Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

LPM also known as Lean Portfolio management, refers to how senior leadership uses lean principles and systems thinking approaches to align strategy with execution. Incorporating agile and lean portfolio management offer a path to improving business agility. What Are The Objectives Of Lean Portfolio Management?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. What Is a Project Management Methodology? Try ProjectManager for free!

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Planview

JUNE 28, 2019

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading part one first, “ What is Lean Portfolio Management ,” which you can find here . In this post, we’ll discuss a fundamental component of Lean portfolio management: funding. This is where Lean budgeting comes in.

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Lean manufacturing has become a popular way to eliminate waste, reduce costs and improve efficiencies. The challenge with lean is that, despite its attraction to many executives who want to cut costs and increase productivity , a lean process doesn’t happen overnight. The intersection point: a vast opportunity!

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Project Accelerator News

APRIL 18, 2024

When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. Provide a dynamic and intuitive platform for project planning and execution. Often though, hindsight shows that making small tweaks could have been more productive.

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Proofhub

AUGUST 9, 2023

Process Improvement Methodologies Whether you have defined it or not, every business has processes. The scale and complexity may vary, but the essentials are the same —  all businesses have processes. What is business process management?

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The Strategic Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Products and services, projects, and processes all need to add value to be strategically viable. 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. That is the domain of lean innovation.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the realm of project management methodologies, Lean and Agile have emerged as powerful approaches that support organizations in achieving efficiency and delivering high-quality products and services. Understanding the nuances of Lean and Agile is crucial for project managers and teams seeking to optimize their processes.

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

David Anderson has done much to popularize and explain lean and the Theory of Constraints thinking. The Kanban Method (usually capitalized) is a complete process for defining, managing, and improving the execution of knowledge work. These kanban boards typically show queues and work in progress (WIP).

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Planview

MAY 20, 2022

In this post, we’re going to show you how to execute a project. Now it’s time to execute. Except that, as every PMO knows, project execution is the most challenging stage of the project life cycle, and it’s only gotten more difficult in a world of hybrid and remote work. What Is Project Execution? Simple enough, right?

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The lean portfolio management is a new way to look at the old problem of balancing cost vs. value in product development projects. The use of Lean portfolio management agile has exploded in the last decade as more and more companies have found that it is a powerful tool for structuring their product development processes.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 26, 2021

Executive summary: An executive summary must clearly establish the purpose of the small business. For example, you may include c-suite executives, managers and possibly even interns. It’s important to understand the options before beginning the writing process. A lean plan is just that—lean.

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Wrike

AUGUST 28, 2023

Lean Manufacturing is a methodology that aims to streamline business operations and eliminate waste in order to achieve maximum efficiency and productivity. By identifying and eliminating non-value-added activities, organizations can optimize their processes and improve overall performance.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Lean operations are a strategic approach that aims to improve efficiency and profitability in businesses. By reducing waste and streamlining processes, companies can optimize their operations and achieve better results. Value Stream: Understanding and improving the end-to-end processes that deliver value.

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Techno-PM

MARCH 24, 2022

Certified lean six sigma green belt certification is a professional qualification that will enable you to demonstrate your skills in managing projects, processes, and people. It also provides the necessary knowledge for implementing lean management principles into an existing organization.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Of course, these roles can also vary greatly depending on the types of products or projects being executed in the organization. Additionally, while both roles are technically geared for the delivery of products and projects, there are different processes and best practices required. What Is a Project Manager? Create a product vision.

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

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. Didn’t we just say that a centralized PMO undermined LPM?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Cycle time includes processing, moving, inspection and queue time for the item. That is, cycle time covers the entire process, even inactive time when a product is being moved from one part of the facility to another. It’s a KPI as it shows the average time it takes to process raw materials into a finished product.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Bill Dow With the likes of PowerBI and Tableau taking off around dashboard and reporting, I think our executives and leadership are going to want to see more project data real time. Second, the use of lean and agile tools and methodologies beyond IT, software and manufacturing.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. As noted, it’s a methodology used to improve the quality of an output in a process. What Is Six Sigma?

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nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

A study by BCG/MIT finds that 90% of executives deem sustainability to be important, yet only 60% of companies incorporate sustainability as part of their business strategy, and even less (25%) integrate sustainability into the core of their business model. Implement effective process improvement techniques for sustainability.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 8, 2023

It helps organizations define and maintain high standards in their processes, products, and services. By developing a comprehensive quality plan, businesses can ensure excellence in execution, improve customer satisfaction, and drive overall success. A quality plan is an integral part of any business strategy.

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Lean Innovation – discover and build a business around the hotpots for customers and markets. Design Thinking – follow a rigorous process to precisely deliver what customers want, not what demographics show. Here are the impacts to planning and executing projects, depending on the answers to those answers.

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Kiron Bondale

MARCH 27, 2016

I wrote an article in October 2015 describing how the eight forms of waste (a foundational lean tool) can affect project teams. Let’s do a deeper dive into the waste of over-processing. Think back to the last presentation you delivered to your sponsor or an executive steering committee.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But what truly lies at the heart of this process, and why is it so crucial? If every Sprint feels like you're navigating through a storm, it's time to revisit your planning process. By marrying these two, we harness the best of both worlds, ensuring a harmonious flow from planning to execution. Enjoy this video?

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

One essential element in achieving these goals is understanding process flow. What is Process Flow? Process flow refers to the sequence of tasks and activities that need to be completed in order to achieve a specific goal or deliver a product or service. Let’s take an example of a manufacturing company that produces cars.

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Wrike

JULY 21, 2023

Organizations strive for efficiency and effectiveness in their operations, and one critical aspect of achieving this goal is through the optimization of process flows. When processes are well-designed and smoothly executed, companies can improve productivity, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

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Wrike

MAY 21, 2023

Defining Operations Operations refer to the process of designing, producing, and delivering goods or services to customers. Quality control is the process of ensuring that the products or services meet the required standards of quality via testing, inspections, and audits.

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Planview

AUGUST 16, 2021

Fresh from achieving great strides in digital transformation and other endeavors in record time over the past year, executives and boards of directors want to inject even more speed and agility into their organization’s DNA. The PMO roadmap shows how to cultivate effective strategy execution at speed. Can you go over Lean versus Agile?

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Agile Coach

APRIL 19, 2018

A friend of mine asked me on twitter what my 3 main things I’ve learned teaching my Lean Change Agent workshops and what the main takeaways from attendees were. First, How Lean Change Agent Came to Be. Execs only attend if it’s a small company because this workshop isn’t an executive workshop. F-bombs and all.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2023

Executives were sponsoring the use of Scrum and had even attended some of the classes, but they thought that the change was not for them but for others. The leaders were not using agile to drive strategy into execution, ultimately creating a disconnect between them, how they worked, and the outcomes they achieved.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

One powerful tool that organizations can leverage to drive this transformation is process innovation. In this article, we will explore the concept of process innovation and its importance in business, the role it plays in driving transformation, the steps to implement it, overcoming challenges, and measuring its impact.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Agile methodologies stand at the forefront of this quest, providing the blueprint for rapid, responsive, and customer-centric project execution. The Kanban Board originates from Toyota's manufacturing system in the late 1940s, where it is a part of the Lean Manufacturing principles by Taiichi Ohno.

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Wrike

MAY 26, 2023

Using an iterative process can help you improve project outcomes by allowing for continuous refinement and adjustment of project goals and objectives. Let’s take a closer look at the key components of an iterative process and how to implement them in your next project. It is cyclical, requiring regular feedback and adaptation.

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Planio

MARCH 9, 2021

Add too many new team members too quickly and you’ll burn through resources, get stuck in a never-ending cycle of onboarding, burn out your project managers , and risk injecting a ton of complication into your process. A lean product team strikes the perfect balance. Balancing innovation with execution and expectations.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

This method uses iterative processes to ensure continuous alignment with your project goals and market demands, allowing for frequent adjustments and fine-tuning. Central to adaptive project management is the iterative process, where projects are broken down into short cycles or sprints, allowing for frequent reassessments and adjustments.

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