Agile Development

Agile Development is a flexible, iterative approach focused on rapid delivery of products through collaborative, cross-functional teamwork.

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Types of Innovation

Types of Innovation refer to the different ways an organization can innovate that go beyond simply developing new products or services.

Unintended Consequences

Unanticipated outcomes of an action or decision. They differ from a company's intended effects. Good and bad kinds.

Starting Small

The process of experimentation and low-risk investments to gain insights and experience with a new approach, idea, or technology.

Top Agile Development Resources

Connecting Business with IT to Achieve Agility in the Financial Sector

Connecting Business with IT to Achieve Agility in the Financial Sector

Santander UK talks about the progress they've made in aligning business with IT and how they incorporate Agile processes into traditional project portfolio management processes for faster delivery of products and services.

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Continuous Architecture: Delay Design Decisions and Architect for Change

Continuous Architecture: Delay Design Decisions and Architect for Change

Delay design decisions and architect for change to achieve business agility.

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Creating Structured Innovation

Creating Structured Innovation

Creating an innovation culture in Telcos requires a shift towards user-centric, agile, open and global approaches. This can be achieved by combining technological skills with design, becoming agile and focusing on global impact.

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Creative Ideas at the First #Ideachat

Creative Ideas at the First #Ideachat

Twitter's #ideachat discusses the importance of collaboration and surrounding yourself with the right people to generate innovative ideas.

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Developing an agile innovation strategy | Idea Drop

Developing an agile innovation strategy | Idea Drop

Agile methodology and innovation go hand in hand, but many fail to acknowledge the compatibility. Agile innovation is about adapting and thriving on an ongoing basis, and it requires an agile strategy to achieve it.

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Enabling Enterprise Adaptability and Agility - Mindsets That Connect Strategy and Execution

Enabling Enterprise Adaptability and Agility - Mindsets That Connect Strategy and Execution

Enterprise adaptability and agility mindsets are key to connecting strategy to execution and thriving through change, rather than just surviving it.

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Expert Panel: Highlights from Eliassen Group and Scaling Agile Practices

Expert Panel: Highlights from Eliassen Group and Scaling Agile Practices

Learn how to scale Agile across your teams in this webinar with Eliassen Group. Discover tips for horizontal and vertical scaling, big board planning, and portfolio prioritization.

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Five Myths About Agile, Debunked

Five Myths About Agile, Debunked

Agile methodology can be applied to any industry, not just software development. Here are five common misconceptions about Agile debunked.

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Flow Load – Is Demand Outweighing Capacity?

Flow Load – Is Demand Outweighing Capacity?

Too much work in progress (WIP) can harm productivity in software development. Flow Load measures the number of items being worked on in a value stream, and tracking it can help teams optimize their workload.

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Fluidity – the growing need of organizations today.

Fluidity – the growing need of organizations today.

The need for fluidity in organizations to deal with environmental turbulence is increasingly important for innovation. However, balancing stability alongside agility is a complex process.

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How Agile Teams Can Master the Art of Saying NO

How Agile Teams Can Master the Art of Saying NO

Agile marketing teams need to say "no" to prioritize work and prevent chaos. Here are some tips for how to do it.

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How Business Teams Can Embrace Agile

How Business Teams Can Embrace Agile

Agile methodology is no longer limited to software development as it is being adopted by business teams to enhance speed and flexibility. Integrating direct communication, increasing visibility, and aligning team goals with organizational goals are key concepts that can help any organization become more efficient and effective.

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Innovate on Purpose: What accelerates innovation

Innovate on Purpose: What accelerates innovation

Innovation accelerators are not enough to speed up innovation. The focus should be on problem definition, benefits to the community, giving innovators stakes in the outcome, exploring new ideas, choosing the right judges, and not worrying about money until the idea needs to scale.

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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures - Innovat

Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures - Innovat

This article compares the Waterfall and Agile project management approaches and suggests ways to integrate Agile practices into Waterfall cultures.

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Is innovation really important to you?

Is innovation really important to you?

Innovation is crucial to driving change and creating growth, but many organizations struggle to keep up with the rapid pace of change. To succeed, companies need to establish a new model of change that embraces agility, flexibility, and ongoing transformation.

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Lean and Agile at Work: Real World Use Cases

Lean and Agile at Work: Real World Use Cases

IT and LOB leaders are working together more closely, thanks to agile development techniques that speed up project delivery. Planview has developed its Lean and Agile Delivery solution to support initiatives such as digital transformation, enabling teams to deliver business value faster.

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Lean Change Method: Enabling Lean and Agile Transformations at Scale

Lean Change Method: Enabling Lean and Agile Transformations at Scale

Lean Change method helps organizations manage agile transformations through co-creation and validated learning.

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Moving from a Ticket System to Agile Marketing Methods

Moving from a Ticket System to Agile Marketing Methods

Agile marketing can enhance project management and communication in the fast-paced business environment, as discussed in an interview with Ryan Doherty, Planview Marketing Director.

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Reignite Your SAFe® Journey with Flow Metrics and Program Predictability Measures

Reignite Your SAFe® Journey with Flow Metrics and Program Predictability Measures

SAFe is a popular Agile methodology for business agility, but it doesn't guarantee success on its own. Kate Chajka outlines the importance of measuring development work to business outcomes and discusses the new Flow Metrics added to the latest SAFe iteration.

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Selling Agile to Executives: 8 Ways to Get Buy-in

Selling Agile to Executives: 8 Ways to Get Buy-in

Selling Agile to executives for an Agile transformation requires getting them on board. Here are eight tips to get senior leaders behind your Agile transformation.

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The World of Work is Changing—Here’s How You Can Embrace It

Innovation management is evolving, with new approaches to how work is done, including traditional or Waterfall methodologies, iterative work management, collaborative work, and Lean-Agile Delivery. Planview FLEX can help organizations embrace the changing world of work.

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Trick or Treat: 5 Spooky Monsters that Terrify Agile Teams — and How to Defeat Them

Agile teams face five spooky monsters that threaten their success – The Agileless Horseman, The Scrum Thing, The Grim Worker, The Silostein Monster, and Tools from the Black Lagoon. But there are ways to fight back and succeed.

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Waterfall or Agile?

Get to know the difference between Waterfall and Agile project management and decide which approach is best for your project.

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What are the new paradigms in innovation?

Innovation is changing rapidly and organizations struggle to keep up with new paradigms, compressed timelines and social product innovation. We need agile companies and dynamic capabilities to succeed.

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Which Is Better: The Waterfall vs. Agile Debate

Learn the differences between Waterfall vs. Agile approaches and how to determine which one suits your organization in this informative article.

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