Software and Product Development Leads into HR?

The founder of OdBox, Matt Barcomb, partners with organizations to help leadership teams develop and deploy strategy, optimize product management and development, and evolve traditional HR functions into modern talent development practices. Matt can be found on LinkedIn or on Twitter. Related podcast and transcription: Matt Barcomb’s Journey into Lean Software An excerpt from the Read More …

Reusable Knowledge – The Focus of Lean Product Development

Rottie Consulting LLC was founded in April 2013 with the intent to provide consulting services to a variety of industries specializing in IT Project Management & Delivery, Technology Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Leadership Coaching, and International (South American) Relations. My podcast guest tomorrow is the founder of Rottie, Gabriela (Gabi) Vandermark. An excerpt from the Read More …

Should You Be Using Multiple A3 Formats?

A Lean Implementer with a passion for continuous learning on all subjects related to business and lean, Matt Wrye is the author of the popular blog “Beyond Lean,” which centers on evolving leadership and changing business. Matt was a past podcast guest of mine (Related Podcast and Transcription: Building a Learning A3) and I asked him, Read More …

30% Time Wasted Looking for Data, 50% Success Rate Finding It

A fact that Kim Robertson , the author of over 100 discipline specific training packages, 3 fiction books and articles for CM Trends and various other trade publications from industrial arts to Configuration Management, stated in a recent podcast. His latest collaboration Configuration Management: Theory, Practice, and Application is Excerpt from the Podcast: Joe:   One Read More …

Should You Use More Than One Project Methodology?

In the project world, seldom, if ever, do you see any discussion about using multiple project methodologies. When you think about it, is every methodology good at enterprise management? Is every methodology scalable? When we think about the variety of projects that are there for our use, Waterfall, Scrum, Agile, Kanban, and a host of Read More …

Is This Planning Cycle Still Relevant?

I created this over seven years ago. Though I might change a few words and add methods like Kanban, I believe there is still a lot merit. What do you think? The Planning Cycle from Business901 Adapted from the book, Lean Project Management: Eight Principles For Success