How do you handle project hand off?
Does your SOW really say it all? It’s pretty rare today that projects are run start to finish by the same people. Even if you’re a small shop, sometimes one person starts the discussion, another closes...
View ArticleHow fast did your team gel?
We put our a press release this week announcing some new members of the larger Nugg team. We welcomed Karen Chiang as VP Biz Dev, Pieter Dorsman as a financial advisor/CFO, and Chuck Hamilton to our...
View ArticleWhy try new apps
When you want to provide the best experience for users, you have to broaden your horizons One of the things I do here at Nugg is helping people get value from using Nugg as quickly as possible. In the...
View Article4 Steps to Building Great Teams
There are probably more, but these are a start We have teams on the brain here. We research teams, we interview people about making teams, we dive deep to understand how teams come together—and fall...
View ArticleIntroducing TeamFit™—How listening to customers created a new product
Or A Funny Thing Happened While Building a Collaboration App A year ago this month we rolled out Nugg to a few private beta testers. A year down the line the app you see now is both very different and...
View ArticleSuccess Is A Matter Of Perspective
4 views on project success—What Rashomon can teach us about successful projects Rashomon is a film by Akira Kurosawa where the “facts” of a crime are presented by four different people, each with their...
View ArticleBuild The Skill Or Fill The Gap?
Finding the right balance of expertise You have a great core team. You can handle anything thrown at you in your niche. Almost. Sometimes you take on a project that is just a touch outside your...
View ArticleFind Team Members Who Have Failed So You Can Succeed
A few failed projects makes a better team You’re looking at a few possible new team members to augment your team. Who would you rather have on your team, someone who always had successful projects or...
View ArticleBox Contains One Team: Some Assembly Required
How putting teams together is like putting furniture together While we’ve been building the TeamFit application, I’ve also been assembling a lot of flat-packed furniture at home. After hours of...
View ArticleAre You Building Leaders Or Just Choosing Followers?
Teams with leaders get things done and prepare for the future Think about a couple of your current teams. How many leaders are on the teams? I don’t mean people “in charge,” but people who have the...
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