How to Build an Effective Cross-functional Team
We hear more companies are forming cross-functional teams as they face more complex problems and target more complex goals. Organizations are breaking down hierarchical barriers to try to speed up the innovation and creation process. Many are getting team members from various departments together to solve problems and build
Why You Should Create a Learning Dojo for Your Team
In this modern world, continuous learning and innovation are a must if organizations want to advance and attain a competitive advantage. Organizations spend extensively on learning and development programs. But the problem with traditional training and learning programs is that they rarely result in lasting change. A relatively new
How the Pandemic is Changing the State of Remote Work in 2021
The pandemic fast-tracked the evolution of remote work and has been the talk of the town ever since. Before the pandemic, the state of remote work was different and the practice was always thought of as a privilege and a nice perk that companies offer. Now, remote work has
Top 5 Emerging Project Management Trends in 2021
2020 rocked all businesses to its core. The events of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed companies to rethink the way they do business. If 2020’s theme was survival, I believe 2021’s theme is regaining momentum. The majority of businesses have started their efforts to bounce back before 2020 closed.
8 Benefits of Using Kanban for Software Development
Finding the right methodology is the first step to building a product. Any development process is fraught with obstacles, and in software development that’s especially true as there are few physical limits in a virtual development process. Kanban boards are a project management system that enables a process of
What We Learned from Taking Agile Workshops Online
One of the most effective ways to demonstrate tricky, real-world concepts is to run a game that strips away any complexity and concentrates on demonstrating the concept in an unambiguous and obvious way. As agile coaches, scrum masters and change agents, we do this a lot during agile workshops.