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Process Police

SVPG

Readers of my book and articles know how much I value a strong project manager. And one of the reasons I advocate for Scrum is that as a process it values this role of project manager as “impediment remover” (known as the Scrum Master role).

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Dual-Track Scrum

SVPG

Which is why I'm a big advocate for what is sometimes referred to as Dual-Track Scrum. Jeff Patton first shared with me the term "Dual-Track Scrum" and I prefer this term because it better captures the parallel nature of Discovery and Delivery. Lean UX and Dual-Track Scrum are made for each other.

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Case Study: Lean UX at work

Startup Lessons Learned

This article is a guest post by Jeff Gothelf, Director of User Experience at TheLadders in New York City. Jeff will also be joining us on stage at Startup Lessons Learned 2011 , where he will be presenting a case study on his experience blending design, Lean Startup, and large company culture.

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Agile Marketing: How to Implement Scrum for Digital Marketing

ConversionXL

It stands in opposition to “waterfall” production methods that treat analysis, design, coding, and testing as discrete phases – where in agile they are treated as continuous. Before we dive into the marketing applications, however, let’s briefly cover what scrum is and how it came to be. Simple to understand.

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Two Business Tools That Boost Your Marketing Efforts 

YoungUpstarts

All departments are being streamlined down and designed to be the most productive levels of themselves. To do lists, Scrum tools, power bi and many more tools , which can optimize processes and ultimately create the most productive and efficient company that will generate growth for your company.

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The Best Free Apps and Online Tools for Entrepreneurs and Obsessive Collectors

Up and Running

Ever come across a brilliant article on a website that is just so busy you can’t concentrate on the meat of the words? It’s simple, colorful, adaptive and therefore—in today’s flat design, utility driven world—sexy! Branding and design tools for the DIYer. Tools for information collectors and note takers. Install it here.

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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

XP and Scrum don’t have much to say - they punt. If you look at the origins of most agile systems, including Scrum and XP , they come out of experiences in big companies. Both Scrum and XP had a role which you could happily call by the modern title "Product Manager". Embedded in that assumption is why startups fail.

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