(T/F): Agile is to Software as Lean is to Manufacturing?

Posted by Robert Merrill on October 8, 2009 under Agile Methods, Software-Intensive Businesses | Be the First to Comment

If your firm hires or contracts programmers, and your business results depend on their work (and if your business results don’t, why did you hire or contract programmers?), this question is for you. Read more of this article »

Agile Isn’t Enough

Posted by Robert Merrill on June 20, 2009 under Agile Methods, Software-Intensive Businesses | Be the First to Comment

From the CUES Skybox, I read,

In 2009, marketing and technology are inseparable; however, within today’s credit union org chart, marketing and technology are completely separate.

This isn’t just true of credit unions, and it isn’t just true of marketing. In today’s increasingly software-intensive businesses in many industries, business and technology are inseparable. But the org chart seldom reflects it yet. Read more of this article »