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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Learn more History of Kanban Kanban was first introduced in Japan as a lean manufacturing approach pioneered by Taiichi Ohno in the late 1940s. The book laid out the principles of lean manufacturing, which focuses on reducing waste, creating customer value and seeking continuous process improvement, and kanban.

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What are the focus areas of an Agile Coach?

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Who is an Agile Coach? Though, there is no universal definition of what is an Agile Coach. I want to define, Someone who developed deep expertise to help people, teams, and organisations enable better customer outcomes by focusing on an organisation’s internal and external orientation. My definition of Agile Coaching.

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People Drive Solutions, Tools Just Pave the Way!

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The essence of DevOps lies in its conceptual foundation, born out of software engineering. It's about understanding the impact of accelerated processes on our engineering systems and the way we design and approach our products. It's about leveraging these tools to support the idea of DevOps, not letting the tools define it.

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Agile vs Waterfall: Embracing the Hybrid Project Revolution

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When the Agile methodology was first introduced, it was embraced as a welcome replacement to the rigid Waterfall approach. The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Agile believed that Agile simply translates into fast failure.

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5 Agile Methodologies for Project Managers that are not Scrum Framework

Project Pulse Journal

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM The quest for methodologies that offer efficiency and agility has never been rockier. Agile methodologies stand at the forefront of this quest, providing the blueprint for rapid, responsive, and customer-centric project execution. Agile methodologies offer a path to mastering these challenges.

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The Agile Feature-driven Development Methodology

The Strategic Project Manager

Feature Driven Development (FDD) is an agile methodology specifically applied to software development. This post explores what FDD is, FDD best practices, implications of FDD for strategy, and how FDD is implemented with other agile methods while managing a project. What Is the Agile Feature-driven Development Methodology?

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Where to Start with Scrum? Is Value Stream Mapping Your Answer?

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Even if a team is driven by value, agility is compromised when validation and value realization take excessively long. While Agile embodies a mindset defined by specific values and principles, it isn't tied to any particular framework or practice. The key takeaway? How do we reconcile our aspirations with the current reality?

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