Forrester has released its 2016 annual industry research predictions. Of those findings, the power of the customer is prominent, and many companies still donโt operate accordingly. The impact of customer involvement on the success of business is nothing newโitโs...
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Cures for Cost Overrun Mishaps
Bridge renovations, bullet trains, major sporting events, oil refineries, canals, commercial construction, healthcare applications, software upgradesโtheyโve all made recent headlines with record-breaking cost overruns. Some of these reported cost overruns are not...
The Defense Industry’s Use of Scrum
Agile leadership techniques are often explained by contrasting with the militaryโs โcommand and controlโ approach. Although structured and hierarchal organizations like the military can make iterating and responding quickly to change difficult, the field model of...
Scrum for Dealing With Big Data
What are companies doing with all the data collected? They are empirically identifying patterns and responding to what theyโre learning from those patterns. As fast as the data can be collected, decisions about what to do with the data must be made even faster in...
Scrumโs Role in Startup Companies
If youโre a startup, youโre up against organizations with experience and capital. Your ability to pivot quickly (i.e. agility) is your survival. The โlean startupโ approach is essentially scrum for startups. Many startups go fast and hard, but lack discipline or...
Scaling Scrum Within An Organization
According to the 9th Annual State of Agile survey, the majority of organizations (66%) use scrum. And among agile projects, 85% use scrum. As organizations using scrum begin to mature, scaling beyond the pilot scrum team becomes a common challenge. Scaling agile...
Platinum Edge CEO Gives Agile Conference Keynote
Platinum Edge, LLC is excited to announce that the companyโs Founder and CEO, Mark Layton, will be giving a keynote presentation at the Agile Gathering West Michigan conference in Grand Rapids, Michiganย on September 16, 2015. โThe Agile Gathering West Michigan event...
Using Scrum for Cybersecurity & Responding to Attacks
Cyber attacks are now the highest national security threat, according to the United States Director of National Intelligence. Technology that changes on a daily basis allows this type of attack to spread more rapidly than any other. This requires quick and sure...
How to Use Scrum for Relationships
Plan a wedding. Save for retirement. Find โthe oneโ you want to be with. Teach your children how to set goals and make decisions. How does scrum make these life-altering events easier? Scrum and other common agile practices walk you through the process of: identifying...
Servant Leaders Build Extraordinary Teams
Leadership is naturally one of the largest components in the success of a project team (or any team for that matter). Sure, the actual project results the team produces are the primary measurement of success, but the journey taken by the team to get to that point has...
Agile vs. Waterfall: Three Questions to Determine What Management Style is Best for Your Project
A projectโs ultimate success can significantly be determined well before the work actually begins. Establishing an effective framework for roles, teamwork, planning and communication is crucial and can be the secret leading to that success. Generally speaking,...
San Diego Scrum Certification: The Benefits
Project managers throughout San Diego have realized the importance of becoming a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and in recent years interest in Scrum has spiked considerably with an increased number of people completing certification courses. This video by the Founder...
