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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. Lean is a set of principles. The “House of Lean” is often used as a metaphor. Value Value is the roof of our House of Lean.

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Guide To Visual Management for a Lean System

NimbleWork

This post is a guide on lean visual management. In a nutshell, visual management in the context of lean manufacturing is a strategy used to foster collaboration, communication, and efficiency inside an organization through the use of visual aids and tools. Brief History on Lean Agile methodologies were a game-changer.

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What Is Aggregate Planning? Strategies & Tips

ProjectManager.com

Let’s take a look at what aggregate production planning is and some aggregate planning strategies. Here are some of the factors to consider when trying to create consistency in your process: Pricing Strategies: When demand is low, reduce the price to match capacity. 3 Types of Aggregate Planning Strategies.

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Streamlining Success: Lean Principles in Project Management

MPUG

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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Post-Pandemic eCommerce Growth: Leverage Product Data, Market Research & Shopping Trends

Speaker: Phil Irvine, VP & Director of Audience Intelligence

The more personalized an organization can be with growth strategies and communications, the more likely engagement would increase and ultimately sales. To accomplish this, organizations have traditionally leaned into historical customer and product data to predict how to engage with their current and future customers in a personalized manner.

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Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile: Strategies for Success

NimbleWork

As the Agile project management framework reaches adoption maturity at lean, progressive and disruptive startup firms, many teams at established organizations are struggling to fully embrace the Agile project management framework at scale. The post Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile: Strategies for Success appeared first on Nimblework.

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Change Management in Agile – Seeking Expert Knowledge

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you an expert in change management or feel that you have solid strategies with outstanding results? Do you have a wealth of experience with agile /lean project management? If you would like more information or to fill in the 5 min survey click the link here and share your experience! MMU would love to hear from you.