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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

By Alan Zucker Agile is a mindset described by a set of values and principles. Lean is industry-agnostic and offers insight into agility. Companies innovate and develop new products. But customers validate those innovations by “voting with their wallets.” They learn from their customers and continually innovate.

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Agile Revolution in the Defense Industry

Scrum.org

These striking innovations, which look like toys, are the facade of a profound shift in the industrial paradigm based on speed of change, open-source, decentralization, and composability. Changing a traditional production tool is long and difficult, generating high costs, hindering innovation, and causing loss of economic opportunities.

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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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The Art of Sprint Review Feedback

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It's not just a meeting; it's a ritual that marks the culmination of weeks of hard work, collaboration, and innovation. Fostering a Culture of Continuous Improvement The heart of Agile beats to the rhythm of continuous improvement, and feedback is the pulse that keeps it alive. But the true linchpin of this process? I can help! ?My

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Business Agility: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

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To do so requires business agility. What Is Business Agility? Business agility is just as it says, a way for businesses to remain agile when markets fluctuate, as they have a tendency to do. Remember, the market is a man-made construct, and man is an infamously irrational creature. Origins of Business Agility.

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Boosting Team Performance: Recognition and Feedback on Project Management Teams

The IIL Blog

Regardless of whether or not the project team practices agile or waterfall methodologies, acknowledging achievements both big and small can foster a culture of dedication to the team. Providing opportunities to tackle new challenges cultivates resilience and promotes innovation. This approach softens the critique and emphasizes growth.

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Révolution agile dans l’industrie de la défense

Scrum.org

Ces innovations percutantes aux allures de jouets sont le faux-nez d’un changement profond de paradigme industriel basé sur la rapidité de changement, l’open-source, la décentralisation, et la composabilité. Pour innover, le coût du changement doit tendre vers zéro. C’est une rupture de modèle, et certains l’ont bien compris.

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