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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. Lean is a set of principles. The “House of Lean” is often used as a metaphor. Value Value is the roof of our House of Lean.

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Milestone-Kanban: A Hybrid Project Scheduling Technique

The IIL Blog

The underlying assumption that the work is well-defined, and the required effort can be easily estimated is a shortcoming of these approaches. Defining the scope and deliverables establishes specific and measurable performance expectations. Defining quality expectations through a definition of done decreases rework.

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. Since I hold advanced certifications in both frameworks and regularly teach agile classes, I have a unique perspective and appreciate what they offer. DA defines “process blades” to describe common enterprise capabilities.

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Busy, But Not Productive

International Institute for Learning

We simply need to start judiciously applying the principles of lean-agile management. The foundational practices of Lean, Kanban, Scrum, and SAFe (Scale Agile Framework) were designed to create the space for us to focus on “real work.”. On our traditional projects, we decompose work into small, well-defined work packages.

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Improve Your Project Schedule

International Institute for Learning

Traditional project scheduling follows a logical, linear set of operations: Define the project scope. Critical assumptions undergird this process: The project scope is well-defined and stable. Lean-Agile teams often use Kanban to prioritize, organize, and manage work. Navy’s Polaris submarine program.

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5 Steps to Creating an Agile Community of Practice to Make Your Teams Awesome!

International Institute for Learning

How does the Community define success? If the CoP still struggles with what to discuss at this first session, use a Lean Coffee format and allow the members to come up with topics to discuss or actions the CoP would like to take. Working agreements should cover topics such as: How often will the Community meet and at what time?

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43 Learning Resources for New and Experienced Project Managers

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Certificate Programs. Sigmon gives project managers a defined process to not only break bad news, but also improve communication over the long-term. Drawing from his years leading technology projects at Microsoft, Berkun offers readers field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects.