Questioned Integrity
A few years back— and without divulging the name—, I was consulting a manufacturing client. This company had retail and commercial operations. The retail arm was by far the largest
Per my last email…
Per my last email is a meme and the cover image was recently circulating on social media. The consensus seemed to be in agreement with the message: You better re-read
Jira is Monkey Business
Colour me confused. I expect this to be a short post. In the Business Analyst space, Jira, Atlassian’s issue and project tracking database application is fairly ubiquitous. Jira is a
Your Agile Transformation Will Fail
Allow me to clarify this assertion. Your enterprise Agile™ transformation will fail. Let’s not mention that 90-odd per cent of all enterprise transformations fail. And let’s not pretend that the
Agile, Oil, and Water
In my experience, enterprises say they want agility, but they have so little trust that they have to micromanage everything and then make excuses for it. These are the same
A walk through the BIZBOK
“Business architecture represents holistic, multidimensional business views of: capabilities, end-to-end value delivery, information, and organizational structure; and the relationships among these business views and strategies, products, policies, initiatives, and stakeholders”.
Analysts and Architects: What’s the difference?
Imagine for a moment that you’re an out of work police officer searching for a new gig. What do you do? After calling all of your police mates, you hit
Ageism or what?
I’ve been dabbling in the job market on and off for a while. I tend to have several interviews a week. Some are targeted for a specific opening whilst others
The Matter with Project Managers
Here’s an interesting take on what allows a good project manager to be a good project manager. The Matter with Project Managers is also available as a blog post.
Opportunistic Recruiters
Not that type of opportunistic. Not the type that takes advantage of you. I am referring to the type of role wherein the recruiter is looking for people with certain