Adopting best practices seems like a no-brainer. But here are some things to consider along the way. Steve Petersen on January 5, 2021 Several years ago, a superior challenged me on best practices. While I didn’t always accept expert advice as gospel, I was a little perplexed as to why my superior was so reluctant … Continue reading Are best practices useful or lazy?
Category Archives: Business Process
Weaving processes together: Pega’s outlook
From engaging under-served customers, to emphasizing ethical AI, center-out architectures, and addressing the distributed work environment. Kim Davis on October 1, 2020 With its announcement this week of Value Finder, customer engagement platform Pega aims to help brands drive value from under-served customers. While messaging core customer segments about current products, brands can overlook the … Continue reading Weaving processes together: Pega’s outlook
How to Employ the Power of the Debrief Process
Laura Patterson — May 15, 2020 You’re probably familiar with the concept of the post-game analysis. A post-game analysis is part of the debrief process that serves as an opportunity to evaluate performance, identify opportunities for improvement, optimize strategies, and revise processes if necessary. The debrief can be used to analyze and improve any effort … Continue reading How to Employ the Power of the Debrief Process
8 Steps to Create Winning Business Proposals for Your Prospects
Brett McHale — March 16, 2020 Any individual who owns or manages a small marketing agency will know that the process of crafting a proposal to a potential client is a task that can be perfected—and, even better, easily duplicated. Although mastering the entirety of agency sales takes practice and experience, understanding how to properly … Continue reading 8 Steps to Create Winning Business Proposals for Your Prospects
Iterative is Not Necessarily Incremental
Thomas Schissler — February 12, 2020 The terms “iterative” and “incremental” are used so frequently and naturally in the context of agile that their meaning is no longer challenged. Sometimes the two terms have even become synonymous. Agile development is often referred to as an iterative-incremental process. This term already suggests that they are actually … Continue reading Iterative is Not Necessarily Incremental
What is the Business Case for Selection Assessments?
Darleen DeRosa — December 18, 2019 Follow @onpoint_llc Hiring the wrong candidate can set an organization back significantly in terms of time and money. Given the high stakes of the selection process, many companies have taken to using pre-employment assessments to provide more data on candidates in the hope that this information will allow them … Continue reading What is the Business Case for Selection Assessments?
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Workflow Management
Sylvia Moses — October 1, 2019 Workflow management is a crucial part of organizing and optimizing projects. Learn everything you wanted to know about workflows in this guide. What do project managers love even more than on-time and under-budget delivery? Workflows. Workflows bring much needed order and predictability to the project management process. If you … Continue reading The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Workflow Management
RFPs: How to Avoid Being Column Fodder
Bob Apollo — September 27, 2019 Follow @bobapollo The term “cannon fodder” is used as a somewhat dismissive description for soldiers who were regarded by their generals as expendable and were forced to fight against often hopeless odds in order to achieve an often-unrealistic military goal. First used in the 19th century, the term came … Continue reading RFPs: How to Avoid Being Column Fodder
Better Business Decisions Start With Better-Informed Leaders
Kaan Turnali — September 26, 2019 Follow @kaanturnali rawpixel / Pixabay Digital transformation brings about an incredible opportunity for fostering a data-driven culture and enabling faster, better-informed decision making. Although data’s role in making better-informed business decisions is undeniable, more data does not necessarily guarantee better business decisions. Fueled by advances in technology and a … Continue reading Better Business Decisions Start With Better-Informed Leaders
Input, Output and Outcome
Khoa Doan Tien — August 11, 2019 — August 11, 2019 Many years ago, I questioned myself about what makes a software product successful and what makes it fail. In project management, I observed that even we deliver the project within budget, scope, and time, it still has the jeopardy to be failed when launching … Continue reading Input, Output and Outcome