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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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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. Whatever your level of commitment to this vital task, please review how you can do even better. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Second, the use of lean and agile tools and methodologies beyond IT, software and manufacturing. You can follow her on Twitter here.

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Develop Better High Performing Teams

ProjectManager.com

It’s not solely about the decisions of executives though, it’s also about great project leaders learning to run fast and lean while developing high performing teams that can deliver value to their organization. percent of every dollar is wasted due to poor project performance — that’s $99 million for every $1 billion invested.”

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Shift-Left, Shift-Right, Keep Middle

Velociteach

They understand the operational environment, technical boundaries, and stakeholders. Success Factors and Acceptance Criteria After defining the problem space, we should define the solution space. Well-defined, clear, and measurable goals are key to project success. It also avoids unnecessary delays.

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From Predictive to Agile – How to Choose the Right Project Management MethodologyBy Harold Kerzner and Cyndi Snyder Dionisio

International Institute for Learning

The traditional PMM, often referred to as the waterfall approach, follows a sequential process and is suitable for projects with well-defined requirements. The authors, Harold Kerzner, Ph.D., She has received several awards, including the PMI Fellow Award in 2018 and PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award in 2009.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals. effectively and efficiently.

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Why Agile Transformations sometimes fail

Scrum.org

They consider Agile, Scrum and Lean to be things that might improve delivery and teams' productivity. Another observation I have made is a strong focus on delivery, productivity, technology and effectiveness. Products are rarely defined. A huge technical debt, sporadic releases, lack of continuous integration, etc.,

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