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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. Lean is a set of principles. The “House of Lean” is often used as a metaphor. Value Value is the roof of our House of Lean.

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Facilitation Tips for the Sprint Review

Scrum.org

How often have you thought: "This Sprint Review is useless and boring!" or "We are just reviewing. How can you avoid poor Sprint Reviews? In this blog post, I will provide some facilitation tips and answers based on my experience and. The purpose of the Sprint Review is to gather feedback on the. Let's skip.

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What Is the Definition of Done for Agile Teams?

ProjectManager.com

That’s largely due to agile’s ability to adapt to change and incorporate customer feedback, both of which are essential in today’s world where technology is constantly evolving, and swathes of information are just a few clicks away—including public customer reviews. Progress is measured by working software.

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What is Value Stream Mapping (VSM)? A Comprehensive Guide to Process Visualization

NimbleWork

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a lean management technique for process improvement that has its roots in the manufacturing sector. So, let’s get started: Background and Historical Perspective Value Stream Mapping (VSM) emerged as a fundamental component of Lean Manufacturing, a methodology pioneered by Toyota in the 20th century.

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Top 10 Lean/ Kanban Books for IT, Software and Knowledge Work!

Digite

Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business. This book provides the most comprehensive overview of the Kanban Method and its application to technology and general business functions. This book also covers the relevant bits of theory on Kanban before presenting the case studies. By David J Anderson.

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Sailing the Waves of Organizational Change Chaos

The IIL Blog

Lean into it. When The Storm Hits Major organizational changes typically impact projects in two ways: Changing landscape of our sponsors, stakeholders, and teams Reviewing or challenging in-progress projects and investments against new goals Organizational changes can mean new stakeholders, new sponsors, and new team members or managers.

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How to Stay Lean While you Scale Your Product Team From Product/Market Fit to Growth

Planio

A lean product team strikes the perfect balance. The ideal lean product team structure at every stage (according to teams that scaled quickly). They balance technical skills with people skills to get the most out of your team. The ideal lean product team structure at every stage (according to teams that scaled quickly).

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