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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

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Newton’s third law is also true in the case of agile vs waterfall, where one sprang to life as a reaction to the other. Created a few decades before the agile methodology, each phase is reliant upon the deliverables of the previous phase. An example of a waterfall plan on a Gantt chart in ProjectManager.com— Learn More!

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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The following are some examples of kanban and manufacturing. Kanban & Project Management Kanban project management works in an agile framework. Kanban works for agile software development and DevOps alike as it drives efficiency through seamless task progression on visualized workflows.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

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More along the lines of project management, though, is the Agile Manifesto. Agile is a bit of a controversial topic in the field. Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. What Is Agile? You’re not alone.

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Common complaint: “Scrum Doesn't Work Here”

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Common complaint: "Scrum is not working in today's software engineering industry." Likewise, if Scrum isn't “working” in today’s software engineering industry, then perhaps there are counter-signals in the industry that are preventing teams from employing Scrum effectively.

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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

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Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. More recently, examples of successful Scrum adoptions in Japan have continued to emerge (² ³ ⁴ ⁵). Why is that?

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Why does Agile focus on values and principles rather than a prescribed set of steps?

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Why does Agile focus on values and principles rather than a prescribed set of steps? Agile exists to address the idea that no predetermined set of steps will lead to a predefined outcome. In software that the production line may take the form of an automated build and deployment. A great example of that are scrum values.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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