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Embracing Agile: A Developer's Journey from Tradition to Innovation

Scrum.org

My transition to Agile and DevOps wasn't immediate. Here, I observed a significant emphasis on tools. However, I soon realized that while tools are crucial, they are not the panacea. The real game-changer was the people using these tools. At NKDAgility, we're transforming how Agile and Scrum training is delivered.

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Is Your Leadership Ready to Pivot from Intuition to Innovation?

Scrum.org

In the rapidly evolving business landscape, the shift from intuition-based decision-making to innovation-driven leadership is not just beneficial—it's essential. It moves beyond the anecdotal, providing managers with the tools to analyze and apply information systematically.

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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

By Alan Zucker Agile is a mindset described by a set of values and principles. Lean is industry-agnostic and offers insight into agility. Companies innovate and develop new products. But customers validate those innovations by “voting with their wallets.” They learn from their customers and continually innovate.

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Ghosts of Agile Past: Burndowns

Scrum.org

Are Burndown Charts Really Effective in Agile Environments? Agile project management, particularly in the context of software development, has long been seen as a dynamic, flexible approach to handling the complexities and uncertainties of modern projects. Agile projects, by their nature, are adaptive and responsive.

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Business Agile: A Roadmap for Transforming Your Management & Adapting to the VUCA Environment

Speaker: Peter Taylor, Speaker/Author, The Lazy Project Manager

Business agile is an approach that gives the right business flexibility and fast decision-making in a volatile environment, providing a great capacity for innovation, adaptation and change. Businesses everywhere are trying to “get business agile”—but it’s not easy to adapt to becoming this adaptive.

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Improve Product Management to drive Business Agility

Scrum.org

Business agility is similar to the agility we observe at the team level, but it extends across the entire company. Companies want business agility to outperform their competitors. This blog describes how Business Agility can be achieved with Product Management by moving up on the Org Topologies™ map.

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Ghosts of Agile Past: Story Points

Scrum.org

Agile frameworks are frequently misunderstood, and one area that exemplifies this is the use of story points. Initially intended as a tool for simplifying estimation, story points have become a source of confusion and dysfunction within teams. Remember, it's not just about embracing agility but mastering it with Naked Agility.

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