Blog Archives
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
Data Uniformity Inside of Google Analytics or the Use of Filters
Google Analytics does not automatically apply uniformity of data, making it difficult to parse and analyze information about your web properties. Thankfully, Google Analytics offers us a solution in the form of filters. Filters can be used for any number … Continue reading
Who Are Your Users?
When we’re helping organizations with their knowledge management strategy, we always begin with an assessment of the Current State to identify their unique KM challenges and opportunities, mapping what’s working and what has the potential for improvement. A significant portion … 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
Selecting an Enterprise Search Engine
Search engines are one of the most critical tools in any Knowledge Management (KM) platform. A well implemented enterprise search engine enables easy access to information and breaks down silos between teams. Given the importance of search engines, it is … 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
EK’s Year in Review – 2017
As I did last year, I’m proud to close the year with a look back on EK’s accomplishments. We experienced another year of growth in new staff, new clients, and expansion of long-term efforts. We also continued to receive recognition … Continue reading
Top 5 EK Blogs of 2017
In the past year, EK employees have published over 40 pieces of thought leadership, addressing everything from best practices and success stories, to key insights and lessons learned. Sharing our knowledge and expertise is one of our guiding principles at EK, … Continue reading
Using Google Analytics to Obtain Customer Intimacy
Recently the term “customer intimacy” has exploded upon the digital landscape. Companies, corporations, and other entities have been exploring ways to better understand just who their actual customers are and how they can better relate to them. Customer Intimacy: The … Continue reading
Using Google Analytics to Measure System Performance
Google Analytics is a free website analytics tracking service that affords webmasters, website owners, website developers, and marketing professionals a data set they can use to make informed decisions. The Google Analytics main screen breaks these data sets into five … Continue reading