Why do companies struggle with digital transformation?
Companies of all sizes are faced with industry disruption, new technologies, and changing customer needs. Organizations with outdated…
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CMS Implementation Key Steps
For many, the mere thought of implementing a content management system (CMS) seems daunting. But while CMS implementation can be varied and overwhelming, the juice is worth the squeeze. A CMS can: • Simplify website updates • Organize your content • Accelerate business processes Solid content, well-defined technology, and a team with all the right…
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The Scoop on Scrum Development
When I got my Certified ScrumMaster license in Silicon Valley a few years ago, I was surprised to find 20 or so employees from Apple—not from their Development team, but from their Marketing team—there to learn about Scrum. Now, that doesn’t seem so strange. Scrum is quickly affecting more and more departments in businesses everywhere,…
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Operational Excellence
A Jack of One Trade: The Age of Hyperspecialization
In the past, the widespread subcontracting of IT Talent was driven by cost reductions—but today, it’s more and more driven by what Harvard Business Review calls the impending “Age of Hyperspecialization.” As we learned in 1776 from Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, hyperspecialization is the division of labor into ever smaller tasks, performed by…
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Is TDD Really Worth It?
I've heard a lot of controversy among developers as to whether Test Driven Development (TDD) is really worth all the extra time it seems to take. TDD means developing a small piece of functionality by first writing a test for it, then writing code to make that test pass. TDD should not be confused with…
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Operational Excellence
Business Process Management & PCI Compliance: The Essential Approach
In 2006, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SCC) was established by the credit card brands to provide standards regarding protection of cardholder account data. Specifically, the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) outlines guidance for processing, transmitting, and storing cardholder account data. The purpose of PCI DSS is to increase controls around cardholder…
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Using Digital Analytics to Drive Intranet Adoption
As businesses continue to expand in stride with the global economy, the value and demand for more robust intranets is similarly increasing at a rapid pace. And it’s no surprise; given that a 2012 report cited nearly one in five American workers were “Actively Disengaged” with their company. In a previous post, Redesigning the Intranet,…
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How A Django Developer Can Write Speedy Unit Tests, Pt. 1: The Basics
In this series, we’re discussing basic to advanced techniques for writing fast, efficient, and focused unit tests in the Django framework/content management system (CMS). Let's start with some background. One of the most important aspects of working on a software team is software testing agile code. During a big sprint towards a production release on…
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So you have a journey map. Now what?
As organizations strive to become more customer-centric, journey mapping has become an integral tool to help organizations get…
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