Project Management

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Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid: An IF4IT Framework for Choosing Delivery Methodology

Delivery methodology is not an enterprise preference; it is a fit decision determined by the nature of the Product or Service being delivered. When organizations force all work through Agile, Waterfall, or a convenien...

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Make Architecture More Valuable: Take on At-Risk & High-Risk Initiatives

Architecture becomes indispensable when it moves beyond advisory governance and accepts accountability for the enterprise’s most consequential delivery outcomes. A dedicated At-Risk Architecture Practice embeds senior...

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Not Everything Can Be Agile

Delivery methodology must be selected according to the intrinsic characteristics and risks of the work, not imposed as an enterprise-wide preference. Agile is appropriate when work can be decomposed into independently...

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Product Thinking in IT: Treating IT Systems, Platforms, and Services Like Products

Internal IT systems, platforms, and services create more durable value when they are managed as long-lived products rather than temporary projects. Persistent ownership, lifecycle management, continuous improvement, a...

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Release Management Best Practices

Release Management Best Practices defines what a Release is, establishes Release Management as a governance discipline distinct from — but reliant on — its adjacent disciplines (Environment, Deployment, Change, Produc...