Ben de Haldevang

MARCH 20, 2023

The latest in our series of Agile Gorilla Collective podcasts. This time we talk about the extraordinary phenomenon of Broadcom, global software business which is hitting the headlines with a bid for VMWare.

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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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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

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. Rather than debating the advantages of agile teams, why not start demonstrating them? Learn and experience how agile works. What can I do?”

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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. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

This requires effective communication and collaboration across all levels of the organization, from your senior leadership team to front-line workers. 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.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) Inventory might have value for physical products, but it rarely does for software products. In software, we want less WIP (Work in Progress), which is a form of inventory. Want to Rethink Your Management or Leadership?

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Full disclosure: I met Andy back in 1999 at the Software Development conference. How we might want to say, “serving” leadership instead of “servant” leadership. I spoke with Andy Kaufman on his People and Projects Podcast 377. So we've known each other for a long time. Stick around for the outtakes, too.

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Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

To effectively balance investments between fixed (reusable hardware and software) and variable (degree of customization) assets required a clear interaction model for key processes and strategic decisions that outlined roles, governance forums, operating cadences, and decision rights. 1 Networked, Scaled, and Agile.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 28, 2019

See the various kinds of products in Tactical Ideas for Agile Budgeting, Part 1 or in Manage Your Project Portfolio.). I wrote about that in Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 1, Think in Feature Sets and in Create Your Successful Agile Project. And, you'll want to create experiments, with a high rate of change.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 21, 2018

During Agile 2018, Jerry Weinberg died. How to think about steering instead of controlling in the Quality Software Management series. Take Jerry’s leadership into your thinking and you might surprise yourself. Shane Hastie and I had already agreed to do a recording of some sort while at the conference. I’m human.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Agility Evolution Agile transformation represents an ongoing effort to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. Leading organizations have the agility and flexibility needed to respond to disruptions, evolve with market conditions, and act on emerging trends without clunky processes holding them back.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 22, 2020

Even if you use an agile approach, you still can't create an impossible project. These folks had a software-only product, so their agile approach helped them finish work. The teams chose to: Use an agile approach. Notice that an agile approach buys you ways to break the constraints and create more floats.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 24, 2020

Hmm, I might need to write a post about supposedly agile teams and their costs to fix defects.). I hate the word bug applied to software. See the Wikipedia article about the origins of Software Bug. Neither of those accurately describes software problems. Let's start with the words we use. Bugs fly in from the outside.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. You now realize that if you want an agile culture, you want the team to collaborate. Agile thinking and culture shows us that no, we don't. He explained that John could: Coded faster than anyone else. “Mind-meld” with the users.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Even when we had boxed software, that was less risky than trying to manage an impossible project. Agile approaches help us manage a ranked feature set in a specific time period (even if we don't use iterations). In my experience, unless you have infrequent deliveries, you don't have two constraints. You have one constraint.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 28, 2015

They had a similar platform for managing agile software development programs, which is now used in many large companies around the world. And that is about political leadership and business leadership. They are based in Sydney and had a fantastic platform for making your own wiki.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

It also puts a fundamental question back on the agendas of CEOs in other industries: Will software eat the world, as Marc Andreessen famously quipped? But who is likely to assume leadership in creating and capturing economic value in Type 3 products: Digital natives or industry incumbents? The answer is “yes.”

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It took another month for the software to be ready.). I do this in agile organizations as a matter of course.). .” I told him that unless he was willing to reimburse me my entire vacation money and spend the money for me to rebook without my friends, I was not going to change my vacation. I took my vacation. (It

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

The birds coordinate themselves with remarkable agility to find food and avoid attacks. And Amazon has its own leadership principles. Amazon says of its leadership principles: “Our Leadership Principles aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Schools of fish do the same.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

In addition to the “technical side” of project management, the author shares his ideas regarding effective stakeholder management, trust-based leadership, and effective decision-making as well as gives a variety of tools and techniques that can add value to your daily project management activities.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Volkswagen’s software that allowed diesel engines in its vehicles to cheat on emissions tests is another case of a top-down fixed strategy that suffered in implementation. Bob Lutz, who held leadership roles at General Motors, BMW, Ford, and Chrysler, describes a “reign of terror” that had long prevailed at VW.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Over the last decade, most companies’ digital agendas have focused largely on technology — moving to cloud-based software, modernizing IT infrastructures, adding digital channels, and digitizing business processes. It will require strong alignment with key stakeholders, new models of leadership, and a new playbook for success.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2016

. “If you went to bed last night as an industrial company,” Immelt observed, “you are going to wake up this morning as a software and data analytics company.” Pursuing cost leadership versus differentiating for value. Leadership is changing — fast. Manage costs — or add value? Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Finally, because of the size, importance and structure of the bank, the project would require not just the support of the BTFG function that reported to Shuttleworth, but the leadership team of BTFG (of which he was a member), the executive team of parent Westpac, and the board of directors of Westpac.

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Epicflow

MAY 31, 2022

It’s important for aerospace engineering, as it can introduce agile engineering to a company. First, aerospace engineering companies will require new software, applications, equipment that should be regularly updated and serviced. Giving priority to diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring and talent management. [4;

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

After all, roles like captaining a college field hockey team or editing a school literary magazine provide valuable leadership experience. ” CQ, according to Hill, is a critical component of leadership “given the complexity of management today. She also suggests asking, “How do you spend your time outside of work?

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

I think it’s similar to the Big Ball of Mud antipattern in software. The company doesn’t have enough product people (product managers, product owners, people who can make decisions about what a team needs to deliver and in what order. That looks like a big deal, right? We need to change behaviors in teams and in managers.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. For example, the efficiency lens in China led to an adoption of the practice that was out of line with the goals of the innovation center to be more agile and iterative. leadership. You and Your Team Series. Managing Across Cultures. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. They allow a company to be more agile and to more effectively adapt to digital disruption. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

When freelancing is your primary source of income, you have to be meticulous and organized about keeping your books, according to Jon Younger, the founder of the Agile Talent Collaborative , a non-profit research organization and the coauthor of Agile Talent. “It is a critical aspect of your reputation.”

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Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

Efficient product portfolio management allows a company to be agile and respond to arising market demands. The list of challenges is not exhaustive, but the ones mentioned above can be successfully addressed with the help of a software solution. Product Portfolio Management Software: Addressing the Challenges.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Data science and AI lie at the most overheated end of the software engineering spectrum, and there is a massive shortage of graduates and postgraduates emerging with the necessary skills. These are essential transformative skills, not just for those who may go on to become software engineers, but also for everyone.

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

Investors who have flooded the cybersecurity market in search for the next software “unicorn” have yet to realize that when it comes to a risk as complex as this one, there is no panacea — certainly not one that depends on technology alone. When we say all employees have to be risk agile, we mean all.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

As senior leadership peeled back the organizational onion, a clear case for change emerged in 2013. Senior leadership has begun a journey to reset decision authority – notably in the opposite direction from Philips. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets. 4: Build Capabilities for the Future.

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