Lean Budgeting, del 1: Begränsningarna med traditionella, projektbaserade budgetar

Finansieringspraxis - det sätt på vilket företag fördelar budgetar internt - är ganska viktigt: Det avgör till stor del vilka projekt som prioriteras, hur teamen är strukturerade och hur avkastningen mäts. Om din organisation försöker implementera smidighet i stor skala kommer du snabbt att upptäcka att det finns begränsningar för traditionella, projektbaserade budgetar och deras tillhörande finansieringsmetoder...

Varför cheferna motsätter sig PM-implementering & Hur man ändrar deras åsikter

Resistance to change isn’t always just hard-nosed recalcitrance. Most of the time, it comes from a place of strategic concern. Consider the questions: Is this really the best use of our resources considering how tight things are already? How can we be certain that the payoff is going to be worth the investment? Are we...

Flow Load – Is Demand Outweighing Capacity?

“Too much WIP is the enemy of productivity,” – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible, and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop The happiness and engagement of the people who plan, build and deliver software has a direct correlation on the productivity and quality of their work. Combined with the rise of burnout in IT...

5 Anledningar till att välja en PM-karriär

Considering potential career paths – either when starting out or looking to switch lanes – can be a difficult process. There are many variables to consider, and often too many unknowns involved to ever make a perfect decision. The more information you have, the better, helping you to see how you would fit into a...

How Do You Conduct Resource Planning as a Savvy PMO?

Dagens företag ser i allt högre grad till att PMO:n kan öka resultatet. Bristfällig resursplanering gör det svårt att snabbt leverera innovativa produkter, tjänster och kundupplevelser. "Risken med dålig kapacitet är att man inte kan anslå resurser till projekt. Vi har ett "behov av snabbhet" och behöver rätt resurser vid rätt tidpunkt...

A Day in the Life of… a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead

Meet Jordi Böhme! He’s one of our Senior Software Engineers and Team Leads who works remotely in Germany. We spoke to him about working in a different timezone and the first time he ever saw a skunk.  How do you start your day before work? Probably very different from most other Tasktopians; I’m a remote...

Why It’s OK to Say “I Don’t Know” (& How to Do It Productively)

Having to say “I don’t know” can elicit feelings of anxiety and inadequacy at work, like all of your hard work will be for nothing if you can’t answer whatever specific question has been thrown at you. This may stem from childhood, when not knowing what the teacher had just mentioned five minutes before would...

3 Sätt att skapa engagemang hos medarbetarna genom Crowdsourcing

Are the benefits of employee crowdsourcing in large organizations a myth, or is crowdsourcing a sound strategy to invest in? Does crowdsourcing for ideas to improve one’s business lead to employee engagement, or is it a waste of time? Based on the results demonstrated at Rogers and TELUS – two of the largest telecom operators...

Flow Time – How Fast are We Delivering Business Value?

Flow time doesn’t stop the clock just because the weekend rolls around. What flow time does do is help quantify the probability of completing x percent of work in so many days – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop  Every second counts in software delivery. That’s why Flow Time —...

Scrum: Hur man prioriterar poster i backloggen

During a sprint planning session, items are chosen from the product backlog to be worked on in the sprint. However, not all product backlog items (PBI) are created equal, and the prioritization process for what will be chosen is essential for the smooth running and eventual success of the sprint. PBIs that meet certain criteria...