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Calculating the Six Hidden Costs of Waste in Software Development 

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Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. Whether because of changing priorities, miscommunication among teams, or other blockers, the hidden cost of waste can significantly impact productivity and bottom lines.

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower Innovation

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. I think that poor communication and differing team cultures might be part of the problem, but how can I know for sure? These are the worries that keep team leads up at night.

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Why is developing digital products one of the solutions to overcome the crisis?

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What makes us believe that developing digital products is not only a solution to overcome the crisis, but also to generate business value after it too. To dive into the new patterns of consumer behavior and the changes these new times have brought to companies, we prepared this article. Unfortunately, many projects die because of this.

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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. is the guiding question, and we develop solutions based upon our understanding of the answer. becomes the salient question, and discovering the likely answers determines the responses that will be developed. Core Elements of Waterfall.

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Are These Agile Transformation Blind Spots Holding You Back?

Planview

As an author, he has written two standard works on Kanban — Practical Kanban and Kanban Change Leadership. Hyper Focusing on Agile Teams. Agile delivery teams are the execution arm of the Agile transformation. It’s natural for organizations to want their teams to be as efficient, productive, and successful as possible.

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Win at Digital Transformation By Connecting Portfolio Management and Value Stream Management 

Planview

By combining these approaches, organizations can improve the performance of every stage of the software development lifecycle, from planning to delivery to outcomes. Value stream management (VSM) changes that. VSM builds connections between siloed teams within an organization. Flow Load®: Is demand outpacing capacity?

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Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking

InnovationTraining.org

How can design thinking help with product development? This helps to ensure that the team is working on solving the right problem. Prototype: In this step, the team creates a rough model of the solution to test and evaluate. What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies?