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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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Are Agile Innovation Methods Right for Your Team?

The Startup Magazine

This means the holding of daily scrum meetings and the ability of all involved employees to talk about barriers and discuss status, as well as input from the product owner. How Cloud Call Centers Can Help. Cloud call centers are more flexible, agile and cost-efficient than traditional models. Are your teams co-located? —

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

YoungUpstarts

In reality, embracing the digital transformation with custom solutions is now more affordable, analytics is easier and cloud technologies mean more options when faced with limited shelf space. Cloud storage is the future of data warehousing, but not everyone has made the switch yet. A Look at Commonly Implemented Data-Driven Solutions.

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain How Technology Will Affect Their Business Tomorrow

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Paul Lewis, Scrum Explainer ! #10- 15- The Advanced Use of Big Data & Cloud Computing. Businesses will depend more and more on big data analytics and cloud computing. Everything will be on the cloud and as per the analytics, at the right moment, the data will be used to boost up business.

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Two Business Tools That Boost Your Marketing Efforts 

YoungUpstarts

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. Creating content with Adobe Cloud. All departments are being streamlined down and designed to be the most productive levels of themselves.

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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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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. For example, Trello is a great “list making” tool in its own right, but if you use it with Scrum/Agile project management techniques, you’re 10x more likely to benefit.