Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

Whether it's through spreadsheets, software, or a whiteboard, it's important that everyone on the team is using the same method and frequency for tracking. With software, it's easier to see where you stand in meeting or exceeding goals and where adjustments need to be made to maximize what's working and address areas of weakness.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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BCG

MARCH 22, 2017

Agile methodologies have given companies just what they need in the digital era: a collaborative and flexible way to develop software. Cross-functional teams, iterative development, and continual testing and feedback are powerful practices that have enabled companies to improve their development process.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things , incorporating up-to-the-minute digital technology has become critical to its product innovation. They do this with methods proven useful in accelerating software development, such as “ Agile ,” and which are increasingly being used for hardware product development, too.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. The essays are based on Scott Berkun’s work experience as a project manager at Microsoft, which however doesn’t mean that his guidelines will be useful for software development projects only.

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Epicflow

JUNE 8, 2022

Agile has become the most popular methodology in recent years and has proven its efficiency for millions of companies already so nobody has any doubts about it today. The most popular and widely used Agile methodology is Scrum. Read further to learn the details. The Role of Sprints in Project Management . Sprint duration.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

At Treehouse, an online school that helps companies hire developers and designers, we’re seeing the same problem. We said that we were looking for hard-working individuals with a high school diploma, whom we could train on all the hard skills necessary to become a software engineer and then hire as paid apprentices.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Development approaches. Because of the uncertainty over outcomes (and customer reaction), what is to be built, and the cost of change, investments in the top two quadrants are more suited to agile approaches (such as scrum) for software development. So maintaining quality is the key criteria and cannot be compromised.

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Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. For these reasons, modern crisis teams are turning from command-and-control systems to more adaptive, agile approaches.

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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.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Mindful that many large transformation programs run into difficulties because of scope complexity and traditional “ waterfall ” software development, Shuttleworth and the team used a design-led approach combined with scaled agile delivery. Six weeks later, customers were shown the first low-resolution prototypes.

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1 to 1

OCTOBER 11, 2021

CSAT is a simple customer satisfaction survey methodology that measures a customer’s satisfaction with an organization. Be agile when uncovering reasons for customer churn. That’s where speech analytics software comes in. What is a CSAT rating? What is a CES rating? Open-ended questions can reveal amazing insight.

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