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How is the Lean Methodology Practiced in Healthcare?

Kainexus

The Lean approach to process improvement is leveraged in software development, construction , education, and professional services. The ideas and tools broadly apply to any organization that wants to maximize customer value while maintaining profitability.

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When Building a Culture For Innovation, Form Follows Function

Cris Beswick

While Sullivan’s original theory spoke to the world of physical construction, the universal truth it captured quickly transcended that initial domain. Decades later, the form-follows-function paradigm became deeply embedded across industrial design, software development, and systems engineering disciplines.

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Kaizen Program Management – The Fundamentals

Kainexus

The principals of Kaizen apply to almost every industry and are now widespread in healthcare, construction, software development, education, logistics, and everything in between. But if you’ve been hearing about Kaizen program management in other sectors over the last few years, you are not alone.

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L.I.V.E. (Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution): A new, more effective way to manage multiple innovation projects

Idea to Value

It is not their fault, this is just what several hundred years of management education has ingrained in leadership thinking. This is why Agile is becoming so popular for teams which need to rapidly iterate, such as in software-development or design teams. Want to learn more? Let me show you exactly how L.I.V.E. works: L.I.V.E.

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The Innovation Stack

The Inovo Group

A useful analog is the concept of a ‘full-stack’ used by software developers to create complex software systems. An example full-stack used by developers to create complex, multiplayer games might consist of a Linux powered Apache server, a Node.js/Express.js UX services.

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3 Types of Business Transformation for Surviving Rapid Change

Planview

Agile transformation reaches beyond Agile software development practices to include transitioning an entire organization to nimble practices and mindsets. It’s not just about adding agile software; it’s changing the mindset, creating cross-functional teams (and teams of teams), and continuously improving processes and workflows.

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