Building innovation ecosystems: Accelerating tech hub growth
Innovation ecosystems can generate economic, financial, and social benefits for all, and there’s new federal funding to build them. A six-step playbook could help leaders get them right.
Across the United States, from urban to rural areas, public- and private-sector leaders are coming together to build innovation hubs. Relative upstarts such ...
Focusing on developer experience and embedded security for cloud
Asurion’s CIO explains how the company’s timely decision to go cloud-first allows the company to move fast, drive value, and stay competitive.
Asurion, one of the nation’s leading providers of consumer technology and appliance repair, planted its flag in the cloud more than seven years ago. The Nashville-based company, which provides ...
What do we mean by Technical Excellence?
“Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.”
The above is the ninth principle of the agile manifesto. And the ultimate goal of technical excellence in a simple form? Less bugs, more reliability, delivered quickly.
"Technical excellence" is one of those vague phrases with numerous interpretations, but in an agile ...
The framework for assessing organisational culture: Technology Companies
Here we share the framework for assessing organisational culture within a technology organisation. There is a strong link between organisational values on the left side of the CHART (shown below), agile behaviours, and increased business performance.
By implementing these practises in a technology organisation, you can act your way to a ...
Why should we care about company culture and how it can help you accelerate the speed of innovation?
Companies who are seen as innovative managed to successfully transform businesses in a short period of time. Companies like Adobe, Alibaba, and AirBnB, have learned to implement agile principles at all levels of the organisation shifting their culture to accelerate innovation.
They did this by:
Shifting away from complicated approval processes
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Agile strategy and transformation: how agile companies see an average of 60% increase in revenue and profit
There are some interesting statistics on agile management.
They are…
98% of companies have become more successful because of agile.
Since 2002, more businesses adopting Agile have increased to 88%.
Companies have seen an average 60% increase in revenue and profit since using Agile.
Agile transformation is no longer news - it ...
The Omnichannel Strategy: Marrying Online and Offline Processes to Leverage Growth
An omnichannel strategy is a sales and marketing approach that offers customers a seamless shopping experience. Omni-channel strategies integrate user experiences across multiple touchpoints, such as physical stores, websites, and mobile apps. Within this article, Digital Dom will take a deep dive into the omnichannel strategy approach with real life ...
How to create an e-commerce channel in the automotive industry?
The automotive industry is changing quickly to include the purchasing of vehicles online, and very soon companies who do not include this option as part of their buying process are going to be left behind.
Lots of car buyers can’t be bothered to visit showrooms and browse dozens of cars. Many ...
Software Outsourcing: Pros and Cons
Outsourcing software development is a common method for building high-quality software products faster. The primary reason for this is to reduce business expenses. According to Deloitte 2020 research, 70% of companies choose outsourcing to save money.
Despite this considerable value for all businesses, there is another factor that makes outsourcing so ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Agile Project Delivery
Agile project delivery is an iterative method to software delivery in which teams build software in short development cycles, right from the start, with multiple iterations, constant improvements and with flexibility for alterations that occur as the project progresses.
Enhancements or changes are made in response to end-user feedback and product ...