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Agile Infrastructure Transformation and TBM

Leading Agile

Questions of how does Agile apply to infrastructure and what does TBM have to do with Agile were in my mind. Agile in Infrastructure. I spent quite a bit of time with part of a large infrastructure and ops group (over 2000 people and $1B of spend) in re-educating them in how the fundamentals of Agile applied to them as well.

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Projects and Cost Management

MPUG

Techniques like 5S (Sort, Set-in-Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain) and Lean manufacturing are essential for engineering managers aiming to create more efficient, less wasteful production environments. Moreover, adopting Design for Manufacturing and Assembly principles can significantly streamline production and reduce costs.

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Construction Delivery Methods: A Quick Guide for Projects

ProjectManager.com

It’s often used in lean construction management to reduce waste and costs. This provides better infrastructure as each participant does what they do best. It’s all about teamwork and collaboration. The goal of this construction delivery method is to share liability, responsibility, risk and reward among construction stakeholders.

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The Truth About Sprint Zero (and why Ken hates it)

Scrum.org

The infrastructure we need. For creating outline designs, I'll often advise the use of the Lean Canvas and possibly the Value Proposition canvas as great starting points. For the first step, I often address these items for a software product. This happens before team formation: The programming language we'll use. The product vision.

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What Really Causes Technical Debt?

Scrum.org

Lean Principles Work Types. To understand this, I suggest we consider the four types of work as identified by Lean and concerning a solution being delivered by a scrum or agile team that owns the product and the platform on which it resides. Planned Maintenance and Updates to item 1 & 2.

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Industrial Psychology for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Typically, the challenge is infrastructure and tech. This often ends in restructure because execs want to make the organisation lean and change the way people think. When it comes to using these strategies, people who have been in their roles for some time might not have the skills or tools to be like a start up.

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Top 25 Project Management Influencers of 2025

NimbleWork

With expertise in agile transformation, she helps teams adopt practices like Scrum, ScrumBan, Kanban, and Lean IT. Yonelly Gutierrez Yonelly Gutierrez is an IT project management expert with a specialization in IT infrastructure projects.