Everybody is talking about Agile. Throughout the world, IT and Software Engineering organizations are embracing agile methods to take advantage of the benefits of incremental and iterative delivery. Large corporations and the Federal Government are increasingly directing software developers to "be agile," but business practices related to marketing, procurement, project management, and systems definition are […]

Supervisors aren’t doing them right. Employees hate them. HR departments don’t trust the results, and organizations don’t benefit from them. Performance Appraisals are often negative, sometimes painful, and usually meaningless administrative tours to be endured It doesn’t have to be this way. “Everything You Need to Know: Performance Management” offers a strategy for developing an […]

Too often, companies focus on tracking incidences of non-compliance; only to find that everyone fears the audit process (sometimes, even the auditor fears it!) and they aren't getting any better. A more effective strategy is to emphasize quality over compliance. Establish a structure for collecting data that can help you align your processes with the […]

All projects have risks. But the risks that cause executives the most worry are the risks that no one is thinking about – the unknown factor around your projects and programs. How do you mitigate the risk of the unknowns? Now, from Broadsword’s “Everything You Need to Know” webinar series, “Managing Project Risks” offers a […]

When the gap between management and engineering is widening ... The auto industry today is replete with internal rancor. While the multi-model approach seemed effective at the time it was introduced, ISO/TS, CMMI and Auto SPICE have been poorly integrated throughout North America, and as a result, management and engineering are acting like independent entities. […]