Agile software development promises to build -- in a faster way -- quality software that closely meets the customer's needs. Hence, the methodology is a customer-centric way of doing business rather than simply a process to be followed.
As business and technology leaders, we may occasionally be tempted to pine for the days of old when the pace of life and business was slower and when change management had more to do with the coins in our pocket than ongoing transformational change.
All agile methods constitute a highly disciplined set of practices meant to accommodate the realities of change and flux in high-risk system development.
All of the traditional practices of project management, including estimating, scheduling, monitoring, risk analysis, contingency planning, change management, problem solving, and team buil
Despite the attention now given to innovation and innovation processes, and the importance in which they are viewed for the progress and survival of companies, the m
Today’s work environment is changing rapidly, so much so that the ever-increasing velocity of innovation and technology will create a workplace five years from now that looks nothing like the one of today. The big three factors in this coming change are: the “gig” economy, or project work, becoming the norm; moving from networks to ecosystem; and augmenting human work with AI systems
In this Update, we make the case for stronger customer involvement, clearer governance, quantification of value, and a sharper focus, as we find these elements are the four main reasons implementations of customer journeys fail.
From time to time, we have all experienced the frustration associated with managing an individual or a team not performing up to its capabilities or to our expectations. A project is overbudget, or the software deliverable is late again.
This Executive Update offers some advice on the scoping, implementation, and scaling of the digital backbone, drawing on the lessons the author has learned from his work with transformational change in technology organizations.
When cultivating great innovation teams, impactful visioning addresses the central need for purpose, the strategic foresight for leveraging emotional intelligence, the balancing of goals and mission, and mindfully organizing the teams. This Advisor explores the role of impactful visioning on innovation teams.
As we explore in this Executive Update, there are tangible benefits to basing corporate purpose on sustainability drivers, and sustainable business models are gaining pace. Therefore, businesses should rethink their role in the context in which they operate and adapt their strategy, organization, resources, processes, and culture accordingly.