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Gap Analysis Framework Strategy Template

Leapfrogging

Key questions to consider: What performance area, process, or goal is being assessed? Identify the Current State Assess the organizations existing performance, processes, or capabilities by gathering data from: Key performance indicators (KPIs) Metrics that reflect current efficiency. What does ideal performance look like?

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The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

Boxes and Arrows

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. And other problems stemmed from UX practitioners feeling disconnected from the daily life of the development teams they supported.

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Are We Taking the “U” Out of UX?

Boxes and Arrows

Some excerpts: Work with the development team to follow a user-centered design approach as you work collaboratively to brainstorm and design innovative solutions to complex problems. Work closely with team members to conduct user research, identify pain points, develop user profiles, and create task lists.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

InnovationTraining.org

We then reviewed them to see that the answer summaries made sense. This can be done through interviews, surveys, and other methods. This helps to ensure that the team is working on solving the right problem. This can involve conducting interviews, surveys, and other forms of research to gather insights.

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Survey Data Shows That Many Companies Are Still Not Truly Agile - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CA TECHNOLOGIES

Harvard Business Review

A recent global survey of almost 1,300 IT and business leaders found companies are keenly aware of the importance of agile. However, the report found one group, the Agility Masters, who have been able to leverage agile throughout their company, reporting 60 percent higher revenue and profit growth than the rest of the organizations surveyed.

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How IBM, Intuit, and Rich Products Became More Customer-Centric

Harvard Business Review

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. The issue arose as a result of changes to IBM’s business model for software. In the past, IBM mostly provided enterprise software to customers who installed it on their own computers.

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Employers Aren’t Just Whining – the “Skills Gap” Is Real

Harvard Business Review

Every year, the Manpower Group, a human resources consultancy, conducts a worldwide “Talent Shortage Survey.” Last year, 35% of 38,000 employers reported difficulty filling jobs due to lack of available talent; in the U.S., But the idea of a “skills gap” as identified in this and other surveys has been widely criticized.