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Design and Design-Innovation
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE– software studiosPosted by Thad Scheer Design and Design-Innovation Design is a word that software people need to keep re-learning. To an old-school software engineer, Design is a...
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Agilewashing
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE– a software companyPosted by Thad Scheer AgilewashingThere is nothing new about agilewashed projects. Scrumwashing is big today but back in the mid 2000’s, before any random...
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Zeigarnik Modulation
This blog post was written by Theresa Smith, one of the Managing Partners at Sphere of Influence. She has a book in the works right now, check out some of her other postings and look out for her...
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Coexistence of Multiple Personalities
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE– a software companyPosted by Thad Scheer Coexistence of Multiple Personalities Game Developer Sid Meier calls it the Covert Action rule, named after one of his less successful...
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SXSW 2013 – the short of it
By Theresa SmithI just got back from SXSW 2013. Okay, maybe it was a few weeks ago, but I definitely want to pass along some of what I learned there. The sessions I attended are listed below with my...
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Anyone can add features – but that doesn’t make it good
Are you adding, adding, adding to your products and calling it innovation? Do you have any process for considering the wholeness and strong-center of a product as a way of filtering the features that...
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Wake up! It’s the insider threat you need to worry about
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE– a software companyPosted by Thad Scheer THE INSIDER THREAT IS DETECTABLEAND LOSSES ARE PREVENTABLE WITH EARLY DETECTIONEdward Snowden is the new face of the insider threat, the...
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Why the Government Insider Threat Program Will Fail
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE– a software companyPosted by Thad Scheer Why the Government Insider Threat Program Will Fail President Obama has ordered federal employees to monitor the behavioral patterns of...
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If computers can beat Jeopardy! champions, why can't they detect the insider...
The world was awed two years ago when IBM’s Watson defeated Jeopardy! champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings. Watson’s brilliant victory reintroduced the potential of machine learning to the public....
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Category, Segment, and Brand – what’s the difference?
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE– a software companyPosted by Thad Scheer Product PositioningCategory, Segment, and Brand – what’s the difference? Recently I’ve been making a point to ask Scrum Product Owners I...
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