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June 16, 2015 - Arlington, Massachusetts
Figure 1 -- Agree or disagree: projects that make money for my organization are viewed as more successful than those that save money.
June 30, 2015 - Arlington, Massachusetts
Figure 1 -- Consolidation vs. Navigation
If you want to get the most for your organizational improvement money, spend it on your champions. Find those who already believe; those who want the change. Rather than spend energy, money, and resources on the naysayers who would rather celebrate your failure, focus on the champions. Put your energy, money, and resources behind those who not only say "yes" but "heck yes!" to the change.
For organizations considering the selection of a COTS business process management system (BPMS), this decision is not just a product choice, but an immediate determination about delivery. For many reasons, the cloud seems to be in the mix of these decision points, adding yet another dimension to the complexity of the decision.
One of my favorite professors in school used to say that "the sloppy use of words can lead to sloppy thinking."
Bifurcation of knowledge is a fact of life in most hierarchies. People at the top understand the context. Founders, the first 15 employees, and key managers know the business, the market, the product, the customers. They hold the financial information about how the company makes money and the current financial status. Since they hold this info, they also know what the company should do -- on a strategic and tactical level. Knowledge flows down, but mostly on a "need to know" basis -- a trickle, not a torrent.
This Executive Update provides insight into how some organizations approach “creatively destructing” existing teams and creating Agile’s The Team to make it a success; how to construct The Team in terms of deciding how many developers and QA team members to have on it; how to approach quality; and who should be testing what on The Team.
As we explore in this Executive Update, various standards organizations are working to establish common frameworks, platforms, and protocols intended to ensure widespread interoperability and connectivity among IoT products targeted at various domains, such as smart homes, connected cars, smart grid/energy, industrial systems, smart cities, and healthcare.