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Making your goals public (the right way)
Authored by Vishal Bardoloi I’ve heard this self-help mantra so many times, so many forms, that until recently I had accepted it as truth: If you want to achieve your goal, make it public. Until recently, when I saw this Ted Talk by Derek Sivers. The thesis:...
Thoughts on Short-Lived Branches
Corey Haines (@coreyhaines) wrote an interesting article on something he’s calling short-lived branches. The short version is: Corey observed that we sometimes think of better ways to code something after we’ve started, but won’t start over (in economics this is...
Why scrum isn’t dead…and shouldn’t be
Authored by Shawn PetersonI have read numerous blog posts over the past year around the topic of why scrum is outdated, and no longer a valuable option for Agile teams. I fully understand how scrum can go wrong – I also have been in the endless unproductive...
Turning ‘Shadow IT’ from a Threat Into an Opportunity
According to a 2013 Frost & Sullivan study, more than 80% of line-of-business employees admit to practicing “shadow IT”: using SaaS applications without the knowledge or blessing of their IT groups.[1] It’s a practice that presents obvious security, data...
My love/hate relationship with minutes
Aurhored by Melissa Tullues I hate meeting minutes. You know – those notes that you scribble down during the meeting, trying to make sure that you capture the key points while also participating in the discussion, and then squeezing in time afterwards to package...
5 Tips for UX Designers Working with Agile Development Teams
I had no idea what I was doing in the beginning. I started by just going with the flow; letting the “Agile experts” of the team take the lead. I struggled with meeting client expectations and giving the developers what they needed, when they needed...
You Can Automate More Business Processes Than You Think
There’s never been a greater need for business agility than there is right now. Automation makes businesses more agile. Yet, some company leaders perceive that they are approaching the limit of their business process automation (BPA) possibilities because the vast...