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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. Our customers define value. Companies innovate and develop new products. But customers validate those innovations by “voting with their wallets.” They innovate and create.

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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

This family of methods are now commonly known as Agile , and it has been through the formation of the Agile Alliance and the publication of the Agile Manifesto (Fowler and Highsmith 2001). The success of such “new” methods relies on the fact that Shifting Customer needs are common in today´s marketplace (Graffius, 2016).

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Product Discovery for Scrum Teams

Scrum.org

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 48,000-plus subscribers. ? ? ?? Why the Scrum Guide Lacks Product Discovery as a Concept The Scrum Guide 2020 emphasizes the role of the Product Owner in managing the Product Backlog but does not define the product discovery process.

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

Scrum.org

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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The Agile Workspace: The Undervalued Success Factor

Scrum.org

TL;DR: Agile Workspace Means Choice Among a Diversity of Spaces . If you want your organization to become agile, adding more whiteboards to the workspace will not suffice. The Agile Workspace: A Worthwhile Investment. Agile Workspace Anti-Patterns. You need to let go Taylorism. Copyright notice : (c) Gensler.

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Simple Rules for High-Performing Agile Teams

International Institute for Learning

Servant leadership and self-organizing teams are foundational Agile characteristics. However, defining these principles is like explaining gravity to a child—clear, tangible descriptions are elusive. Formal Definitions of Agile Teams. Disciplined Agile favors semi-autonomous, self-organizing teams. By Alan Zucker.

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

By Alan Zucker Disciplined Agile® (DA) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) are two popular, second-generation agile methodologies. They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. They emerged about a decade after the Agile Manifesto.

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