Management Consulting
The management challenges of those entrusted with a team, project, or entire department of hundreds of software/systems developers differ significantly from those of other disciplines. I have dedicated my career to understanding and applying the specific techniques of development management to create successful outcomes. I have a long-held belief:
The software manager need not be like the clueless, pointy-head manager portrayed in Dilbert, but can be someone who makes a positive difference in the lives of both developers and stakeholders.
My role as a software management consultant is to help you sort through these complexities and, drawing from a wide range of techniques from development and adjacent disciplines, tailor your management solution.
Development Intelligence Consulting
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Business intelligence, along with big data and analytics have emerged as three of the most important business trends of the twenty-first century.
The main reason for the trend is that analytics provides business owners and managers the insights they need to steer towards competitive advantage (e.g., Competing on Analytics by Thomas Davenport and Jeanne Harris). Analyzing the data has provided the means for businesses to be more agile in responding to their customers and to changing business situations.
Software has lagged in this trend. Nevertheless, the same business pressures to adopt business intelligence and compete on analytics apply to software. It is now time for software organizations to adopt business intelligence techniques to get to the next level of agility.
‘Development intelligence’ is application of business intelligence to software and systems development.
Services
- Development Organization Management Consulting — For executives and and managers who are are responsible to delivering a good return on the investment in the development organization made by the c-suite.
- Quantitative Software Portfolio Management — For executives and line managers who are responsible for investment in the face of uncertainty.
- Lean product flow measurement implementation — For software and system leads who are looking to streamline their development operation.
- Agile Management Training — For upper management who are concerned with building more responsive organizations.
To learn more click on the links. If any of these meet your needs, or if you have a Development Intelligence need not covered by these offerings, please contact me and briefly describe your situation. I will respond with a frank assessment if I can help.