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Agile Project Tools: Focus on JIRA
When I first started running projects utilizing an Agile methodology, the projects were fairly simple and straightforward. Many of them used Agile to prove that this methodology could work. These projects were relatively easy to manage without sophisticated tools, and...
To PEP or not to PEP… that is the Question?
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to establish a new type of Multiple Employer Plan (MEP). Now, Pooled Employer Plans (PEPs) have the potential to...
The New Challenges of Operating a Retirement Plan
Operating a retirement plan in 2021 is a complex and time-consuming endeavor. Effective administration of the plan requires experience and expertise in numerous disciplines including accounting, finance, operations, compliance, and investment performance, among others....
Moving from a Waterfall to an Iterative Based Methodology: Agile, A Primer
About fifteen years ago, I remember a Client at a large Financial Services firm calling me into her office late on a Friday afternoon and handing me a book on Extreme Programming. She asked me to read the book over the weekend and tell her on Monday if I could lead a new...
Enterprise Iron Awarded a Best-In-Class Government Contract
Wednesday, October 28th 2020 – Enterprise Iron Financial Industry Solutions, Inc. announced that it has been positioned to offer government agencies a streamlined and comprehensive buying channel for accessing the firm’s business and technology services designed to address...
Measuring the Impact of COVID-19
Long after the calendar flips over on December 31st, the year 2020 will be remembered as the year when so much of our lives and the way we do business changed. These changes are not the result of legislation like EGTRRA in 2001, another corporate scandal, or a bubble...
Transforming Telework in the Post COVID-19 Workplace
Firms confronting the “new normal” of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdowns faced unprecedented challenges. Many came to realize that they only had the capacity and licenses to handle a fraction of their workforce working remotely. Even with the drive towards...
401kWire: A Vendor to Providers Makes a Cali Push
Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - A defined contribution industry provider ally on the East Coast is making a push in the government space on the West Coast. Matawan, New Jersey-based Enterprise Iron Financial Industry Solutions (EI), a company specializing in business operations,...
Enterprise Iron Receives CMAS Contract
Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - Enterprise Iron Financial Industry Solutions, a company specializing in business operations, technology consulting, and managed services, was accepted as an authorized vendor with the California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS) program, offering a...
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