Another year has passed. We’ve covered a lot of new ground over the past year on our journey of life together here in the E-g family. We’ve seen some new breathtaking views, and had some new thrilling life experiences. We’ve endured deep personal losses together that none of us are ever truly prepared for. We have also been pleasantly surprised by life more times than we can count… And yet with all of that “new,” we find ourselves in familiar… [continue]
It’s About People
Being recognized among the Best Places to Work in Indiana – a hard-working state filled with so many excellent companies – is an incredible honor. But being named the #1 place to work, in a year in which we moved from the Small Companies up to the Medium category, is downright indescribable. As we have grown from a folding table in a garage almost 20 years ago into 80+ people and around 20,000 square feet of office space today, the… [continue]
Scrum Happens!
This is a special week at E-g. We have the privilege of hosting some valued clients in Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner certification training. We brought in Daniel Gullo of Apple Brook Consulting because a few of our folks had training with Daniel in the past. He does an excellent job. You could say we value Scrum here at E-g. To date, we have around two dozen Scrum certifications among E-g consultants. Beyond the “piece of paper” of the… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(Part 5: People)
This is the fifth article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. All software has a social impact: people are affected by all aspects of the software life cycle and they are more important than all the previous topics covered in this series, by far. It can be easy to envision coming to the E-g office everyday working with E-g people and being a part of the E-g culture that we love. Sharing life… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(Part 4: Process)
This is the fourth article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. When we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right. – Walt Disney In software development, much effort is devoted to address the “How” question from a process standpoint: How are we going to build successful software? The answer, of course, is “it depends”. In a previous part to this series, I talked… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(part 3: Technology)
This is the third article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. First, I should make it very clear that while we at E-g love many things about consulting, we absolutely do not think we are somehow superior to people that don’t love consulting. One of the wonderful things about this world is that each person is bestowed with gifts and talents that lead to tremendous variety in what we do when we go… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(part 2)
This is the second article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. First, I should make it very clear that while we at E-g love many things about consulting, we absolutely do not think we are somehow superior to people that don’t love consulting. One of the wonderful things about this world is that each person is bestowed with gifts and talents that lead to tremendous variety in what we do when we go… [continue]
You might want to be an E-g consultant if…(part 1)
This is the first article in a series where I’ll talk about the essential traits of an E-g consultant. Most of the material comes from a typical talk I have with prospective employees. First, I should make it very clear that while we at E-g love many thing about consulting, we absolutely do not think we are somehow superior to people that don’t love consulting. One of the wonderful things about this world is that each person is bestowed with… [continue]