Agile or Not To Agile – Scoot Over Project Management!
What is agile project management?
Project Management
Exploration – The Fifth Step in the Innovation Process
The methods we use during this step build on the patterns and insights gained from our deep dive into our intent, people and context. Exploring new concepts involves visualizing the future through brainstorming, sketching, prototyping ideas, and storytelling. The temperament for this mode includes balancing creativity, radical ideas and ways of thinking while adhering to… Read more »
How Gov Can Buy Better, Faster and Cheaper
Ready to start innovating your procurement processes but not sure where to start? Check out what the VA is doing to make these processes more effective and efficient.
Program Performance: New Study Highlights Challenges Ahead
37.5% of program-level federal employees interviewed do not have measurable goals or, if they do, these goals have not being communicated to them.
Stop Talking About Yesterday
If I described our work in the present and future, wouldn’t that be more compelling, and interesting? Discussing how we work hard to support the continuous improvement culture, capacity, and results for state government? Yes, yes it would.
The Greatest Management Tool Ever*
A logic model, or log frame, or conceptual framework, is a graphic representation that depicts how an organization’s or program’s goals are related to its inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes.
How I Launched a Government Website
After about 70 days of interviewing departments, creating content, uploading files, developing online forms and a whole lot of refining, we launched a beta version of the new San Rafael website. Here’s what I learned.
The Effectiveness of Various PMP Exam Study Techniques
Examining four PMP Exam study techniques, their effectiveness, and some possible alternatives, you may not have considered.
Meeting Federal Records Mandates With Technology
By Dec. 31, agencies must manage permanent and temporary email records in an accessible electronic format. The onus is on agencies now to decide the right technological fit to meet the requirements.
Implementing Effective Enterprise Risk Management in Federal Government
Government faces increasing uncertainties as agencies pursue diverse and complex missions. That’s why more federal agencies are investing in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), a discipline that addresses the full spectrum of an organization’s risks, including challenges and opportunities, and integrates them into an enterprisewide, strategically aligned portfolio view.