Leading the conversation on digital connected work
A part of every team’s natural life-cycle are the comings and goings of team members. Team members can leave for any number of reasons and others may need to be brought in either to fill gaps left by those departing or to increase your capacity. Problems can arise however, when these happen mid-project, meaning that...
As we have looked at previously, project stakeholders come in all shapes and sizes, can be internal or external and have varying levels of impact on your project’s progress. One thing that is for certain though, is that if your project starts to hit roadblocks such as persistent delays or cost overruns, your project stakeholders...
When it comes to driving innovation in today’s digital era, automation is a must. Only through automated processes will you be able to capitalize on the best ideas (while killing off the bad ones) and deliver products to market faster than the competition. The traditional use of manual processes, methodologies, and tools simply don’t hold...
A recent Gallup study found that employee disengagement costs businesses $7 trillion a year. Yes…7 trillion! Meanwhile, research shows that investments made by organizations to increase employee engagement have barely had an impact over the last 15 years. $7 trillion in costs and employee engagement stagnation for the past 15 years…the status quo isn’t working...
The Critical Path Method has its roots in efficiency developments researched during World War 2 by the US Navy among others, with it finding its most important use on the Manhattan Project which developed the first nuclear weapons. Far from that history, critical path in project management is now primarily used by PMs to calculate...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
