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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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The Ultimate Model for Managing Performance in Agile Environments

Xebia

Agile practitioners often refer to the four quadrants that make up the culture of autonomy and alignment. Depicted in figure 1, from Spotify, the general idea is that you would want to be in the top right-hand corner in an Agile environment. Balancing these factors is critical to good performance in Agile organizations.

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Agile Book Club: Refactoring (with Martin Fowler)

Martin Fowler

What are some guidelines or “rules of thumb” to consider when doing so? The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. Each session uses an excerpt from the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development , as a jumping-off point for a wide-ranging discussion about Agile ideas and practices.

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MVP versus EVP: Is it time to introduce ethics into the agile startup model?

TechCrunch

This lean, agile model has been extremely successful over the past two decades — launching thousands of successful startups, some of which have grown into billion-dollar companies. Now, people across the political and business spectrum are calling for ethical guidelines around AI.

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OKR Guidelines: How to Set and Reach Your Goals

Evolution4all

Since the mid-1980s, Objectives and Key Results ( OKRs ) has been in use by many companies and that’s why in this article we will talk about OKR Guidelines. This is a part of the OKR guidelines that is very important. The post OKR Guidelines: How to Set and Reach Your Goals appeared first on Organisational Mastery.

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Communities of Practice Guidelines For Your Business

Evolution4all

Communities of Practice Guidelines. Thus, there has to be certain methods or guidelines for tacit knowledge to be transmitted. Aligning CoP with Your Organisational Objective: Guidelines. These guidelines should help leaders and executives like you in ensuring the value of CoPs to your team members and the organisation.

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AgileQA: QA Framework for Agile Methodology

Exadel

Why Agile Testing? Agile methodologies have proved their efficiency as a flexible approach in software development by delivering solutions faster and with the ability to respond to change. Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban are commonly used Agile methodologies that have their own guidelines and frameworks. QA Challenges.

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