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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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How to Solve Problems in Your Business: Kanban, Kaizen and Scrum

Up and Running

The word kanban means “signboard” or “billboard” in Japanese, and it’s a concept most commonly applied to “lean” or “just in time” production. Although the retail giant has recently been in hot water regarding their company culture, it will never be said that they’re willing to rest on their laurels.

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Case Study: Lean UX at work

Startup Lessons Learned

Jeff has been promoting the use of Lean UX as an effective method to spur greater innovation, quality and productivity in startups as well as within teams in larger organizations. Lean Startups need to make snap decisions, iterate quickly and pivot when needed. Levels of Agile adoption span the full spectrum across our 6 Scrum 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. Agile rests upon the three pillars of People, Processes, and Tools. What is Agile Thinking? Stop Starting, Start Finishing with Agile.

Agile 146
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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.

Lean 196
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How groupthink and denial can ruin startups

The Next Web

Said McClure,”We worship at the altar of ‘ lean ‘ a little too much when really we should just be running our businesses. Scrum and large group discussions can be useful during the customer discovery phase of the business, but decisions should be based on what’s driving customers as opposed to the subjective.

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