IIL Spotlight: Melina Africa
Here, we introduce Melina Africa, Client Services Manager at IIL’s Global Distribution Center in Monett, Missouri. This month’s IIL Spotlight was written by Melina’s husband, Colby.
November 10, 2016
Pilots Need Flight Planning, Scrum Teams Need Sprint Planning
By Tom Friend
Just as flight planning ensures the success of a military mission, Sprint Planning ensures that a Scrum Team will start a sprint off on the path to success.
October 24, 2016
3 Charts to Avoid: Help Your Audience, Don’t Confuse Them
By Harry Rever
Pie charts are the enemy. Actually, any chart which has the potential to add confusion or misinterpretation is the enemy but pie charts are right at the top of the list. Why, you ask?
October 21, 2016
How Project Management Can Survive in an Agile World
By Lisa Hodges
Any discussion of project management demands the question: “How well are we doing?”
September 22, 2016
Developing Project Leadership Skills One Boat at a Time
By J. LeRoy Ward
The Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory selects 36 participants a year to work in teams to build wooden boats, to learn critical project leadership skills to guide them through life.
September 9, 2016
The Benefits of Becoming a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
By Harry Rever
Is becoming a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt something you should consider?
August 25, 2016
IIL Spotlight: Craig Kilford
Here, we introduce Craig Kilford, partner of IIL, IPM Day 2013 speaker and CEO of Course Conductor.com – a new customer review website positively disrupting the project management training industry.
August 25, 2016
Want to Boost Your Scrum Projects’ Success Rate by 50%? Run Them Through a PMO
By J. LeRoy Ward
The 2015 State of Scrum Report (the most recent) released by the Scrum Alliance has several interesting, if not head-scratching, findings. Here are two that really stopped me dead in my tracks.
August 18, 2016
What is Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®)?
By Sue Taylor
To manage a successful programme, MSP (hence the name) provides a framework to help focus on the critical success factors for delivery of change.
August 18, 2016