Agile for teams is easy; Agile for organisations is hard. Organisational benefits will not arise from continuous improvement on team level. To get radical results, continuous improvement is not good enough, we need radical change! Agile is often applied to teams only, but is this enough? Perhaps this will result in increased speed of development …
Training budgets are under pressure. Managers decide to postpone training or cancel training. But there’s still a need for training. More workload, more changing work processes and more pressure. If we train people we must avoid spoiling our training budget. Training is about change Training is about changing the skills, behaviors and attitudes in order …
Training budgets are under pressure. Managers decide to postpone training or cancel training. But there’s still a need for training. More workload, more changing work processes and more pressure. If we train people we must avoid spoiling our training budget. Training is about change Training is about changing the skills, behaviors and attitudes in order …
Metrics are a vital part of management. They are not the whole of management – one mistake people make is letting the ‘tail wag the dog’ when metrics drive what they do, rather than using metrics as a tool for making good decisions. Because they are powerful, metrics, if used improperly, can also be dangerous. …
Why do I so seldom hear ‘design’ and ‘metric’ in the same sentence? Read More »
Metrics are a vital part of management. They are not the whole of management – one mistake people make is letting the ‘tail wag the dog’ when metrics drive what they do, rather than using metrics as a tool for making good decisions. Because they are powerful, metrics, if used improperly, can also be dangerous. …
Why do I so seldom hear ‘design’ and ‘metric’ in the same sentence? Read More »
The basics ASL (Application Services Library) is a framework and collection of best practices for application management. Target audience The target audience for ASL consists of everyone who is involved in the development and management of applications: application support personnel, application architects and designers, programmers, testers, and managers with responsibility for application development or application …
The basics ASL (Application Services Library) is a framework and collection of best practices for application management. Target audience The target audience for ASL consists of everyone who is involved in the development and management of applications: application support personnel, application architects and designers, programmers, testers, and managers with responsibility for application development or application …
Ok, I confess. To become an IT professional was not my first choice. In fact I have a degree in Forestry, Land and Water Management. However, in the 1990’s the opportunities to get a job in this area were scarce and I moved towards the domain of Information Technology. Maybe this explains why I look …
Ok, I confess. To become an IT professional was not my first choice. In fact I have a degree in Forestry, Land and Water Management. However, in the 1990’s the opportunities to get a job in this area were scarce and I moved towards the domain of Information Technology. Maybe this explains why I look …
Advances in technology are sometimes marked by a paradox. On the one hand, technology helps to provide the constant and immediate access to information that today’s users demand, on the other, each technological development in this field comes with an equal or greater challenge to protect information and other resources. Worldwide companies are using ISO 27000 …
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