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Risk and Resilience: A Big Data Dilemma
The Land of Snow, Ice, and Proactive Decision Making
The Yin-Yang of Agile
Hackers and Malware Are Getting Smarter
Being a Learning Organization
The Internet of Things: Lots of Data, Lots of Opportunities -- Part II
In part I of this series of Advisors, I discussed the "Internet of Things" (IoT) and its industry/business counterpart the "industrial Internet" (see "The Internet of Things: Lots of Data, Lots of Opportunities -- Part I").
Cyber Security: Inside and Out
What Scaling Agile Is About
Managing Costs in Rebuilding IT Budgets
As our economies continue slowly to rebound, we found in our 2013 annual IT budget survey (see "IT Budgeting in 2013: Are We Finally Back on Track?") that companies are still implementing programs to cut IT costs.
Toward a High-Performing Culture of Resilience
Traditionally, risk management is advocated and assumed to be a self-evidently correct framework. It offers a planning method for individual risks yet ignores systemic, complex risk and uncertainty. Often, ways of managing risk are established based on compliance with process. The process itself and its application are not themselves questioned.
Driven by Process Goals: The Key to Scaling
Even today with Agile software development, it's comfortable to think that prescriptive strategies such as managing changing requirements in the form of a product backlog, holding a daily meeting where everyone answers three questions, having a single requirements owner (and thereby one neck to wring), and other such ideas will get the job done. But we all know that some of these "rules" are meant to be broken.
Intelligent, Ambidextrous BPM
Does Agile = Better DW/BI?
DW/BI teams that embrace an Agile approach are finding they can meet the top-priority needs in short time frames and with higher quality than they could using a traditional waterfall approach to project management. However, like many disciplines in life, Agile concepts are relatively simple to explain yet often difficult to master. Why do DW/BI teams find Agile transformation difficult, and how can they overcome those difficulties? What cultural/organizational challenges must be overcome for a successful DW/BI Agile transformation? What is the "vision" of a successful Agile DW/BI team to which teams in transition can aspire?
Social Media Data Analysis Trends 2014-2015
Social media is touted increasingly as an important source for identifying key indicators pertaining to consumer sentiment, product/brand preferences, market volatility, buying habits, and other trends that organizations can apply in their efforts to understand and influence consumer purchasing, opinion, and other behaviors.
Prepare for Turbulent Times
Cutter Fellow Ron Blitstein, Piet Ribbers, and I have just finished a new book, due out in April.
How Many Friends Do You Need on Your Agile Team?
I often get questions from management and teams about how many ScrumMasters they will need as an organization, how many product owners are sufficient, how many QA professionals they need, and so on. I think the better question concerns the number of nondeveloper, value-providing friends an Agile team needs and then finding a continuum to answer the question at the enterprise level.
The Next Big Thing for Enterprise Architecture: Business/Technology Roadmapping
Robots on the March
Data Transparency and the Feds
Something Is Happening Here
New to Offshore Development Applying Agile? Don't Ignore These Two Technology Aspects
Tools and technologies are an essential part of any distributed Agile development. Companies invest thousands of dollars in procuring high-fidelity video conferencing equipment at their onshore locations. However, one thing they nearly always ignore is the integration capability with their offshore locations.
Two countries that come to mind when discussing offshore development are India and China. Although both countries have good infrastructure for software development, there are two technology aspects that need careful attention.