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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

Plus, we’ll get into scrumban, a combination of kanban with scrum. Learn more History of Kanban Kanban was first introduced in Japan as a lean manufacturing approach pioneered by Taiichi Ohno in the late 1940s. These cards are the sprint backlog and are placed on a board for the scrum team to choose which user story to work on.

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Value Creation in Scrum: Shift Left

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Value Creation in Scrum. As a tactical framework, Scrum is good at delivering Increments into customers’ hands. Nevertheless, there is a potentially hazardous void in the framework that successful Scrum teams start plugging early: how to figure out what is worth building—product discovery—in the first place.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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Scrum Methodology. What It Is: Scrum is a short “sprint” approach to managing projects. The scrum methodology is It’s ideal for teams of no more than 10 people, and often is wedded to two-week cycles with short daily meetings, known as daily scrum meetings. It’s led by what is called a Scrum master.

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Streamlining Success: Lean Principles in Project Management

MPUG

First, our last article touched on waste in the context of lean. Second, I am the father of a recent engineering graduate who is now working as an engineer, and part of the onboarding was a class on lean. Engineers use specifications to define and constrain the product or system under development and to be manufactured.

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Fixing OKR Theater Using Agile/Scrum Principles

Scrum.org

Too many OKRs are set without any respect/consideration of the ability to deliver them sustainably while dealing with other work in the organization. Defining OKRs and then forgetting about them until it's time to grade them. OKRs (and Scrum…) thrive in the Complex Domain. This is exactly the environment where Scrum thrives.

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Beyond Agile Gratitude #2 - Lean Thinking and the Kanban Method

Leading Answers

David Anderson has done much to popularize and explain lean and the Theory of Constraints thinking. We have a tendency to get attached to our personal favorite agile approach, whether that is Scrum, XP, or something else, and regard alternative approaches as somehow inferior or derivative. Ask How can we meet and exceed customer goals?

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The Power of Agile in Addressing Global Challenges

Scrum.org

She highlights the significance of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they serve as a roadmap for global betterment. Joanne discusses the concept of "Wicked Problems" - complex issues that cannot be easily defined or solved. Highlights: The importance of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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