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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
Agile Activation Workshop
Would you like to be more agile but are not sure where to start? Have you tried going agile before and failed, or can’t align on the best way forward? Enterprise Knowledge offers tailored three-day workshops for organizations and project … Continue reading
Agile Training is Not Enough
At EK, we often work with clients who are undergoing a second or even third attempt at an agile transformation. One of the most common complaints we hear is that a team attended a two- or three-day training class and … Continue reading
Three Keys to Agile Content Development
Are you trying to adopt the agile mindset in your enterprise but not sure how to apply it to your marketing and communications teams? Our clients often find that once they have created new digital systems leveraging an agile design … 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
Website Design Best Practices
Over the last six months, Enterprise Knowledge (EK) has been in the midst of taking the best of what we know and applying it to our own website. Though we’ve helped an array of Federal Agencies, Fortune 500 Companies, and … Continue reading
Why Agile Fails When Organizations Try to “Go Agile”
Often we hear organizations are “going” agile and trust that they are successfully embracing core agile philosophies and reaping the benefits. Yet, for most organizations, this effort seems to generate complex organizational problems that result in unintended process, people and/or … Continue reading
Great Product Owner Habits
Depending on your environment, you may have worked with a Product Owner who functioned as an “Agile Project Manager” or Business Analyst. They “led” the project, captured requirements, wrote user stories, and managed the backlog. For others, the Product Owners … Continue reading