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Am I Agile?

26 APR 2012 | Posted in Agile basics, Agile FAQ | Author Michael Robinson

I've had the pleasure of introducing Agile and its RAD/JAD predecessors into a number of projects over the last 20 years. Today, the questions I hear from clients in the early stages of adoption are much the same as they always have been, but they are framed differently. I think this reflects that Agile has entered the mainstream of business thinking, and the questions are now coloured by expectations set as a result of reading books, seeing presentations and meeting practitioners.

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Head in the Clouds?

26 APR 2012 | Posted in business value, cloud computing | Author Rob Newman

The launch of Google Drive this week (Google’s cloud storage offering) has generated a lot of interest and comparisons with other cloud storage providers such as DropBox, Microsoft’s SkyDrive, and Apple’s iCloud. Some of the blogs and news articles, such as one by the Guardian, have focussed on showing the cost structures of each of the offerings and on wondering how well Google will be able to compete against the more established service providers.

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Crossing the Chasm

25 APR 2012 | Posted in ADAPT, agile adoption, agility | Author John Wright |

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Ok, so its probably an over-used senior management phrase, but I can't help but think adopting Agile is a bit like starting up and growing your own business.

When someone has a new idea for a business, they usually start small, figure out the rules of business, find out what they need to do to make their business work, identify their market, tailor their product, get the pricing right, identify how to sell their product, win some business, re-invest the learning and profits into the business to help it grow.

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New Microsoft Dynamics CRM Features

25 APR 2012 | Posted in CRM, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, social CRM, testing | Author Alex McLachlan |

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Microsoft's recently announced Q2 2012 service release of Dynamics CRM 2012 will have some very interesting features, including mobile access, multi-browser support and industry templates.

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Achieving the impossible? NFT in early sprints

24 APR 2012 | Posted in nft, testing | Author Stan Wade

Doing non functional testing early in a project has obvious advantages. It’s also a challenge of course to be able to get meaningful outputs based on the current state of the project. This has created an interesting issue on several projects that I am currently working on.

OK, so let’s be more specific here. I was initially looking specifically at performance issues and not looking at stress/load, security and soak testing and any other NFT issues we could discuss.

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When is the Cloud Right for You?

18 APR 2012 | Posted in business strategy, business value, cloud computing | Author Alex McLachlan |

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The Cloud is a huge opportunity for organisations to improve speed to market, provide operational resilience and increase value for money. However, there are complexities that need to be considered and you need to be careful to select a solution that is appropriate for your business.

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Dynamic Management of Uncertainty

12 APR 2012 | Posted in IndigoBlue Second Wednesdays, risk management, uncertainty management | Author Rob Smith

I’d like to extend my thanks to those who attended yesterday’s Second Wednesday. It was the first I’ve facilitated for some time and I thoroughly enjoyed the challenging and engaging discussion on Uncertainty Management.

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Self service - a win-win and a challenge

26 MAR 2012 | Posted in business value, CMS, CRM, finance system, self service, service | Author Alex McLachlan

Picking up a thread from my last blog post, I thought it would be useful to discuss self service. Self service is both a win-win - it provides better service at lower cost - and a challenge - implementing wide-ranging self service has its complexities. I've talk on a number of occasions about the advantages of self service. In this post, I'll focus more on the challenges.

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Planning to Fail - Maybe not such a bad idea!

23 MAR 2012 | Posted in project management | Author Stan Wade

Measuring a project's success or progress towards success is a usually covered pretty well by most development philosophies. The KPI is commonly used to determine how far we are along the road and if we are moving towards our goals. I am happy we have the success bit covered.

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