We started this series by looking at the basics of assessment, and then looked into the first assessment area, technical craftsmanship. In this section, we will dive deeper into the second area of ...

In the first part of this series,"How Agile Are You? Let's Actually Measure It! (Part 0: Introduction)," we discussed the value of measuring agile maturity along with the pitfalls of creating the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Feb. 24, 2012) -- The Army is working diligently toward fundamentally changing the acquisition system, making it faster and better aligned to warfighter needs. Using what ...

The command-and-control hierarchical organization of large companies is rapidly giving way to a more biological metaphor, one in which a corporate nervous system senses important signals from the ...

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Agile Methodologies are the latest in software development but what advantages and disadvantages do they present from a client and provider perspective? Software development is a complicated process ...

Health care organization leaders are working hard to create, update and continuously improve on their processes to align with the Triple Aim initiative (see Figure 1. Triple Aim Model). Their top ...

Introduction In the field of hardware development, protracted prototype iteration cycles and high error correction costs are ...