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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. Lean is a set of principles. The “House of Lean” is often used as a metaphor. Value Value is the roof of our House of Lean.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The most successful students also include reading a range of PMI-ACP books in their exam prep, as well as a training course, just as that little bit of extra comfort. It’s also useful to have books to carry around with you for reference when you can’t access your training materials. Alternatively, choose books that fill in your gaps.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a not-for-profit membership association, project management certification and standards organization. Try ProjectManager for free!

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SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification Cost?

Agilemania

A release train engineer certification is a great way to help your organization with the transformation. Closed book, time-bound, web-based. What Are the Benefits of a SAFe® RTE (Release Train Engineer) Certification. The benefits of a SAFe® RTE Certification are many. Are You Ready for the SAFe® RTE Certification?

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The Best Way to Achieve SAFe® Scrum Master Certification (SSM)

Binfire

For this certification, you need to pass a scrum master certification exam, after which you will be awarded your certification of SAFe Scrum Master (SSM®). Aspects of this Scrum Master Certification. To get this certification, you will need to pass the certification exam. Enrolment for Course . Conclusion.

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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. You can see Mark’s book, and all the other experts’ books on Amazon here. It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) An entry-level certification offered by the Project Management Institute. It is commonly employed in Agile and Lean projects, often in response to end-user feedback in product development cycles. Jason Westland writes that network diagrams can be an alternative to Gantt charts.