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How Vanguard, Verizon, and Spotify Apply a Product Operating Model at Scale

Planview

Vanguard’s Transformation Journey “Introducing Flow at Scale at Vanguard” What happens when you introduce flow measurement across an enterprise software development organization? See how Vanguard leveraged a 10-team pilot to apply flow measurement and improve software delivery efficiency for more than 750 teams.

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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

When he took the reins at Ford in 2006, the company was facing dire financial straits. Whether you’re leading a team of software developers or healthcare professionals, understanding human emotions and motivations remains consistent. Leaders with high EI recognize and manage emotions — theirs and others.

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Flow Metrics for the Win — Planview Named a Leader in Forrester Wave™ on Value Stream Management

Planview

My first experience with it was back in 2006 when I took a call from Carey Schwaber of Forrester. Carey and I had a fascinating discussion on the problems with silos in software development, and I appreciated her interest in discussing the state of the art in academia on the topic. At the time, I was a Ph.D.

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Crowdsourcing vs crowdfunding – what’s the difference?

Wazoku

Crowdsourcing was coined in 2006 by Wired writer Jeff Howe who defined it as taking a task traditionally performed by an employee and outsourcing it to an undefined, sometimes large group of people. Crowdsourcing first became popular among software developers: open sourced code was a way for companies to more quickly develop software.

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User experience: ROI and methods to measure your investment in UX

mjvinnovation

Not to mention the improvement in productivity and the reduction of rework costs, especially in the development process. The six steps for justifying better UX, Forrester (2006). In the book Why Software Fails, there is also information that gives us the cost-effective impact of investing in UX. This is crucial.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

What happened in 2006? And Bill Gates announced he was shifting his priorities from software development to social impact by moving full time to his foundation. And is this kind of rapid growth good news? In the broader U.S. population, two generations made clear that their interests, too, lay in helping society.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Collins worked primarily on IT related work, such as systems integration and software development. In 2006, Havens & Company risked losing 30% of its business when IBM acquired Havens’ major customer, KeyMRO, and naturally reassigned Havens’ sales contacts at KeyMRO within IBM’s large organization.