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The 18 Most Influential People in Project Management

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Mr. Cohn is the founder of Layfayette, Colorado-based agile software company Mountain Goat Software that consults with major enterprise clients including Adobe, LinkedIn, Southwest Airlines, Google, Intuit and Oakley on their agile and Scrum practices. Johanna Rothman is the founder of Massachusetts-based Rothman Consulting Group Inc.

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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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7 Best Project Management Accounting Software

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Industries requiring detailed financial tracking for projects, such as construction, consulting and professional services, will benefit from these tools. Uses, Features and Pricing That said, leaning on integrations indicates that the software’s accounting features are limited and need assistance. Related: What Is Smartsheet?

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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Second, the use of lean and agile tools and methodologies beyond IT, software and manufacturing. Visual, lean tools that truly engage all team members are going to become essential. First, virtual teams are becoming the norm.

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Why perfect is the enemy of good - using lean change to apply agile in context

Scrum.org

Why perfect is the enemy of good - using lean change to apply agile in context. The senior execs that we work with in banks, financial organisations and asset management firms are massively time-poor, operating in lean resource environments.

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Develop Better High Performing Teams

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It’s not solely about the decisions of executives though, it’s also about great project leaders learning to run fast and lean while developing high performing teams that can deliver value to their organization. Behaviors and competencies for lean and fast teams can differ in many ways. Voices From the Community.

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Continuous Improvement: A Quick Guide

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His work would inspire methodologies such as just-in-time manufacturing (JIT) , lean manufacturing and kaizen. Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing Lean manufacturing focuses on identifying value, value stream mapping, creating flow, establishing pull and continuous improvement.