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Build your Program Management Office as a Transformation Office

For an existing organization with a long history and a staff priding themselves on the longevity and consistency of the business, moving to a digital-first business model is a significant shift. The PMO needs to focus the projects on outcomes improving basic blocking and tackling of technology performance as well as transformational efforts in layingContinue reading “Build your Program Management Office as a Transformation Office”

Using Existing Assets to Build a Digital Future

Longstanding institutions build assets over time and as industries pivot and consumer trends evolve, these companies need to use their assets as leverage in building future growth and relevance. It is so easy to stay where we are comfortable. Traditional organizations Traditional organizations understand waterfall project management with task lists and gantt charts. Strategy comesContinue reading “Using Existing Assets to Build a Digital Future”

Management by MGu

Engineering students study math and physics throughout their academic life and learn to solve problems using basic math and physics rules deterministically, with precision and little interpretation of the solution. Today, as more and more engineers become managers, they find themselves needing more soft skills to lead and manage their team, like getting the “buy-in”Continue reading “Management by MGu”

Product Definition and Development

In an agile world, the product and the development teams work together in a symbiotic relationship. What do we need?Product owners define the MVP goal and feature prioritization, and then manage the backlog. The product team sets the strategic vision, reviewing, prioritizing and refining the backlog, and planning the releases (e.g. Minimally Viable Product (MVP),Continue reading “Product Definition and Development”

A decision methodology when the future is uncertain

Simple Decision Analysis (DA) can be used where there are clear options and clear organizational intention which leads to choices and actions – aleatoric problems where options are known (e.g. dice). To evaluate choices and actions, we use traditional DA with calculating NPV, evaluating tradeoffs and uncertainty, and constructing decision trees with probabilities and weights. Continue reading “A decision methodology when the future is uncertain”

Three Transformational Areas for Higher Education

Education thrives on a healthy community that is safe and inclusive. COVID exposed how vulnerable institutions of higher education are to disruption in how we go about teaching, learning and research. Students who struggle economically were hampered in their ability to participate remotely. They left the standardized dorm and classroom experience and attempted to contributeContinue reading “Three Transformational Areas for Higher Education”

A little planning mishap

I had a nice evening in London last night. It snowed on my walk to Oxford Circus and people just stopped and looked up… and took selfies saying, “I’ve never seen snow before.” It was a brilliant and lovely way to spend a Sunday night in the city before heading back to the US. WindingContinue reading “A little planning mishap”