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We are all doing high-frequency waterfall. Agile won’t save us ...

This is the story of how organizations evolve to pursue a clear product strategy in increasingly effective ways. ...

As we guide clients through organizational Transformation, we apply our System of Transformation incrementally via Expeditions. ...

In software architecture, there exists the idea of the golden hammer. Basically it’s a term for any hip new architecture movement (microservices, SOA, RESTful architectures, etc.) ...

Am 26.05.2019 sind die EU-Bürger aufgerufen, ein neues europäisches Parlament zu wählen. In Baden-Württemberg finden gleichzeitig auch die Kommunalwahlen statt. ...

Project management is an essential part of getting things done and achieving business goals. Through careful planning and executing, team members ...

Project managers need to stay on top of every facet of the project to hit your goals on time without going over budget. Once your organisation gets to a ...

Kanban-Ansichten sorgen für mehr Transparenz, fördern die Zusammenarbeit verschiedener Stakeholder und erleichtern die Kundenkommunikation ...

Jeweils ein Product Owner und ein Tech Lead leiten die Teams. Der Product Owner verantwortet das Product Backlog, erhebt und formuliert die ...

We all deal with stress on a daily basis — whether it’s the stress of being busy and overwhelmed at work, having to deal with personal crises, traffic, relationships, health, finances … stress can be a big part of our lives. ...

Wenn Sie eine Aufgabe immer und immer wieder auf die gleiche Weise erledigen müssen, dann lohnt es sich darüber nachzudenken, ob Sie sie in irgendeiner Weise automatisieren können. ...

Wir alle kennen die Verlockungen durch sogenannte “shiny new objects”. ...

Lousy meetings are the rule – vibrant meetings the exception. In an ideal world, meeting-agendas arrive the day before the meeting. But you don’t live in an ideal world. ...

Mitte 2018 habe ich Christine Gebler beim FAV-Mitgliedertreffen kennengelernt. Sie sprudelte vor Freude über ihre neue Aufgabe: die Leitung der Abteilung Strategische Personal- und Organisationsentwicklung bei der Stadt Heidelberg ...

Darf ich Sie zu einem kleinen Gedankenspiel einladen? Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie landen im Rahmen einer Bildungsreise auf einem anderen Planeten, auf dem es eine zentrale und klare bildungspolitische Ansage gibt. ...

Scrum was originally developed by somebody, who had no experience with or formal education in project management, Jeff Sutherland. ...

There are two camps when it comes to WIP: work in progress and work in process. Who's right? ...

In our last post, we mentioned there were four tenets needed when designing a basic Kanban system. We also touched on the first two tenets and how to apply them in IT Operations. ...

Learning how to do Kanban can completely transform the way your organization manages tasks, especially for IT Operations teams which have to manage a steady stream of planned and unplanned work. ...

The comparison between Kanban and Scrum obviously comes up often when we're talking to teams, especially in the context of Professional Scrum with Kanban. ...

Scrum and Kanban aren't competitors, they are experiments every team should try. ...

In modern knowledge work, no two tasks are exactly the same; no two teams work exactly the same together; and no two project contexts are quite like each other. ...

Kennst Du das? Insbesondere im Beratungsumfeld wird nach sogenannten „Experten“ verlangt. „Haben Sie mal einen Experten für Thema X? Wir haben da so ein Problem und benötigen Beratung“, höre ich häufig, wenn uns Beratungsanfragen erreichen. ...

Technology is evolving. That’s no surprise. From the world wide web to self-driving cars, all the way to the eventual onset of artificial intelligence (AI), we are living in a time where, now, more than ever, technology drives societal change and influences normality. ...

Operating on schedule and under budget are hallmarks of successful project management. If you’re doing your job well, outside observers have no reason to take interest in what you’re doing. ...

There are a lot of people who stop using MS Project before they even get very far into a project. The main reasons for quitting Project are: ...

Lots of project managers come to Laura Dallas Burford asking how they can become a consultant – but many can’t tell her why they want to. ...

Gap analysis is a methodology used to identify whether your business or project is performing as it should be and how to bridge the “gap” between where you are and where you want to be. ...

One of the challenges with writing a blog for a long time is it possible to repeat yourself. I’m not talking repetitious themes; I’m talking word for word writing pretty much the same article. Again. ...

How does transparency feel? Early in my career, I had an occasion to experience that. I was working in a typical organization where lots of things, ...

Whether you’re new to your team or you’ve been leading them for months or years, it’s never too early or late to endear yourself. ...

The late philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, once said, “without music, life would be a mistake.” This rings true for most of us. ...

Cambridge English Dictionary defines motivation as “enthusiasm for doing something.” However, do you always need the enthusiasm to get something done? ...

Story structure can be the lens through which we view websites. It helps us step into the user’s shoes and understand where and how users interact with our websites. ...

Use the 'Value Disc' to predict the future success of new products. Making long term predictions is hard, but we'll teach you to make reasonable estimates. ...

I was working with various groups over the last year and noticed some commonalities in the problems they faced. In this blog I want to share some common collaboration problems and solutions I experimented with. ...

One of the biggest misconceptions of agile is that it focuses on speed. How fast can we deliver? How fast can we deliver on this project/product? ...

Yes, you read that right. Less communication is better. The reason for this is that more communication doesn’t scale while just enough communication is essential for the high performance of a team and particular teams of teams. ...

Projekte sind bürokratische Ungeheuer und bringen alles durcheinander: Gerade der Mittelstand tut sich oft schwer mit Projekten. Aus Sorge, sich in ...

Last week, I had a long discussion with my friends about how to scale up the Scrum team from the startup product. That was an interesting topic and ...