Ideas & Insights

In today’s tech-driven world, artificial intelligence (AI) is often hailed as the magic solution to all of our problems. But AI isn’t always the answer. Lean TECHniques Technical Consultant, Alec Harrison, has created an AI decisioning flowchart to help organizations determine if AI is the right solution or not.

We’re excited to announce that Lean TECHniques has been named a 2024 Top Workplace by Iowa Top Workplaces and the Des Moines Register!

Lean TECHniques ranked ninth out of 63 companies in the Small Business category (<150 Employees), and first in the Communication Category for superior scores in internal communication.

In business today, data is the new currency, and securing this data is paramount.

As an IT leader, your ability to make strategic decisions quickly and effectively is more crucial than ever. The Purpose-Based Alignment Model (PBAM), developed by Niel Nickolaisen, is one tool we share often with leaders to help simplify decisions while ensuring alignment to their organization’s overall business strategy.

In an ever-changing world, uncertainty is a constant companion, especially in the realm of software development. Traditional heavy planning practices promise certainty and confidence yet fail to deliver results. In this blog post, we dive into tips and techniques you can leverage within product development to deliver value despite this uncertainty.

At Lean TECHniques, we’re fortunate to have a talented team of consultants who are active leaders in helping support and grow the technology community. This year, Scott Sauber and Alec Harrison will be sharing their knowledge at Microsoft Build 2024 –  Microsoft’s biggest conference for developers.

Join Lean TECHniques on Friday, May 10th for our inaugural TECH Trek bike ride — an event for the cycling enthusiasts and casual riders alike on the Raccoon River Valley Trail.

If product thinking is foreign to your organization, but you like the idea of building software that customers love, you might be ready to put product concepts and practices into use. In this article, we will discuss some simple, low-risk ideas for getting started.

For many organizations, time, scope, and budget have been the standard for measuring success of software delivery projects. Teams are tasked to build what sounds like a promising idea for an agreed upon amount and by an agreed upon date. And when they do, everyone feels good, they celebrate the accomplishment, and move on to the next big thing. But what happens when those things we build don’t actually help our customers? In this article, we explore project vs product mindset and why it matters.

“We should log that.” Developers often throw this phrase around, using it as a catch-all for any type of error or information storage. Although logs are an invaluable tool, they aren’t the only option for recording and tracking events. In this article, let’s dive into the differences between logs, metrics, and audits and their ideal use cases.