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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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For software development , kanban fosters dynamic task management, speeds up delivery cycles and improves customer satisfaction, all of which align with agile. Scrum teams use pin boards with user story cards and during a sprint (short iteration working on tasks) each user story (tasks) is written on a card.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

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The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s. Software developers started to emphasize close collaboration between teams and stakeholders , frequent delivery of business value and self-organizing teams. What Is the Agile Manifesto?

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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

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The waterfall model is used in a variety of industries, from construction to marketing, but we’ll talk about it in software development terms as we define the different phases. Design : There are two parts to this phase, including logical design and physical design, all resulting in the software or product architecture.

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Am I Really Doing Agile?

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Focus on Agile principles, not practices Let’s go back to 2001 and take a look at the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. It describes four values for software development. If your industry is different then the words would change somewhat (“delivering quality healthcare” instead of “working software” anyone?)

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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Before we begin, we need to define some of the terms we will use throughout this post. Throughout this post, we define them as “all users, customers, and other people or groups who have a clear stake in the outcomes of what this team produces, and invest money, time or both in making sure that happens”. The first term is Stakeholder.

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Agile Project Management Principles

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The 12 rules of Agile project management principles are based on the Agile manifesto published by the Agile working group in February 2001. Please customers through early and continuous software delivery. Agile was written by software engineers for software engineers, but over the years it has proven its value in other disciplines.

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5 Agile Methodologies for Project Managers that are not Scrum Framework

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Transitioning from manufacturing to software engineering and development and various other industries, the Kanban Board has become a fundamental tool for visual management in project and workflow management, credited to the Agile movement.