strategy

Heavy Weight: Bodybuilding and Portfolio Management

Heavy Weight: Bodybuilding and Portfolio Management

As organizations proliferate agile practices across the organization and seek to gain business agility, rethinking Portfolio Management practices becomes essential. We have found that the scope of Portfolio Management is typically much larger than our clients anticipate.

Lost your Mojo? Try our Data Dojo!

Lost your Mojo? Try our Data Dojo!

The Data Dojo provides a pathway to “data literacy” defined by Gartner as “the ability to read, write and communicate data in context, including an understanding of data sources and constructs, analytical methods and techniques applied – and the ability to describe the use case, application and resulting value.” Data literacy not your bag? Don’t worry, we’ll get you caught up.

The Assumption Trap

The Assumption Trap

While there is no magic formula for building great products, there are some common, avoidable mistakes.

At Hard Yards, we describe these mistakes in a vicious cycle we call THE ASSUMPTION TRAP.

What is NPS? Just One Thing Matters In Customer Satisfaction

What is NPS?  Just One Thing Matters In Customer Satisfaction

This blog explains Net Promoter Score (NPS). The connection between high NPS scores and sustainable growth occurs along two separate paths. First, high customer satisfaction leads to repeat use of your product. Second, delighted clients will refer your company to other potential customers.