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12 ways to get your business development and tech teams on the same page

The Next Web

One way to remain on the same page at all times is to plead your case by conjuring up a problem/cost/solution document that overviews the importance of the task or item at hand. Systems such as Scrum can help separate departments communicate effectively, and that is an absolute necessity. Logan Lenz , Endagon. Adjust the Workflow.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

My belief is that these lean startups will achieve dramatically lower development costs, faster time to market, and higher quality products in the years to come. I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. No more, no less.

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The Surprising Ways a Distributed Team Can Help Your Company Succeed

crowdSPRING Blog

This created a “bonus” day of work for Ctrip – without any added cost. But it’s not just about saving money and increasing revenues. Luckily, we have found a way to make sure no team member has to work unnatural hours for our daily scrums. In fact, the employees who worked from home completed 13.5%

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

If the state has budget issues, which I believe it does, and needs to raise tax revenue (which has other options available such as cutting staff, eliminating duplication and programs and implementing automation – all of which businesses have been doing for the last ~2 years), then let’s raise taxes. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

And this rapid prototyping thing when your back's against the wall and your revenue model's gone from 100% to 10%, if you're a small business, restaurant owner or you're running a small curbside, even a consignment store, I'm trying to help a leader understand how he can serve. So, how are you investing in being even better?

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

If you think the product manager job is what’s described in a Certified Scrum Product Owner class, you almost certainly fall into this category. Then there were challenges with fulfillment logistics, difficulty maintaining DVD quality, and trying to figure out how to do all this in a way that covered costs and generated some cash.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Scrum boards went up detailing everything they needed to accomplish by Friday afternoon. On Wednesday and Thursday, splash pages were launched; email addresses captured, cost structures and revenue streams explored. Scrum boards are a huge success for kid teams.

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