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At the heart of all work — regardless of whether the goal is to build a robot, construct a building, launch a marketing campaign, or anything else — are tasks, tasks, and yet more tasks. When tasks are organized and executed correctly, they support optimized workflows, engaged workers, and successful outcomes. On the other end...
What is a Lean Coffee? The Lean Coffee format is a structured, but agenda-less, meeting designed to facilitate collaborative group discussions. “How can you have structure without an agenda?” you might ask. Allow me to explain. Seattle-based Lean thinkers Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith are credited with the invention of Lean Coffee. They wanted to start a regular discussion...
Sprints are the cornerstone of the Scrum project management methodology. Sprints are the units of time in which teams determine and prioritize certain tasks from the product backlog, assign ownership to them and define the timeframe for their completion. After the sprint is completed, the next step is the Scrum sprint review, which gives the...
As a professional service business, profit is the bottom line. With high profit margins, you can grow your business and serve new customer demands as you please. Without profit, you’re in a constant fight to stay afloat. However, you also can’t afford to have tunnel vision. Alongside profit, you must maintain high service quality, innovation,...
Agile as a project management methodology has become hugely popular around the world as it expands from its software development roots to be embraced by organizations across nearly every industry. It’s no surprise then that agile marketing has become a hot topic, considering the natural synergies between how marketing and agile processes work. Marketing project...
Agile people leaders know how to build relationships, empower teams and individuals, and keep work aligned with company goals. They understand that a supported and aligned team is one of the most powerful assets a company can have — and they will work hard to set up their teams for success. In many ways, the Agile people leader is the ultimate servant leader. Servant...
Before diving into what is Kanban methodology and exploring its advantages and core characteristics, it is helpful to take a step back and focus for a moment on a related concept: Agile. According to the Agile Alliance, which is a global nonprofit member organization committed to supporting people who explore and apply Agile values, principles...
Even though we should be completely in control of it, personal productivity can be one of the toughest professional challenges many people face. Whether it’s getting work done how you want in the time you’re supposed to or reaching personal goals which go beyond simply putting your regular shift in, your personal productivity affects how...
As Agile has exploded in popularity, more and more people are interested in learning how to become an Agile coach. In fact, “Agile coach” was named as one of Indeed.com’s best jobs in 2019, with an average base salary of $161,377. Meanwhile, the demand for passionate, experienced Agile coaches is at an all-time high. If you’re passionate about...
The big question around the efficacy of Agile transformation inevitably turns to Agile ROI: Can Agile really improve productivity, decrease risks and costs, and increase revenue? In a recent webinar titled “The ROI of Agile Scaling and Transformation,” Ronnie Pinkerton, Director of Solution Architecture and Steve Wolfe, Enterprise Agile Coach & Evangelist at Planview, explored...
