Exercises Lean Process Sustainability 
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.
MPUG
OCTOBER 16, 2023
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. This is where Lean principles come into play. The class began by asking the students to draw a pig. The overarching goal?
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Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
To what extent, for example, is the Manifesto a reflex of “lean thinking”? There’s a clear synergy between lean and agile practice, and attempts to tease them apart can often seem contrived and artificial. Interestingly, in the published history of the Agile Manifesto, the word “lean” does not appear even once.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Short-Term Focus : Driven by quarterly results or immediate performance metrics, these organizations push for quick deliveries, often at the expense of long-term value or sustainable development. Exercise Empirical Process Control : In your Retrospectives, identify instances where the feature factory mindset prevailed.
Scrum.org
MARCH 10, 2023
Mike Cohn describes a high-performing team as one that “sustainably exceeds expectations in achieving clear goals. You feel your Product Owner understands and honors the concepts of sustainable pace, the importance of setting the vision and Product Goal, and the radical collaboration that Scrum encourages.
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Let’s start with what the Scrum Guide says about empiricism: “Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. The emergent process and work must be visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work. Empiricism. Inspection. Adaptation. “If
Planview
JULY 26, 2022
In business, dynamic planning is more complicated – but no less essential, especially in times of sustained economic uncertainty. But failing to plan for that reality could come at the risk of jeopardizing the activities, people, and processes that are holding your business together. The problem with “peanut buttering” cost reductions.
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