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Agility for a Sustainable World: Why We Need to Redefine The Meaning of Agility

Scrum.org

This year was the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto for Software Development, and in many sectors, agile ways of working have long since become the standard. There are also many explanations of what agility really means, but there is agreement on the core meaning: focus on customers and their needs.

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What is Organizational Agility, Really?

Scrum.org

So what is organizational agility? I have seen agility measured as the number of "agile teams" and the "number of training attendees" more often than I like to admit. . Maybe we can talk about what organizational agility is not - in a word - bs. work-sustainability. Let's try a one-liner. . Change is constant.

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Why We Need to Redefine the Meaning of Agility

Scrum.org

This year was the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto for Software Development, and in many sectors, agile ways of working have long since become the standard. There are also many explanations of what agility really means, but there is agreement on the core meaning: focus on customers and their needs.

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Uncovering the Essentials of Skilled Facilitation for Agile Teams

Scrum.org

Adaptation of Kaner’s diamond model of participation (source Carrie Kappel 2019) Techniques and Training for Top Scrum Facilitation Skills Scrum is a framework that thrives on communication and collaboration. Agile team facilitation entails more than just conducting meetings or steering conversations.

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Vodafone New Zealand's Agile Transformation Case Study

Scrum.org

Investing in agile would underpin this approach by introducing ways of working that reduce complexity, improve collaboration and bring the customer to the forefront of each decision. Reaching Agile Maturity Ahead of Plan. Company-wide agile awareness and engagement activities established a strong foundation for change.

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Mike Cottmeyer | Elevate Agile 2019 | The Systems of Agility

Leading Agile

Becoming Agile isn’t simple. But without the right foundational ecosystem and systems in place to enable Agility, achieving it is nearly impossible. The three systems necessary for Agility are a System of Delivery, System of Transformation, and System of Sustainability. Video Transcript. It’s what safe is.

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AGILE NXT FUTURE FRIDAY 2019

Henny Portman

I give a lot of workshops and presentations and in many cases, attendees ask for the ‘silver bullet’ to become agile. It is far too short-sighted to think that you have to implement one agile framework and you achieve agility. See my blog: A birds eye view on the agile frameworks forest ). How Agile is Our Human Brain?

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