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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

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To do so, CIOs must continuously improve their product management, program management, and delivery capabilities to wow customers and deliver competitive advantages, all while steering clear of surefire DX mistakes such as prioritizing too many initiatives and underinvesting in developing digital trailblazers.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

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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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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

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Underpinning these initiatives is a slew of technology capabilities and strategies aimed at accelerating delivery cycles, such as establishing product management disciplines, building cloud architectures, developing devops capabilities, and fostering agile cultures.

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

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There are many, often overlapping approaches to managing projects, the most popular of which are waterfall, agile, hybrid, critical path method, and critical chain project management , among others. increased agility when adapting to other initiatives or changes within an organization. CSM: Certified Scrum Master.

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To Improve Business Agility, Organizations Need to Focus on Value

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While business agility and efficiency is still a critical goal of most organizations, many are hamstrung by legacy organizational structure and management practices. So how can organizations continue to evolve and deliver better agility and efficiency? How do we ensure that the agile community continues to improve and thrive?

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Agility in the Military and After

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Agility in the Military and After From Service to Agility: Honoring Veterans’ Journeys at Scrum Inc. As well, we are currently introducing and optimizing agile initiatives in government organizations and military operations. As an Agile Coach and Registered Scrum Trainer at Scrum Inc., by The Scrum Inc. in the UK.

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Scaled Agile – Why? When? How?

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Agile at Scale, or Scaled Agile, is all the rage! When and who should implement Scaled Agile? Scaled Agile is a way for organizations with many teams to plan, coordinate, and track work on large initiatives. In this blog post, we’ll review why, when, and how organizations should consider adopting Scaled Agile.

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