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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. Agile design, on the other hand, begins without a clear endpoint, assuming that any presumptions about results may bias or limit our opportunities and options. Core Elements of Agile. Responding to change over following a plan.

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The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

Boxes and Arrows

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

It’s interesting to reflect that in 1997, the Agile Manifesto had not yet been published. I had never heard of Agile. Agile and Human-Centered Design The Agile Manifesto of 2001 was a game-changer in product development. Agile recognizes that a software product is never “done.” We were Waterfall.

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George Fankhauser

Innovation 360 Group

His past positions range from leading small teams including several startups to MNCs with a deep dive into research, development, manufacturing and product management. He successfully managed change projects in software development, automation, agile innovation processes and platform management.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

InnovationTraining.org

What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? How can design thinking help with product development? As organizations and individuals face an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world, the principles and methods of design thinking have become more relevant than ever. What is a design sprint?

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What does it mean to cultivate a Fail Fast Culture?

ImagineNation

How could developing a fail fast culture help organizations unfreeze, survive, flow and flourish with the current levels of fear, ambiguity, uncertainty, volatility and instability in 21 st century organizations? What does fail fast mean in its original context? Because “Failure is always a demoralizing and upsetting experience”.

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Why Build, Measure, Learn – isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work – the Minimal Viable Product

Steve Blank

Best practices in software development started to move to agile development in the early 2000’s. This methodology improved on waterfall by building software iteratively and involving the customer. With Agile you could end up satisfying every feature a customer asked for and still go out of business.