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How and When to Use Timeboxes, Iterations, and Sprints to be Most Effective

Johanna Rothman

That's because a finance person drew the lifecycle.). For example, I used month-long iterations for most of the projects and programs I managed up until about 2003 or so. ” (I wrote this in Manage It! ) Software product development is learning. It looked just like the serial lifecycle in the image on the left.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

BearingPoint Managing Partner: Peter Mockler. This consulting business unit focused on both technology and management. Shortly after going public, the new KPMG Consulting, LLC management announced their intentions of some aggressive international acquisitions funded by their new IPO. BearingPoint Locations: 17 Countries.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The leadership challenge is to figure out the best way to manage the formation of a blended new shared culture. An organization’s culture reflects the various lessons it has learned through its history and incorporates the many behaviors and processes that have developed over time. Human Resource Management, 50(6), 859-877.

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Infosys Consulting Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Birthed in 2004 as a spin-off of Indian tech outsourcing behemoth Infosys Technologies, Infosys Consulting is quickly climbing the charts as an industry leader in IT Operations and Strategy consulting. Transformation Program Management. Finance and Controlling Processes. Customer Relationship Management. Practice Areas.

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Serving on Boards Helps Executives Get Promoted

Harvard Business

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. AI wasn’t new at Microsoft. Disclosure: Microsoft is a TCS client.).

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

Indeed, surveys show that managers and executives describe the “ideal worker” as someone with no personal life or caregiving responsibilities. He had to sell the idea to both his family and the other managers at work. I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster.