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Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility

Johanna Rothman

One of my clients wants to use shared services “teams” as they start their agile transformation. Their developers work on a product for months and years at a time. They're wasting time, which costs much more than the salary costs. Agile approaches break the idea of a “shared service” model of people.

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

At the same time, managing large projects with globally distributed teams and material resources is rather challenging – they are miles away, but a project/resource manager has to keep track of all of them and make sure they are allocated to the right tasks. Adopt Agile frameworks for product development.

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A 2×2 Matrix to Help You Prioritize the Skills to Learn Right Now

Harvard Business

One approach is to apply a time-utility analysis (similar in form to a cost-benefit) to the subjects you’re interested in learning. “Time” is time to learn. A time-utility analysis might suggest you want to get better at it. How do we identify what that is? Where would you even begin?