Blogs

We get caught up in the checklists, deadlines, and deliverables, but in the rush to “get it done,” we forget the bigger picture.

Business agility is much more than a set of processes or practices

This blog will delve into the responsibilities of project managers and product managers, the key skills they need, and the future of project and product management.

We’re all guilty of it sometimes—being ‘busy’ all day and yet realising at the end of that day that we’ve not really achieved anything. In the fast-paced business world, the popular myth that equates being busy with being productive is actually hindering productivity and damaging morale.  

This blog from the Agile Research Network (ARN) summarises some insights from the CHASE conference (Co-operative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering; https://conf.researchr.org/home/chase-2024), held in Lisbon on 15th April 2024, and co-located with ICSE (International Conference on Software Engineering). In 2024 ICSE attracted over 2200 participants from 63 countries. 

Hear Peter Coesmans' thoughts and main takeaways from Agile2024 – the European Experience.

Can we as agilists ever measure up to the standards set by the original professional bodies formed for the legal, medical, accounting and other professions?

AI is already transforming how work is done in all areas of business, so what about AI in project management? Why should we use it? What are the benefits and what do we need to be careful of?

The emergence of generative AI marks a transformative point in time for marketing, especially how marketing materials are created and distributed.

Agile practitioners and scholars have engaged in much research to understand agile software teams and how they operate to support value-driven delivery of projects, services and business operations in agile organisations.

At the Agile Business Consortium, we believe there's no such thing as 'best' practice in business agility. After all, being agile by its very nature implies a journey for continuing improvement. But what examples of good practice can we take from the Agile Business Awards 2023?

This blog is based on the Agile Masterclass led by the Agile Research Network for professionals of the Agile Business Consortium. Titled ‘Achieving strategic agility in the short-term and long-term‘, this masterclass drew on the case method pioneered at the Harvard Business School. 

Sometimes it takes a traumatic life event - or three, to learn and grow and develop resilience, but can we really do that all by ourselves?

Agile marketing has emerged as a way for marketers to continually innovate, create, and respond to change.

Do you keep hearing that the finance department stifles your organisation’s ability to be truly agile? Would you like to know how adopting an agile mindset could help yourself and your team become much more efficient and effective?

Embracing business agility is a strategy that enables organisations to stay competitive in today’s changing business landscape. However, like any shift, an agile transformation comes with its challenges. This blog addresses these obstacles and provides practical solutions.  

Agility and finance may not at first glance seem like natural bedfellows, yet the impact of an agile mindset and agile ways of working can improve not only a finance department itself but other parts of an organisation as well.

Business Agility has a tremendous amount to offer organisations of all shapes and sizes. But, as with all change, businesses will only reap these benefits when they take real ownership in adopting Agile practices. Simply relabelling existing, and even knee-jerk, practices as ‘agile’ just won't cut it.