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Building an Effective E-Project Team

Better, faster, cheaper -- the siren song of software development. Each new era of information technology belts out a chorus or two. The e-business era is no exception.
December 31, 2000 | Authored By: Chris Pickering

Avoiding the Snare of "Cargo Cult" Agile

We use the term "cargo cults" to describe teams whose activities look and feel Agile to the casual observer, and have some of the trappings (e.g., daily stand-ups, periodic planning), but are not supported by a corresponding adherence to Agile principles. Often these teams are simply carrying on as they always did but using the camouflage of Agile terminology to mask the lack of change.
March 31, 2015 | Authored By: Vince Ryan

Organizational Agility: Implementing Collective Creativity, Learning, and Knowledge

As we explore in this Executive Report, Organizational Agility™ is the capability of an enterprise or partnering enterprises to rapidly adapt to internal or external needs through collective creativity, learning, and knowledge. Groups can learn to recognize these collective characteristics using the models of vision, Group Coherence, and process ambidexterity. The targeted practice of Cooperative Inquiry, Group Coherence Ingredients, operating rhythm techniques, and Lean Six Sigma methodology develops Organizational Agility maturity. The Organizational Agility Maturity Rubric™ can be used to assess the maturity of Organizational Agility characteristics and target agility improvements.
November 4, 2015 | Authored By: Joanna Zweig, Priya Marsonia, Sonia Bot

Thinking Fast and Slow: Next-Generation Agile Management

Agile battles significant challenges with management. Managers crave and need predictability, but Agile practitioners are adamant that firm predictions are impossible. Recognizing the need and difficulty of resolving this dilemma, we have formed a company that delivers services to facilitate the right conversations and decisions among the Agile team, its manager, and its stakeholders. Our services recognize that the solution entails dealing with probability. This, in turn, requires a combination of fast and slow thinking.
July 18, 2017 | Authored By: Murray Cantor, John Heintz, Steven Sherman

Is an Agile Firmware Approach Possible?

This Executive Update takes a closer look at being Agile when it comes to firmware. We begin with some tutorial information. Next, we discuss the firmware development process. Finally, we explore the issues typically encountered and identify ways some have taken to resolve them.
February 25, 2019 | Authored By: Donald Reifer

Agile in the Real World

[From the Editor: This week's Cutter IT Advisor is from Cutter Senior Consultant Dave Rooney's introduction to the October 2014 issue of Cutter IT Journal, "
November 5, 2014 | Authored By: Dave Rooney

4 Keys to Successful Customer Journeys

Customer journey insight allows businesses to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, retain customers, and increase sales. In this Advisor, 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.
October 7, 2020 | Authored By: Kai Karolin Huppe, Nils Niemeier, Michael Kruse
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