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10 Top Process Improvement Tools You Need to Create a More Sustainable Business

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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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Risk-aware Product Development (a.k.a. Scrum)

Scrum.org

Dealing with Technology Uncertainty - The Waterfall Passive/Buffered Risk Management Style. Dealing with Technology Uncertainty - The Agile/Scrum Active Risk Management Style. The Risk Burndown Exercise. The Y axis is "remaining risk/uncertainty" in either the Business/Requirements/Technology domains.

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Root Cause Analysis: A Quick Guide

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Implement the solution: Remember, this isn’t a one-time thing, but must be sustainable and that the solution is in fact doing what it has been planned to do. This exercise a deeper dive into the problem and its causes, rather than accepting the first answer, and brings you closer to what is actually causing the problem.

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Unleashing Agile Excellence: How Scrum Training Empowers Developers and Drives Organizational Success

Scrum.org

Scrum focuses on valuable product delivery in short bits in order risk and enhance customer absorption. Lack of skills leads to overwhelming technical debt, increases the risk of an embarrassing technical failure, and reduces product value. Technical skills are needed for adaptable, reliable, and maintainable software.

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Why should I attend a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Foundation course?

Scrum.org

How does Scrum framework help us develop and sustainable deliver complex products? Is Scrum NOT helping you manage risk and complexity? The rules, roles, and principles of Scrum are leveraged during the exercises. My reason is that the PSF is broad and covers all areas of scrum, and obviously has a lot of fun exercises.

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Why Should I Attend a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Foundations Course?

Scrum.org

How does Scrum framework help us develop and sustainable deliver complex products? Is Scrum NOT helping you manage risk and complexity? The rules, roles, and principles of Scrum are leveraged during the exercises. My reason is that the PSF is broad and covers all areas of scrum, and obviously has a lot of fun exercises.

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Escape the Rinse and Repeat Cycle with 5 Sprint Retrospective Ideas

Scrum.org

To truly foster a culture of continuous improvement, Scrum Masters must recognize that Retrospectives should not be treated as routine exercises but rather as opportunities to ignite the team's creativity. This exercise pushes teams to envision extreme scenarios and consider the potential negative outcomes.