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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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Why perfect is the enemy of good - using lean change to apply agile in context

Scrum.org

Why perfect is the enemy of good - using lean change to apply agile in context. The senior execs that we work with in banks, financial organisations and asset management firms are massively time-poor, operating in lean resource environments. Agile, in contrast, offers a far more honest, risk-averse and transparent approach.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

” G – Project Management Terms Henry Gantt American mechanical engineer and management consultant who developed the Gantt chart in 1910. It is commonly employed in Agile and Lean projects, often in response to end-user feedback in product development cycles. Learn more about how to use milestones in project scheduling.

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Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What really works might surprise you – it’s definitely something to work on when you are thinking about positive project risk! However, as students of the lean entrepreneurship movement hear repeatedly, it’s usually not a good idea to launch your product with a “big bang.” This is solid counsel from my experience.

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PMI-ACP and My New Book “Beyond Agile: Achieving Success with Situational Knowledge and Skills”

Leading Answers

In addition to an agnostic understanding of Lean, Kanban, Scrum and other agile approaches, we also agreed people should know about the basics of servant leadership, conflict management, team decision making, and coaching. So our scope included more than just Lean and agile; it had a little leadership and emotional intelligence.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Lean A project management philosophy that aims to maximize value while minimizing waste. Lean Six Sigma Combining Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate defects and waste. RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) Log A document that tracks and manages project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.

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Project Health Checks By Dr. Harold Kerzner

International Institute for Learning

Project health checks provide us with insight on how to keep risks under control. Without these health checks, the chances of project failure are significantly increased. About the Author Dr. Harold Kerzner is Senior Executive Director at the International Institute for Learning, Inc.,

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