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What is SAFe? A framework for scaling business agility

CIO

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) explained The Scaled Agile Framework encompasses a set of principles, processes, and best practices that helps larger organizations adopt agile methodologies , such as Lean, Kanban, and Scrum , to deliver high-quality products and services faster.

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Agile/Scrum is a Failure – Here’s Why

DevOps.com

In this week’s The Long View: Agile and Scrum are increasingly getting a bad reputation, being associated with the worst aspects of toxic workplace culture. The post Agile/Scrum is a Failure – Here’s Why appeared first on DevOps.com.

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How Rocket Mortgage Used Scaled Agile and Scrum to Dominate the Mortgage Industry

Agile Alliance

With more than 17,000 team members and a culture of being obsessed with finding a better way, the leadership team at Quicken … Continued. The post How Rocket Mortgage Used Scaled Agile and Scrum to Dominate the Mortgage Industry first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO

Many IT teams use agile methodologies to iteratively deliver feature-rich releases, improve capabilities, address technical debt, and experiment with emerging technologies. I recently moderated Adaptavist’s “Agile Back to Basics” roundtable, which included three authors of the Agile Manifesto.

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AgileNCR: Empowering Knowledge Sharing and Business Agility

Xebia

This year, the conference took place virtually on the vFairs conference platform, attracting over 350 registrations from Agile enthusiasts, speakers, and volunteers from around the world. The primary purpose of AgileNCR is to foster a culture of knowledge-sharing and learning within the community.

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Agile project management: Principles, benefits, tools, tips, and when to make the switch

CIO

Agile project management definition Agile project management is a methodology used primarily in software development that favors flexibility and collaboration, incorporating customer feedback throughout the project life cycle.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO

Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. Volvo Cars’ digital department started to work agilely according to the SAFe Framework in a product-oriented model in 2018. But even with great advantages came disadvantages.

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