The Agile Response to Complexity: Emergence

By Ryan Smith

So many times as project delivery professionals we hear the postmortems when projects fail:  “We must not have planned enough…”  “Our functional spec must not have been detailed enough…”  “Our brainstorming sessions should have been longer…” “Our sponsors didn’t really know what they wanted when we captured the requirements…” “We delivered on time and on…

Dark Clouds on the BI Horizon

By Ryan Smith

So I guess I just shouldn’t go to BI tool demonstrations anymore.  Don’t get me wrong, advancements in the BI/analytics tool space are nothing short of remarkable, and, as a techno BI geek, I marvel at the sheer “what could be” in business intelligence and decision support arenas.  However, the message that comes with the technology…