Is Your Organization “Doing” Agile or “Being” Agile?
What are retailers doing to advance their data and analytics strategies? We share key takeaways from NRF 2023.
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Five Data and Analytics Takeaways From NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show
What are retailers doing to advance their data and analytics strategies? We share key takeaways from NRF 2023.
Five Steps to Building Trust in Data Analytics Solutions
Are you one of the many project managers transitioning to a product manager role? These five guiding principles can help…
Change Management Is More Than Communication and Training
Are you one of the many project managers transitioning to a product manager role? These five guiding principles can help…
NTT DATA Successfully Closes Acquisition of Aspirent
NTT DATA, a digital business and IT services leader, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aspirent.
Five Guiding Principles for New Product Managers
Are you one of the many project managers transitioning to a product manager role? These five guiding principles can help…
Manufacturer saves millions with Snowflake-powered analytics strategy
Strategy-first approach to analytics saves manufacturer millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours. The final article in our three-part series.
What is a modern data and analytics strategy and how can Snowflake help you deliver on it?
We explain what a modern data and analytics strategy comprises and how cloud-native platforms like Snowflake can help you bring…
How to use Snowflake to its maximum value in your data and analytics strategy
We explore the best way to determine where, when, and how Snowflake can deliver the biggest bang for your organization’s…
Using Notifications for More Proactive Dashboards
Help your dashboard users find the information they need quickly and efficiently by building in notifications.
Five Current Data Science Trends
We explore five of the top data science trends—from MLOps to embedded analytics to ethical data modeling practices.
With Agile, Trust Teams To Meet Objectives, Not Dates
Being successful with Agile requires leaders to reset expectations and build trust in their Agile teams and the processes they…
Why Organizations Need Both Product AND Project Managers
When product and project managers work together, they can support and enhance the overall delivery pipeline in significant ways.
Six Data & Analytics Trends to Track in 2022
At Aspirent’s annual Data & Analytics practice planning meeting in January, we examined key trends in the marketplace—from cloud to…
Leading the Way to Data-Driven Value: Aspirent Partners with Microsoft and Snowflake
As companies continue to struggle to organize and extract value from the mountains of data they collect, cloud-based technology platforms…
Being Flexible in the Face of Agile
Using Confluence and a Person-First Process to Manage Complex Projects Part I By practice, Agile development is held up by…
Aspirent Expands Capabilities by Acquiring Saxony Partners’ Digital, Financial, and Real Estate Practices
Aspirent, a portfolio company of Summit Park, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Digital, Financial Services, and Real…
Remedies to Overcome Five Common Pitfalls When Scaling Agile – Part 5
Part 5 of 5 Previously I wrote an article titled “Five Common Pitfall When Scaling Agile”. These pitfalls are: Not…
Program Management: Applying Effective Project Management to a New Store/Supply Chain Partnership
During this past year with the global pandemic, several retailers have struggled to keep up with consumer demands for their…
Remedies to Overcome Five Common Pitfalls When Scaling Agile – Part 4
Part 4 of 5 Previously I wrote an article titled “Five Common Pitfall When Scaling Agile”. These pitfalls are: Not…
Boundaries
A phrase I hear myself uttering to colleagues on a regular basis is “guard your boundaries.” The underlying message being…
Getting Started with Smartsheet for Collaborative Work Management
Collaborative Work Management (CWM) applications allow people to work together to achieve common goals and objectives. Gartner Research defines the…
Going Beyond the Google Analytics Web Interface: Tapping into the Google Analytics API
Google Analytics offers two ways to access its data: 1) the out-of-the-box method (web interface) and 2) the “custom” method…
Lean Portfolio Management: The Need for Evolution
Why Portfolio Management The adage for a company to achieve its business goals and strategies is something like this… Evaluate…
The Effect of Percentile Grouping Granularity on the Analytical Results of a Dual Matrix
Often in business, it’s helpful to understand how two metrics of interest relate to one another. This allows us to…
Remedies to Overcome Five Common Pitfalls When Scaling Agile – Part 3
Part 3 of 5 Previously I wrote an article titled “Five Common Pitfall When Scaling Agile”. These pitfalls are: Not…
Aspirent named as a 2021 Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On March 1, 2021, Aspirent earned the Top Workplace award by the AJC for the second time in a row!…
Dashboard Design & Development – Six Tips for Success
Many companies use information dashboards to monitor and manage business performance. A dashboard may be narrowly focused on detailed metrics…
Managing Work, Life, AND Your Band Using Personal Kanban with Mark Hodgdon
Mark Hodgdon, Manager in the Execution Practice for Aspirent, recently did an interview with Dave Prior of Leading Agile and…
Remedies to Overcome Five Common Pitfalls When Scaling Agile – Part 2
Part 2 of 5 Previously I wrote an article titled “Five Common Pitfall When Scaling Agile”. These pitfalls are: Not…
Remedies to Overcome Five Common Pitfalls When Scaling Agile – Part 1
Part 1 of 5 Previously I wrote an article titled “Five Common Pitfall When Scaling Agile”. These pitfalls are: Not…
KPIs to Measure Traditional and Agile Project Delivery
As a project manager, it is often easy to get caught in the day to day activities of managing a…
Leveraging a SaaS Data Platform
Abstract In today’s IT ecosystem, many companies are moving to SaaS enterprise applications due to the many benefits and efficiencies…
Google Analytics: What, Why, and Where to Focus
What is Google Analytics? It is a website analytics service offered by Google that provides insights on the customer’s user…
Kick-Starting Your Data Science Journey
Data Scientist. It’s currently one of the most attractive jobs in business. In fact, Forbes named it the best job…
Five Steps to Get Started with an Analytics Project
Light My (Analytics) Fire: Five Steps to Get Started with Your First Analytics Project “Analytics” is among the most prevalent…
The Goldilocks Zone
Reality is too real. Data is too abstract. Visualization is just right. We earthlings have it good. If earth’s orbit…
Five Common Pitfalls When Scaling Agile
Companies have been scaling agile for over a decade with frameworks like Large Scale Scrum (LeSS-2005) and Scaled Agile Framework…
The Effective Consultant – Adaptation and Assimilation
Overview There are countless recommendations intended to arm consultants with tools that will help them serve their customers more effectively.…
Presentations are Like Program and Project Planning
Experienced program managers and project managers know the importance of good planning. Yet, do they all know how to structure…
Business Agility Is Not Optional For Championship Organizations
Professional athletes invest an exorbitant amount of time, money, and energy into developing their speed and agility. Professional sports organizations…
A Business Leader’s Short Guide to Data Scientists
If you’re a new leader in this space and want to know how to best lead a data science team,…
Value of a Data-Driven Product Manager
Summary: Product managers are the visionaries and critical contributors to the success of their products. As industry leaders shift towards…
The Interconnectedness of Visualization and Strategy
Every organization has a unique reason for existing, or else they don’t exist for long — they make an interesting…
Aspirent named as a Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On March 1, 2020, Aspirent earned the Top Workplace award by the AJC! “This is an incredible honor for our…
An Overview of RPA: The First Step Towards Business Automation
There have always been mundane tasks in business, that are repetitive and time consuming. How many times have you had…
Agile Scrum Roles
As a continuation of my earlier article, What Is The Difference Between a Project Manager and a Product Manager?, this…
Less Reporting, More Visualization
Dan Gastineau, practice leader for Visual Analytics at Aspirent, recently published “Less Reporting, More Visualization” in Nightingale, Medium’s online journal…
Best Practices for Planning Cross-Enterprise Initiatives
How many times have you heard or experienced that a program (or project) would have had a better result if…
Career Paths for Project Managers
You entered the Project Management profession as a project manager to help your organization “get it done”. You might have…
What is the difference between a Project Manager and a Product Manager?
I was recently on an interview for a new assignment with my firm with a new customer, and I was…
Aspirent Sponsors Successful Cox Analytics Summit 2019
Aspirent is a proud sponsor of the Cox Analytics Summit 2019: an analytics knowledge-sharing endeavor across all the Cox companies.…
Aspirent Recognition at TAG Data Science & Analytics Innovation Awards 2019
Aspirent’s engagement with Southern Company was nominated last month as a Top 5 finalist for the Technology Association of Georgia’s…
The Five Types of People that Use Visualization
Dan Gastineau, practice leader for Visual Analytics at Aspirent, recently published “The Five Types of People that Use Visualization” in…
How to Use Storytelling Conventions to Create Better Visualizations
Dan Gastineau, practice leader for Visual Analytics at Aspirent, recently published “How to Use Storytelling Conventions to Create Better Visualizations”…
Aspirent Client Project Study: Google Cloud and BigQuery Migration
Aspirent led the data migration for a major retailer’s merchandising execution workforce datastore from non-IT supported SQL server to the…
Aspirent partners with ACSS in professional skills workshop
On August 20, members of the Aspirent team led a workshop for our community partner, the Atlanta Center for Self-Sufficiency (ACSS). Jesus…
Aspirent leadership presents at Cox’s Project Management Forum
On Friday, June 21, Kashif Choudry, Client Partner for Aspirent and Chair-Elect of PMI Atlanta, presented at Cox Communications’ Project…
Inc. 5000 ranks Aspirent among fastest growing companies in America
Aspirent is honored to be recognized as one of Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies in America for the fourth consecutive year!…
Aspirent celebrates five years of achievements
In August the Aspirent team celebrated five years since the company’s founding in 2014. In that time we have grown to…
Four Ways the Data Scientist Has Evolved to the 21st Century
Understanding the importance of the human – machine integration and complementary decision-making skills from each appears to have made its…
How to Choose the Proper Analytics Tools for an Enterprise
In this article, we offer key steps to provide your organization with a framework for determining how to optimize its…
Five Steps for Choosing the Proper Analytical Tools for Your Organization
Data is quickly becoming a company’s most important asset. To monetize this asset, organizations leverage analytical tools that generate insights…
Propensity Score Application
Propensity score based methods applied to mitigate the bias in treatment effect estimation incurred by self-selection on observables, usually follow…
Machine Learning Applications for Document Classification
Machine learning is being applied to many difficult problems in the advanced analytics arena. A current application of interest is…
Data Visualization: Make Your Message Obvious
Many visualizations require extraordinary powers of deduction to understand them. Sometimes it feels like the author is intentionally trying to confuse you.…
Commoditization of a Project Manager
Say it isn’t so! As an employee and consultant that has played in some form the role of project manager…
Three Ways to Generate Profit With the Data You Already Have
Build it and they will come. That is the view many organizations maintain about their data lakes and data warehouses.…
Self-Service Analytics Are Here, Do Business Intelligence Teams Face Extinction?
The world of analytics is changing. Self-Service Analytical tools like Tableau, Qlik, and Power BI are enabling business users to…
Marketing Mix Modeling – Avoiding common pitfalls
Peek at the ever-increasing cost of a Super Bowl television ad and you’d likely be unconvinced that many companies’ marketing…
Creative, Collaborative Scheduling
Have you ever had a project with several cross-functional workstreams, multiple internal and external parties, an aggressive schedule, and leads…
What Crash Davis Taught Me About Business Analysis and Product Management
Business analysis is what I do, so it’s no surprise that I find inspiration for my trade in unexpected places. …
Making Retrospectives Fun and Engaging
Are your retrospectives becoming stale or repetitive? Are they failing to add value? For new agile teams, does awkward reluctance…
Writing Effective User Stories
User stories are the smallest units of user functionality in agile which can be delivered in one agile sprint. A…
Iterate or Fail?
Agile development techniques have been more and more adopted by IT organizations trying to seek faster time-to-market and to reduce…
The Evolution of a Product Evangelist
Product Managers evolve along a continuum into “Evangelists” with passion, training and experience. The Framework At Aspirent we believe that…
Analytics with Jupyter Notebook
Out of all the tools in in my Analytics toolkit, I am particularly fond of the Jupyter notebook. It is…
Thoughts and Reactions to Post on New Leaders Stepping into Difficult Situations
For those that don’t know about Simon Sanek, he’s described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect” Sanek teaches…
Aspirent Named to Inc. 500 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies
NEW YORK, August 17, 2016 Aspirent Ranks No. 15 in Atlanta and No. 307 Nationally on Inc. Magazine’s 35th Annual…
Database Marketing – Targeting Existing Customers
Database Marketing is the process of taking existing customer, market and competitive data to create targeted marketing messages to retain…
Estimation Sanity in an Agile World
The myth that there is no estimation in an Agile development environment has been thoroughly debunked through various estimation strategies…
Aspirent Supports Carter’s in the 2015 Pajama Program
ATLANTA, GA – Jan 12th, 2016 Each year the Carter’s community is a proud supporter of the Pajama Program which…
aspirentCARES Chooses the Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency as their Community Partner
ATLANTA, GA – Feb 19th, 2016 The aspirentCARES team is working with the great folks at the Atlanta Center for…
Aspirent Sponsored ACSS Winners of 2016 Technology Innovation Award
ATLANTA, GA – May 7th, 2016 The Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency were the recipients of this year’s prestigious Technology…
Aspirent Proud to Support TechBridge and the 2016 Digital Ball
ATLANTA, GA – May 7th, 2016 The TechBridge nonprofit held their annual Digital Ball fundraiser today in Atlanta, inviting participants,…
aspirent Consulting Acquires FivexFive
ATLANTA, GA – OCTOBER 27, 2014 aspirent Consulting LLC announced today that it has entered into an agreement to buy…
Aspirent Named One of Atlanta’s Best Places to Work
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 Aspirent was named by The Atlanta Business Chronicle a recipient of the “100 Best…
Aspirent Named One of The Nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For
ATLANTA, GA – December 9th, 2015 Aspirent has been named One of The Nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work…
Media Firm uses Custom-Developed Online Collaboration Platform for Competitive Advantage
Challenge – This large media purchasing agency was losing sales to competitors who were able to leverage collaborative tools to…
Large Retailer leverages Google Cloud for EDW speed and cost reduction
Complication – This Large Retailer was storing growing volumes of structured data in a traditional data warehouse environment that was…
User Story Training Creates Momentum in Agile Transformation
Complication – This Global Airline Service Provider’s Product Definition organization had been writing voluminous Use Cases for decades and had…
Leadership Program Improves PM Caliber and Effectiveness
Complication – This global Airline Services provider was looking for ways to improve the competency and effectiveness of their Product…
Automation Strategy and Reference Architecture Redefines QA at large Financial Services client
Complication – This Financial Services client leveraged manual software quality assurance for the majority of their test execution. Testing was…
ROI Analysis Advances Power Protection Equipment Provider’s Marketability in the Industry
Complication – The client, a national leader in the business electronic asset protection industry, was involved in RFPs for several…
Multi-National Hotel Operator Benefits from New Marketing Datamart
Complication – This large, world-wide hotel corporation had no master location for all spend, revenue and budget information for the…
Digital Marketing Analytics
Complication – A major, consumer packaged goods company had a global portfolio of digital marketing properties that numbered in the…
Ecommerce Requirements
Complication – Michael Andrews Bespoke, New York City’s premier men’s custom clothier, needed to develop its online ecommerce presence. They…
Increase Operational Efficiency
Complication: A large retailer utilized many different systems and processes to manage timekeeping and attendance for associates located in 2000…
User Experience Design Prototype
Complication – A large technology provider for the Airline Industry needed assistance re-platforming their software user interface to an end-user…
Customer Behavior Analytics
Complication – A large beverage company wanted deeper insights and a method to understand the relationships that existed between their…