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The Business Analyst Role: Agile v. Waterfall
In this presentation, Yanko Ivanov and Tatiana Baquero Cakici share their experience regarding how the role of a Business Analyst (BA) changes in an agile environment when a software development team is trying to move from a traditional software development … Continue reading
How Agile Leaders Attract and Retain the Best Talent
In this blog for the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Mary Little shares how the agile leadership at Enterprise Knowledge attracts and retains top talent in the industry. Continue reading
Four Habits of Highly Effective ScrumMasters
With the expansion of agile into government and beyond IT, there are more and more ScrumMasters – facilitators who lead teams through Scrum processes as part of agile adoption. Unfortunately, the ScrumMaster role is becoming a victim of agile’s success: … Continue reading
Agile Knowledge Management
EK uses an agile approach in everything we do. In this presentation from the 2018 KMI Showcase, Joe Hilger shares how we apply agile across all of our KM projects. Learn how EK uses agile to develop a KM Strategy. Once … Continue reading
Performance Testing Basics
At EK, we help organizations solve their Knowledge Management (KM) problems. Typically, part of the solution is an integrated set of tools that improve the way that content and information is shared. These solutions only work when they are widely … Continue reading
How to Practice Agile in Traditional Management Roles
Organizations in the 21st century face great opportunities and threats presented by fast paced technological advances. According to Forbes Magazine, the most defining traits of a successful 21st century organization are: Relentless innovation, which requires a new mindset that liberates … Continue reading
Business Analyst Role: Agile vs. Waterfall
In this presentation from the recent BA World Conference in Chicago, Illinois, EK Consultants Yanko Ivanov and Tatiana Cakici discuss the changing role of a BA between traditional Waterfall and Agile projects.
How Leaders Can Promote the Autonomy of Product Owners
Of the Product Owners surveyed in The 2015 State of Scrum Report, only 24% felt empowered to do their jobs. When the Product Owner role lacks autonomy, clear definition, or proper support, the result is often confusion and frustration for … Continue reading
Agile Content Strategy
Rebecca Wyatt delivered this presentation at a Web Content Mavens Meetup on June 12, 2017. The topic for the Web Content Mavens event was Applied Agile & Design Thinking for Web Projects. Presentation Overview If you create web content these pain points … Continue reading
Meetup: Design Thinking Lab Happy Hour (June)
EK’s own Claire Brawdy will be facilitating a Design Thinking exercise at this month’s OpenIDEO DC Happy Hour. Her activity is focused around the Define phase of Design Thinking. Event Description When working within the Design Thinking process, defining the … Continue reading