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Agile requirements – highlights from the Ellen Gottesdiener workshop
Agile Requirements – Creative Collaborative and Colorful Discovery – was the title of a workshop held on March 16, 2015, at the RE Conf (Requirements Engineering Conference) in Munich. Coach Ellen Gottesdiener (founder of EBG Consulting) is a renowned pioneer in the field of collaborative partnerships for Requirements Engineering and Management. During this workshop we experienced…
Industry 4.0, M2M and the Internet of Things and Services: What are the challenges?
Many studies have examined the opportunities afforded by Industry 4.0, M2M and the Internet of Things and Services. And all of them show that networking aspects of life that are completely independent at this time will yield opportunities that would have read like something from a science fiction novel just ten years ago.But, as I…
Good bait catches fine fish: How to write a specification that wins over the customer
There is a nice German proverb: Good bacon catches mice. You might think – “So what?” Right, but in German bacon is called “Speck” – pronounced “Shpec” – which can be used as a short word for specification. Therefore I originally called this blog with a spec you catch mice.Unfortunately that wordplay doesn’t work in English quite well.…
SupplyOn enables requests for quotations with SAP SRM
Requests for quotations for indirect materials are on the increase, but the related processes are often not continuous. Many companies wrestle with incompatible media because their process, from sourcing to ordering, uses disparate technologies. A lot of them purchase indirect materials using a standard SAP SRM system. Here, detailed workflow rules enable the person creating…
Christmas AGILE – can Christmas Day be saved? (part 4)
How Santa Clause tries to align his Christmas organization with agile principles, you could read in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 last week. Find out how the story of “Christmas AGILE” ends:Tuesday, November 11th: Christmas 43 days off12:50 p.m. I am sitting in our Christmas Lunch Area and thinking. The morning runs like expected.…
Christmas AGILE – in the era of globalization (part 3)
How Santa Clause tries to align his Christmas organization with agile principles, you could read in Part 1 and Part 2 last week. It´s not the end of the story yet – find out how the tale of “Christmas AGILE” continues:Monday, November 3rd: Christmas 51 days off03:00 p.m.This Friday was horrible! When First Witch came back from…
Christmas AGILE – cherish sprints and backlogs (part 2)
Last week you could read here how Santa Clause tries to align his Christmas organization with agile principles. Find out how the special tale on Christmas AGILE” continues:Wednesday, October 22nd: Christmas 63 days off8:00 a.m.Our first sprint starts. Yay! Backlog is ready. All wishes are estimated.
SAP SRM coupled with SupplyOn can reduce your process costs for the procurement of services and reduce Purchasing’s workload
While catalogs for ordering office supplies via SAP SRM have been an established standard for years, this has not been the case for purchasing complex services.Why is that? In our view, the main reason is that, for office supplies, buyers know exactly how much of anything they need to order.When ordering a service however, it…
Christmas AGILE – this year we are agile! (part 1)
With only four weeks to go before Christmas, we have an insider reveal some secrets about Santa Clause´s Christmas organization. Every Friday until Christmas, you can follow this special Christmas tale and find out along with the story what it means to be agile. Wednesday, October 15th: Christmas 70 days off8:00 a.m.I am going to go to Santa…