Agile HR at 2Paths

January 22, 2009 | by Kari
Based on my previous blog which asked the question of whether HR can be “agile” and support a group of developers in a way that is consistent with the agile software development philosophy, here are a few examples of how we have demonstrated ‘agile HR’ at 2Paths recently. UNITY: At 2Paths, we were concerned about having an [...]
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Agile HR – fact or fiction?

January 22, 2009 | by Kari
Many people who have worked in larger organizations would likely say “Fiction”.  When companies are made up of many different departments, divisions, zones, branches, subs, (whatever), and have a lot of employees, the HR function can  staff itself and develop programs in a number of ways which include: -building standard programs and centralized HR support for [...]
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5 Dysfunctions of a Team – they are all around us

January 22, 2009 | by Kari
When I arrived at 2Paths last summer, Gary told me that the team used the Birkman profiling tool. I have tried out most of the popular psychometric tools like Myers Briggs, DISC, Insights and others but never Birkman. So, when John Goodwin, our Birkman expert and trusted mentor showed up to take us through our [...]
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Integration with Legacy Systems

January 15, 2009 | by Lorill
Working on new solutions for large organizations can have many challenges, one of the most frequent is the need to integrate a new solution with legacy software solutions. In 2008 we embarked on a journey to make a software solution for the OECD to allow for a more user-friendly experience when searching for Aid data [...]
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Going Agile with Large Organizations

January 15, 2009 | by Lorill
We, here at 2Paths, are avid Agile Software Development and SCRUM practitioners. SCRUM works very well in the ideal project: from five to nine developers and one on-site Product Owner. But how well does this work with large organizations, especially those that are overseas? We recently had the pleasure of working on a project with the OECD, [...]
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