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Beyond Agile Gratitude #2 - Lean Thinking and the Kanban Method

Leading Answers

David Anderson has done much to popularize and explain lean and the Theory of Constraints thinking. David Anderson developed it in 2007 and, like agile, has its own set of values, principles, and practices. David and I worked together in the early 2000s on the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) board. Kanban Principles.

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The Illusion of Velocity

Scrum.org

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Moreover, I point to the advantages gained from leadership engaging directly with teams. 2007): A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

The best books for crafting your leadership qualities. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. However, instead of leaning heavily on theory, it uses real-world examples to illustrate how these scenarios play out. Principles: Life and Work. Author: Julie Zhuo.

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Agile Unplugged: EP01 | Mike Cottmeyer and Brian Sondergaard

Leading Agile

So 2007, maybe, wow. So, now we’re coming along and applying these Lean-Agile ways of working, Lean-Agile ways of designing the organization, Lean-Agile ways of connecting flow from strategy through execution, and it looks very different. – Yeah, so I continued to run development. – [Mike] Yeah, yeah.

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