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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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Servant Leadership in PMO Management: A Path to Success

The IIL Blog

However, the traditional hierarchical management approach is evolving, giving rise to the concept of servant leadership within PMOs. Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy where the leader’s primary focus is on serving and empowering team members within the PMO. Servant Leadership Approach. Tangible Benefits.

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2018 Project Management Conferences You Won’t Want To Miss

Rebel’s Guide to PM

RICS Project Leadership Conference: London, UK, 21 February 2018. This year’s RICS project management conference has the theme ‘Remaining Lean and Agile in a Changing Work Environment’ I’m not sure if they are partnering with the APM as in previous years but the agenda is already up on the site and looks interesting.

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Top Project Management Conferences to Attend in 2016

Wrike

2016 is brand new, and now that you’ve started a fresh calendar, you’re probably eager to find exciting events to fill it with. Look no further than our list of top project management conferences for 2016. These in-depth seminars hosted by PMI help both novice and experienced project managers advance their careers.

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Milestone-Kanban: A Hybrid Project Scheduling Technique

The IIL Blog

Step 3: Build the Kanban Board Kanban is a lean inventory management tool originally developed by Toyota and broadly adopted by most agile teams. Alan Zucker, PMP, PMI-ACP Founding Principal Project Management Essentials Alan Zucker has over 25 years of experience leading projects and project management organizations in Fortune 100 companies.

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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

The IIL Blog

Misalignment can occur within the leadership team, and between leaders and their staff. External events will impact the project’s execution, including leadership and key-resource changes, market competition, and other operational changes. This is an early warning indicator that the project will be challenged.

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. Full SAFe extends the framework to Large Solutions that require coordinating many ARTs and implementing Lean Portfolio Management. Implementing SAFe begins with training the change agents and executives in the lean-agile mindset and SAFe practices.

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