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Engineering Excellence: Real Results, Not Just Resources

Engineering Excellence: Real Results, Not Just Resources

Engineering Excellence Hello and welcome to Engineering Excellence: Real Results, Not Just Resources. My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President of SPK and Associates, and I'm here with Edwin Chung. Ed, feel free to introduce yourself. Hey, please call me Ed. I'm VP...

Agile Software Development and Jira Software

Agile Software Development and Jira Software

Unlocking the Power of Collaboration and Efficiency Tired of trying to overcome the pain points of traditional software development methods? Frustrated with slow project delivery? Struggling with team collaboration? Version control nightmares? Worry no more. You can...

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Automated Metrics

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Automated Metrics

  Our client is a leading medtech company with 46k employees. Earlier this year, they faced the challenge of improving the efficiency of their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process. To stay competitive, they needed to identify bottlenecks within their...

Latest Atlassian Product News from Q4 2022

Latest Atlassian Product News from Q4 2022

As we do every quarter, SPK’s team reviews the latest Atlassian product updates.  In this blog post, we’ll cover announcements that happened between September 2022 and December 2022.  As you probably know, Atlassian updates their Cloud and on-premise products on a...

Tackling Cultural Resistance to Enhance Data-Driven Decision Making

Tackling Cultural Resistance to Enhance Data-Driven Decision Making

Adopting a data-driven approach is essential for companies seeking to enhance decision-making and drive growth.  However, one of the biggest obstacles to achieving this is cultural resistance. This resistance is often from HiPPOs (Highest Paid Person's Opinion), who...

Five Signs That Your Business Outgrew Its IT Service Management Tool

Five Signs That Your Business Outgrew Its IT Service Management Tool

As your business grows and evolves, so do your IT needs. What once worked for managing service requests and incidents may become outdated. Using an IT Service Management (ITSM) tool that cannot handle your business needs can cause inefficiencies, slow response times,...

Five Major Downsides of Changing Software Tools

Five Major Downsides of Changing Software Tools

Switching to new software tools can often seem like an exciting opportunity to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and modernize operations. Some executives seem to think that simply buying a new software tool will solve many problems at once. However, with...

The Power of OKRs: Who Uses Them and Why They Work

The Power of OKRs: Who Uses Them and Why They Work

Organizations need more than just a solid business strategy. They need a framework to ensure that every team member aligns with the company's overarching goals.  This is where Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) come into play.  OKRs have become a powerful tool for...

A Beginner’s Guide for Metabase

A Beginner’s Guide for Metabase

There are many Business Intelligence (BI) tools on the market, seemingly with similar capabilities. The goal of BI tools is to collect, analyze, and visualize large amounts of data, transforming raw data into actionable insights. A popular open-source BI tool is...