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Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did

Harvard Business

Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Maximize engineering productivity.

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How and When to Use Timeboxes, Iterations, and Sprints to be Most Effective

Johanna Rothman

A colleague unfamiliar with lifecycles or agility asked, “How can we use sprints in this approach?” Every sprint delivers working product.” See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.). They do have product goals. And you don't have to use an agile approach to use an iteration.

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Why You and Your Clients Will Benefit from the Kanban Approach

Comatch

Anderson at Microsoft in 2004. Aside from Scrum, it’s the most important agile approach. The bank implemented the agile approach across all departments, not just IT. The Kanban Board helps us have productive and meaningful conversations and make good decisions and manage the flow. Improved Productivity.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business

Similar to the advance of “standardized process” in the early 20th century, digital is not just the new product to offer our customers (e.g., Similar to the advance of “standardized process” in the early 20th century, digital is not just the new product to offer our customers (e.g.,

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business

NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration. This reinvention demonstrates that substantial organizational change is possible, even amid barriers such as regulations and politics.