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Agile: Harnessing Human Motivation

Agile Alliance

Agile is built on many ideas (Kaizan, Lean, Kanban, etc.), but one of the most important is a body of research into human motivation. This article explores some of these ideas and highlights how it is very easy to adopt Agile but miss out on these motivational factors I often ask organisations why they want … Continued.

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5 quick tips for successful Agile outcomes

Agile Alliance

Product Ownership Analysis or POA is a researched and studied discipline with a set of practices, processes, and procedures to create successful outcomes. The post 5 quick tips for successful Agile outcomes first appeared on Agile Alliance. Here are five quick tips to add to your toolkit.

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New research: How IT leaders drive business benefits by accelerating device refresh strategies

CIO

Increased security, productivity gains and enhancing innovation are among the reasons IT leaders are modernising their device fleets more frequently, new research reveals. Forrester’s research found that 55% of firms prioritised security at the hardware level when refreshing.

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7 tell-tale signs of fake agile

CIO

The same is not true, sadly, for many agile project management and development initiatives. Too often, an organization may launch something that looks like an agile program, calls itself an agile program, claims to operate like an agile program, yet really isn’t an agile program in the least.

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All Method, No Madness: Guiding Agile Teams Through Research

Speaker: Amanda Stockwell, President of Stockwell Strategy

Many Product Managers feel quality user research can't keep up with the fast-paced culture of agile teams. However, if you're willing to adapt the right way, you don't have to sacrifice agility or user insights. Using the right strategy, your agile team will collect qualitative data, interpret it, and integrate it effectively.

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Wild West to Agile: Adventures in software development evolution and revolution

Agile Alliance

RESOURCES Wild West to Agile: Adventures in software development evolution and revolution All Resources Blog Experience Reports Webcasts Videos Books Event Sessions Research Papers All ResourcesBlogExperience ReportsWebcastsVideosBooksEvent SessionsResearch Papers About this Publication Wild West to Agile is drawn from personal experience, from the (..)

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Episode 2: Future-Proofing Your Business with Agile IT Leadership

CIO

Yet strategic technology decisions, such as vendor consolidation, can help support a business’s ability to handle volatility and remain agile in challenging times. IT Leadership, Small and Medium Business

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The Importance of Having Strong Decision Agility in Your Product Development Process

Speaker: Emily Tate, Managing Director at Mind the Product

How can we quickly make deeply-researched decisions on multiple topics, every day? And within that range, we’re told we need to move faster, and that our decisions need to be evidence-driven and well thought out. This can feel incredibly overwhelming. The truth is, not all decisions are created equal.

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12 Considerations When Evaluating Data Lake Engine Vendors for Analytics and BI

451 Group’s research indicates 57% of the enterprises currently using a data lake cite improved business agility as a benefit. To do so, modern enterprises leverage cloud data lakes as the platform used to store data for analytical purposes, combined with various compute engines for processing that data.

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5 Key Considerations for Top-Notch Product Dashboards

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

Join Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, as he covers five key considerations for you to keep in mind when you’re updating your software or app to offer the latest in embedded dashboards. In this webinar, you’ll learn: Best practices in customer research when developing your dashboard.