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Agility and resilience = agilience, a mindset comprising multi-layered abilities to deal with crisis and change for people, teams and companies.

Everything begins with an idea. And knowledge is power. Especially today in the so-called knowledge-based economy, ideas are everything.

Using a board for visualizing workflows and setting task limits (WiP limits) to maintain throughput are just two ways to optimize the production process in Kanban.

Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) scales agile project management according to Scrum, opening the method for multiple teams in an organisation.

Is user story mapping nothing more than good old business process analysis? Yes and no, says Dr. Andrea Herrmann and explains the differences.

Microservices are top dog in the field of architecture. Eberhard Wolff introduces this modular concept to us and points out hierarchy, advantages and disadvantages.

Requirements Engineering nach IREB umfasst ein breites Spektrum an Aufgaben, die Sie mit objectiF RM bewältigen. Um die Anforderungen weiterzugeben, können Sie die Jira-Schnittstelle einsetzen.

Business analysts are becoming more and more important through the course of digitization, because they serve as a connection between strategy and technology. Which skills does a digital business analyst need?

User stories describe the stakeholders' goals and wishes in agile development. Can the IREB quality criteria for requirements be fulfilled with user stories?

The Gantt chart is an established tool for planning projects. This blog post shows you how you can get the most of it.

Communication trainer Susanne Lorenz reveals how she uses a flipchart to clearly illustrate her presentations. Get inspired.

Establishing baselines is an important task for requirements engineering. Why is that, and how do you establish baselines?

Problems often arise because the specialist departments' knowledge roams over to the IT departments. What does this look like and what does it mean for requirements engineers?

Take different perspectives on complex projects and ensure the project's success by using the Project Health Check.

Is your business model ready for the digital revolution? Prof. Dr. Frank Hälsig shows five common business concepts for the digital economy.

You can best achieve your project success with an optimal project team. Get to know a simple method to get the most out of your project team.

Requirements workshops are a great technique for developing requirements. Where does this resonate in the execution, preparation and follow-up of a workshop?

For feature reviews, both review meetings and mechanical reviews are available. What is recommended when and how does a mechanical review go?

A good problem statement describes the task to be solved as generally as possible and so helps with the search for the right solution.

What are disruptive and evolutionary innovations? How important is the point of view of an innovation and what is the disruptive model?

A conversation with Leonhard Limburg about communication in IT projects, supporting staff in concrete situations and Aikido.

How can employees be managed in a digital working world? What does it come down to on the theme of management in the Working World 4.0?

In in-STEP BLUE you can record information in forms and manage it in lists. Learn how to easily flick through forms here.

Does requirements engineering have to develop further to be able to design new solutions? And how can creativity be embedded into IT analysis?

You can export information from in-STEP BLUE to MS Project. It also works for custom in-STEP BLUE properties.

In in-STEP BLUE you can secure state changes with a password request. This helps avoid mistakes and to increase security.

Do you want to know something, learn to do something, or master something? An evaluation of knowledge acquisition and the importance of feedback by Dr. Andrea Herrmann.

You can exchange information between JIRA and in-STEP BLUE. Read how you can adapt your system for data exchange in just a few minutes.

Businesses need a culture of mistakes, because only through making mistakes can new ideas and concepts be developed. What is Navituition?

A charrette session is a good opportunity to collaboratively develop requirements. What's important with charrette sessions?

With in-STEP BLUE you can calculate the sum of multiple values of a column, like the total effort of individual requirements in the requirements list.

Products have errors because the wrong employees carry out the wrong tasks. It is time for a paradigm shift.

How can importance, urgency, effectiveness and efficiency be integrated into a single formula to adjust a company's priorities?

Innovation is and requires a mindset. Many companies find it hard to adopt this mindset. What can corporations learn from startups?

An interview with Rainer Wendt, president of the IIBA Germany Chapter, about becoming a business analyst and business analysis in the IIBA Germany chapter.

Leverage points combine the knowledge of large groups with the communicative efficiency of small teams. Collective intelligence through leverage points.

With job sharing companies react to the changing demands of employees. Find out how can job sharing can help you become a more attractive employer?

Solution Evaluation is the assessment of existing or new solutions before or after a business goes into operation. Read more about Solution Evaluation.

With in-STEP BLUE you can send and receive automated messages. It is also possible to play sounds when receiving messages. Find out how to customize them.

Leadership used to be just for mangers. Today it is more of an activity than a position. Learn how to lead with confidence in every area of your work.

Manage a lot of information with in-STEP BLUE. How do you determine product histories of individual artifacts for external tools?

Project marketing with videos offers many advantages. But what is the cost benefits relationship? Find out what you need to know about producing clips.

Step by step to a ticket system in in-STEP BLUE. Today is step 11: plan work assignments with activities.

There are many IT anaylsis concepts. Concepts that compliment each other, some that conflict and some that contradict each other. Time to take stock. 

Communication is not always easy. How can non-violent communication in projects help and what are the different aspects of non-violent communication?

Errors in specifications are unavoidable. An inspection is used to find those errors. Here are six best pratices help you do so. 

Learn how to get the right amount of traceability in your agile projects. Improve your compliance and your overall performance through lean traceability.

Learn how to hire the right project managers in your company using the Logical Levels method as developed by NLP expert Robert Dilts.

Homemade Christmas decorations. A short do-it-yourself guide using silly putty, cookie cutters and an oven. 45 minutes of pure joy!