Your path to business agility
It is that time of the year where we reflect on what we are thankful for. Thanksgiving comes and goes, but in my opinion, every organization can count on their Program Management Office (PMO) to get it done. I think all organizations need to be thankful for their PMO. Whether your PMO is made of...
As people entered the Fawcett Center on campus of The Ohio State University for the inaugural Lean Into Agile conference, a wall-sized picture of legendary Buckeye football coach Woody Hayes greeted us. The quote, left, could not have been better foreshadowing for the theme of the day. Michael Sahota used his opening keynote to break...
Ahh, the sage words of Vanilla Ice. The man may have known little about 90s hairstyles and fashion, but he (perhaps unknowingly) nailed it when it comes to advice for the new order of IT organizations. However progressive, proactive and well-oiled we think we are, I’m going out on a limb and predicting that a...
The era of weak signals is drawing to a close. Full 5G connectivity is about to change your world of work forever. Flashback to 1973 when New York Motorola Engineer Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call. A giant leap for mankind. Fast forward to today, and the handsets you hold are a thousand...
We are just back from the Agile, Continuous Delivery and DevOps Transformation Summit and, from what we can tell it more than lived up to its promotion. For three days, software development and delivery professionals availed themselves of talks, educational sessions, vendor information and networking in the beautiful Bay Area. It’s our understanding that this...
What is a PMO? The basic definition of the PMO in a business or professional enterprise is a permanent organization tasked with one or more of the following objectives: Define and maintain the guidelines, policies, processes, and standard documentation around projects. Encourage and sustain repeatability related to project management. Provide central, coordinated management/oversight into the...
During the few last months, there has been a lot of buzz online and social media about Joel Trammell’s Forbes article. Targeted toward CEOs, these articles interview seven CEOs and provide insight into everything from the role of a CEO, lessons learned as well as advice for newly appointed CEOs. We’ve gathered them here for...
Watch this webinar recording to learn how managing your work via a Kanban system gives you the tools to measure and improve your team’s effectiveness. About this Webinar I’ll provide an introduction to Lean Metrics that includes: – What to track, including total WIP, blockers, throughput, and lead time – How to analyze these metrics...
As a project manager, you’re facing battles every day. We know. Budgets are stretched, deadlines are tight and a mountain of emails is growing by the minute. Thankfully, times are changing. By shifting focus, using the right tools and staying on track you’ll leverage your project from a state of pain and stress – to success....
It was a day of firsts. It was the first time where the name and logo for the event indicated the lunch menu (Yes, we had fried chicken for lunch, of course.). It was the first time that I got to see Dave West, Tasktop’s Chief Product Officer, deliver one of his clever, information rich,...
