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Systems Thinking in Organizational Coaching

Scrum.org

Small changes can produce big results—but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious (Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 2006). Over time, the capabilities for the fundamental solution may atrophy or become disabled, leading to an even greater reliance on the symptomatic solution (Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 2006).

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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

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Morgan (2006) explores the roots of this mechanical perspective?—?or In the following century, it would give rise to modern-day practices like lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Gantt-charts. Morgan (2006) draws attention to its deeply reductionist nature. or the “machine metaphor”?—?and Different Perspectives on Change.

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How to Measure Success? Is it Even Possible?

Scrum.org

I was challenged to define organizational agility that would leave all people involved in no doubt about expectations. It looks like small cognitively-diverse (Syed, 2019) cross-skilled cross-functional teams or teams-of-teams using Agile, Lean, Lean/Agile methods, or the Agile Manifesto principles. It was non-tech. sincerity,

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Build Awesome: RoR Devs Wanted

LiquidPlanner

In 2006 I left a great gig at Expedia to start LiquidPlanner with a fellow Expedia colleague, Charles Seybold. We didn’t really realize it at the time, but we built and launched the company using many of the concepts that Eric Ries later elegantly defined in his 2008 book The Lean Startup. Humble Beginnings.

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Project Portfolio Management Works for More Than Just IT

Meisterplan

In 2006, Anand Sanwal, CEO of CB Insights, and former VP of American Express, said, “I remain amazed at how the entire portfolio management discipline has become largely focused on enabling corporate portfolio management for IT investments. You can find a lot more information about Lean PPM on our blog and project portfolio management page.

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Product Discovery Anti-Patterns Leading to Failure

Scrum.org

In the attempt to fill Scrum’s product discovery void, product delivery organizations regularly turn to other agile frameworks like lean UX, jobs-to-be-done, lean startup, design thinking, design sprint—just to name a few. Example : The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me) from August 2nd, 2006.).

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. Pich, Working Paper, 21/2006, Cambridge University, Judge Business School. Defining Uncertainty in Projects ? Performing Organization,” Christopher Alberts and Audrey Dorfee, Software Engineering Institute, 2006. Management of Novel Projects Under Conditions of High Uncertainty,” A.