International Institute for Learning
JULY 7, 2022
This family of methods are now commonly known as Agile , and it has been through the formation of the Agile Alliance and the publication of the Agile Manifesto (Fowler and Highsmith 2001). Figure: Parallel paths of ideas development in Agile Environment .
Leading Answers
JUNE 19, 2019
If success goes to those who can innovate the fastest, how do we nurture innovation? To innovate faster than our competitors, we need to maximize our learning potential. These teams need support and coordination services throughout the process.
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Project Bliss
JANUARY 30, 2020
Design Thinking is a human centered approach to innovative problem-solving. His company works with clients to successfully solve problems using innovation and Design Thinking approaches. Anyone who wants to solve a problem can use Design Thinking to find innovative solutions.
Henny Portman
JANUARY 13, 2021
I just came across a new framework that could be positioned on the portfolio level of my Bird’s eye view on the agile forest. COIN is a model designed to help individual stakeholders in an organization to better work together to facilitate a continuous process of innovation.
Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies
Innovation is both a process and an outcome. The best way to begin innovating your products is by innovating your internal process. We'll explore the challenges, solutions, and hands-on techniques for becoming a successful "agent of change" within a well-established product culture. We'll examine the importance of UX and user-centric feature analysis, the adaptation of Agile Methodologies to the creative process, as well as a way to drive successful culture change for setting expectations and winning approvals with cross-functional stakeholders. Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?"
The Strategic Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Products and services, projects, and processes all need to add value to be strategically viable. Lean innovation management originated from startups, but is applicable in helping bring a startup mentality to a variety of types of organizations. That is the domain of lean innovation.
The Strategic Project Manager
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Today, it is often imperative to be capable of innovating Business Models – to change and reconfigure value chains. This post provides a framework – far beyond just a product and service innovation – for Business Model Innovation.
Growing Agile
JULY 6, 2017
One of the topics discussed was what innovation actually is and how we can foster it. We encounter many companies who count innovation as one of their company values, and lots who have innovation labs or teams. Yet so few seem to really be innovating, it made me wonder a bit more about this word that we use all the time. I think that many companies are seeking disruptive innovation, which although valuable is potentially much more difficult to do.
nTask
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Business process management has taken the front seat in recent years. Keeping in view the steady increase in business process management, it is estimated that the market will be worth $13 to $14 billion soon. 65% do so to enhance efficiency and agility.
Lindsey Marymont
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Agile Portfolio Management. Agile Maturity & Change Management: 3 Steps for Achieving Executive Buy-In. Large-scale change is difficult for any organization, and no less so when it involves growing Agile maturity in project and portfolio management. Skip to main content.
Speaker: Peter Taylor, Speaker/Author, The Lazy Project Manager
Businesses everywhere are trying to “get business agile”—but it’s not easy to adapt to becoming this adaptive. How can conventional organizations succeed in this transformation? In this webinar, Peter Taylor will walk through the change process step by step, and look at a tried and tested transformation roadmap: benefits are outlined, solutions to common challenges offered, and tried and tested methods and tools provided. It will be a guide towards a decentralized and management style that offers more successful decision making through collaboration.
Henny Portman
APRIL 26, 2022
There are not that many books on agile portfolio management, so I am curious what the book Agile Portfolio Management – A guide to the methodology and its successful implementation “knowledge that sets you apart” written by Klaus Nielsen, offers.
nTask
JULY 27, 2022
Because of COVID-19, digitalization and innovative working practices have soared to the top of the list. No matter how well-planned your business processes are, you must […]. Agile Project Management Agile Framework Business Proposal Process
The Strategic Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Innovation is an important topic these days simply because it is becoming critical to survival – for companies, governments, and people. Innovations are usually not completely new, a single stroke of genius, or just about a product. Innovation from a Strategic Perspective.
International Institute for Learning
MAY 15, 2020
Use “verbal anchors” to ensure clarity and understanding – comparisons, analyses, processes and steps, examples, repeating information for emphasis. . Through June 30, 2020, we are offering free registration to our on-demand course on Virtual Agile Teams (regularly $850 USD).
Speaker: Gautam Nimmagadda, CEO, Quixy
Product Managers: are you wondering what your teams will look like in the future? If so, it's time to look to no-code development. With it, you can leverage hyper automation, strengthen and accelerate growth, and drive value. Your teams will be able handle more projects, and focus on the real challenges. This webinar harnesses the wisdom of today's business leaders and the global pioneers of tomorrow. Join Gautam Nimmagadda, CEO of Quixy, and learn how to leverage tech to drive agility with citizen development and the no-code movement.
Leading Answers
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Organizational agility is the ability of an enterprise to change direction, realign and succeed in volatile, uncertain business environments. Small organizations can change direction quickly because they have fewer people or processes to change. Please Innovate While We Micromanage You!
Agilemania
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The term “ agile product management ” means precisely what it sounds like. At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban. The post What Is Agile Product Management?
Henny Portman
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Agile by Rini van Solingen and Maarten Kossen was originally published in Dutch. The book starts with a warning that agile is more than a mindset, it is a philosophy, followed by 22 chapters, in which the authors show that it is easy to understand, but very difficult to apply at first.
The IIL Blog
JUNE 28, 2018
Companies are recognizing that brand loyalty accompanied by a higher level of quality does not always equate to customer retention unless supported by some innovations. According to management guru Peter Drucker, there are only two sources for growth: marketing and innovation [Drucker, 2008]. Innovation is often viewed as the Holy Grail of business and the primary driver for growth. The question, of course, is “How do we manage innovation needs?”.
International Institute for Learning
MAY 26, 2020
By Scott Ambler | Vice President, Chief Scientist of Disciplined Agile at Project Management Institute. This post is a supplement to Scott’s upcoming keynote at IIL’s Agile & Scrum 2020 Online Conference ]. Figure 1: The Disciplined Agile Mindset.
Tony Adams
APRIL 20, 2019
How do we plan with certainty when we are working in an disruptive environment that requires rapid, innovative thinking? How does an organisation’s business and innovation context affect the way it approaches project management? We talk a lot about Project Management structure, processes and practices – these are put forward as a way of providing stability and certainty. Where are the constraints or blockers that are preventing innovation thinking?
Tony Adams
APRIL 20, 2019
How do we plan with certainty when we are working in an disruptive environment that requires rapid, innovative thinking? How does an organisation’s business and innovation context affect the way it approaches project management? We talk a lot about Project Management structure, processes and practices – these are put forward as a way of providing stability and certainty. Where are the constraints or blockers that are preventing innovation thinking?
Leading Agile
JULY 28, 2022
The goal of adopting Agile is always about achieving the desired business outcome unique to the organization that is pursuing it. Innovation. Product fit and innovation can only be addressed if you keep up with your market needs and anticipate what’s next.
Leading Agile
MARCH 15, 2023
Companies that adopt Agile never do it just for the sake of adopting Agile. They do know that Waterfall wasn’t working, so Agile will fix those problems, right? They think if they do the “Agile stuff,” they will make quicker progress to achieve their goals.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Now Scrum is not just a smart way of delivering software, it is a fundamental part of any enterprise agility transformation. . A pattern I would like to label ‘The Agile Hangover’. . First there comes the Agile party. They are already agile.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
What is Agile Organization Design ? According to organizational design expert Jay Galbraith, there are five key components that make up an effective organizational design: strategy, structures, processes, reward systems, and people practices.
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Many organizations nowadays have an urgency to adopt Agility. The required innovation speed also puts continuous pressure on product quality and the ability to deliver something valuable. It is a surprise that most of these mainstream Agile implementations are still not mature.
International Institute for Learning
APRIL 18, 2022
This blog is part of an article that was originally published at www.bain.com/insights/agile-innovation. Agile software development is often inhibited by a company’s legacy architecture, because the new software can’t easily plug into the rest of the system. By Darrell K.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 18, 2020
Based on my experience working in agile environments since 2010, I did some research and had general observations on the topic. Regardless of the business domains or product area, there are some common rules that may devastate your efforts toward agility. . Inability to innovate.
nTask
APRIL 5, 2021
With the ever-growing competition in the market and a need for perfection, companies look for ways to improve their processes for better results. One such way of improving performance in Agile planning. Agile panning is used by a whopping 71% of organizations to manage their projects.
Growing Agile
OCTOBER 13, 2021
These are: Envision Strategic Signals Innovation by Design Iterate. To do this, we must “ Innovate by design “ We use principles of Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, Lateral Thinking, and other processes to understand the problem space, create options and make choices.
International Institute for Learning
MAY 19, 2020
[This post is a sneak preview of Jesse Fewell’s talk at IIL’s Agile & Scrum 2020 Online Conference , and is based on his upcoming book Untapped Agility ]. We’ve been told that to achieve more innovation, more collaboration, or more agility, we need to adopt modern practices.
Scrum.org
APRIL 7, 2022
When I coach, consult and teach classes, I often get questions about creating an agile maturity tool or defining agile maturity metrics. I also noticed that the purpose and value of agile maturity metrics are misunderstood. Agile comes at a price. Going agile costs money.
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Agile necessitates that we measure progress a certain way. What do we want out of Agility? Getting everyone working together is a process that can be planned and executed with clearly defined goals and measurable outcomes. Agile is the Goal. Adopting Agile
Agilemania
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
One of the biggest challenges in agile project management is determining what tasks are needed to complete a project, how long each should take, and who needs to carry them out. What is an Agile Release Plan? The objective of Agile Release Planning. Certified Agile Coaching.
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Adopting Agile is never about adopting an Agile methodology. Agile process is—at best—a means to an end. Some of the common goals of going Agile are: . Most companies adopt Agile because they believe that it’s more efficient and that it will reduce costs.
Scrum.org
MARCH 19, 2023
Agile organizational characteristics are crucial, but they alone won’t determine all of your design decisions. Which processes are necessary within each unit, and how should you coordinate between them?
Agilemania
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe® is the world’s leading framework for Business Agility. The seven core competencies each have three dimensions making it a total of twenty-one dimensions to enable Business Agility. Agile Team and Agile Release Train Cadences.
International Institute for Learning
APRIL 4, 2022
The Disciplined Agile Mindset. By Scott Ambler | Vice President, Chief Scientist of Disciplined Agile at Project Management Institute. In this blog I describe the mindset behind PMI’s Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit, overviewed in Figure 1. Whence the Agile Manifesto?
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