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What Is Lean Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

This is commonly called lean project management. What Is Lean Project Management? Lean project management focuses on delivering a manufacturing project with more value and less waste. To work, lean project management relies on continuous improvement. The 5 Lean Principles.

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What Is Lean Portfolio Management? A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

There are many ways to do this and one of which is lean portfolio management. Let’s first define lean portfolio management and then delve into how it works. What Is Lean Portfolio Management? The senior leadership team will apply lean principles to manage the portfolio.

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The 5 Lean Principles: Definitions & How to Use Them

ProjectManager.com

Lean management originated in Japan, where it grew out of the Toyota Production System. This led to lean manufacturing, but today lean is used in more industries, such as project management, software development, construction and more. What Is Lean Manufacturing?

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Project Management Office Definition and Purpose

The Strategic Project Manager

Is There a Single Project Management Office Definition? I could not actually find an “official” definition of ‘PMO’ in the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 7th Edition (the current PMBOK Guide) , published by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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Troubleshooting in Lean-Agile Development

MPUG

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Flow-based Lean-Agile.

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What Is the Definition of Done for Agile Teams?

ProjectManager.com

So if a foundation of agile is working fast and changing rapidly and often, while continuing to iterate on the project, what’s the definition of done in agile? The Definition of Done in Agile. But each team has their own definition of done, which is just another way of saying that the criteria across all user stories has been accepted. But whatever that definition is, it drives the quality of the work and assesses when a user story is complete.

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What Is a Kanban Board? Definition & Examples

ProjectManager.com

In lean manufacturing, kanban helps save inventory space and overcapacity. Lean manufacturing likes kanban for this reason, in that the methodology believes that demand-driven systems like kanban create faster turnarounds in production and keeps inventory at the lowest level that is needed for demand. Kanban software has been adopted by software tools and, as noted, used by teams who implement lean and agile principles in their projects.

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Lean Portfolio Management Operations: An Agile Approach

Planview

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management for the enterprise. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading: Part 1: What is Lean Portfolio Management? Part 2: Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding. In the first two installments of this series, we talked about the key elements of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) and how funding practices must adapt to better support LPM initiatives. Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE).

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Building Agile Partnerships - Lean Agile Procurement

Scrum.org

Lean Agile Procurement is designed to reduce delay in establishing the partnerships, and providing clear constraints on the business relationship. The traditional approach of RFI – RFP – Review – LOI is neither lean or agile. The Lean Agile Procurement approach reduces the sourcing cycle time to days, with collaborative clarification of the product with prospective partners while reducing the risk of a poor partner and company evaluation. Definition. TL;DR.

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DONE Understanding Of The “Definition Of DONE”

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I) workshop has a module that talks about the Definition of DONE (DoD) and Technical Debt. As stated in Scrum Guides the Definition of Done (DoD) is –. FAQ’s On DoD – Definition Of DONE.

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Who Creates the Definition of Done and How to Create One?

Agilemania

The Definition of Done is the most crucial aspect for the team to be able to build shippable increments of any product. A team’s definition of done helps them continuously add value to the product. How to Create Definition of Done (DoD)?

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What is Lean Project Management? Its Definition, Principles, and Methodology

GanttPRO Project Management

It’s difficult to find a project where no problems occur. There will always be issues with tasks, deadlines, and assignees. No one and nothing will secure your plans from poor […]. News GanttPRO Productivity Project Management Team Management

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A Lean Innovation Management Process: Discovering and Creating Value

The Strategic Project Manager

Lean innovation management originated from startups, but is applicable in helping bring a startup mentality to a variety of types of organizations. Let’s start be defining lean innovation. What is lean innovation, and why is it important? What is Lean Innovation Management?

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What Is Lean Project Management? It’s Origin, Principles & Benefits

ProProfs Project Management

With that in mind – lean project methodology is a great example! . Taking a few pages out of the book of lean manufacturing, we’ll have a look at what lean project management is in the first place. About Lean Project Management. Origins of Lean Management.

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The Definitive Comparison of CSM vs CSD

Agilemania

It helps in goal definition and sprint planning. Develops Lean-Agile mindset: The scrum master certification will teach you to develop a Lean Agile Mindset. Learn about Lean, Agile, and Scrum. The post The Definitive Comparison of CSM vs CSD appeared first on Agilemania.

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

Digite

This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work. This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work. 31 pages, ET to read: 50 min, Published July 19th, 2012 by Lean-Kanban University). Scrumban and Other Essays on Kanban Systems for Lean Software Dev. Are you new to Kanban?

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What is Lean Project Management? Its Definition, Principles, and Methodology

GanttPRO Project Management

It’s difficult to find a project where no problems occur. There will always be issues with tasks, deadlines, and assignees. No one and nothing will secure your plans from poor […

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Should Agile Teams Have a Definition of Ready?

Leading Agile

In The Dangers of a Definition of Ready , Agile thought leader Mike Cohn expresses a concern that is shared by many in the community: That by establishing strict rules about what information must be provided before a development team can take on a backlog item, we risk backsliding into a linear process model. The idea of Definition of Ready — I mean, the real idea — is to clarify what the team needs to have in place before they can even begin to work on a backlog item.

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What is the Definition of Done (DOD) in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)?

Agilemania

Definition of Done(DoD)” is probably the most important aspect of Scrum. The Scrum guide clearly defines when, how, and by whom the Definition of Done is defined and continuously refined. Each team, train, and enterprise should build their definition.

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Lean Project Management For Remote Teams: A Simple Guide To Eliminate Waste & Improve Productivity

Teamweek

Lean Project Management can fix this. In this article, we’re going to explore: What is Lean Project Management? The Lean Methodology The 3 Types of Waste & How to Fix Them. What is Lean Project Management? As a concept, Lean originates from the Toyota production floor.

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Having a Definition of Ready: Harmful or Helpful?

Leading Agile

Mike Cohn’s August 2016 article, The Dangers of a Definition of Ready describes certain problems that can occur when a team uses the concept of a Definition of Ready. He writes: You can think of a Definition of Ready as a big, burly bouncer standing at the door of the iteration. Just as a bouncer at a nightclub only lets certain people in—the young, the hip, the stylishly dressed—our Definition-of-Ready bouncer only allows certain user stories to enter the iteration.

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Definitive Guide to Collaborative Project Management

Binfire

It applies equally well to all project management methodologies like Agile, Lean, Waterfall and Hybrid. The post Definitive Guide to Collaborative Project Management appeared first on Collaboration Corner. Collaborative Project Management or CPM is the application of tools and processes to help employees working on projects to collaborate more effectively. It is not a separate or standalone Project Management methodology.

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CapEx or OpEx through a Lean Lens

Scrum.org

3] The Scrum Guide™ The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game, page 7Does your Finance Department discourage Agile software development because it would all be charged to operational expense? I have yet to be involved in an Enterprise Agile Transformation wherein we didn’t discuss concerns about how to expense projects that do not have the big upfront phases for documentation and design.

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The Definitive Guide to Release Management

Wrike

” While traditional models focus on the structures that surround activity, release management leans into the activities themselves. The post The Definitive Guide to Release Management appeared first on Blog Wrike.

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The Definitive Guide to Aggregate Planning

Wrike

Chase strategy is often used for lean manufacturing and production. Lean into back-order systems. The post The Definitive Guide to Aggregate Planning appeared first on Blog Wrike.

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How to write a lean PRD (product requirements document) for your next project in 5 steps (with free template)

Planio

Agile is all about staying lean and adapting to user feedback, right? The essential elements of a lean, mean one-pager PRD. The essential elements of a lean, mean one-pager PRD. In an effort to keep things lean, it’s easy to miss out on vital information.

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How Retrospectives Led to Acceptance for Our Lean PPM Process

Meisterplan

At Meisterplan, when we introduced Lean PPM , we simply integrated this element into the process. After each of the first three board meetings following the implementation phase of Lean PPM, I brought everyone together so that they could express their thoughts directly to the board in the style of a Retrospective. and “Definition of done” for all topics. Want to find out how the Lean PPM approach can be integrated into your business?

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Opinions vs. Evidence?-?How getting the definitions mixed up can impact the value of your delivery.

Scrum.org

There’s a lovely prioritization canvas from Jeff Gothelf, and I believe, Joshua Seiden that’s in the Lean UX book, third edition. Opinions vs. Evidence Sometimes people get confused between opinions and evidence.

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DoD EvoCycle, a simple technique to effectively manage your Definition of Done

Scrum.org

In today's blog, I want to talk about the evolution process of the Scrum team's Definition of Done and explain a simple technique that I found very useful in helping a Scrum team managing their Definition of Done. Definition of Done. This is the definition of "Done" (often abbreviated as DoD) for the Scrum Team and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. Step 4 - Definition of Done in the make.

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Scrum or Kanban for Application Support teams?

Digite

That is the fundamental definition of Kanban. Lean/ Kanban Uncategorized agile Kanban Lean Lean Software Development Project Management Scrum Visual Project ManagementRecently, there was an interesting problem posed on a project management discussion board. The questioner asked – “I have recently joined a company and to one of the projects that I’m engaged we have this Scrum team that has a mixed backlog (USs and Bugs).

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Fika Stories 2 – The Policy-Debt Trap

Digite

Something is obviously wrong, but the good news is: it may not automatically mean that you’re doomed and that your organization is unfit to all Lean/Agile things (find a new job). You have learned what needs to be done to come closer to your definition of awesome, your fitness to purpose, your definition of high performing. Longer Definition of Done! Tougher Definition of Ready! Lean/ Kanban agile Kanban Lean Scrum Toyota Kata Visualization

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Scrum with Kanban Class of Service

Digite

What is not clear on my board, but could be made clear with a Definition of Done (DoD) or similar annotations on the board, is. Lean/ Kanban agile Kanban Lean Project Management Scrum ScrumbanThis article is the third in a series of “Kanban and Scrum – Stronger Together”.

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To See or Not to See?

Digite

Rigor by definition is effort intensive and hard. Kanban Lean/ Kanban Visualization agile Collaboration Lean Project Management Project Team ProductivityIt is not enough to Visualize. You need to be willing to See! A genuine fear lurks while putting final changes to this article a few weeks before the 45th President of the United States takes office.

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How to Identify, Analyze and Eliminate Muda From Your Kanban System?

Digite

Upstream Process definition. To discontinue the card, you can right-click on the card and select either the Abort or Discard option, one of which is shown depending on where the card currently is and based on the column definition. Lean/ Kanban agile Elimination of waste Kanban Kanban board Lean MUDA

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Strategic Planning: The Types of Planning That Bring Your Strategy to Life

Planview

I encourage you to download the complete eBook, “ Planning Deconstructed ,” which contains the complete list of definitions, questions, and considerations in greater detail. Lean and Agile PMOIn this blog series, we are providing an overview of the seven planning types to help you deliver on strategy with a dynamic and continuous approach.

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The Intrigue – and the Universality – of Kanban

Digite

Dubbed proto-Kanban by many in the Kanban community, the challenge with such a situation is that while they definitely get the benefits of basic visualization, they fail to get the deeper benefits of Kanban. So, it has come to us as no surprise that in the most popular and prevalent scaling method that the Agile world has adopted, the Scaled Agile Framework®, Lean and Kanban have become increasingly central to it. The Digital Enterprise – Visual, Lean and Agile.

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Beginner’s Guide to Kanban for Agile Marketing

Digite

Your situation is unique and you deserve to develop a unique process definition tailored and optimized to your domain, your value stream, the risks that you manage, the skills of your team, and the demands of your customers. Agile Marketing agile Kanban LeanWe’re honored to republish this blog post ‘Beginner’s Guide to Kanban for Agile Marketing’ by Andrea Fryrear which was originally published in the Agile Sherpas blog!

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Review Leading with Obeya

Henny Portman

Definitely a must read for management teams who want to improve their organization’s performance. agility English Post lean reviewThe book Leading with Obeya – Maximizing human leadership potential by Tim Wiegel gives a complete picture of the Obeya concept.

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How To Maximize The Efforts Of Your Agile Team

Binfire

Present agile as an option and ensure you illustrated definitively how it could make the organization better, but don’t make it a demand. Project management project management software agile agile project management lean management scrumAccording to agile visionaries, a robust, agile team embodies “we” rather than “I” and that teamwork is crucial to delivering great software.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The PMBOK provides definitions and guidelines for project planning, scheduling, executing and controlling. It’s a great way to keep everyone on the same page, so to speak, and offers a clear definition of how a project is managed. Lean Methodology.

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