Are you solving the "right" problem?
Finding the right problem to solve is a crucial step in any endeavour, whether it's in business, science, or everyday life. It is the...
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- 5 days ago
The Failure of Risk Management
While companies have been accelerating deployments of new technologies and workflow procedures to accommodate their increasingly hybrid...
- Sep 18
Typical Questions a Quality Auditor may ask
Quality assessors and auditors, whether in the context of manufacturing, service delivery, or any other field, ask a variety of questions...
- Sep 12
Need to decline a meeting?
Declining a meeting can be a delicate task, as you want to be respectful while also ensuring that your time is used effectively. Here's a...
- Sep 1
Agile: Typical Problems with Retrospectives
Agile methodologies usually come with the need to conduct regular (end of Sprint) retrospectives. When agile methods are first...
- Aug 30
Agile: Typical Problems with Backlogs
Back in November 2022 we reported on a survey we had conducted about the crucial technical difficulties teams experienced when...
- Aug 28
Navigating Agile Waters with Metrics that Matter!
Agile methodologies emphasize flexibility, collaboration, and iterative development, which can make traditional metrics less relevant....
- Aug 9
Katch up with Kaizen
Kaizen is a Japanese term for a philosophy and management concept that originated in Japan and has been widely adopted in industries...
- Aug 9
Don't let your processes gather dust on a shelf
When did you last review and update your processes? Documenting processes is crucial for a variety of reasons but just as important is...
- Aug 6
Looking Back to Leap Forward: The Power of Retrospectives in Driving Success!
We recently helped a software development team find radical improvements in their product design and testing cycles. They had allowed...
- Apr 5
9 Reasons for Agile Failures
Why agile initiatives fail Agile has officially been around since 2001 with the publishing of the agile manifesto. The past two decades...
- Nov 22, 2022
Agile after 18 months: fix your backlog
No one ever said that implementing agile would be easy. It is a major initiative that has significant challenges in cultural and...
- Oct 7, 2021
Insight: Make Meetings Work - Two Year Survey
Meetings seem to cause difficulties for organizations everywhere. With video, phone and hybrid work becoming the norm, it’s critical that...
- Aug 17, 2021
Article: Preparing for a Project Sponsor Meeting
Sponsors are critical to almost all projects. They’re the people who get budgets approved, they’re the ones who provide the energy and...
- Jan 14, 2021
Get your office reopening off to a flying start: A return to COVID-Normal
As the COVID vaccines begin to be distributed and rolled out around the world, it is critical that we plan for an effective reopening of...
- Oct 26, 2020
Insight: Why is process mapping so important during COVID and remote working?
Even before the pandemic, many organisations were moving their method of working towards flexibility. Remote work, client-site work,...
- Sep 24, 2020
Insight: A project manager view of agile project risks and difficulties
What difficulties and risks do project managers say about agile projects? In a follow-up to our recently published “Reasons for Agile...
- Apr 21, 2020
A Bubblepoint view of Agile, CMMI and other quality improvements
At Method Buzz we've seen many companies who have tried improvement after improvement year after year. Many of these have been applied...
- Mar 23, 2020
A Day in an Agile Process Refactoring Project
8am Breakfast Meeting We’re here with the project team and find ourselves in the local coffeeshop. Attending is the entire project team...
- Feb 17, 2020
What is product quality fade? And what can you do about it?
We just finished conducting a short course on product reviews, inspections and walkthroughs. A very interesting question was asked about...
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