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Category: White Papers/Interviews
A Natural Agilist Finds a Home with Main Line Health’s “Healthy” Agile Organization
Main Line Health is a shining star of agility in Southeastern Pennsylvania’s health care industry. In fact, it is one of the most progressive health care organizations in the country. Main Line Health is not a small enterprise; it is suburban Philadelphia’s most comprehensive healthcare resource, offering a full range of medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric, [...]
White Paper: Management by walking around – MWBA in a virtual world
In this white paper, David Gritz discusses the origins, challenges, and benefits of “management by walking around” in a virtual world: Can the benefits of Management by Walking Around now also be had in a virtual world? What do current tools or methods offer? And what, conceptually, should “Virtual World MBWA” look like, if it [...]
Focus on Patrick O’Toole , Process Improvement Guru
ContentsCould you tell us a little bit about yourself, your background and what you are working on today.Can you talk a little bit about your status as a visiting scientist at the SEI? Could you tell us a little bit about the historical background of the CMM and the CMMI – how it started, how [...]
Interview with Michael Mah, Senior Consultant in Vendor Relationship Management
ContentsCould you tell us a little bit about yourself, your background and what you are working on today?The Standish Group came out with a study several years ago that showed 70% of all software projects coming in over budget, over schedule, or not at all. What do you attribute this problem to?But if part of [...]
Focus on Dr. Barbara Kitchenham, Professor of Quantitative Software Engineering
ContentsCould you tell us a little bit about yourself, the path your career has taken and what you are working on today?The Standish Group reported in 2000 that over 70% of software projects were coming in over time, over budget, or not at all. Do you have any thoughts on what we can do to [...]
Frank Scattene Interview
ContentsIt’s an honor to interview you about your military service, Frank. How do you think Veterans benefit IT companies?Could you tell me a little bit about what you do for Computer Aid, Inc?How, do you feel, did the military prepare you for your current position? What skills were you able to draw from your experiences [...]
White Paper: Project Failures – What the BP Disaster Can Teach Us About Managment
This .pdf discusses what lessons the BP oil disaster can teach us about management’s affect on project success, risk, and communication. Project Failures White Paper
White Paper: The Management System – Why the way we manage entraps performance
This .pdf examines how the 20th century management model is holding back the progress and evolution of companies, and how to counteract that trap. The Management System White Paper
Focus on Dr. Jeanne Ross, MIT Sloan School of Management
ContentsCould you tell us a little about yourself, the MIT Center for Information Systems Research and your current responsibilities there?You co-authored IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results. What inspired you to write this book? What specifically were you trying accomplish with it?Why do you think the term “IT governance” [...]
Interview With Dr. Victor Basili: Process Improvement Thought Leader
ContentsCould you tell us a little bit about yourself, your career, and what you are working on today?What is the value of process and measurement? Why is it so important?How would you have characterized the state of process and measurement in the software and IT industry at the onset of your career?There are so many [...]
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