Epicflow

MARCH 19, 2024

The Epicflow team continues implementing the most powerful functionality to provide our clients with a variety of tools to juggle projects and resources most efficiently. In software development projects or any Agile environment, it’s typical to work with cross-functional teams consisting of employees with different roles (e.g.,

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If you took an agile workshop sometime in the past 15 years, you probably played the “ ball game.” Especially since they've probably suffered through way too many “agile” workshops with more and more games. That's an example of how insidious resource efficiency thinking is.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, businesses like Netflix, Youtube, Amazon, and Airbnb use AI-powered recommendation systems to suggest movies, videos, products, and rental properties based on a user’s browsing history, past purchases, and revealed preferences based on past behavior. These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Flow Efficiency In How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1, I discussed how removing support staff for departments and managers created longer cycle times. Now, it's time for Economies of Scale and how that ties into resource efficiency thinking. See the Wikipedia article.

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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.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leveraging Cutting-Edge Technologies Under current conditions of economic turbulence, workforce shortage, and supply chain disruptions, manufacturing organizations should work towards increasing the efficiency of their operations, achieving business agility and resilience. Here are some of the examples. AdvancedTech.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software is key to the efficiency of organizations in almost every industry. For example, if there was a power outage, the app could automatically inform a technician and send them a map of the fastest route to get to the relevant location. It is agile, stimulating, and there is plenty room for growth.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

However, larger businesses often face challenges that hinder the efficacy and efficiency of their governance systems, impeding their ability to adapt, innovate, and thrive. This is the realm of efficient and effective governance, characterized by fresh perspectives, unwavering resilience, and a commitment to excellence.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

If your team works in flow efficiency , as in Part 1, your team collaborates and learns from each other. And, when teams use flow efficiency, they see these benefits: One person doesn't act as a bottleneck for their function or expertise. This is any lifecycle, not just an agile approach.). Start by Working as a Team.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

This article will consider three examples from military history that can examined to better understand competitive strategy in the business arena. Although he was eventually defeated, Napoleon held his ground through efficiency and agility.

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1 to 1

AUGUST 9, 2021

Yet, in many businesses, there is often some overlap and confusion over what defines the roles of a front office and back office, making it difficult to prioritize an area for greater efficiency and productivity. What is the front office? The front office refers to the customer-facing section of a firm. Learn more.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

See Schedule Game #11: The Schedule Tool is Always Right as an example.). I wrote a series about that, starting with Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 1.). They think the tool will do “everything” for them. I have nothing against tools. However, starting with a tool?

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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

Just take a look at the pandemic, for example. The more training you offer, the more efficient and effective employees are in a role. Retaining existing employees is far more cost-efficient than hiring and training new talent. Learning new skills and competencies is the bread and butter of a learning and development program.

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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?”

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This is a common example of risk theater.) Created Gantt charts even though the team worked in an agile way. The managers reinforce people as experts, which is an example of resource efficiency, not flow efficiency. He now pointed them to the done-and-not-released chart. See Knowing When You Release Value.)

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

For example, it can identify whether a user is struggling with a particular subject and then steer the learner to additional materials that provide clarity. For example, after completing an initial assessment, AI tools can analyze the results to determine the learner’s current level of understanding.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

For example, a product leader needs to be available to the team during each day to answer questions and accept stories. Partner, Not Stakeholder The more business agility you want, the more partnerships across the organization you need. That does mean your organization needs to use the idea of flow efficiency over resource efficiency.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the teams used agile approaches, they requested more and more frequent deployments. A lot of the friction we see is anti-agility. For example, do you plan to have a shutdown for the Christmas period?”

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

We reinforce a culture of resource efficiency. We reinforce a culture of flow efficiency. Flow efficiency can help create and reinforce a product culture.). For example, managers conduct one-on-ones as individuals with another person. If you want to move to an agile culture, start thinking in terms of teams.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

For example, the application of the latest manufacturing technologies (e.g. So, automakers have to change their approaches to product development to make it shorter but no less efficient. . Nevertheless, automotive companies need to deliver their projects as successfully and efficiently as possible.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. Related Video.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2024

In a nutshell, AI automates repetitive tasks and makes predictions thereby increasing efficiency, streamlining the workflow, and improving decision-making. As a rule, they combine the traditional structured framework and predictability of Waterfall methodology with the flexibility and customization of Agile principles.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The main objective for each project is value-add for the client, and technology can improve both the effectiveness of the solutions offered as well as the efficiency with which those solutions are created. It is also important to understand new digital tools and how they can impact our daily lives.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

To take advantage of this opportunity place focus on building agility, aligning the organization, operating as a team of teams, and developing your people. Build Agility. While it is easy to say these pivots were a result of agility, it is important to differentiate between “brilliant improvisation” and a repeatable capability.

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. Efficiencies are lost in the cost of overhead. An Example. Programs and staff grow.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

More efficient utilization of resources. At the same time, it can be tempting to apply Agile with its flexibility, frequent value delivery, quick time to market, and intense interaction with clients. However, focusing solely on Agile has its pitfalls, e.g., a lack of long-term planning is one of the biggest ones.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

See the Flow Efficiency series.) See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure. I have more ideas and a more in-depth discussion in Create Your Successful Agile Project.). Here are some examples: Demos, even of partially working product.

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 1, 2021

Together, these issues were negatively impacting the operational efficiency of the organization and employee engagement. Examples include having to work together to sail a schooner off the coast of Maine to traversing sand dunes in Michigan to climbing the side of a mountain. Let's talk CONTACT BRIMSTONE.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 7, 2022

Resilience’, ‘agility’ and ‘holistic thinking’ are all features of effective business management that have gained widespread consensus approval, but the meaning behind these catchphrases often becomes blurred by the hype. The rise of cloud digital services is a textbook example of the economic phenomenon of specialisation.

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Comatch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Work management methods ensure a workplace runs as efficiently as possible. Aside from Scrum, it’s the most important agile approach. The bank implemented the agile approach across all departments, not just IT. Many companies are currently in the process of implementing—or considering implementing—agile practices.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Instead of treating people as individuals (resource efficiency thinking), what if you looked at the team as a harmonic whole? For example, every day, at 2pm, the team reviews all the code that is ready to review. While the team marked them all as “done,” they weren't really. Some Choices for Inside the Team Dependencies.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

But a lucky few react with a degree of strategic clarity and mental agility that allows them to adapt with relative ease. According to recent McKinsey research, successful agile transformations deliver almost 30% improvements in efficiency, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and operational performance.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Use subheadings, paragraphs, and examples, so people can consume and then use your information. Concurrent projects often elevate resource efficiency thinking, not flow efficiency thinking. Resource efficiency thinking says, “We must keep everyone busy all the time.”

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency , where we watch the flow of the work , not the people doing tasks. Can you create an agile culture for your team even if you can't change how the organization works?

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 14, 2022

If you use these delegation ideas, you will find you have time to have one-on-ones every week or two, depending on how agile your team is. This image is an example where a 6-person team primarily affiliates with the manager/leader, and no with each other. You will also have time to think. Facilitate Other People's Learning.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For example, if your CSF is improving service quality, you might use KPIs like average resolution time, first-time fix rate, or customer satisfaction scores to understand how you’re performing in this area. Agility Evolution Agile transformation represents an ongoing effort to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. What do you need to know to manage project resources with maximum efficiency? What do you need to know to manage project resources with maximum efficiency? The results of efficient resource management are as follows: .

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