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Ventera Supports Grant Management for Museums and Libraries Affected by COVID-19

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued $13.8 million in CARES Act funding to support museums and libraries across the US affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Applications began pouring in, and within 30 days, the agency received a whopping 1,701. The Ventera Grants Support Team immediately got to work configuring and managing the Electronic Grants Management System (eGMS) and supporting the …

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SAFe® 5 for Government Training

Ventera’s SPC-certified trainers are at it again, this time with a focus on Government Services. Our Agile trainers led a group of 30 colleagues in SAFe for Government curriculum in preparation for the SGP SAFe 5 certification exam. The training focused on Lean-Agile and SAFe values, principles, and practices that will enable the attendees to lead and support the Lean-Agile transformation …

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Freedom to Fail

“Design is messy before it is meaningful, chaotic before balanced, and filled with failure along the way.” Over ten years ago, Nick Campbell summed up the design process as “Move stuff around until it doesn’t look like sh*t.” Of course it’s more complicated than that, but he had a point. Design is messy before it is meaningful, chaotic before balanced, and filled with …

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The UX Paradox: How We Diminish Our Own Influence

Everyone has their own experience working with UX professionals: good, bad or indifferent. Unfortunately, the impact of a negative experience with UX has an exponential effect over time. One poor experience has a snowball effect on how we are perceived, supported, and even calls into question our relevance and efficacy. Herein lies the paradox. Creating a positive experience is our primary job, …

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Design Leadership: From Creator to Facilitator

I’ve wanted to write this article for some time to chronicle my own journey in design leadership, and some of the issues and adjustments that I’ve faced personally. This is the information I wish I would have had when I first made the transition to a lead role. However, leadership doesn’t have to include a management role or title. Leadership is …

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Ventera Receives ISO 27001 Certification

Ventera has achieved the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, recognizing its commitment to providing customers with the highest level of information security management. ISO standards are recognized throughout many different industries all around the world. The ISO 27001 Information Security Standard is widely recognized as the blue-chip standard for protection of private customer data. It provides third-party verification that the company’s information security management …

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Award-winning COVID Innovation

Within weeks of the first documented U.S. coronavirus cases, nursing homes had become hot spots, eventually linked to more than 40% of deaths from COVID-19. Infection control and hygiene in nursing homes came under fire and action needed to be taken, fast, to slow the spread. In order to implement greater surveillance and enforcement of infection control protocols, CMS was …

Cultivating the Future

As a value-driven company, we are committed to creating a better future for our colleagues, clients, and communities. Our spirit of service, innovation, and problem-solving help build a better tomorrow for our children and future generations. We focus on supporting social impact and equity, bridging the resource gap, and promoting better opportunities to strengthen our communities. Deeply committed to supporting …

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Enhancing Usability Around the World

Each year the Ventera Design team hosts a World Usability Day (WUD) event promoting the values of usability, collaboration, and creating products that are simple and easy to use. WUD participants worldwide join together in a one-day series of events, across different communities to celebrate how we can make our world easy for all.   Historias de Éxito: Grandes Ganadores en Casinos …

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Racing to Raise Awareness

One of our largest team traditions is the annual fundraiser Spend Yourself® World Hunger 5k run/3k walk. Each year, this event provides close to 500,000 pounds of food to distribute directly to families in our local communities and to help with wells, fresh water, and farming in Haiti.    Estrelas e Sorte: Uma Noite no Pin Up Casino do Brasil Você …

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Ventera Speaks at Agile Charm

Ventera Agile Practice Lead Toby Rao and Design Practice Lead Tanya Netayavichitr demonstrated how their teams apply a balanced integration between Agile processes and Design Thinking while utilizing modern innovative processes to deliver exactly what customers need. The duo shared common UX and Agile values, explained how to overcome cultural challenges, and revealed their keys to elevating a product development team to the next …

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SAFe Team Training

Ventera’s Agile Practice hosted its first in-house training, SAFe for Teams, led by two of our SPC certified trainers, Toby Rao and Aaron Legier. The course was provided to lay the foundational knowledge for establishing team agility for Agile Release Trains (ART). Over a two-day period, participants gained an in-depth understanding of the ART, how it delivers value, and what they can do to effectively perform their role using …

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Ventera Makes the List

Ventera has been selected by G2Xchange as a firm poised to make big waves in 2020 and years to come. The G2Xchange 2020 Nxt Up list consists of companies that are breaking new ground, and are positioned to experience rapid growth, invest in their people, processes and technologies, and continue to push the envelope to make a lasting impact in federal IT. We are …

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Ventera Receives CMMI-DEV 3 Reappraisal

Ventera has been reappraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 for Development. This achievement validates Ventera’s product and service development processes according to CMMI standards. CMMI is a collection of globally recognized proven practices that help organizations increase performance, key capabilities and critical business processes. CMMI Level 3 facilitates continued customer satisfaction, development and delivery of quality …