Interesting article from Microsoft research on the never ending discussion on employee productivity. This time with a reflection on hybrid work. Key points brought forward are in my opinion: The article concludes with the challenge of trust between employer and employee in the situation of hybrid work. I am not sure if there is a… Continue reading Reflections on Productivity and Trust
Month: April 2023
A simple method for Risk classification
Work life of managers is full of situations where risk needs to be assessed as part of decision taking. It is interesting to see how different staff members handle risk differently, although there is a clear method for classifying risk. When looking at risks consider the following 3 aspects The proximity parameter refers to the… Continue reading A simple method for Risk classification
Busyness does not equal good outcome in IT support
Do you want your IT support to be busy, or do you want your issue resolved? Many corporate organizations confuse busyness with activity with achievement in sense of desired outcomes. Find out why & what to do about it.
6 Differences between Consumer SaaS and Enterprise SaaS
Talking to non-IT corporate employees about (Enterprise) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based solutions shows common patterns of confusions and expectations which clearly shows how consumerization of IT and digitalization has educated non-IT people during the last years. Everybody uses a smartphone, a PC or Mac at home, and got familiar with how to use it, how to… Continue reading 6 Differences between Consumer SaaS and Enterprise SaaS
Why Plan-build-run is still relevant in an agile world
During the last years “agile” is starting to establish itself as a the standard for software development, reducing the cycle time to get updates to the users. For Cloud native applications a quarterly update cycle is standard, and the related continues integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) “devops” tooling has matured.Most enterprise applications, especially SaaS applications… Continue reading Why Plan-build-run is still relevant in an agile world