Even highly capable teams with solid plans can fall into the same ol’ traps. It’s not really our fault, human biases are hardwired into all of us. Awareness helps, but under pressure and tight deadlines, it’s tough to recognize these mental pitfalls in the moment. Seven Common Human Bias Problem Areas Optimism Bias – Wanting […]
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How Agile Helps You Improve Your Agility
The objective of this topic is to explore how the Agile methodology enhances an individual’s agility. This blog highlights how Agile fosters adaptability, responsiveness, and continuous improvement by understanding and implementing Agile principles, practices, and frameworks. The goal is to demonstrate how adopting Agile practices enables teams and individuals to: Effectively manage change Increase collaboration […]
Responding to Client Feedback
Building on my last post about Delighting the Customer, let’s dive into how to respond to client feedback. A strong feedback loop is mission critical. To keep your client relationships at their best, you need to know what they are thinking. Soliciting Formal Feedback You need to be intentional about requesting feedback regularly and systematically. […]
⚡ PERFATHON 2025 – Hackathon at Perficient 👩💻
April 10–11, 2025, marked an exciting milestone for Perficient India as we hosted our hackathon – Perfathon 2025. Held at our Bangalore office, this thrilling, high-energy event ran non-stop from 12 PM on April 10 to 4 PM on April 11, bringing together 6 enthusiastic teams, creative minds, and some truly impactful ideas. Setting the […]
Tips for building top performer teams
There’s no doubt that every Director or Manager wants a high-performance team that delivers the best results and allows them to focus on building new business opportunities. Come on, let’s face it! If we were comparing a work team with a sports team, who wouldn’t want to have a Barcelona Soccer Club, the Dodgers baseball […]
Creating a Launch Checklist
Are you a PM or BA who has been assigned a project or platform that is new to your company? If so, you may find that there’s a learning curve for everything that needs to be executed, especially when it comes to the launch. Not all platforms are the same; they can require different steps […]
Daily Scrum: An Agile Essential
Mastering the Daily Scrum: A Guide to Effective Agile Meetings In the fast-paced world of Agile, the Daily Scrum is a critical touchpoint that empowers teams to stay aligned, adapt to changes, and collaborate effectively. Despite its simplicity, this daily meeting often faces challenges that hinder its true potential. In this blog, we’ll explore what […]
Delighting the Client
In the last decade, “delighting the customer” has been quite popular in digital marketing. Clients have focused on user experience both online and offline. A delighted customer becomes loyal with brand affinity and drives long-term growth through positive word-of-mouth. At Perficient, we manage two levels of delight: our clients and their customers. By delighting their […]
Tea-Time: Tips for Leveraging Time After Standup
It’s typical to aim for 15-minute Standups, but how many times have your standups gotten side-tracked and suddenly more than a half-hour has gone by? These occurrences are not exactly my cup of tea… Of course, sometimes topics need to be discussed, and planning a follow-up meeting will only slow down or delay resolution. It’s […]
Tell your Project’s Story using Azure DevOps Queries and Dashboards
Sometimes purely looking at an Azure DevOps backlog or Board may not tell the right story in terms of progress made towards a specific goal. At first glance, it may seem like a horror story, but in reality, it is not the case. The data needs to be read or conveyed in the right way. […]
Agile Leadership: A Short Compendium of Tips
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are a leader” – John Quincy Adams I have always thought that the word LEADERSHIP is a word of great proportions, not only because of the union of its 10 vowels and consonants but also because of the […]
The Colorful World of Azure DevOps Boards
Out of the box, Azure DevOps provides black-and-white capabilities in terms of how it can be utilized to support a project and its code repository. Over time, teams establish and settle into work processes, often continuing to use those basic settings, which can lead to a mundane operation and, perhaps, risk losing sight of the […]