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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. It developed the just-in-time delivery model, which freed up working capital. Lean is a set of principles.

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Develop Better High Performing Teams

ProjectManager.com

As we ease into the new year, many organizations’ executive teams are ramping up hiring for new talent. All these efforts require precise judgment to hire just-in-time talent, using data to make strategic project decisions at a portfolio, program and project level and launching new high performing teams.

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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. Aggregate planning is a method for analyzing, developing and maintaining a manufacturing plan with an emphasis on uninterrupted, consistent production. 3 Types of Aggregate Planning Strategies. What Is Aggregate Planning?

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Can scrum be used outside software development?

Scrum.org

. Can scrum be used outside software development? I’ve often worked in cases in non-software where I might have had 10 options that I would consider for the team. If you understand more about the business domain and the technical domain, you understand what the team is doing. Absolutely. . And there is merit in that argument.

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Building Agile Partnerships - Lean Agile Procurement

Scrum.org

Lean Agile Procurement is designed to reduce delay in establishing the partnerships, and providing clear constraints on the business relationship. The traditional approach of RFI – RFP – Review – LOI is neither lean or agile. The Lean Agile Procurement model is designed by people who live the Agile Manifesto, and is aligned to it.

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Overcoming Product Backlog Management Traps

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Overcoming Common Product Backlog Management Traps w/ David Pereira How teams manage their Product Backlog often makes or breaks their value creation chances. Poor backlog management leads to a feature factory trap, while a mindful strategy enables the team to drive value steadily. How to handle this? One backlog?

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Agile Project Management: The new go-to for marketing teams in 2020

Rebel’s Guide to PM

However, beyond the bad news we’ve had to deal with since the beginning of this year, these changing circumstances have ushered in a different kind of enthusiasm for making process improvements in how we work together as well. What does this new decade have in store for marketers running projects? Does Agile work for marketing?

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