on resources, as it has...
IT and line-of-business (LOB) leaders are working together more than ever according to the 2018 State of the CIO report. One main reason, as cited by the survey respondents, is IT’s use of “more agile development techniques to accelerate project delivery.” As both groups increasingly share responsibility for initiatives such as digital transformation, their cooperation...
