Scrum has been around since the mid-eighties, so why is it that some companies make it work so beautifully, while others end up in such chaos that they run back to old methods? Maybe the companies that flounder or fail, do so because they stray too far from the “Scrum Recipe.” Companies prefer to put… Read More

Whenever reviewing the current state of a system, it’s important to ask, “what is the UX (User Experience)?” Although a vague question, or almost naïve, the answer should provide a good perspective into whether the experience is focused on helping a user complete tasks or is focused on building out a system to complete tasks…. Read More

Introducing our ‘My Strive Story’ Interview platform, where we sit down with members from our different teams within the organization to find out where they came from, why they chose Strive, and what makes their experience special. Strive Consulting wouldn’t be the company it is without the inspiring group of employees who make up our… Read More

If a Business Intelligence (BI) dashboard is published without follow up strategy, future support, and continuing education… was it even published? Without implementing these important measures, organizations fall into the ever-present trap of weak dashboard utilization, which can lead to missed opportunity when driving business decisions and the fundamental success of measurable analytics. Within this… Read More

As the Agile Manifesto celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, it is not lost on anyone that the popularity of the Agile methodology has grown exponentially during this tenure. That growth has now led to many companies instituting enterprise-wide Agile frameworks, such as Scrum-of-Scrums and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) to continue improving Agile efforts. These… Read More

“Worldwide, people are already generating 2.5 quintillion bytes of data each day.” – Forbes From local businesses to large enterprises, data is being produced at an explosive rate. Generating and capturing the information is easy; leveraging the data for business benefit is the struggle. We find that our clients grapple with keeping flexible data policies,… Read More

Have you ever been asked to share information with a client or customer, while having to support various cloud platforms? Can this be done efficiently, and most importantly, effectively? In our previous publication around how to effectively share data, Strive walked through a step by step guide in how to utilize the Snowflake Secure Data… Read More

Like it or not, the hybrid workplace is likely the new normal for companies. Numerous articles have been written on the topic of people and culture management in this operating model, along with their benefits and challenges. Most of the articles focus on the individual impacts to workers and the larger impacts to business that… Read More

The previous year has brought about new changes to many work environments, while accelerating other planned changes such as Cloud deployments. According to the July 2020 Forbes article “Why Enterprises Are Accelerating Cloud Adoption: The swift move to working remotely has meant a spike in the number of companies moving to the Cloud.”, companies like… Read More

With continued limits on in-office interaction, making water cooler talk a thing of the past, professionals are flocking to digital platforms like LinkedIn and other social media to stay connected with colleagues, clients, and prospects. But skipping traditional networking soirees, conferences, and meetups isn’t all bad. If small talk with strangers while exchanging business cards… Read More