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The battle between your strategy and your software system. By: Serge Janssen Daalen, 27 August 2023 In the modern business world, stagnation equals decline. Companies that stick to old thinking patterns and outdated business systems risk falling behind their competitors. To be successful and grow, it is crucial to adopt a modern business system and let go of traditional thinking and working patterns. The need for new business systems Holding on to outdated business systems will be an impeding factor for the growth and efficiency of your business. Outdated systems are often slow, inflexible, inefficient and unsafe. As a result, you will lose valuable time, resources, revenue and even customers. Benefits of new business systems Improved efficiency - New business systems are often optimised for speed, automation and process improvement. Processes are simplified and manual tasks are eliminated. A modern business system offers a better workflow, which automatically results in improved effi...

By: Angelique Toorians, 8 August  2023 Is Agile Management just another new fancy term to replace something that has been going on for a long time? Or is it something new? What exactly is Agile Management? And why should you start working Agile as a company? If so,  how do you implement Agile Management? What is Agile Management? Agile means flexibility, adaptability. Agile Management involves an iterative and collaborative approach to managing projects, teams and organisations. Agile Management focuses on adaptability, collaborations both with the customer and both within and between teams, and the continuous implementation of improvements. How does Agile Management exactly work? In Agile Management, projects are divided into small, manageable incremental parts or segments. A multifunctional team works together at every segment in order to deliver a functional product. The team collaborates intensively, shares responsibilities and makes collective decisions to realise the goa...

By: Serge Janssen Daalen, 27 June 2023 Agile Management Methods or Frameworks always include elements of continuous planning, testing, integrations and other forms of ongoing development. There are several different ways of Agile Management practices. Most importantly, businesses and teams alike are becoming more flexible, adaptive and productive with any Agile Management Method. Frequently used Agile Management Methods Scrum - Scrum is perhaps the most frequently used Agile Management Method. In Scrum, a project is divided into sprints, typically lasting up to one to four weeks. Each sprint ends with the completion of a workable draft of the project's final end product. Thanks to this step-by-step and iterative approach, your team continuously delivers an improved version of the final product to be delivered. Kanban - This is a simple, visual way of managing projects. Originally designed as a planning method, Kanban helps teams to give insight into how far a project has progres...

What is Agile Thinking and why should you implement it in your organisation? By: Serge Janssen Daalen, 27 May 2023 In the quest for business success, there is one secret weapon that only a few ('the smart Entrepreneurs') seem to know: Agile Thinking. Smart Entrepreneurs are gaining momentum by thinking radically differently, while competitors remain stuck in traditional thinking patterns. The choice is: either stay in stagnant patterns and get stuck, or switch to Agile Thinking. Agile Thinking is not just a buzzword, it is a completely different approach in the way we do business. Agile Thinking is all about flexibility, adaptability and the ability to respond to change quickly. What is Agile? Agile, in a literal sense, means adaptability or agility. Agile Work is a process in which 'agility', or flexibility, is key. In an organisation where people work Agile, everyone is aware that circumstances change and the business systems, work processes and employees are (in) adj...