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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

The success of such “new” methods relies on the fact that Shifting Customer needs are common in today´s marketplace (Graffius, 2016). However, today the principles of agile have spread to other corporate functions such as innovation. In other words, creativity is related to idea generation, innovation is about the idea implementation.

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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It dramatically decreased the cost of rework by building quality into every process step. The base is Leadership, Systems Thinking, and Process Integrity. Companies innovate and develop new products. But customers validate those innovations by “voting with their wallets.” They innovate and create.

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6 strategic projects any business can implement in 2016

Moira Alexander

As 2016 begins, now is the time for businesses (regardless of industry, size, product or service offering, or location) to take stock of all resources and initiatives, and plan strategy-centric projects to implement in the New Year.

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Product Discovery for Scrum Teams

Scrum.org

That would be the job of the process that feeds into the Product Backlog: product discovery. 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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5 Tips To Re-Energize Your Daily Standup Meetings

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Because after a few weeks I realized that the energy levels weren’t what they should be for such a creative, innovative agency. One of the team members said they would make sure a process is written down before tackling any job. So far so good, right? Not really. What’s the point of a daily standup meeting?

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Servant Leadership in PMO Management: A Path to Success

The IIL Blog

In this blog, I’ll delve into how servant leadership can revolutionize PMO management by attracting and developing top talent, refining processes to world-class standards, and leveraging technology for unparalleled efficiency and effectiveness. Utilizing World-Class Processes The Significance of Processes.

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Lean Startup and Scrum

Scrum.org

After the conference, I bought Eric Ries’s book - Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. Performed correctly, Customer Discovery is a customer-centric, scientific process that puts evidence behind an assumed product-market fit. The concepts it presented blew my mind.

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