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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.
Sustaining Adoption After Product Launch
A Story I recently consulted on a project where the team did everything right to promote adoption of a new technical system. Knowledge Management Consultants from Enterprise Knowledge (myself included) helped the client define a clear vision for the product, … Continue reading
Maximizing and Measuring User Adoption
Similar to the old adage, “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink,” you can deliver a solution that uses the most cutting-edge technology and beautiful design, but you can’t guarantee that your stakeholders will … Continue reading
Communication Techniques to Promote Adoption
Take a moment to remember how you felt the last time you were surprised at work with an announcement of a big change. No, really – pause for a moment and think about it. Whether it’s new technology, a change … Continue reading
Top Five Tips for Using Training to Promote Adoption
While there are many change management strategies which will promote adoption of a new product, an effective training program is absolutely critical to help your users develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to use the new technology. In this video, … Continue reading
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
Design Thinking and Taxonomy Design
In my experience I’ve found that any successful taxonomy design effort stems from a strong understanding of the end users’ needs – hardly a small task. One way that I’ve worked to address this challenge is by incorporating Design Thinking … Continue reading