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Agile vs. Waterfall Project Management Series Part 1: It’s Not a Competition
Humans have been developing processes and refining how to manage work for many years. The Brief History of Project Management dates the application of Project Management (PM) back to the construction days of the Great Pyramids of Giza. Today, we … Continue reading
Knowledge Management in 2017
After nearly twenty years of Knowledge Management Consulting, I’ve developed core themes to what I believe comprises good KM. EK’s definition of KM embodies many of these themes: “Knowledge Management involves the people, culture, content, processes, and enabling technologies necessary … Continue reading
Prioritization Best Practices for Knowledge & Information Management
If you’re anything like me, you’ve set some ambitious goals for 2017. Whether at the individual level or the enterprise level, there will always be limited time and resources, so it’s important to prioritize the goals you want to achieve. … Continue reading
The Agile Product Owner: Beyond the Books and Classrooms
Presented by Alicia Cyrus at the Fall 2016 Techwell: Agile Dev East / Better Software East Conference on November 17. 2016. This presentation offers best practices and lessons learned regarding finding and developing Agile Product Owners. The presentation goals are: … Continue reading
Taxonomy, Analytics, and Governance
Angela Pitts & Mary Little delivered this presentation at the KM Showcase at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel, Tysons, VA on December 1, 2016. The event was hosted by the KM Institute and sponsored by Enterprise Knowledge. Presentation Overview Analytics is … Continue reading
Your KM Project Needs a Change Strategy
Do you assume people will adopt your new knowledge management initiative, or is adoption something you are actively investing in? Resistance can be the death knell for a KM project, and can lead to technology being left unused, processes being … Continue reading
How to Build a User-Centric Product: A Quick Guide to UX Design
User experience matters because users matter. A product could be built from the latest and greatest technology and best practices, but what good is it if no one is actually using it? As simple as this concept sounds, time and … Continue reading
Making Workshops Work
In my years of Knowledge Management Consulting, one of the most critical tools in my utility belt has been the workshop. We often leverage a workshop concept as one of the initial engagements we have with a new client. I … Continue reading
Facilitating an Agile Retrospective in 60 Seconds
Mary Little explains how to facilitate an agile retrospective in 60 seconds. https://animoto.com/play/7LMROlqDJaxKxN0bmBfS1w
5 Tips for Improving Your Retrospective
Facilitating a retrospective at the end of each sprint is one of the best ways to embody a spirit of continuous improvement, or kaizen, on your agile team. This is typically an hour-long session where you encourage all of your … Continue reading