Posts Tagged ‘agile’

The market – David and Goliath

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Small business is very much the “David” against the “Goliath” of the market place. Small business says dynamic, prepared to go for it, entrepreneurial, willing to challenge the status quo! Small business is the foundation of most economies in the developed and developing world.

Small business challengeThose who have decided to establish their own businesses can feel very like David. They have confidence and ability but the challenge for success can be gargantuan.

This challenge is not easy and should not be considered as such. Most business concepts have already been thought of or implemented to greater/lesser extents. So the small or new business venture is in a highly challenging market – Goliath!

Small business – who is your goliath?

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How a scrum can help your business deliver.

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

The scrum – it conjures up images of two teams battling it out on the rugby pitch for possession of the ball. In the context of this post though, nothing as sporty I’m afraid. However, scrum is a very useful methodology that can be applied to your business projects.

Scrum is a way of working that, as part of your project, you deliver pieces of the project that can be understood by the end-customer.  To help you along, lets design and build a house as our project.

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