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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development. What Is Kanban?

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. When to Use It: The practice originated in software development and works well in that culture. Scrum Methodology.

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What Is Kanban? Meaning, Definitions & Best Practices

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For example, the kanban methodology can be implemented in manufacturing, software development, product management, construction and many other industries. Today, kanban boards are primarily online tools, either stand-alone tools like Trello or integrated into project management software as a key feature.

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“Agile Is Just for Software” and other Scrum Myths

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Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. I like to think that this is because Scrum is a goldilocks framework … with just enough - but not too much - structure. That is the power of Scrum.

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What Does Being a Cross-Functional Team in Scrum Mean?

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A central feature of the Scrum framework is the concept of a cross-functional team. Let's explore this topic in an agile software development context. You have developers who write code, testers who ensure quality, designers who create user interfaces, etc. In Scrum, the emphasis is on collaboration and flexibility.

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The Powerful Connections between the Agile Manifesto and Scrum

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In the 1990’s, Scrum was one of a number of light methodologies that informed the creation of the manifesto for agile software development. Scrum however, has been updated many times. Is the connection between the agile manifesto and scrum still there? The Agile Manifesto and Scrum. Working software.

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Agile Project Management: Principles, Meetings, Values & Tools

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Frustrated developers started to introduce new methods, such as Scrum, rapid application development, extreme programming, DSMD, features-driven development and pragmatic programming. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development or just the Agile Manifesto laid out four key values and from there 12 agile principles.

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