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What is business value? By Renatio

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In analogy with Charles Darwin's survival of the fittest, we can state that for companies it not the strongest that survives, nor the most intelligent. Agile methodologies such as Scrum are all about generating value for organizations. But few people are able to define 'value' into something that's actually meaningful in the context of a [...]

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Project estimates in agile by Renatio

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Agile methodologies are aimed at delivering value as fast as possible. When transitioning towards business agility, we faced some (common) issues. In a series of episodes we are sharing our experiences in solving these obstacles. Featuring in this episode: "Delivery dates imposed by management" Previous publications Upcoming publication: [26.08.2020] "Agile explained for dummies"

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The need for agile craftsmanship (Pt 4 / 4)

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The need for agile craftsmanship: Episode 1: The need for agile craftsmanship Episode 2: Agile groundwork   Episode 3: The Melvin attitude Episode 4: The pleasant way Episode 4: The pleasant way CHANGE MANAGEMENT People go through 5 phases of resistance to change. In the first step of denial, our Melvin is in a meeting [...]

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The need for agile craftsmanship – (Pt 1 / 4)

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The need for agile craftsmanship: Episode 1: The need for agile craftsmanship Episode 2: Agile groundwork   Episode 3: The Melvin attitude Episode 4: The pleasant way EPISODE 1: THE AGILE CRAFTSMANSHIP When using “agile” in publications and discussions, it turns out to generate a lot of emotions. The audience seems to be divided into [...]

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The need for agile craftsmanship (Pt 2 / 4)

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The need for agile craftsmanship: Episode 1: The need for agile craftsmanship Episode 2: Agile groundwork   Episode 3: The Melvin attitude Episode 4: The pleasant way Episode 2: Agile groundwork In the previous episode, we outlined the agile groundwork. Agile-on-speed teams do not go through this stage of groundwork. It requires boots on the [...]

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The need for agile craftsmanship (Pt 3 / 4)

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The need for agile craftsmanship: Episode 1: The need for agile craftsmanship Episode 2: Agile groundwork   Episode 3: The Melvin attitude Episode 4: The pleasant way Episode 3: The Melvin attitude First Melvin attitude : The others are hell – Increase the Barbarian factor of your meetings The employees of the retail company (of [...]

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