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The organizations that do manage to keep up are further driving change by redefining the technology landscape around their platforms, causing the rest to fall even further behind. Most large organizations are aware that they need to undergo digital transforms, and are adopting new software delivery practices such as Agile and DevOps. But after founding the company, I realized that I need to take a similarly disciplined approach to learning leadership and management. MORE
Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover several topics including agile software development, software startups, web 2.0, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research. Leading Agile. MORE
Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Every entrepreneur must be alert enough to spot the change early, and agile enough to adapt quickly. It all starts with agile leadership. agility business entrepreneur startup MORE
If you keep up with the news on project management and business strategy, you’ve probably come across the buzzword “agile” more than a few times. But what does it mean to be agile and do agile as a business unit? But can agile really be used for anything, in any industry? MORE
Without positive cash flow, all companies (and small businesses in particular) likely won’t possess the agility necessary to respond to today’s quickly evolving business landscape. 10 tips for better cash flow management: 1. MORE
A big part of adopting Lean Startup in an established company involves fundamentally shifting the way organizations manage people and ideas. Mark Raheja, founding partner at August , a consultancy focused on organizational development, will be speaking as part of the enterprise learning track at Lean Startup Week about agility at scale. In thinking about the future of corporate agility and management, what modern practices are most vital to today’s leaders? MORE
Over time at my first startup our developers encouraged us to move to Agile development. So when I read my post it sounded to me more like a new philosophy for “The Agile Board,&# so I put that as my subtitle. THAT is the “Agile Board&# I was after. MORE
—– Lean Innovation Management. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals. Product management for Horizon 1 uses existing product management tools such as StageGate ® or the equivalent. MORE
The goal of agile programming is to provide early and continuous delivery of valuable software. But it’s not so easy to implement methodologies that can deliver on the agile promise, and the blame typically lands on people: they’re just not the tech elite. MORE
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 6, 2008 Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile I thought Id share an interesting post from someone with a decidedly anti-agile point of view. Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective. I think you can safely ignore the rantings about "bad agile" and the bad people who promote it. MORE
Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. Here are the key aspects of agility requiring focus: Eliminating bureaucracy. An agile company starts with agile leadership at the top. MORE
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? MORE
I was met by a very apologetic manager who said, “We’ve been trying to get a hold of you for the last week. The manager of the training department who hired you wasn’t authorized to do so – and he’s been fired. I caught my breath and thought about it for a minute and said, “How about I go talk to the new training manager. Manager: “Sorry man we outsourced your job, I guess this was already in the works before I hired you. MORE
This challenge has put immense pressure on CIOs to not only manage ever-growing data volumes, sources, and types, but to also support more and more data users as well as new and increasingly complex use cases. How can your company meet the agility imperative? Agile Data Fabric. MORE
Steve Denning, one of the leading business thinkers pushing the business world to abandon the outdated idea of maximising shareholder value has published an interesting article on Forbes titled Why do managers hate agile? Agile methods are also more attractive to the best employees. MORE
By Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO. There is some thinking that equates project management with being a roadblock to speedy delivery of critical projects. ’ So how can project management be an effective tool versus a roadblock? MORE
Your team should include project managers with a deep knowledge of application stacks, software developers who can think abstractly to build flexible frameworks, and engineers who understand the value of automation to development velocity. MORE
The biggest trend in marketing in 2016 has been the idea of “agile marketing.” ” Workfront, a project management solution provider, defines it as : A tactical marketing approach in which teams identify and focus their collective efforts on high value projects, complete those projects cooperatively, measure their impact and then continuously and incrementally improve the results over time. Agile marketing isn’t going anywhere, and with good reason. MORE
When you’ve made it to the management level, it’s tempting to think that you’re in a comfortable position where you don’t have much room for improvement. But while you may be a great manager now, there is always the possibility of becoming a better one, if only you just know how. MORE
Lean Enterprise Lean Startups Management Managing Entrepreneurship agile agile marketing lean enterprise lean startup in the enterprise leanux waterfall More enterprise scale companies are drinking the lean Kool Aid and starting to implement Lean Startup. MORE
For many product managers, managing stakeholders is probably the least favorite part of their job. First let''s discuss just who is a stakeholder, then what the product manager''s responsibilities are with these stakeholders, and then we''ll talk about techniques for success. It really is not that difficult to have this relationship with stakeholders, but it does require first and foremost that you are a competent product manager. MORE
Starting around 2004 and 2005 I began seeing an increasing number of teams moving to Agile, and of course the first thing they needed was training and often some coaching. I thought - incorrectly it turns out - that this would be a temporary issue, while the Agile community gained experience, especially with commercial product companies. So it''s no wonder that so many Agile trainers are bewildered by commercial product companies. MORE
Seven Facilitation Fails: Most innovation project managers haven’t been trained in facilitation. They may know frameworks, like Design Thinking or Agile, and a few tools, but very few have the extensive training and experience at hands-on facilitation required to make a difference. MORE
Developing successful agile innovation methods can drive companies to great new heights. Then implementing agile innovation methods should be top on your list of to-dos. So, how do you determine if agile innovation methods are right for your company? MORE
Thirteen years later, Kinsman is a veteran of the industry and a thought leader advocating in Forbes for an agile approach. The agile strategy is all about brand flexibility. This type of rigorous, critical quality-control allows your brand to be agile. MORE
Agile marketing may not be a phrase you hear often, but it’s becoming increasingly popular and important. An Introduction to Scrum and Agile Development. According to the Scrum Guide , the Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. MORE
Using Aequos services also enables your team to manage all aspects of your WAN via one central interface, saving time on training, installation, and upgrades. MORE
Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. But volatile markets do create unexpected opportunities – if you are alert and agile enough to spot them and adapt quickly. MORE
Managing a startup is kind of like riding a roller coaster. Of course, managing a startup and riding a roller coaster are two different things. Believe it or not, though, there are ways to manage a fast-growing startup. Use a Project Management System. MORE
One of the emails reinforced the challenge of “traditional software development” vs. the new generation of “Agile software development.” ” I started experiencing, and understanding, agile in 2004 when I made an investment in Rally Software. At the time it was an idea in Ryan Martens brain; today it is a public company valued around $600 million , employing around 400 people, and pacing the world of agile software development. MORE
Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. These volatile markets are already creating unexpected opportunities and risks – you must be alert and agile enough to spot them and adapt quickly to survive and prosper. Here are the key aspects of agility requiring focus: Eliminating bureaucracy. Rotating good people to new roles keep both them and their new roles agile. MORE
We are looking for a Project Manager experienced in managing remote teams and virtual projects to join our virtual team. You’ll have worked with waterfall and agile project management methodologies. Looking for a remote job? Then this job may be just right for you. MORE
Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Every entrepreneur must be alert enough to spot the change early, and agile enough to adapt quickly. It all starts with agile leadership. MORE
Many of my free product help calls are about ways to pursue customer development and gather VOC, bootstrap new product efforts, and apply lean principles to product management activities. Long Live “Agile Conversations” appeared first on Street Smart Product Manager. I recently had an email Q&A with a fellow PMer in which I shared what’s worked for me. So I decided to post my answers here — of course, your mileage […]. The post RIP PRDs. MORE
Lean Enterprise Lean Startups Managing Entrepreneurship adopting lean startup agile velocity metrics In a lean startup, team velocity proceeds measurable product progress. Before there is velocity, no measurable progress can be seen on any metrics dashboard. MORE
The past several articles have discussed the nature of Continuous Discovery and Dual-Track Agile. In this article I'd like to discuss another dimension of working effectively in an Agile environment, which is how we manage commitments. In most Agile teams, when you mention commitments (like knowing what you're going to launch and when it will happen), you get reactions ranging from squirming to denial. The project managers track these commitments and dependencies. MORE
You can uncover how to become one of those fully-trained and certified Agile (and its popular Scrum framework) masters with this Agile and Scrum Project Management Certification Bundle. MORE
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. Jim Murphy is a long-time agile practitioner in startups. In most agile development systems, there is a notion of the "product backlog" a prioritized list of what software is most valuable to be developed next. But startups sometimes have trouble applying agile successfully. MORE
by Dan McCarthy, event manager for Venueseeker. Business intelligence (BI) is the gateway for achieving greater agility. Agility in this sense means the flexibility to make more informed decisions based on a diverse array of data outlining consumer patterns and purchasing behavior. MORE
Customizable task management : With MeisterTask , teams can track tasks from creation to completion via agile and intuitive Kanban-style project boards. Uniquely Creative : Unlike other productivity apps, MeisterTask presents productive task management with a creative twist. MORE
However, organizational leadership is a key skill that every entrepreneur needs to manage a successful company that grows over time. Managing conflict, dealing with people’s egos and creating real changes are essential tasks for leaders. MORE
Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Every entrepreneur must be alert enough to spot the change early, and agile enough to adapt quickly. It all starts with agile leadership. business business agility entrepreneur innovation MORE
These days, one of the decisions that startup owners make (or at least should think about making) is whether to be an agile company from the very start, to try to adopt it later or to do things the more traditional way. Agile 101. Most agile teams and companies do. MORE
Over the years, I’ve written a lot about the Agile methodology on this blog. For those of you who are regular readers, you may remember a post I wrote about our Agile Everywhere initiative — where all Return Path teams were tasked with implementing agile practices. MORE
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 27, 2015
Steve Denning, one of the leading business thinkers pushing the business world to abandon the outdated idea of maximising shareholder value has published an interesting article on Forbes titled Why do managers hate agile? Agile methods are also more attractive to the best employees.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
One of the emails reinforced the challenge of “traditional software development” vs. the new generation of “Agile software development.” ” I started experiencing, and understanding, agile in 2004 when I made an investment in Rally Software. At the time it was an idea in Ryan Martens brain; today it is a public company valued around $600 million , employing around 400 people, and pacing the world of agile software development.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 5, 2015
If you keep up with the news on project management and business strategy, you’ve probably come across the buzzword “agile” more than a few times. But what does it mean to be agile and do agile as a business unit? But can agile really be used for anything, in any industry?
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Every entrepreneur must be alert enough to spot the change early, and agile enough to adapt quickly. It all starts with agile leadership.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Developing successful agile innovation methods can drive companies to great new heights. Then implementing agile innovation methods should be top on your list of to-dos. So, how do you determine if agile innovation methods are right for your company?
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 26, 2015
Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Every entrepreneur must be alert enough to spot the change early, and agile enough to adapt quickly. It all starts with agile leadership. agility business entrepreneur startup
OnlyOnce
AUGUST 31, 2017
Over the years, I’ve written a lot about the Agile methodology on this blog. For those of you who are regular readers, you may remember a post I wrote about our Agile Everywhere initiative — where all Return Path teams were tasked with implementing agile practices.
The Next Web
JULY 10, 2015
The goal of agile programming is to provide early and continuous delivery of valuable software. But it’s not so easy to implement methodologies that can deliver on the agile promise, and the blame typically lands on people: they’re just not the tech elite.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 24, 2014
Business agility is defined as the ability to adapt rapidly and cost efficiently. Every entrepreneur must be alert enough to spot the change early, and agile enough to adapt quickly. It all starts with agile leadership. business business agility entrepreneur innovation
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 18, 2011
Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. Here are the key aspects of agility requiring focus: Eliminating bureaucracy. An agile company starts with agile leadership at the top.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 11, 2016
A big part of adopting Lean Startup in an established company involves fundamentally shifting the way organizations manage people and ideas. Mark Raheja, founding partner at August , a consultancy focused on organizational development, will be speaking as part of the enterprise learning track at Lean Startup Week about agility at scale. In thinking about the future of corporate agility and management, what modern practices are most vital to today’s leaders?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 12, 2010
Over time at my first startup our developers encouraged us to move to Agile development. So when I read my post it sounded to me more like a new philosophy for “The Agile Board,&# so I put that as my subtitle. THAT is the “Agile Board&# I was after.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 22, 2017
by Dan McCarthy, event manager for Venueseeker. Business intelligence (BI) is the gateway for achieving greater agility. Agility in this sense means the flexibility to make more informed decisions based on a diverse array of data outlining consumer patterns and purchasing behavior.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 19, 2012
Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. These volatile markets are already creating unexpected opportunities and risks – you must be alert and agile enough to spot them and adapt quickly to survive and prosper. Here are the key aspects of agility requiring focus: Eliminating bureaucracy. Rotating good people to new roles keep both them and their new roles agile.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
These days, one of the decisions that startup owners make (or at least should think about making) is whether to be an agile company from the very start, to try to adopt it later or to do things the more traditional way. Agile 101. Most agile teams and companies do.
Up and Running
AUGUST 23, 2016
Thirteen years later, Kinsman is a veteran of the industry and a thought leader advocating in Forbes for an agile approach. The agile strategy is all about brand flexibility. This type of rigorous, critical quality-control allows your brand to be agile.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 16, 2010
Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. But volatile markets do create unexpected opportunities – if you are alert and agile enough to spot them and adapt quickly.
SVPG
DECEMBER 15, 2012
The past several articles have discussed the nature of Continuous Discovery and Dual-Track Agile. In this article I'd like to discuss another dimension of working effectively in an Agile environment, which is how we manage commitments. In most Agile teams, when you mention commitments (like knowing what you're going to launch and when it will happen), you get reactions ranging from squirming to denial. The project managers track these commitments and dependencies.
SVPG
AUGUST 21, 2013
Starting around 2004 and 2005 I began seeing an increasing number of teams moving to Agile, and of course the first thing they needed was training and often some coaching. I thought - incorrectly it turns out - that this would be a temporary issue, while the Agile community gained experience, especially with commercial product companies. So it''s no wonder that so many Agile trainers are bewildered by commercial product companies.
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2016
The biggest trend in marketing in 2016 has been the idea of “agile marketing.” ” Workfront, a project management solution provider, defines it as : A tactical marketing approach in which teams identify and focus their collective efforts on high value projects, complete those projects cooperatively, measure their impact and then continuously and incrementally improve the results over time. Agile marketing isn’t going anywhere, and with good reason.
Grasshopper Herder
OCTOBER 24, 2013
Lean Enterprise Lean Startups Management Managing Entrepreneurship agile agile marketing lean enterprise lean startup in the enterprise leanux waterfall More enterprise scale companies are drinking the lean Kool Aid and starting to implement Lean Startup.
ConversionXL
JUNE 13, 2017
Agile marketing may not be a phrase you hear often, but it’s becoming increasingly popular and important. An Introduction to Scrum and Agile Development. According to the Scrum Guide , the Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog.
Steve Blank
JUNE 26, 2015
—– Lean Innovation Management. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals. Product management for Horizon 1 uses existing product management tools such as StageGate ® or the equivalent.
Hearpreneur
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
The organizations that do manage to keep up are further driving change by redefining the technology landscape around their platforms, causing the rest to fall even further behind. Most large organizations are aware that they need to undergo digital transforms, and are adopting new software delivery practices such as Agile and DevOps. But after founding the company, I realized that I need to take a similarly disciplined approach to learning leadership and management.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 3, 2017
You can uncover how to become one of those fully-trained and certified Agile (and its popular Scrum framework) masters with this Agile and Scrum Project Management Certification Bundle.
Steve Blank
JUNE 29, 2009
I was met by a very apologetic manager who said, “We’ve been trying to get a hold of you for the last week. The manager of the training department who hired you wasn’t authorized to do so – and he’s been fired. I caught my breath and thought about it for a minute and said, “How about I go talk to the new training manager. Manager: “Sorry man we outsourced your job, I guess this was already in the works before I hired you.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 26, 2014
By Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO. There is some thinking that equates project management with being a roadblock to speedy delivery of critical projects. ’ So how can project management be an effective tool versus a roadblock?
YoungUpstarts
MAY 23, 2018
Managing a startup is kind of like riding a roller coaster. Of course, managing a startup and riding a roller coaster are two different things. Believe it or not, though, there are ways to manage a fast-growing startup. Use a Project Management System.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 16, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. Jim Murphy is a long-time agile practitioner in startups. In most agile development systems, there is a notion of the "product backlog" a prioritized list of what software is most valuable to be developed next. But startups sometimes have trouble applying agile successfully.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 6, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 6, 2008 Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile I thought Id share an interesting post from someone with a decidedly anti-agile point of view. Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective. I think you can safely ignore the rantings about "bad agile" and the bad people who promote it.
Street Smart Product Manager
NOVEMBER 2, 2014
Many of my free product help calls are about ways to pursue customer development and gather VOC, bootstrap new product efforts, and apply lean principles to product management activities. Long Live “Agile Conversations” appeared first on Street Smart Product Manager. I recently had an email Q&A with a fellow PMer in which I shared what’s worked for me. So I decided to post my answers here — of course, your mileage […]. The post RIP PRDs.
Transformify
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
We are looking for a Project Manager experienced in managing remote teams and virtual projects to join our virtual team. You’ll have worked with waterfall and agile project management methodologies. Looking for a remote job? Then this job may be just right for you.
Grasshopper Herder
MARCH 18, 2014
Lean Enterprise Lean Startups Managing Entrepreneurship adopting lean startup agile velocity metrics In a lean startup, team velocity proceeds measurable product progress. Before there is velocity, no measurable progress can be seen on any metrics dashboard.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 4, 2010
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 4, 2010 Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Kent Beck will give the opening keynote at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Seven Facilitation Fails: Most innovation project managers haven’t been trained in facilitation. They may know frameworks, like Design Thinking or Agile, and a few tools, but very few have the extensive training and experience at hands-on facilitation required to make a difference.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Customizable task management : With MeisterTask , teams can track tasks from creation to completion via agile and intuitive Kanban-style project boards. Uniquely Creative : Unlike other productivity apps, MeisterTask presents productive task management with a creative twist.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 12, 2012
When you’ve made it to the management level, it’s tempting to think that you’re in a comfortable position where you don’t have much room for improvement. But while you may be a great manager now, there is always the possibility of becoming a better one, if only you just know how.
SVPG
APRIL 30, 2013
For many product managers, managing stakeholders is probably the least favorite part of their job. First let''s discuss just who is a stakeholder, then what the product manager''s responsibilities are with these stakeholders, and then we''ll talk about techniques for success. It really is not that difficult to have this relationship with stakeholders, but it does require first and foremost that you are a competent product manager.
Up and Running
AUGUST 6, 2015
Without positive cash flow, all companies (and small businesses in particular) likely won’t possess the agility necessary to respond to today’s quickly evolving business landscape. 10 tips for better cash flow management: 1.
ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com
JULY 11, 2012
Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover several topics including agile software development, software startups, web 2.0, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research. Leading Agile.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 30, 2018
However, organizational leadership is a key skill that every entrepreneur needs to manage a successful company that grows over time. Managing conflict, dealing with people’s egos and creating real changes are essential tasks for leaders.
The Next Web
JANUARY 15, 2014
Your team should include project managers with a deep knowledge of application stacks, software developers who can think abstractly to build flexible frameworks, and engineers who understand the value of automation to development velocity.
The Startup Magazine
DECEMBER 10, 2018
Using Aequos services also enables your team to manage all aspects of your WAN via one central interface, saving time on training, installation, and upgrades.
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