Johanna Rothman

MAY 23, 2022

Before the pandemic, Jenny, the VP of Engineering, insisted that the engineering staff needed to work in the Boston area. Jenny has experienced what many of you have, too: Collaborative teams with diverse experiences can develop products customers want to buy. However, during the pandemic, Jenny changed her mind.

Agile 76

Agile Engineering Insurance Insurance 76

Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Rather than adopting a one-size-fits-all approach, consultants analyze the specific needs and goals of the company, developing strategies that resonate with the target audience. Through strategic planning and efficient resource allocation, consultants help companies make the most of their marketing budgets.

Consulting 52

Consulting ROI Bain Trends 52

Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 4, 2024

Consultants bring a fresh perspective, conducting in-depth market analyses, competitor assessments, and customer research to develop robust marketing strategies. This cost efficiency enables businesses to access high-quality marketing strategies and implementation without incurring excessive overhead costs.

Marketing 52

Marketing Consulting ROI Industry 52

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. The “Typical Product Development Organization” shows the kind of organization I see most often. .” ” There is a senior functional manager, where the function is Engineering or IT or some name like that.

Productivity 74

Productivity Agile Culture Efficiency 74

Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

Agile 41

Agile How To Efficiency Groups 41

Epicflow

MAY 31, 2022

In today’s changing and uncertain world, aerospace engineering companies are seeking the ways to design and develop new products faster and with less cost. In this article, we’ll explore the most significant digitalization challenges that aerospace engineering companies face and outline the ways to address them. Digital twin.

Engineering 19

Engineering Talent Data Productivity 19

Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Over time, it has become a necessity for the consulting industry to develop frameworks to address critical business problems with the help of big data. This method is widely used online to accurately and efficiently target customers and sell customised products and services. So, how does big data create value for consulting firms?

Data 106

Data Consulting Agile Engineering 106

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. Learn and experience how agile works. What can I do?”

Agile 31

Agile Energy Retail Case Interview 31

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Yes, the premise of my Agile and Lean Program Management book.) I have never seen those three conditions in any non-agile project, but that could be my experience and not universal. That's why many people were interested in the ratio of developers to testers back then. The tester is involved from the start of the project.

Agile 95

Agile Analysis Management Productivity 95

Epicflow

JUNE 16, 2022

Developing talent and skills . ?ompanies ompanies that invest enough in digital talent have three times higher chances for efficient transformation. The same can be said about companies that ramp up their workforce planning and talent development. Digitizing operations. Obviously, digital transformation is impossible without it.

Tools 59

Tools Operations Efficiency Talent 59

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Type 3: Then there are products where input-output efficiency and reliability of the physical components are still critical but digital is becoming an integral part of the product itself (in effect, computers are being put inside products). An aircraft engine is unlikely to become a purely digital product any time soon!

Industry 28

Industry Software Engineering Efficiency 28

Asamby Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

Since 2020, due to working primarily remotely , people developed a tendency to compensate for less office presence with more digital meetings. Over at WorkLab (a Microsoft-powered news hub for new work) scientists, engineers, and business leaders unravel the facts, trends, and new narratives changing the work environment.

Meeting 52

Meeting Tools Survey Productivity 52

Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2018

These bets on the next growth engine often depend on luck more than insight. Sell the same stuff at higher margins: Cut production and delivery costs, automate for efficiencies, cut fat in the supply chain or manufacturing, and utilize robots. Make new stuff to sell: Develop a new product — not just enhancements.

Company 46

Company Agile Productivity Marketing 46

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Are you trying to make an agile framework or approach work? Maybe you've received a mandate to “go agile.” Or, maybe you're trying to fit an agile framework into your current processes—and you've got a mess. I've seen plenty of problems when people try to adopt “agile” wholesale. Yes, cancel.

Agile 111

Agile Software Construction Analysis 111

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

Cash Flow 30

Cash Flow Transportation Balance Sheet Energy 30

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Support investments are those that improve business efficiency and management effectiveness but, in themselves, do not sustain the business or provide any competitive advantage. They are about achieving cost reduction and efficiency improvements through automation or meeting government requirements. Development approaches.

Tools 28

Tools Operations System Software 28

Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One Engineering organization of about 2000 people had a terrible time releasing anything “on” or even, “near” time. Value Let's start with the cost of the work and start with some assumptions: Each engineer costs the organization between $3000-$4000/week in salary plus overhead. (If Part 7, Lifecycle Summary.)

System 73

System Engineering Efficiency Agile 73

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Engineers and managers toil for months, often years, to conceive, develop, and launch new products. Terminating products such as mobile devices is a complex process that involves an ecosystem of design companies, carriers, applications developers, software companies, content providers, and manufacturers.

Productivity 28

Productivity Resources Research Advertising 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In today’s rapidly changing business environment, companies that rely solely on full-time employees are finding they have neither the skills nor the agility to sustain success. Change Documentation Develop and implement a standard set of training modules on key skills-based aspects of the new way of working.

Talent 30

Talent How To Benchmarking Operations 30

Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

offices where employees were entrepreneurial, engaged, excited to come to work, and as a result were quickly developing new ideas for customer-facing products. developed practices of rapid development cycles , user-centered design , and collaboration in an open office layout. Leaders from the U.S. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

Culture 31

Culture Research Case Interview Development 31

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The model has been used in other industries and has parallels to the “teams of teams” approach in the agile method of operating that has become so popular. Team members have varied experience from industrial engineers to nurses and physicians, and a physician has responsibility for the team.

System 31

System Healthcare Metrics Operations 31

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

Industry 52

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers the prospect of a frictionless existence, making us more efficient, helping us prevent mistakes, spotting the onset of potential problems before they become problems, and enabling us to spend more time on the things that really matter to us. Microprocessor (CPU) with human brain.

Retail 5

Retail Engineering Education Software 5

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2017

In this new commodity landscape, incumbents and attackers will race to develop viable business models, and not everyone will win. Technology is enabling people to use energy more efficiently in their homes, offices, and factories. Statoil has developed an underwater robot system for pipeline repairs that is reducing repair times.

Resources 28

Resources Industry Energy Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration. The emergence of commercial space has also gone hand in hand with an accelerating pace of technology development.

Operations 28

Operations Government Development Engineering 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

More recently, however, companies have widened their aperture, recognizing that success with AI and analytics requires not just data scientists but entire cross-functional, agile teams that include data engineers, data architects, data-visualization experts, and—perhaps most important—translators.

Data 28

Data Engineering Agile McKinsey 28

Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“When Dr. Goldratt came to me and asked, ‘Eli, how long will it take you to develop a new feature’, I hesitated. Such flexibility not only allows for real-time optimization but also leads to more efficient resource management. Consider an engineer scheduled for four 8-hour tasks in a 40-hour week.

Resources 52

Resources System Tools Management 52

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2017

In my experience with dozens of organizations implementing IoT solutions, those that achieved their expected ROI changed their traditional business approaches in one or more of the following ways: They Developed a Partner Ecosystem. ” There are several strategies that can be used to develop IoT talent. Then go beyond that.

ROI 28

ROI Operations Talent Accenture 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Think of new product development, or the parts of the company’s value chain and business model that are undergoing significant reinvention because of digital transformations. In these activities, speed of innovation is critical, and the rallying cry should be autonomy, small teams, and organizational agility.

Agile 28

Agile Culture Operations Leadership 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 18, 2018

Their feat heightens concerns that rogue regimes and terrorists could similarly modify or engineer pathogens and use them as weapons. Responding effectively to such threats will require a paradigm shift towards approaches that are faster and more agile and decentralized than what exists now. Former U.S.

Engineering 28

Engineering Agile Transportation Development 28