The IIL Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Successful IT leaders need to develop and lean into a set of power skills. Lacking essential power skills such as emotional intelligence, empathy, communication, influence and directiveness can harm both reputation of the IT leadership team and the stability of IT departments.

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Inloox

JULY 1, 2021

SAFe picks up many already familiar elements and concepts from existing methods such as Scrum or Lean Project Management, which makes the transition easier for many companies. Lean Agile Leadership: Managers are the very core of lean agile development and business agility. This requires collaboration and alignment of processes.

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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.”. September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. Empiricism.

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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.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Understanding these top five Agile methodologies that are not Scrum Framework: Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), Lean Software Development, Feature-Driven Development (FDD), and Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) is crucial for any team or individual looking to implement Agile practices effectively.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

But is there a unifying theory of improvement, and if so, can it be sustained? It’s been around in Japan since after World War II, though influenced by quality management ideas from the United States. The idea of always making small improvements is not dissimilar to lean manufacturing, especially with the emphasis of eliminating waste.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When other firms possess similar resources or capabilities, a firm cannot achieve a sustained competitive advantage. It helps to identify areas where they have a sustainable competitive advantage. This enhances long-term profitability and sustainability.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Too many OKRs are set without any respect/consideration of the ability to deliver them sustainably while dealing with other work in the organization. OKR Theater has the potential to become a member of a big family – Scrum Theater, Agile Theater, SAFe Theater, Lean Theater, Six Sigma Theater; you get the picture.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

These frameworks also encourage you to use Lean principles to optimize your flow. These include Disciplined Agile Development (DAD), LeSS, Scrum@Scale, Spotify, Lean Startup, hybrid combinations, and more. Becoming a truly lean and agile enterprise is the best bet for any organization aspiring to succeed. . What is SAFe?

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

The three systems include a System of Delivery, a System of Transformation, and a System of Sustainability. – [Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from Agile Arizona, The Executive’s Guide to Large-Scale Agile Transformation and Sustaining an Adaptive Enterprise. And so sustainable business agility.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

The project objectives, the nature of the tasks involved, and the preferences of the project team influence the method choice. Process improvement strategies and lean principles like Just-In-Time (JIT) Production and 5S Methodology might be some methods that project managers would be familiar with.

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Inloox

AUGUST 13, 2018

Invest in actively engaged executive sponsors as they will use their influence within an organization to actively overcome challenges by communicating the project’s alignment to strategy, removing roadblocks, and driving organizational change. Sustainable development, climate change and renewable energy. Customer expectations of speed.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The CD pipeline is an agile and sustainable technique to produce software, similar to how a minimum viable product lowers risks and helps teams create something that better suits the demands of consumers. Developers can use feedback from the production environment to influence upgrades or sprint backlogs. SAFe® Lean Portfolio.

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Software Review Agile Technical Review Lean 98

Wrike

AUGUST 25, 2023

In this article, we will explore the concept of Kaizen Burst, its role in continuous improvement, implementation strategies, and how to sustain its impact. Understanding the Concept of Kaizen Burst Kaizen Burst is a lean methodology that focuses on making small, incremental improvements to processes, products, and services.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In this article, we will focus on the Scrum Master Salary in India and the US and the factors that influence it. At Agilemania, we are a team of passionate professionals with a passion to transform businesses with digital and Agile — Scaling and sustaining customer-centric innovation. SAFe® Lean Portfolio. ICP-ACC) Training.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Second, the use of lean and agile tools and methodologies beyond IT, software and manufacturing. Visual, lean tools that truly engage all team members are going to become essential in 2018. Rather, as with most years, your ability to thrive has much more to do with your ability to lead and influence.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

sustainability. It looks like small cognitively-diverse (Syed, 2019) cross-skilled cross-functional teams or teams-of-teams using Agile, Lean, Lean/Agile methods, or the Agile Manifesto principles. sustainability. Outside of my sphere of influence, the trends flatlined, therefore no improvement. . effectiveness,

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Therefore, if your company is in a growth phase and looking for long-term sustainability and profitability, it’s probably something you want to keep an eye on. It is based on several different factors that directly influence whether or not users will click on your ads. SAFe® Lean Portfolio. Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV).

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Leading Agile

MAY 10, 2021

The VP stated the Agile teams were in ‘chaos’ since being taught the concept of Lean Agile portfolios. In the next segment of this two-part blog, we’ll delve into how to enable the business to create the right conditions to begin the trust-influence loop, which is a virtuous cycle that builds trust continuously.

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Teamweek

MARCH 4, 2020

It certainly doesn’t make sense if you have a long-term employment arrangement with an established company, where you need to sustain your work productivity, business insight, and creative problem-solving week after week after week. Very few jobs are so important that they actually require sustained weeks of 80+ hours. And at 70 hours?

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

You either change the tool to accommodate the organization or you change the organization and unfortunately, most of the companies that we were dealing with, didn’t have agency or influence to change the organization. But I started writing a lot about what I would do and I started doing talks about what I do. Speaker: Miljan Bajic 32:59.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Power is defined as 1) the ability to act or produce an effect, 2) possession of control, authority, or influence over others, one having such power, and 3) physical might, mental or moral efficacy, political control, or influence.1 Before we dive deeply into powerlessness, let us examine what is meant by power. Resources.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2021

When we look at the HiPPO what they're normally doing is relying on their position to influence people in a certain direction. For the ZEBRA this person normally comes in and has an idea of what they want to do, and they are very strongly leaning in a certain direction. Let's start with the HiPPO.

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Pawel Brodzinski

APRIL 30, 2015

Not everyone has equal influence over organizational culture. In fact, the higher in the hierarchy someone is the more influence they typically have. One specific type of decision I make, or at least strongly influence, is who gets promoted in my team. How do we influence the cultural change then? The mechanism is simple.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

” Aggregate planning helps teams and managers operate at maximum efficiency by influencing and adjusting workload and capacity to match changing demands. When demand is low, management keeps a level labor force and sustains the production rate. Chase strategy is often used for lean manufacturing and production.

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Once it’s established, I’ll tell you the sustaining piece is, and I’m going to use our language governance moments that bring up the KPI dashboard for the organization so they can all get a look at what’s happening with this organization. Here’s what we have to influence. We want organizational KPIs.

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Meisterplan

APRIL 20, 2018

In the end, it means nothing but taking over responsibility for an outcome you can only partly influence. The much-touted need for flexibility, which is needed for successful project management, is in fact only the answer to lack of planning and sustainability. The concept is: fast, lean, unbiased.

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Software Review Lean Sustainability Influencer 42

Stepping Into Project Management

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Actors who are compensating and sustaining late status quo find their situation is no longer tenable. This is a phase where leadership has most influence and gets tested all the time. As a result, mandates organizational agile transformation by a fixed future date. Organizations in late status quo are closer to breaking point.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 14, 2019

They provide a better understanding and also help us to work sustainably over a long period. Retrospectives are also applicable in flow based Lean-Agile frameworks, e.g., Kanban , where you can have retrospectives on-demand. Retrospectives and intraspectives in Agile development do exactly that. Retrospectives. Types of Retrospectives.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Lean and Kanban expert Klaus Leopold says, “Agility is not a team sport; it is a company sport.” work-sustainability. . Those people might be applying agile, lean, product management, the Three Ways of DevOps, the Agile Manifesto’s values and principles, Modern Agile, or other frameworks. . Old fashioned micro-management.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This perspective on the transactions between stakeholders and Scrum Teams also draws attention to the sustainability of future transactions. But ultimately, both groups benefit from sustainable development. But items can also influence profit directly by decreasing the costs of production, maintenance, and delivery.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Second, the use of lean and agile tools and methodologies beyond IT, software and manufacturing. Helena Lui. Helena Lui. Robin Burk. Robin Burk.

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

I will build our business sustainably through passionate and loyal customers. Learning is part of strategy – part of making the enterprise sustain and survive. It defines sustainment and survival of the business as maintaining a healthy and growing relationship with customers – by making them passionate and loyal.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

And then tying that together into a network and then applying Lean principles to designing an organization that can get stuff done. And then you start to measure some of the lean stuff that we’re doing at the time, from some of the con bonds. I think we’re like, for lack of a better word system of sustainability, right?

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Pawel Brodzinski

JUNE 1, 2018

One of such presentations for me was a discussion between Arne Roock and Simon Marcus from Lean Kanban Central Europe years back. Despite the fact that it’s an emergent property of any organization, we have means to influence the emergent purpose. When someone leaves an organization their influence on emergent purpose disappears.

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MPUG

MARCH 18, 2021

Those of you who study up on Lean Six Sigma, although it’s not exclusive just to Lean Six Sigma. The concept though, that drives the Lean Six Sigma concept, the define, the measure, the analyze, improve, control. Optimizes the use of organizational resources, helps to balance the influence of constraints on the project.

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The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The situation may appear to be stable, but changes are needed in order to avoid a downward trend and to attain a new sustainable level of success. Sustaining Success – This is the most stable situation. The organization is experiencing Sustainable Success and largely needs to maintain or tweak its processes and direction.

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