Moira Alexander

JANUARY 12, 2017

If you're new to project management and the agile methodology, the answers to these 10 questions will arm you with the information you need to get started. And if you're a project management veteran, these frequently asked agile questions are a good refresher. What is agile? How long as agile been around?

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NimbleWork

MAY 1, 2024

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a lean management technique for process improvement that has its roots in the manufacturing sector. So, let’s get started: Background and Historical Perspective Value Stream Mapping (VSM) emerged as a fundamental component of Lean Manufacturing, a methodology pioneered by Toyota in the 20th century.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 3, 2020

There are simple drag-and-drop tools for organizing to-do lists, planning systems for agile teams and hybrid tools for robust project management. After reviewing dozens of these tools, we’ve found that there are four specific features of a kanban tool that are must-haves for any serious user. Your new columns would be: To-do.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Scrum , Kanban , XP, Lean, RAD, SAFe®, and so on… We spend a lot of time concentrating on the distinctions across agile frameworks since the list is extensive and diverse. Agile frameworks are designed to lead your team toward continuous delivery while developing software. What’s so great about that?

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

By Alan Zucker Disciplined Agile® (DA) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) are two popular, second-generation agile methodologies. They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. They emerged about a decade after the Agile Manifesto.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

Adaptive project management equips you with the agility to meet evolving demands and enhances stakeholder satisfaction through timely and relevant deliverables. Whether developing new software or launching a marketing campaign, this approach ensures that your projects are as adaptive as the project environment.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell took it on himself to do something about it. He introduced the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe is based on following 10 Lean-Agile principles-. Most Common Reasons to Use Scaled Agile Framework.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 Scrum Master interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 26k other subscribers. Question 02: Success Factors of “Agile”.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The vast majority of businesses were doubtful when the Agile manifesto was introduced in 2001. Nowadays, everyone wants to be more agile. Each profitable organization, from Microsoft to Google, is striving for methods to integrate agile ideas into its process. Adoption of a scaled agile framework can help you alter this.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Other agile software development success factors, such as build automation, version control, and automated deployments, serve as inspiration. Customers will receive the product immediately, and developers will be actively committed to developing software. Why is a Continuous Delivery Pipeline Needed in Agile?

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Binfire

MARCH 6, 2018

I am sure by now you have heard about agile, companies big and small like Amazon and Google are using agile to manage work. You may be forgiven if you wonder why agile is used more and more for managing work and projects. If you still think Agile is good for managing software projects only, you are making a big mistake.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

This concept is vital across methodologies like Agile and Waterfall , where its application significantly influences project outcomes. Due to their different approaches to project management, this definition varies significantly between Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2019

He achieves this with a mixture of agile, lean and lead, UX design and design thinking startup frameworks. For example, a user story might be written like this, “As a project manager, I want to print out my Gantt chart, so I can review it regularly on my office wall.” What does that all mean? It sounds nice enough.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

Long has spoonfeeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agility is necessary for survival. Join the Mastering Agility Discord community To survive.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you ready to transform the way you manage projects and lead your team? Dive into the world of Scrum, the Agile framework that is revolutionizing project management across industries. Scrum emphasizes team collaboration, regular reflection on work processes, and continuous improvement.

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Planview

JUNE 1, 2021

It can be challenging to expand Agile practices beyond IT and development teams. Planview is committed to helping our customers with this transition and to that end, Chief Product Officer Patrick Tickle and I recently presented a webinar on “ Leading an Agile Transformation.”. First, why scale Agile in the first place?

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. To document requirements you should provide feedback on demonstrations, create and execute meaningful tests, and finally, accept and use the software. This experience is not unique.

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Planio

MAY 18, 2021

Agile product development has a chicken and egg problem. While many teams start by building an MVP (minimum viable product) to get feedback, there’s another option. Agile planning is a process for reconciling your long-term product vision with the inevitable near-term iterations that will influence its development.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community. Long has spoon-feeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agility is necessary for survival. To survive.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

Imagine leading a team that thrives on commitment, radiates courage, maintains focus, values openness, and respects each other profoundly. These are not just ideals but the foundation of Scrum that empowers teams to navigate the complexities of their projects with agility and integrity. What is the Scrum Framework?

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Wrike

AUGUST 25, 2023

Understanding Product Management At its core, product management involves the planning, development, and execution of strategies to bring a product to market and oversee its success. Product development. Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering, design, and marketing to bring the product to life.

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Velociteach

AUGUST 3, 2023

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggle with their users. Create and execute meaningful tests. Engaged executives and users, and clear requirements are leading predictors of project success. From their perspective, the project was a success.

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Redbooth

APRIL 9, 2018

Agile project management is favored for its speed, but even teams that claim to have Agile values are not working that quickly. Just ask the Financial Times , a company that spent four years redesigning their media platform in a supposedly Agile way. How an Agile team works.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

Agile projects typically prioritize the backlog based on business value or perceived needs. Prioritizing based on business value is an example of the lean concept of 'Taking an Economic View of Decision Making.' ' In deciding which feature to develop first, those with the highest economic value are selected.

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Wrike

MAY 26, 2023

Each cycle involves planning, executing, and reviewing the work performed, with the goal of making continuous improvements to the project as a whole. Flexibility and adaptability: By breaking a project down into smaller cycles, teams are able to adjust their approach when project requirements shift.

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Agilemania

MARCH 22, 2021

And, agile is one of the most popular project management approaches among all. Even 71% of companies agreed on using agile practices often, sometimes, and always. In this article, let’s explore more on the differences between traditional and agile project management to see what sets them apart from each other.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Scrum is a collaborative and iterative framework for managing complex projects that can be challenging to execute given its fast-paced nature and frequent changes in requirements Scrum emphasizes teamwork, accountability and iterative progress toward a well-defined goal. Facilitating daily stand-up meetings with the team.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Safe Scrum is a framework that has gained significant popularity in recent years for enhancing team performance in an agile development methodology. By providing clear guidelines and principles, Safe Scrum enables teams to collaborate more effectively, communicate transparently, and ultimately deliver higher-quality projects.

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International Institute for Learning

JUNE 22, 2022

Transforming organizations to become Lean and Agile while maintaining high levels of performance within its teams requires a strong focus on people. After all, these high-performing teams are the ones that deliver change and growth. Transforming an organization and having high-performing teams goes hand in hand.

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Wrike

JANUARY 6, 2023

Yet there’s another life cycle out there, Agile SDLC, and it presents an effective alternative for software development. It’s becoming increasingly popular, too, as eight out of 10 companies in the software development field have adopted an Agile approach to project management. What is Agile SDLC?

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Meisterplan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Or , imagine your company promised a customer a project would be completed in three months, but the development team in charge of the project estimates it will take at least six months. After this promise, a new customer comes along with a new project that only the development team can execute.

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Sudipta Lahiri

MARCH 16, 2014

This session objective was to address challenges faced by Lean-Kanban practitioners in their projects. In this case, would it make more sense to go for: a) Pure Critical chain or Microsoft project plan based date based approach b) Combination approach: Critical chain based planning followed by Kanban execution. Small Cycles.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 7, 2019

It would be easy (and wrong) to classify all construction projects as candidates for traditional approaches, and all IT projects as needing an agile approach. Approaches like lean, kanban and agile work well in these uncertain, high-change environments. The custom software development was easy to plan (but not easy to do).

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Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations.   Agile Transformations. The goal:  Agile transformations move organizations from working with traditional project management approaches to using agile approaches. Transformations are flavor of the month.

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Scrum.org

JULY 1, 2019

There are lots of reasons, but at the core I see a forgotten requirement for Scrum (or agility in general) standing out: The agreement to work with Scrum. In many cases I see agile transitions are inflicted on the people using command and control by management. We need to probe, assess and respond to be able to adapt to change.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations.   Agile Transformations. The goal:  Agile transformations move organizations from working with traditional project management approaches to using agile approaches. Transformations are flavor of the month.

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