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12
APR
Dynamic Management of Uncertainty
12 APR 2012 | Posted in IndigoBlue Second Wednesdays, risk management, uncertainty management | Author Rob SmithI’d like to extend my thanks to those who attended yesterday’s Second Wednesday. It was the first I’ve facilitated for some time and I thoroughly enjoyed the challenging and engaging discussion on Uncertainty Management.
19
MAR
Flow, Flow, Value, Flow
19 MAR 2012 | Posted in agile value, business value, IndigoBlue Second Wednesdays | Author Stan Wade |
1 Comment
The Second Wednesday on Flow, Flow, Value, Flow was again an enlightening discussion on the challenges of developing and releasing value.
The discussion looked firstly at the challenge of the evaluation of value. The problem seems to have multiple dimensions.
08
FEB
Adapt or die, be Agile, innovate!
08 FEB 2012 | Posted in IndigoBlue Second Wednesdays, innovation | Author Stan Wade | 1 Comment
We had a great session today at the Second Wednesday discussion on innovation. It was really valuable to have both IT expertise and innovation professionals to contribute.
I studied innovation formally at Imperial College Business School in 2006 and as part of that worked with Gartner on academic research on innovation in the software industry. At the time I remember being quite disappointed that industry still had some way to go. It seems that we are still struggling to get senior management to ‘play ball’ and let us establish effective innovation programmes, and yet it was universally agreed that to fail to innovate was an unacceptable risk.
Second Wednesday - 2010 Archive
Posted in agile practices, agile project management, agile theory, IndigoBlue Second Wednesdays, lean, networking
Second Wednesdays - Agile and Lean Management Discussions over Breakfast - 2010 Archive
Backgound
The IndigoBlue Second Wednesdays are monthly breakfast discussions between Senior Business and IT Stakeholders in complex organisations. By invitation only and limited to 10 guests, the discussions are open and candid.
15
JUN
Looking at IT Projects and Programmes as an Investment Portfolio
15 JUN 2011 | Posted in agile business change, IndigoBlue Second Wednesdays, investment, programmes | Author Alban JamesLast week, we brought together ten senior managers from a range of industries, public and private, for our monthly Second Wednesday breakfast round table. Held under the Chatham House rule, the session was facilitated by Nigel Kneill and the delegates were invited for a discussion on the topic ‘Looking at IT Projects and Programmes as an Investment Portfolio’, with the following abstract:
10
DEC
Traditional contracts are doomed
10 DEC 2010 | Posted in agile adoption, agile governance, change, change management, contracts, Government, IndigoBlue Second Wednesdays, lean | Author John Wright | 9 Comments
I've been thinking for some time now that traditional "Supply of Goods" contracts make building a collaborative client/supplier relationship tough. The nature of the contract is to fix the requirements up front, agree delivery milestones and try to focus the team on delivering what has been defined up front.
Second Wednesdays - Agile Management Discussions over Breakfast
Overview
IndigoBlue's Second Wednesdays are monthly breakfast discussions between Senior Business and IT Stakeholders in complex organisations. By invitation only and limited to 10 guests, the discussions are open and candid.
Chatham House rules apply: no presentations, no publicity, no recordings, no vendors. Simply an engaging, informative discussion in a convivial atmosphere with excellent food.
Next Topic:
Agile by its very nature is iterative and incremental aiming to produce high quality solutions that meet the evolving needs of the stakeholders. Whilst Technology departments in many organisations have undergone significant change in how they deliver projects, how much of the wider corporate enterprise has adapted and adopted new ways of working? Are we in danger of constraining potential success through a siloed implementation? What does Agile mean for the corporate planning cycle, for investment committees and post implementation reviews? How does the broader enterprise need to change in order to reflect the different approach and associated demands of Agile upon it?
Facilitator: Richard Piercy EVP Transformation & Digital Supply Chain at EMI
