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Steeds meer bedrijven kiezen voor een Multi CloudStrategie. Ze richten hun blik op de toekomst en kijken tevens naar wat ze al in huis hebben. Om het makkelijk te maken strooien ze met termen: Business Strategie -> IT Strategie -> Multi Cloud Strategie -> SaaS First Strategie. De meeste mensen snappen dan wel wat er… lees verder »
I worked in a governmental project in which we improved the procurement and tendering system, procedures, and processes for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in one country of the Middle East. The project required me to study all of the municipality’s processes for each city. I came across many factors which negatively impacted the purchasing… lees verder »
I have worked with some organizations, each of which had different Success / Failure definitions. In my opinion, when measuring Success / Failure, we must consider project constraints, when and how each stakeholder perceives them. We have as many different definitions as we have stakeholders. “Assessment of criteria that define project success and failure.” One… lees verder »
In one of my previous projects, the senior-managers were not aware of the importance of risks and uncertainties, thus, we dealt with difficulties during the project, despite my cautions at the beginning. Understanding is an important factor in causing uncertainty, in our case; the customer was not familiar with the concept of the project as… lees verder »
Evaluation of how project type affects the choice of management approach and whether there are significant differences in practice among project types. Evaluation of the literature shows that increasingly, management of projects is being adapted to fit both the project and the organisation. In my experience, this has also been true. Most of my experience… lees verder »
Er is een duidelijk verschil tussen ervaren en onervaren project managers. Tegenwoordig hebben project managers meer vaardigheden nodig dan voorheen. Het hebben van technische en praktische vaardigheden is niet genoeg, we moeten nu leiderschapskwaliteiten en soft skills hebben. Dit om samen te werken en onze teams te leiden en het project met succes af te leveren. Het… lees verder »
In iedere branche kom je ze tegen, medewerkers met een gebrek aan kwalitatief zelfbewustzijn. Ook de IT ontkomt er niet aan, medewerkers die fout op fout maken. Fouten die vaak in de systemen blijven zitten en op het meest ongunstige moment door de klant worden ontdekt. Veel van die medewerkers leven met het idee in… lees verder »
Quality assurance is what a company does to guarantee its products and services are as good as they should be. Traditionally in tech companies, it is a responsibility of a QA team that works on finding defects in software. But the things are changing, and QA no longer depends on the maximum amount of error… lees verder »
COVID-19 has affected and continues influencing the markets significantly. Some businesses are growing or staying at the same level however, without the obvious Covid-19 Digital challenges. For example, the online entertainment industry, e-commerce, retailing, logistics (see McKinsey data), while others are facing unprecedented difficulties. Most companies continue intensively moving online and work remotely, many have… lees verder »
Was bug fixing in watervalperiode niet Agile avant la lettre? Deze vraag van Harm Plekenpol naar aanleiding van mijn artikel “10 Belangrijke verschillen tussen Agile en Waterfall methodology”, overviel mij. Ik had daar nooit bij stil gestaan en in eerste instantie denk je ja, natuurlijk is Bug fixing Agile. Bovendien moet je behoorlijk lenig zijn… lees verder »