by Monique Zera | Aug 5, 2020 | Agile, Change Management, Delivery Methods, Monique's Blogs, Project Management
Part 3 of 3: Don’t Let Agile Steal Your Future Like Santa Stole Mine To this day, I can tell you the one toy that Santa never brought me despite my pleas – the Fisher-Price 3-In-1 Tournament Table. That baby wasn’t just a tiny billiards table; it was also a ping-pong... 
by Monique Zera | Jul 29, 2020 | Agile, Change Management, Delivery Methods, Monique's Blogs, Project Management
Part 2 of 3: Being Flexible When Navigating Agile Changes Recently, while thinking about multi-year rapid release plans, and all the many considerations that go into them, I was reminded of being a kid and the week-long, summer road trips I would take with my family.... 
by Monique Zera | Jul 23, 2020 | Agile, Change Management, Delivery Methods, Monique's Blogs, Project Management
Part 1 of 3: Who needs Change Management when you can be Agile? We all know why large projects fail. It usually isn’t because the teams aren’t talented enough, or because there isn’t enough money dedicated to the project, or even because the wrong solution is chosen... 
by Fayyaz Adatia | Oct 5, 2016 | Agile, Capabilities, Delivery Methods, Organization
Before I decided to make a career change and come to Thought Ensemble, I had forgotten what it was like to have my peers ask, “So, what exactly do you do?” In technology, and specifically technology consulting, the traditional answers are not only vague, but... 
by Michael Steinberg | May 28, 2015 | Agile, Communication, Project Management
Agile methodologies have been all the rage for the last few years and they are the new normal for most companies, including corporate IT and other homes of “traditional” development. But, just using Agile terminology and iterative development doesn’t... 
by Jonathan Goldstein | Oct 28, 2014 | Agile, Communication, Delivery Methods, Organization
Having trouble getting your self-organized, self-directed teams to be productive? I recently was in a leadership workshop where they provided this very handy reference of typical personality traits that influence one’s leadership and communication style. Unlike other... 