December 3, 2008 – 4:55 pm
At Jama, we work with a wide range of companies using different software development processes. And, despite all the evangelism by the process gods in our industry, if there is one thing we’ve learned over the years it’s that no single process is the best practice for all companies. What works for one company, [...]
December 2, 2008 – 5:03 pm
Earlier this morning, I was among the 10,000+ attendees at the Autodesk University event in Las Vegas and took in the keynote address that included Carl Bass, Autodesk’s CEO, Jeff Kowalski, Autodesk’s CTO and Tom Kelley, the general manager of IDEO, one the world’s premier product design firms.
A couple of key take-aways emerged.
1. From What [...]
November 18, 2008 – 6:21 pm
You open a newspaper, turn on the TV, surf the Web – the news is dominated by the economic downturn. Is it a worldwide financial crisis? Is it a bona fide recession? How long will it last? Who knows. All I know is that you can’t escape it. In one way or another, it [...]
Not surprising, companies are using more Web 2.0 tools and technologies now than they were last year. The latest survey results from The McKinsey Quarterly on “Building the Web 2.0 Enterprise” illustrate the growing investments in Web 2.0 technologies.
The shifts that are occurring are in how and where Web 2.0 tools are being applied. [...]
What’s the link between requirements management and product innovation? Where are companies getting their next great product ideas? What are the real challenges and barriers to success? Agile, Waterfall, Iterative - which processes are teams really using?
These are a few of the questions we explored in a recent survey with product managers, [...]
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The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network has selected Jama Software as one of four finalists for the 15th Annual 2008 OEN Tom Holce Awards for Entrepreneurship in the Development Category.
Finalists and award winners will be recognized during the event at the Oregon Convention Center on September 18, 2008. This year’s event theme “Rogues and Renegades” honors the [...]
Is Requirements Management a smart investment right now? What’s the expected ROI for an RM tool? Does your executive team view RM as a “must have” or a “nice to have” solution?
I find myself having conversations on these topics with customers almost every day so I thought I’d write about the analysis we do to [...]
February 1, 2008 – 12:42 pm
What makes a company a great innovator? Is it based on quantifiable measures such as # of patents? # of awards? revenue growth? Or is it fundamentally something less quantifiable and more qualitative, - something you see reflected in the DNA of a company’s culture, the vision of its leadership [...]
January 2, 2008 – 2:59 pm
Happy New Year! Welcome back to work. By now, the presents are all unwrapped, the tree is on the curb to be recycled, the holiday cookies have all been eaten, and your wrists are sore from playing Guitar Hero III on your nephew’s new Wii for 2 straight days over the holiday break. You’re back [...]