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Does Experience Have Value in Dynamic Environments?

As we cast a glance at the hoards of Internet start-ups filled with 26-year-olds queuing at the doors of venture capital firms, we might wonder if past experience has any value in these crazy times, especially if gained in the prehistoric days of computing
February 29, 2000 | Authored By: Alan MacCormack

Disciplining AI, Part I: Evaluation Through Industry Lenses

This issue of Amplify offers insights into the criteria that determine AI success — from identifying where adoption will be most effective, estimating its likely benefits, and addressing requirements like explainability, to challenges such as the culture-specific nature of human imagination and self-perception.
August 25, 2025 | Authored By: Eystein Thanisch

Agile Team Formation

At the heart of the Agile movement is the concept that collaborative problem solving is a better way to work than having people sit in their cubicles working by themselves.
October 8, 2015 | Authored By: Maurizio Mancini

When Projects Bump into Reality

  When teaching seminars and workshops on project management, I typically start with the classic five project management process groups diagram, then I add a big fat circle (see Figure 1).
March 31, 2010 | Authored By: Jo Ellen Moore

Just Enough Organization

Lots of companies wrestle with organizational structure. Consultants and gurus have all sorts of ideas about how to organize technology in just about every company in the world. But what should the basics look like?
September 14, 2006 | Authored By: Steve Andriole

Can We Measure Agile Performance with an Evolving Scope? An EVM Framework (Executive Summary)

Can a method like EVM, developed to control projects with well-defined objectives, be applied to control product development initiatives that evolve continuously toward a “moving target”? In an Agile environment, we are faced with the dynamic evolution of a finite boundary of integrated scope, cost, time, and resources; this finiteness — essential for business management and decisions — is the cradle for project management techniques, tools, methods, and frameworks. The EVM method was first developed to help with managing complex R&D projects mostly characterized by an unstable, volatile, and evolving scope. It is therefore no surprise that EVM applies to Agile projects.
May 22, 2017 | Authored By: Alexandre Rodrigues

Social Networks in the Enterprise: Are You Part of the Herd?

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networks are very hot right now; however, most of the existing research has been done on these social networks with an eye toward consumer-oriented usage. Corresponding research from the enterprise side is lacking.
April 30, 2009 | Authored By: David Coleman

The Psychology of Agile: Fundamentals Beyond the Manifesto

Transcending software development, this Executive Report outlines fundamental reasons for the popularity of Agile, the risks associated with the subjective element of Agile, and how to balance the flexibility with planning through a well-established Composite Agile Method and Strategy (CAMS).
February 4, 2014 | Authored By: Bhuvan Unhelkar

Blockchain Technologies & Environmental Sustainability — Opening Statement

In this issue of Amplify, we delve into the intricate connections between blockchain technologies and sustainability, highlighting how transparency, traceability, and decentralization can empower individuals, organizations, and governments to address pressing sustainability issues, from energy grids and sustainable forestry to agri-food ecosystems and regenerative finance. As we explore this dynamic development, it becomes evident that blockchain is not merely a technological innovation: it can serve as a catalyst for transformative change that aligns with the global imperative to create a more sustainable and equitable world.
September 27, 2023 | Authored By: Horst Treiblmaier
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