As an agile Project Manager, you face a lot of pressure to assure your stakeholders that your project is on track. You are the one the client is calling saying, “are we going to finish this thing on time??” It is imperative to have documentation that can eliminate all doubt that you will. Enter the […]
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Execute for Day-to-Day Optimization and Outcomes in Life Sciences
Life sciences organizations aim to bring life-enhancing innovations to market. More and more, the agility to do so and to remain competitive is driven by digital investments, which require resources and expertise. Perficient is a partner that makes you stronger by enabling your teams to optimize performance and accelerate customer-centered outcomes and business-driving value. Our […]
8 Capabilities for Agile M&A in Healthcare Organizations
As the numbers of mergers and acquisitions continue to rise, the majority still fail to realize their intended value. Following best-practices and using third party support can help increase your chances of success. Perficient’s wide variety of tools and assets in the following eight capability categories help complement and drive the overall success of a […]
Joey Klein Embraces Innovation through Atlassian Offerings
Two of Perficient’s core values are clients and innovation, and the two seamlessly integrate with one another. Without clients, we wouldn’t have as many opportunities to innovate, but without innovation, we wouldn’t maintain the clientele we have. Joey Klein, senior solutions architect, works within our Atlassian practice and is able to quickly solve problems for […]
How Jennifer Rostal Developed Her Passion into a Career
Perficient encourages all colleagues to find their passion within the organization to grow both personally and professionally. Once a colleague recognizes their passion, Perficient supports them along their desired path within the organization, whenever possible. Jennifer Rostal, senior project manager in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a prime example of someone who found their passion within Perficient […]
Where Quality Analysis (QA) fits in the World of DevOps
Development and Operations (DevOps) is the agile software development approach that allows for simultaneous software development and testing. A successful DevOps practice requires quality assurance and testing (QAT). DevOps developed from the need for businesses to respond faster to market changes to acquire a competitive advantage and accelerate their growth. DevOps is assisting firms with […]
The Pandemic – Our Agile Coach
The Coaching Program I can see the quizzical look on your face with the question, “Why is she calling this pandemic an Agile coach?” My answer is: “Yes because it taught us agile principles, and imbibed agile mindset in us.” Let me explain in detail: During this pandemic: How many of us responded to change […]
Jennifer Edwards Grows to Heighten Trust and Collaboration in Her Role
At Perficient, we aspire to build connections: with our clients to transform their businesses, with our colleagues to grow professionally, and with our global communities to make a positive impact. Our people-first culture is a true testament to the investment Perficient makes in our people, one that fosters trust and collaboration with one another, which […]
Agile Brainstorming: Introduction
What is it? Brainstorming is a technique of generating ideas by a group of people or team members by presenting them with a problem statement and having an open discussion. When applied to agile projects, this technique can produce interesting solutions and hence is referred to as Agile Brainstorming. Why is it important? There are […]
How to Make Agile Iteration Possible Within Waterfall Budgeting – Part 2
In Part 1 of How to Make Agile Iteration Possible Within Waterfall Budgeting, I covered the business desire to achieve iterative development and quick time-to-market, with the reservations of rigid waterfall budgeting and planning. I also covered pre-project and project start steps, which I believe are critically important to achieving the desired result during implementation. […]
How to Make Agile Iteration Possible Within Waterfall Budgeting
Product owners love the flexibility and short lead time of being Agile. At the same time, it can be difficult for management to adopt. Without a determinant understanding of the final product, there’s a struggle to estimate the total cost and rein in scope. You could mark work as done within a sprint but the […]
Finding the right balance of nOps
There are a proliferation of acronyms with the Ops suffix for the software architect to choose from. It’s reasonable to question whether the number are needed and necessary. All of these are, at the core, a targeted expressions of foundational business management methodology. The end goal will be continuous improvement in some business critical metric. […]