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Lean and Project Sustainability

PM Times

On July 18th, 2008, SPIEGEL quoted the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas on how sustainability is seen and understood by various people. Rem Koolhaas allegedly said that “sustainability is such a political category that it’s getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way”.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Several empirical studies have indeed found that teams with a frequent delivery strategy are more likely to deliver successful project outcomes and satisfy stakeholders than teams that do not ( Chow & Cao, 2008 , Jørgensen, 2016 ). 2014 ; Young & Jordan, 2008 ; Russo, 2021 ). 1987) as “leading others to lead (themselves)”.

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A Digital Service Canvas for Government and Enterprise

Scrum.org

The original is Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas , proposed in 2008. Maurya envisioned iterating through multiple versions of a canvas as quickly as possible until a sustainable business model is found. It can be thought of as a tabulation of the critical attributes which underpin a value proposition.

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Can the Words “Innovation” and “Project Management” Be Used In The Same Sentence?

The IIL Blog

According to management guru Peter Drucker, there are only two sources for growth: marketing and innovation [Drucker, 2008]. Continuous innovation is needed, regardless of current economic conditions, to provide a firm with a sustainable competitive advantage and to differentiate themselves from their competitors. REFERENCES.

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How I ended up becoming a (Professional) Scrum trainer

Gunther Verheyen

I painfully discovered that I had been blinded by management ambitions (and promises) in 2007-2008. It wasn’t too sustainable (I guess). I had been closely following up on the emergence and growth of Scrum.org as it coincided with a personal process of professional recovery. I realized that it had only lead me astray.

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4 Awesome Teamwork Examples for Agile Teams

nTask

Example #1: Dee Dee Trotter – 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2008 Games, DeeDee Trotter went to bag another gold medal in the 4×400 meter relay. Only based on this knowledge, the leader can steer his team towards success and sustainability. Let the games begin! The Best Teamwork Examples.

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The Agile Cannon

Herding Cats

Organizational culture largely determines if teams and individuals embrace and sustain collective responsibility. Alleman, "Product & Process Development Kaizen for Software Development, Project, and Program Management, LPPDE, Denver Colorado, April 2008. [5] Feel obligation to keep doing our job. Understanding.

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