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The Agile Manifesto from a Lean Perspective

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The result of this buzz session was, of course, the Agile ‘Software Development’ Manifesto. Yet as we have subsequently discovered, agility meant -- or came to mean -- something different to each of them. Yet as we have subsequently discovered, agility meant -- or came to mean -- something different to each of them.

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Streamlining Success: Lean Principles in Project Management

MPUG

First, our last article touched on waste in the context of lean. Second, I am the father of a recent engineering graduate who is now working as an engineer, and part of the onboarding was a class on lean. This is where Lean principles come into play. The class began by asking the students to draw a pig. The overarching goal?

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Escaping the Feature Factory

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It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. Short-Term Focus : Driven by quarterly results or immediate performance metrics, these organizations push for quick deliveries, often at the expense of long-term value or sustainable development.

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Scrum Master Power-Ups

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Mike Cohn describes a high-performing team as one that “sustainably exceeds expectations in achieving clear goals. You feel your Product Owner understands and honors the concepts of sustainable pace, the importance of setting the vision and Product Goal, and the radical collaboration that Scrum encourages.

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

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You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. Empiricism.

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Dynamic Planning in the Face of Uncertainty

Planview

In business, dynamic planning is more complicated – but no less essential, especially in times of sustained economic uncertainty. But Agile businesses apply this more frequently (dynamically) and learn from their own delivery performance to inform their next actions. Plan for tomorrow, today.

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Product Mindset: Encouraging Ownership in a Scrum Team

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The Steps and Exercises of the Product Mindset Workshop. Once the Product Owner has refreshed the team’s understanding of what the product vision is, we move on to the product box exercise. Allocate about 45 minutes to the product box exercise. . Allocate approximately 30 to 45 minutes to the exercise. .

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