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Elevating Katas™ as Systemic Levers for Organizational Agility

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Elevating Katas are a means to embed systemic change into the organizations day-to-day operations and culture, aligning closely with models like Jay Galbraiths Star Model, which highlights the importance of coherent organizational design. Read more on Beyond Budgeting. Alexey Krivitsky and Roland Flemm for Org Topologies 2024

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The Agile Manifesto from a Lean Perspective

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To what extent, for example, is the Manifesto a reflex of “lean thinking”? There’s a clear synergy between lean and agile practice, and attempts to tease them apart can often seem contrived and artificial. Interestingly, in the published history of the Agile Manifesto, the word “lean” does not appear even once.

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Just-In-Time Manufacturing & Production (JIT): A Quick Guide

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Without that kind of cash flow, only a lean manufacturing methodology could allow Japan to stay competitive. This let manufacturers reduce their exposure to financial risk while slowly building their working capital to sustainable levels. How Does JIT Manufacturing Work? It should all be part of your supply chain management.

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Construction Delivery Methods: A Quick Guide for Projects

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A construction delivery method is a procedure by which a construction project goes from initiation to close. Having an accurate schedule is important, and schedule and project costs are closely linked. It’s often used in lean construction management to reduce waste and costs. What Is a Construction Delivery Method?

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Value Creation in Scrum: Shift Left

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As we work in iterations, we probably do that several times per month, mitigating risk by closing feedback loops. As a tactical framework, Scrum is good at delivering Increments into customers’ hands. Operational considerations follow this step: how do we position our Scrum team for success? to separate the wheat from the chaff.

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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Karen Chovan

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Today I’m interviewing Karen Chovan, MASc, PEng, PMP, who has dedicated her career to helping others deliver clean, lean and green approaches to project and programme management. However, in the fields related to sustainability, environment and earth-geosciences, safety, health and community engagement, there are quite a few women.

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Top 25 Project Management Influencers of 2025

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Anne Gabrillagues Anne is an agile coach at Essensei, specializing in helping teams sustainably adopt agile practices and improve work processes. With expertise in agile transformation, she helps teams adopt practices like Scrum, ScrumBan, Kanban, and Lean IT. She is a tech activist with Code4Change and a member of FlowCon France.