SNS: Special Letter: Modern Development Organization Management: Embracing Uncertainty

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In This Issue Week of 7/10/2017    Vol. 22 Issue 25 FEATURE: Special Letter: Modern Development Organization Management: Embracing Uncertainty o   The Days of "Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan" Are Over o   The Fundamental Dilemma o   Modern Insights That Address the Dilemma o   Decision Support for Development Organizations o   Making It Real o   About the Authors Inside SNS Upcoming SNS Events o   FiRe 2017 o   Where's Mark?

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Publisher's Note: I carry the hope that all of our SNS Special Letters offer insights that are real and that can be monetized for our members. But even so, in this week's discussion the team from Aptage has described a radical, and rational, new toolset for reducing risk and increasing potential success rates in that most central of all processes: decision-making.  

If your team needs to increase the chances of making the right choices on a project basis, you will want to read on. - mra.

Special Letter:

Modern Development Organization Management:
   Embracing Uncertainty

            By Walter Bodwell, Murray Cantor, John Heintz, and Steve Sherman

The increasing competition and complexity of today's business climate, coupled with the speed of change, require us to make decisions that are both well-reasoned and fast, even if we're lacking a complete set of information, and when it's no longer competitive to apply a "gut feeling" to the complex and uncertain problems we face today.

Fortunately, we can apply AI, visualization, and instrumentation techniques to support those decisions. We can adopt automation assistance to effectively manage our development organizations and improve our odds of success - with more confidence, less drama, and no regrets.

[Note: For the purposes of this letter, development organization describes an organization, or a group within an organization, that does software development, R&D, etc.]