The definition of process efficiency is essentially “the amount of effort or input required to produce your business’s product.” For instance, if it takes 300 workers to make a single pack of gum, your process efficiency is abysmal. And you should get out of the gum manufacturing business. But if you have 300 workers and...

I think we can all agree that agile is an over(ab)used buzzword and a misinterpreted concept these days. Similar to that other popular concept, productivity. Well, inspired by some of the thought leaders in the field, I think and dare say that agility is a way of approaching work (and also life, why not?). So,...

“It’s all about people” – Agile People accelerate the worldwide agile transformation through spreading the values of customer collaboration, energized people, learning organization, inspiring leadership and rapid change to all areas of businesses and organizations. If you have great people on your team, you are more likely to succeed, regardless of the tools. The reverse...

Risk management is crucial on any IT projects. It is a core activity of project management discipline, already well documented in Prince 2, PMBOK or CMMI (thus it is an essential part of an Agile CMMI model, expected by some of our client). Unfortunately agile teams tend to abandon risk management considering applying agile practices is enough to...

I’ve worked with MBOs a.k.a. Management By Objectives on and off at a variety of places. Your manager (and presumably their manager) define a set of quantifiable (S.M.A.R.T.) objectives for you to hit in the coming quarter. Then you review them at the end of the quarter. Easy, right? I must be treating these things...