The latest thinking and other IT musings from our team
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Mar
As a company embarks on a journey of digital transformation and immense change, the expectations of IT leaders change as well. Two general archetypes have...
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Feb
Detailed schedules and beautiful Gantt charts might stop the screaming for visibility into your project, but they won’t help you sleep at night. In the...
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Feb
How is it that some people can inspire us to strive for greatness while others turn us off? For me, one of those amazing leaders...
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Jan
During a sprint, many Scrum teams focus on action items, story points, ceremonies, and sprint length. They often overlook the importance of the sprint itself...
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Jan
Let me know if this sounds familiar: You talk about empowerment with your staff, at skip levels, and at town hall meetings. It’s a concept...
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Jan
Here’s a fresh look at the findings from the digital transformation market report, From the Front Line: CIOs’ Perspectives on Digital Transformations.
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Dec
Have you participated in or led a digital transformation at your organization? Was it really a transformation, or was it perhaps just a series of...
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Dec
Business leaders are often compared to quarterbacks. A quarterback huddles up with the team before every play so players understand how to execute in an...
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Dec
An important distinction between Agile and Waterfall methodologies is how far out you plan. In Waterfall, you need to plan out the entirety of the project....
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Dec
With all the hype around Agile, I feel compelled to state the obvious: not all IT projects are Agile. (And not all should be—although it’s...
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Nov
How is it that high-performing teams work so well? Is it something innate? Is it luck? Or is there a repeatable formula that results in...
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Nov
When I was a Girl Scout, I learned how to succeed in organization-wide digital transformations. (Everyone got that IT leadership badge, right?!) We were taught...
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