Nick de Voil is the founder and Managing Director of De Voil Consulting, an information systems and customer experience consultancy based in the UK. The firm helps organizations design business processes that deliver excellent customer experience. Mr. de Voil has delivered projects for such organizations as the British Library, BT, Cambridge University, Channel 4, Sky Television, and UBS. He has spoken on these and general management topics at numerous conferences in the UK and Italy. Mr. de Voil holds a BA (first class with distinction) from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in…
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"The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how long that employee stays and how productive
March 12, 2002 | Authored By: Esther Derby
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May 28, 2003 | Authored By: Ken Schwaber
In parts one and two of this series (see "Evaluating the External Technologica
November 1, 2006 | Authored By: Kenneth Rau
Project managers should be aware of the types of creeps and their
July 17, 2012 | Authored By: Robert Wysocki
Phil Zwieg is currently a principal with Z-Sharp, LLC, a personal consulting business that focuses on offshoring, IT strategy, IT measurement, and IT organization. He recently retired as a VP in the Information Systems department at Northwestern Mutual, where he was responsible for all infrastructure and IT operations activities. Prior to joining Northwestern, he was head of the Information Systems organization at We Energies. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his MBA from Marquette University. He has completed work…
REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT AND REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING:
April 30, 2000 | Authored By: Nancy Mead
December 15, 1998 | Authored By: R. Bradley Burdick, Thomas Mullen, Eugenia Rodrigues, Alexandre Rodrigues
In industry, we often think that we would do a better job of estimating if we just had time to "do it right." The student project experience described here
June 30, 1999 | Authored By: Nancy Mead
July 31, 2005 | Authored By: Ben Radhakrishnan
BUILDING AND SUSTAINING HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS by Mark P.
December 31, 1998 | Authored By: Mark McDonald
GROSSLY DISTORTED IT WORKER DEMAND AND SUPPLY? by Robert A.
December 31, 1997 | Authored By: Robert Rivers
For a scrum team to be successful, it is important to learn of and solve problems as they occur. As we work together, we express how we’re doing, what’s in our way, and our concerns so they can be addressed. It’s an ongoing process of improvement from sprint to sprint. There are as many team dynamics as there are teams, so sometimes getting started is awkward if people feel uncomfortable opening up. As we explore in this Advisor, sustained success demands a brave willingness to be “all in.”
December 6, 2018 | Authored By: Scott Stribrny
Aligning IT execution with IT strategy means knowing the value projects bring to the table. This value has to be measured in some way meaningful to those providing the funding or consuming the benefits.
October 16, 2007 | Authored By: Glen Alleman
Vince Kellen is a Fellow of Cutter Consortium, a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP open consulting network, and a frequent Summit speaker. He is currently CIO at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), a member of UCSD’s Chancellor's Cabinet, and Vice Chancellor and CFO of the UCSD senior management team. Dr. Kellen brings a rare combination of academic, business, and IT strategy experience to his role, with a focus on strategic transformation within IT, applying leading-edge approaches to current business challenges. His 25 years of executive-level experience offers a proven track…
September 13, 2005 | Authored By: Ben Radhakrishnan