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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development.

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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

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Commonly used in engineering and software development, it’s a more structured approach because progress falls in one direction, like a waterfall, from ideation to launch. Design : There are two parts to this phase, including logical design and physical design, all resulting in the software or product architecture.

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

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In this blog series, drawing from our vast experience, we'll guide you through it. While Agile embodies a mindset defined by specific values and principles, it isn't tied to any particular framework or practice. In our training and coaching sessions, we're frequently asked, " Where do we start? Welcome to the first post.

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Am I Really Doing Agile?

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A blog article describing “fake Agile” may be resonating a bit too much for comfort. Agile came about in the world of software development precisely because people started to realize that the pace of change had become so fast that it was smarter to embrace that change and find ways to work within it than try to resist.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

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Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s. The 12 Principles of Agile Development.

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What Is IT Management? Why Is IT Important for Businesses?

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They include computer programmers, web developers, support specialists, IT technicians, network engineers, database administrators, software engineers, computer scientists, data scientists and IT security specialists. There are many professionals who are tasked with working in IT. That’s only a few.

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What Makes Scrum Teams Effective? A scientific investigation of 1.200 Scrum teams

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Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics. Most of the books, podcasts, blog posts, and material that we find online have to do with this question.

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