Is Half of Your IT Budget Being Wasted?
There is a famous quote by John Wanamaker (1838-1922): “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which… Read More »Is Half of Your IT Budget Being Wasted?
There is a famous quote by John Wanamaker (1838-1922): “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which… Read More »Is Half of Your IT Budget Being Wasted?
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We are in a post Waterfall, post Agile world. So where does that leave us with our software and IT projects? Agile started as a reaction to… Read More »Agile vs Waterfall Doesn’t Matter: The Three Degrees of Perfect Projects
In “Thinking In Systems”, the seminal work by Donella H. Meadows she identifies the dangers of systems thinking twofold: “People who are raised in the… Read More »The Hidden Dangers of Systems Thinking
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