The command-and-control hierarchical organization of large companies is rapidly giving way to a more biological metaphor, one in which a corporate nervous system senses important signals from the ...

Take a moment to think about the most successful decisions you’ve made recently. They can be personal or professional. Did you make your decisions based on assumptions? Did you try to validate those ...

Lean and agile manufacturing refer to modern advances in production technology and manufacturing methodology that have led to reduced costs, quicker response time and improved customer service in ...

The agile and lean approaches to software development have much in common, but they also have some fundamental philosophical differences This succinct book explains how to you can apply the practices ...

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There have been three great movements shaping the information technology landscape. There is Agile, which emphasizes collaboration in software development; Lean IT, which promotes delivering software ...

When we think of becoming Lean, in many ways, the ultimate process strategy to accomplish this is what is known as “Mass Customization”. This refers to production in batch sizes of one to meet ...

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Ever since Fred Brooks described the failure of traditional management practices applied to software development in his world-changing book, “The Mythical Man-Month,” we have aspired to deliver ...

In modern-day working environments, Agile is becoming an increasingly popular project management methodology used to organize projects. Although it originated in the software development industry, ...