Managing Change When Your Project Has No End
How do you manage change when it’s ongoing? That’s the challenge of DevOps.
Project Management
The LEAN Six Sigma Message
Three tips for communicating the benefits of LEAN to your organization.
DevOps is Marketing
DevOps is about more than process improvement and new tools — it’s really about marketing. By shifting your mindset, you can help convince others of its benefits and help to spread those benefits to everyone.
You’re Not Uniquely Dysfunctional. Neither Is Your DevOps Team
IT professionals sometimes fall back on the belief that they’re uniquely dysfunctional as an excuse not to act. Under the influence of this attitude, your team clearly won’t be able to accomplish anything great.
Using the Gemba Walk and Process in the Public Sector
By adapting the Gemba walk and process for the public sector, government employees will have an opportunity to stand back from their day-to-day tasks to understand processes, be more efficient, and identify wasteful activities.
Planning Your Perfect Year Part 2: The Nuts and Bolts
Yearly planning propels your long-term strategy forward, and helps keep you focused on the end goals so you can avoid the frenzy.
The State of The RFP in 2019: A Snapshot
A request for proposal (RFP) asks potential suppliers to submit business proposals for procuring products and services to the organization seeking them.
9 Questions to Elevate Your Team’s Thinking and Just Possibly Save Your Project
Asking good questions is better than having the right answer. Good questions elevate your team’s thinking and increase your impact. That’s better for your project, your colleagues, and, ultimately, your career.
Utilizing Pull and Kanban in Public Entities
Governmental entities looking to successfully combining a Pull System with a Kanban must do three things.
Messaging Quality and Communication When Moving to Lean
Leaders of governmental service organizations attempting to apply Lean Six Sigma often see two major roadblocks to a successful implementation.