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

YoungUpstarts

I was an early adopter in financial operations and software of lean operational and product development techniques that originated at Toyota, and then of agile as it was promulgated in the Manifesto. My team had already successfully adopted lean operational processes in a very large manufacturing-like process, as well as early agile ideas.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation , the question we get is, “Can students in K-12 handle an experiential entrepreneurship class?” They both attended our latest Lean LaunchPad Educators Class. Scrum boards are a huge success for kid teams.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation , the question we get is, “Can students in K-12 handle an experiential entrepreneurship class?” They both attended our latest Lean LaunchPad Educators Class. Scrum boards are a huge success for kid teams.

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Stop Starting, Start Finishing with Agile

ReadWriteStart

It is executed through practices of Kanban , Scrum, XP. More and more companies lean toward adopting agile culture into their team through its principles and behaviors. That’s why companies that are using this approach are considered to be more trusted to partner up with other businesses. What is Agile Thinking?

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How to manage technical and creative people when you’re in-between the two

The Next Web

Partner with champions. There is no better person to lean on while wading through uncharted waters than a guide who knows each bend and what it has to offer. That is who you want to partner with. Talking scrum to creative won’t work as well as to developers. Those with influence, influence.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? Banana Scrum â?? A tool simple as Scrum itself. Lean project management. agile product management and Scrum tool. Codeacademy.