Imagine that you are in the complex process of decision making and would like to know how to make this process easier and smoother. Do you know there are methodologies, frameworks, models, that can ease this? The aim of this article is to show how the methodology of Six Thinking Hats can help you in […]
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In the field of organizational management we often encounter deficiencies and opportunities for improvement, especially when faced with recurring challenges in our daily work. To effectively address these issues, it is essential to establish a methodology that allows structuring and developing continuous improvement processes that manages reliable identification, organization and solution of these problems. One
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A role familiar to many. However, for a long time, many have wondered, what does a Delivery Manager actually do? What is their scope, and can their role be merged with another? By definition, a Delivery Manager is the person who makes sure that the Product is delivered. It is the bridge between the Product
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After several years of working as a Business Analyst, commonly referred to as a “BA” in the industry, I have found that I struggle at times to explain what I do, particularly to people that have never worked as one, or with one. Even people within the industry, who are familiar with the term, still
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Continuous delivery is a methodology in which teams automatically push high quality items from the source code repository to production on a regular basis. This allows you to receive early feedback on the quality and effectiveness of your final product. Some companies manually release products by passing them from one team to another. In this
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One of the key building blocks of agile is the small team. Regardless of the agile framework being used, teams are where work is done. The effectiveness of teams is critical to the effectiveness of agile. Which begs the question, “What do we know about teams?” The good news is we know a lot about
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Over the last 10 years, having a Business Analyst as part of any project team has become increasingly common, especially in agile environments, and I think I might know the reason… but first things first! What is Business Analysis? According to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK®) and as a general definition we can
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Empowerment and Agile The first foundation of Agile is to empower individuals. Power in organisations is the control of decisions, resources, rewards, rules, and practices. Empowerment is to move power from central leadership to individuals and teams across the organisation. In this post, I outline the modern, widely studied theory of empowerment and look closely
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The 5 foundations needed to master Agile It’s almost 20 years since the agile manifesto was written, drawing on software engineering methodologies that had been evolving for several decades. Today, agile is the dominant approach to building software and many engineers have only ever worked in agile approaches. But agile is a practice that is
