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[Interview] Michael K. Levine, Author Of “People Over Process: Leadership for Agility”

YoungUpstarts

From early time-sharing systems on rented mainframe terminals to recent public cloud multichannel solutions, I’ve observed that the real leverage points and challenges are the people, not the technology. They taught leadership, not just scrum. Are you saying there’s no place for scrum, for instance? Which brings us to this book.

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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

YoungUpstarts

The problem, is historically, the investment in time and resources required for traditional digital solutions can feel out of reach, and the type of programs used by corporations aren’t practical for SMBs for daily operations like reporting, inventory, or accounting. apps to manage their operations, up from 3.8 Enterprise Apps.

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain How Technology Will Affect Their Business Tomorrow

Hearpreneur

It’s becoming increasingly important for every business to have at least basic technology to run daily operations in the current day society. Thanks to Paul Lewis, Scrum Explainer ! #10- Businesses don’t need to adjust their regular operating hours and wait for the availability of the customer service representatives.

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

Up and Running

If you’re working on important documents and don’t want to get spelling wrong (especially if you’re working in the cloud), this handy extension is for you. Of course, if you’re operating a business, it’s not always a good idea to work in a bubble. Google Dictionary extension. Install it here. Need to check spelling? Need a synonym?

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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Social, Agile, and Transformation: Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

cloud computing. (4). Turning Good Ideas into Operational Reality. No Scrum Master? Ten Reasons Software Developers Need the Cloud. Social, Agile, Transformation Pages. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. about me. (26). agile software development. (46). business exchange. (11). content agility. (5).

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Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Eventually, I hope to get them on a full agile diet, with TDD, scrums, sprints, pair programming, and more. Indeed the first thing I thought when I read the first paragraphs that the product manager was operating in a white tower and that the developers felt disenfranchised. This post has been removed by the author. Nice write-up.