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Ghosts of Agile Past: Certifications

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What are your thoughts on the role of certifications in Agile? The agile landscape is replete with various certifications, each promising a certain level of proficiency and skill. In the agile community, a growing sentiment suggests that the focus on certifications might be misplaced.

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Agile is not a Luxury

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In times of organizational challenges, the temptation to cut costs often leads some to view Agile frameworks as a luxury rather than a necessity. However, dismissing Agile as a luxury is a mistake that comes from underestimating the transformative power of Agile frameworks for solving complex problems.

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5 ways productivity culture kills business agility

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Agility is supposed to be about enabling people to do their best and most creative work. And yet, we often see so-called agile practices and frameworks being used in ways that are more about trying to control outcomes and people. And I think it is closely related to “hustle culture” (i.e.

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Navigating the Human Element in Agile: A Deep Dive into Team Dynamics and Collaboration

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The Agile project management methodology encourages organizations to empower teams with clear responsibility and authority, so they can work together to autonomously develop ingenious and innovative solutions. Much of the Agile mindset requires change from traditional ways of project management.

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Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile: Strategies for Success

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As the Agile project management framework reaches adoption maturity at lean, progressive and disruptive startup firms, many teams at established organizations are struggling to fully embrace the Agile project management framework at scale. How to migrate from Traditional PM to Agile?

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The 10 Commitments Of An Agile Leader

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Agile has become more than just a buzzword in our complex world. Agility is a mindset, a skillset, a culture, and a driving force behind successful, flexible, and responsive organisations. The Agile Leader's commitment goes beyond mere lip service to the Agile Manifesto. In the Agile world, this couldn't be truer.

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Improving Private Equity Outcomes using Agility / Evidence-based Operating Systems

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In this article, I’ll explore the need for and the attributes of an agile business operating system related to Private Equity (PE) portfolio companies. Dealing with common business challenges through agility. This affects product innovation as well as GTM innovation and other key business processes. .