Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Some of my clients have struggled with their project governance as they move to agile approaches. The governance people do not record assumptions. However, the governance people judge the projects and programs by how well their original estimates (for date and cost) line up with the actuals. That productivity thing.

Agile 94

Agile Software Government Productivity 94

Epicflow

APRIL 30, 2025

Industries Epicflow serves companies in aerospace and defence, healthcare, telecommunications, software development, automotive industries, as well as government institutions. GenSight is a comprehensive tool with capabilities ranging from project management to strategy development.

Software 130

Software Tools Management Trends 130

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

Effective governance serves as the bedrock for organizations, providing a framework for sound decision-making, personal accountability, and strategic direction. In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, where disruption and uncertainty are the norm, robust governance structures have never been more important.

Government 78

Government Agile Data Culture 78

Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

Individual consultants and engagement managers usually develop their own ways of organizing information. Develop interview guides according to the problem solving structure and conduct interviews with the interview guides in mind. In some cases the engagement team may create (up front) an entire blueprint to execute the project.

Consulting 150

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Agile 150

Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

Efficient product portfolio management allows a company to be agile and respond to arising market demands. As distinct from a project, a product doesn’t have a defined end date and is constantly under development to meet changing market demands. . In other words, it’s indicative of the company’s growth.

Productivity 246

Productivity Management Resources Software 246

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Traditional project management skills, such as project governance or project management methodology, aren’t sufficient to meet changing organizational needs.

Management 254

Management Methodologies Survey Government 254

LSA Global

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Once your business and learning objectives have been agreed upon by key stakeholders, bridge identified skill gaps through highly targeted and customized training programs , action learning leadership development , 1×1 coaching , microlearning , and individual development plans tailored to address specific needs.

Talent 48

Talent Training Training Culture 48

Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2024

2] New Competencies: Soft and Digital Skills The latest trends in project management require developing specific competencies by PM professionals to be able to effectively implement these innovations in their work. Here are some of the most essential ones. The idea isn’t new but is expected to remain relevant in 2024 and beyond.

Trends 130

Trends Management Emotional Intelligence Software 130

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

Industry 130

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 130

Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

In addition, their focus on effective resource allocation, stakeholder engagement, and change management contributes to enhanced operational efficiency, increased agility, and improved project outcomes. What organizations require a CPO? Decision-making The ability to make informed and reasonable decisions is critical for a CPO.

Resources 178

Resources Methodologies Efficiency Metrics 178

Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. This is especially true in developing markets where competitors can move very quickly with few of the obstacles that big companies face. But tangible examples of these new ways of working are few and far between.

Agile 50

Agile Analysis Apparel Resources 50

Harvard Business

AUGUST 25, 2016

On the one hand, they desperately seek greater agility; on the other, they genuinely want to include all the right stakeholders in their processes. Customers and clients demand greater agility, and employees and partners expect greater empowerment. But effective agility frequently demands inclusive stakeholder involvement.

Data 70

Data Agile Enterprise Government 70

Tom Spencer

MAY 31, 2024

This trend towards specialization and personal service is reshaping the landscape, offering clients a unique blend of niche expertise, agility, competitive pricing, and strong relationships that big-name consultancies struggle to match. The decisions of the firm are ultimately more specialized, agile, cost-effective, and client-centric.

Agile 88

Agile Advertising Travel Consulting 88

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Advances in platform technology are helping organizations make strides toward long-standing goals of agility, simplicity, and cost savings. The transformation of platforms from complex and expensive stacks of hardware into flexible computing resources represents a major step toward enabling business agility.

Agile 73

Agile Resources Government Enterprise 73

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

Banking 132

Banking Film Strategy Strategy& 132

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. Challenges in Achieving Change Readiness Organizations often face hurdles in developing change readiness. Is your organization ready for it?

Culture 98

Culture Leadership Change Management Organizational Development 98

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management. Back in 2005, Amazon Prime was conceived, developed, and launched in about two months. Agile innovation teams are small. A Quick Introduction to Agile Management.

Retail 73

Retail Agile Sales Engineering 73

Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2018

” Some are designing new governance forms for enterprises, such as B-corps and cooperative s. From the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism to the Conscious Capitalism organization, groups are forming with a mission (in the words of the latter) to “inspire, educate and empower companies to elevate humanity through business.”

Enterprise 136

Enterprise Education Methodologies Company 136

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration. The emergence of commercial space has also gone hand in hand with an accelerating pace of technology development.

Operations 73

Operations Government Development Engineering 73

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2017

But more than that, we would need to make fundamental changes in how we attracted, developed, and advanced our talent, and how we helped the department’s people transition back to civilian life. Developing Talent. Attracting Talent. As any employer knows, recruitment is just the first step to talent management.

Talent 124

Talent Recruitment Recruiting Training 124

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

And what we found in our interviews was an interesting reinforcement of our prior work on employer branding and agile talent. Variety: Development, seeking new opportunities to learn and grow professionally. We answered this question by interviewing freelancers in a wide range of industries — from tech to advertising.

Advertising 73

Advertising Agile Talent Interviews 73

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The two reports – one by a subcommittee of the new National Science and Technology Council , and a second on AI and R&D — were prepared with remarkable speed, especially relative to the traditional pace of government. government set a priority, enlisted key individuals, and produced a comprehensive national plan for AI.

Policies 70

Policies Government Report Research 70

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

He installed heavy-weight market leaders in key growth markets (much as GE has done) to bring management attention to market development, commercial capability, and relationships with government entities. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets.

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Brimstone Consulting

APRIL 15, 2020

The office of information technology that serves agencies across a state government system set a goal of becoming a high-performing and customer-centric service provider. The solutions were tailored to incorporate Agile principles, methods, and tools. CASE STUDY.

Information Technology 52

Information Technology Information Technology Case Study Case Studies 52

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Agilent Technologies, separating from Hewlett Packard, turned to Deloitte to help facilitate the transaction and Deloitte in turn asked Steve Pratt to act as project lead. At the same time, a close friend of Pratt’s, Raj Joshi, was working hard, trying to develop new offshoring strategies that would keep Deloitte ahead of the field.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Deloitte 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

The birds coordinate themselves with remarkable agility to find food and avoid attacks. Over centuries, the military has developed an approach to managing “ the fog of war.” ” In fact, an entire branch of government is tasked with its interpretation and application. Schools of fish do the same.

Agile 70

Agile Culture Leadership System 70

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Since employees are subject to strict rules and regulations governing how work is carried out for a client, this often leads them to play it safe, even at more advanced career levels. The rise of contractual employment offers businesses the benefit of agility and adaptability by turning full-time employees into freelancers.

Consulting 97

Consulting Accenture Industry Talent 97

Kates Kesler

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Building formal networks of global and local capability and resources with agile guidance from the center. Defining the right governance forums and simple, aligned decision rights that balance speed and scale. Identifying, selecting, and developing leaders to work in a complex matrix.

Agile 50

Agile Operations Government Tools 50

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

What we need to do is learn to develop emotional agility , the capacity to mine even the most difficult emotions for data that can help us make better decisions. Author’s note: I offer an assessment on my website to help you gauge your emotional agility. What’s the function of the emotion?

Emotional Intelligence 70

Emotional Intelligence Management How To Agile 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? As companies move to more agile operating models , they must learn to balance accountability with autonomy. How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens?

Strategy& 73

Strategy& Strategy Strategy Company 73

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

There’s no question that legacy IT systems are too slow and rigid for the agility that digital business demands. These COEs are responsible for innovation, transformation and process governance, and they work closely with operating units in Mexico, Brazil, Central America and the Philippines to roll them out.

Operations 73

Operations Survey Fashion Efficiency 73

Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 21, 2021

1 CoEs are often created to address a lack of cloud skills and capabilities, through development of new approaches and tools, pooling of key resources, and prioritization of resource allocation across different cloud projects. One way to solve this is to ensure business and function leaders are active members of the project governance.

Accenture 50

Accenture Government Tools Banking 50

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2018

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart. But a sickening number of those investments fail.

How To 70

How To Film Productivity Development 70

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 4, 2020

Agility is guaranteed when companies use cloud computing services. Cloud services can help you accomplish that because it allows companies to implement rich features without having to develop it. These requirements may be security, government policies, industry standards, or legal requirements. Increased collaboration .

Company 78

Company Software Data System 78

Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2022

Followers and organizations thrive with influential leaders and suffer from ineffective leaders whatever the context: businesses, government, community, education, or faith-based. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. I experienced the importance of cultural agility early in my career. The leader-follower relationship is everything.

Leadership 52

Leadership Emotional Intelligence Agile Culture 52

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Influenced by this community, Accenture Applied Intelligence* has developed a fairness tool to understand and address bias in both the data and the algorithmic models that are at the core of AI systems. Step 2 and 3 occur after a model has been developed. How does the tool work?

Tools 70

Tools Accenture Ethics Data 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

That was closely followed by recognition that many corporate cultures had not developed the agility and flexibility to transform: 29 percent said the culture could not absorb all the changes coming from strategy implementation. ” Govern through transparency to engender trust and enhance cross-business cooperation in delivery.

Culture 73

Culture Strategy& Strategy Strategy 73