Posted on December 18th, 2010 by
murtaza
In the past, when businesses were experiencing shifts from the profit-seeking to the value-addition phase, CIOs were seen as followers as information technology was only acting as a supporting agent. Today, it is still working as a supporting agent, but the varying trends and coevolving of business and technology have changed the roles of CIOs [...]
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Filed under: Agile Project Management, Business Dynamics, business process automation, Career Growth, Client Relations, Communication, Corporate Culture, Enterprise Agility, Entrepreneurship Profiles, Financial Management, Global Technology Market, Human Resource Management, Relationship management, World Economics
Posted on May 18th, 2010 by
ali.zaidi
The simplicity of Scrum. The high visibility. The collaborative approach. The frequent delivery of product. All in all, Scrum really did transform the relationship between IT and the business units. And transformed our ability to deliver. However general agile is more loose ended with less control and prone to unstable delivery and project management. What [...]
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Filed under: Agile Applications, Agile Project Management, Agile Quality Assurance, Business Dynamics, Communication, Enterprise Agility, Requirement Analysis, Scrum, Uncategorized
Posted on March 24th, 2010 by
M. Ali Nasim
Can your outsourcing vendor really add value and bring insights and agility in to your business?… OR are you dead sure that they just need to be a sweat-shop enslaved in a tight contract and trained to follow the commands and deliver accordingly? My take on this: Just like some employees end up becoming strategic [...]
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Filed under: Agile Project Management, Enterprise Agility, IT/BPO Bundled Services, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by
ali.zaidi
Agile Software Development is a methodology for software development that promotes development iterations, open collaboration, and adaptability throughout the life-cycle of the project. With Ernst…
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Filed under: Agile Applications, Agile Project Management, Agile Quality Assurance, Business Dynamics, Communication, Enterprise Agility, Microsoft, Outsourcing & Agility, Requirement Analysis, SOA & Agile Applications
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by
ali.zaidi
Posted on June 24th, 2009 by
ali.zaidi
Reference: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Is-It-Quality-Assurance-or-Quality-Control-67397.html Is there a difference between quality control and quality assurance? Just night and day. Unfortunately, many companies believe they are the same, when in reality the differences are overwhelming. Quality control, or black box testing, is chartered to ensure that the product is going to meet the user’s needs — not just to [...]
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Filed under: Agile Applications, Agile Project Management, Agile Quality Assurance, Business Dynamics
Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by
ali.zaidi
My question is based around the importance of an onshore consultant for business analysis, requirements gathering and providing a front face to the client in an outsourcing/offshoring scenario. IMHO there are several advantages such as solid communication(specially if the onshore consultant is from the same cultural and ethnic background), efficient requirements gathering, project security and [...]
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Filed under: Agile Applications, Agile Project Management, Communication, Enterprise Agility, Outsourcing & Agility, Requirement Analysis, Vendor Relationship
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