Keyword Business Value
10
FEB
Incremental Processes and the US Primaries
10 FEB 2012 | Posted in agile business process, agile value, business value, incremental delivery, incremental process | Author Alex McLachlanIt’s interesting to look at the US Republican Party presidential primaries as an incremental process and to contrast it with the incremental process at the heart of Agile software development.
06
FEB
Looking for Value
06 FEB 2012 | Posted in agile value, business value, prioritisation, story | Author Stan WadeWe need an estimate of value of each story to prioritise our backlog. In some cases that’s pretty easy because the story will deliver a lot of clear business value, but at other times searching for any value is a lot harder, especially for a business team that thinks in terms of revenues and costs.
31
JAN
Realising the Value from Agile
31 JAN 2012 | Posted in agile governance, agile project management, agile value, business value, incremental delivery | Author Rob SmithIndigoBlue has a long held view that incremental delivery, and the supporting incremental strategy, is core to the success of Agile management. This tenet is the basis for our governance framework and our approach to managing Agile at scale. Last week I was presented with an illustration of this in the shape of one of our customers that has recently piloted the use of Agile in their office in the States.
IRIS NFP Solutions 2012 Roadshow - Digital & IT Trends for 2012 in the Membership Sector
Overview
IndigoBlue's Managing Director Rob Smith is presenting the opening sesson at Iris's NFP Solutions 2012 Roadshow.
Based on current work reviewing the IT strategies for the membership market, Rob will provide an insight into trends that organisations could or should be considering for adoption.
Rob will identify the key digital and IT trends that are most important to membership organisations. He will then draw out how these trends, together with the organisation's business strategy, input into the IT strategy to provide a roadmap for the organisation's IT and improve support for the business strategy.
Rob's presentation will focus on the revolution that is affecting the NFP sector and how forward looking organisations can embrace change and transform their operation; to grow revenues and significantly improve stakeholder engagement and service. He will look at 5 key areas: understanding customers; productisation; the future of the web; cloud computing and collaboration.
15
DEC
The Trouble with Forums
15 DEC 2011 | Posted in business value, social media | Author Alex McLachlanForums are excellent for online discussions to support communities with common interests and I often find great enthusiasm for introducing forums when talking with companies and membership organisations. The problem though is that often they are just thinking of IT solutions rather than taking a business led approach.
The main issue is - what is the business value of the forum?
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OCT
Win-Win with Amazon Associate
28 OCT 2011 | Posted in Amazon, business value, NFP, SEO, website | Author Alex McLachlanWe’ve just received our first payment as an Amazon Associate. It has to be said that the amount won’t have a major impact on IndigoBlue’s bottom line, but we don’t really count ourselves as a bookshop. We provide links to Amazon for books that we mention in blog posts or the subjects of book reviews, really to make it easier for our website users. If someone wants more details on a book it’s much easier to provide them with a link rather than them having to copy the book title, open up another browser tab, paste the title in, find the right link in the search result, etc…
Iris Seminar: Hosting in the Cloud – A Strategic Direction for the NFP Sector – An Independent View
Overview
IndigoBlue's Managing Director Rob Smith is presenting at Iris's "Running NFP in the Cloud" Seminar.
Rob will discuss the potential benefits and disadvantages of The Cloud for NFP organisations.
27
SEP
User Delight and Your Website
27 SEP 2011 | Posted in business value, usability, website | Author Alex McLachlanWhich websites would you say are a delight? For many it's Amazon, Google or the BBC. How important is it for your website to evoke this reaction?
23
SEP
Recovering value from a failing project
23 SEP 2011 | Posted in business value, incremental delivery | Author Anthony FlackThis post reflects a recent client meeting as recounted by a colleague consultant. The client has a multi-phase project delivering components of a membership system; the particular component under scrutiny in this post was specified to the supplier in 2009 and should have been delivered to plan in 2010.