Project Management

A top-leading bank, grappling with business and regulatory challenges, faced scrutiny after failing the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test. Addressing these deficiencies required a comprehensive approach, leading to the establishment of critical programs like the US Bank Holding Company (BHC) regulatory and comprehensive capital analysis and review (CCAR) program. To bolster its capabilities and ensure […]

A powerful, forward-thinking exercise used in project risk management, the project premortem exercise preemptively addresses risks, and helps prevent costly disasters. It ensures that your project stays on track and minimizes the chances of failure. During a premortem the project team collectively imagines that the project has already failed. Instead of waiting for actual failure, […]

If you were to pop open any social media platform or news app right now and scroll through a couple dozen posts, you’ll easily get the feeling that everything is #%&$ falling apart. Everyone is mad at something. We now use the term “doomscrolling.” In the past we had Yellow Journalism and we are there […]

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is the final stage before launching new functionality.  What should be an exciting time can turn to frustration and exhaustion.  Over the years, I have found tactics that can improve the UAT outcome. UAT involves key business stakeholders validating the system prior to go-live.  My background is primarily around website and […]

I get a lot of enjoyment from the creative and innovative side of the work I do. Helping clients or my teams break out of the day-to-day and explore the unexpected. I’ve discussed innovation myths before and how to use lateral thinking to expand your pool of ideas in unexpected ways. One of my favorite […]

In this blog, we are going to overview the different Agile Estimation techniques. Before we proceed, think about What is an Estimation and why we need it ? Estimation is going through the scope of work, calculating or guessing the time required to complete the work, calculating cost of work, resources and team members required […]

ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning Migration to the Cloud – July 2023 Go Live! Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHP) Business Challenge + Opportunity Migrate existing footprint and well-established business processes from Oracle EBS and NetSuite financials into Oracle ERP Cloud (Fusion), with over 500 custom reports written across different tool sets (FSGs, Discoverer, GL Wand, […]

We like being lied to. If you don’t believe that, then you’re not being honest with yourself! In this article I’ll cover some of the common self-deceptions, biases, and societal pleasantries we entertain. Then, I’ll cover why transparency, even when uncomfortable, is always the better option. Self-Deception: We Lie to Ourselves From ancient society working […]

We’re just now finishing up the holiday season. At this time of year, I’m always intrigued by the magic of the holidays we celebrate, and the optimistic goals we set for the new year. Even the lies we tell ourselves. It amazes me how we collectively like to suspend reality for a bit, reflect, and […]

Cypress has grown in popularity as a powerful end-to-end testing framework for web applications due to its fast execution, real-time feedback, and robust API. Many teams use design patterns like the Page Object Model (POM) to further improve test automation. In this blog post, we’ll look at how to use Cypress to implement the Page […]

Perficient is at the forefront of managing and developing applications for numerous clients in the healthcare sector. This article focuses on pharmacy benefits management (PBM) organizations, including: Challenges faced by PBMs Value PBMs provide How Perficient leverages its talent pool of business analysts, developers, architects, and process managers to provide technical solutions to address industry […]

Testing is critical in ensuring the reliability and quality of applications in the dynamic landscape of software development. Data-driven testing is one approach that has gained traction in recent years, and when it comes to web applications, Cypress has emerged as a powerful tool for implementing this methodology. In this blog post, we’ll look at […]