EK’s Andrew Politi to Present at GovTech
Enterprise Knowledge Senior Consultant Andrew Politi will be presenting during this summer’s Govtech lineup webinar series focused on strengthening relationships between industry and state & local government leadership. Politi will present a webinar entitled “How Remote Teams Are Transforming the … Continue reading
Choosing the Best Project Management Approach for Your Team: The Cynefin Framework
“We are going agile!” This seems to be a statement often used in an effort to streamline existing business practices in favor of more efficient and customer-focused processes. However, before we make a paradigm shift in our day to day … Continue reading
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
Cakici and Ivanov to Speak at BAWorld 2018 Conference in Washington, DC
EK senior consultants Tatiana Baquero Cakici and Yanko Ivanov will be speaking at the upcoming Project Summit Business Analyst World 2018 conference being held on June 18 – 20 in Washington, DC. The topic of their talk is “The Business … 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
Agile vs. Waterfall Project Management Series Part 3: Compromising to a Tailored Approach
When applied effectively, product delivery and process management frameworks can present great rewards in the way we work. However, they may also result in drawbacks that fail to fulfill our needs. In the previous “Agile” vs. “Waterfall” blog series, It’s … Continue reading
Agile vs. Waterfall Project Management Series Part 2: What is the “Right” Approach?
Our constant pursuit for efficiency and effectiveness has presented us with two popular approaches: one gives us a rooted structure and discipline and the other probes us to change the way we think. It is within these fundamental concepts that … Continue reading
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
How Project Managers Can Adopt an Agile Leadership Style
Being agile requires a dramatically different leadership style than what you would typically encounter with traditional project management. When I was first introduced to agile projects, I found that not only did my environment change, but my approach towards leadership … Continue reading
Lulit Tesfaye Speaking on Topics Facing Emerging Professionals in Project Management
On August 3rd, EK Senior Consultant Lulit Tesfaye will participate in a women in project management panel as part of a four-week workshop titled “Project Management 101 – High Level View on a Detailed Profession” at the Women’s Information Network … Continue reading