Author Archive
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Continuous Improvement as a Business Enabler
Continuous Improvement as a Business Enabler Mary Marasco, Senior Business Architect January 20, 2019 “Continuous Improvement” is one of those terms which describes itself. Many organization’s hire consultants to help them improve their business processes and organizational performance in a continuous manner as the business environment around them changes. Just to elaborate, continuous improvement is a philosophy, practice, and method pertaining to the ongoing effort to streamline work and reduce waste ...
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The Dashboard Revolution
The Dashboard Revolution Pat McGowan, Senior Management Consultant January 6, 2019 Once upon a time, dashboards were considered a premium information technology available only to large organizations that could afford expensive enterprise software suites and had significant IT departments to build and maintain them. In the last few years, however, we have seen the emergence of several software vendors providing more affordable collaborative work management tools that provide dashboard functionality. These ...
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A Business Architecture Community Coming to a Town Near You!
A Business Architecture Community Coming to a Town Near You! Michael Khodosko, Co-Founder of The Business Architecture Guild’s Calgary Community December 12, 2018 When IT Architects asked me to write about the Business Architecture Community of Alberta, I saw this as an opportunity to promote the business architecture practice. Business Architecture has been confused by both business leaders and IT professionals. If I had to define Business Architecture in one ...
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When Project Management Requires Change Management – Part II
When Project Management Requires Change Management – Part II Marianne Hang, Senior Project Manager December 5, 2018 In Part I of this article Project Management Requires Change Management – Part I, I introduced the fact that projects are increasingly being viewed as OCM focused. This means that the need for organizational change management skills on the part of the Project Manager, as ...
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When Project Management Requires Change Management – Part I
When Project Management Requires Change Management – Part I Marianne Hang, Senior Project Manager November 25, 2018 “This is an OCM project” is an observation that is regularly directed at me as the Project Manager in charge. It’s somewhat of a surprise because traditionally the perceived value of organizational change management deliverables within projects has been downplayed. Often relegated to the soft skills category and seen as providing less value ...
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Delivering ROI by Performing Project Reviews
Delivering ROI by Performing Project Reviews Pat McGowan, Senior Management Consultant November 19, 2018 Do you have a project which is characterized by or exhibits any of the following symptoms? • A “cannot afford to fail” mandate • Mega-project risks • Suspect vendor performance • Rumours that refuse to go away • Key personnel burnout • Constant project conflicts • Continuous change requests
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The Evolution of Data and Modeling
The Evolution of Data and Modeling Garry Arko, Senior Enterprise & Solution Architect November 12, 2018 Over 50 years ago, there was a need to codify data so that computers could understand and use it. The structuring and modeling of data became a necessity to gain value from computers, and the art and science of data modeling took shape. It didn’t take long for ...
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Emerging Technologies for an Emerging Society
Emerging Technologies for an Emerging Society Intkhab Ali, Senior Solution Architect November 4, 2018 One of the constants in IT over the past several decades has been the constant need to factor in evolutionary or revolutionary technology changes, at least from an architect’s perspective. Since the 70s, we’ve seen major game-changing shifts, some of which have affected our lives both at home and in the workplace:
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Finding a Sweet Spot Between Traditional Data Warehouse and Big Data
Finding a Sweet Spot Between Traditional Data Warehouse and Big Data David Schlinker, Senior Data Analytics Architect October 28, 2018 The Big Data and Advanced Analytics market is growing rapidly with a forecasted 11.4% annual growth rate from 2018-2027, according to Wikibon. This growth rate with the current adoption rate is of approximately 50% is a good indication of an upward trend. So, the ...
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Managing a Shitstorm
Managing a Shitstorm Marianne Hang, Senior Project Manager October 21, 2018 Have you ever had a project turn into a shitstorm, with no option but to manage your way out of it? The term “shitstorm” is an actual business term defined in Wikipedia as “a situation marked by violent controversy". I’m sure we’ve all been in a shitstorm and we know we’re in one when it happens. However, we’re ...
