Agile

Putting Things into Perspective Great goals need great teams to be achieved. You can’t go it alone when it comes to attaining sustainable and far-reaching change. Now, that does not take anything away from strong leaders and leadership. But strong leadership is always rooted in concerted efforts owned and shaped by project teams. Organizations need to create a work environment in which...

The Next Big Game-Changer in Project and Portfolio Management? When Facebook announced it was changing its name to Meta, it did not go unnoticed. Some relished the news while others took it with a grain of salt. Well, skepticism is a usual by-product of any innovation. People were doubtful when they had to start moving from their desktops to the web. Later on, they moved from the web to...

Introduction Citizen development is one the most recent and most exciting developments in project management. It challenges the established approaches to information systems development through its own professional developers or external vendors. Like with any other professional or bespoke services, application and software development can be very expensive and somewhat lengthy. Project...

Learning Through Differences Public agencies and private sector entities have a lot to learn from each other despite having different strategic goals. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) across the world, including Australia, have proved to be fairly successful. Most often, it is evident to large-scale infrastructure projects. Among the benefits of such partnerships many experts single...

Some have touted agile SAFe as being a good solution for the implementation of agile in larger organizations. However, it caused controversy and disagreement in the agile community since the idea was first started. It is helpful to assess whether organizations can play agile SAFe, considering its benefits and challenges. It is also useful to think about practical factors associated with...

Being an agile executive is not as easy as it might look at first to some. Working in an agile environment challenges some leaders immensely. The way of operating differs from how may have experienced in the past. Some executives relish it; others find it harder. It can be a marriage made in heaven sometimes for agile executives. However, in other cases, it can feel like “just staying for...

When I go into organizations that claim they are using agile, I sometimes see mini waterfalls instead. This is not surprising if you consider that almost 90% of organizations report that their company works on projects in an agile manner. With this being said, some misinterpretations are present. However, agile is a very specific approach to project management and one that mini waterfalls...

“Agile” is a term commonly used in organisations of all shapes and sizes these days. When I go into organizations, I hear leaders saying, “We use agile.” However, I find things aren’t quite agile. Sometimes not at all. A fake idea of agile implementation is commonplace. Sometimes, managers say agile words without really understanding the principles and concepts behind them. This means...

The only certainty in today’s fast moving and globalized world, is that businesses can expect uncertainty.Paul Oppong Change is on the increase and coming in hard and fast from a variety of directions. A term to describe the environment we are experiencing is VUCA. This stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It is more challenging than ever to plan for what might...

Digital organizations that have already adapted to the Brave New World have significant competitive advantages. They have developed new organizational designs that allowed them to transform and experiment while maintaining the lifeblood of their companies. A study by Deloitte in 2016 identified that 74% of companies do have a digital strategy already. However, their level of readiness to...