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Scrum and Lean Thinking - What's the relation?

Scrum.org

In the 2020 version of the Scrum Guide a new thinking model was added to the principles on which Scrum is founded - Lean Thinking. However, not enough justice is done in explaining WHY Lean Thinking was introduced or added to Scrum guide. And exploring Lean Thinking through a blog article might not be justifiable.

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Unconscious Bias in Project Management: Challenges, Solutions, and Real-World Impacts

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Unconscious bias is particularly significant for us in a project management environment, where time pressures and quick decision-making often mean we lean into familiar patterns and assumptions. This contributes to changing behaviour about posting documentation and ultimately helps us achieve sustainability goals by using less paper.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology is It’s ideal for teams of no more than 10 people, and often is wedded to two-week cycles with short daily meetings, known as daily scrum meetings. The Kanban methodology helps reduce inefficiencies, and is a great project management tool for many purposes such as lean manufacturing or agile projects.

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Shop Floor Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control

ProjectManager.com

The shop floor manager has many responsibilities, including driving sales, enforcing company policies, ensuring that products meet merchandising standards, complying with safety regulations and also some financial administration and site management responsibilities. The definitions of those five pillars of the practice are described below.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

Learn more History of Kanban Kanban was first introduced in Japan as a lean manufacturing approach pioneered by Taiichi Ohno in the late 1940s. The book laid out the principles of lean manufacturing, which focuses on reducing waste, creating customer value and seeking continuous process improvement, and kanban. What Is Kanban Software?

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The Agile Manifesto from a Lean Perspective

Scrum.org

In the published history of the meeting, they claim to have sought consensus, and that they tried to reach a position they could all agree on. To what extent, for example, is the Manifesto a reflex of “lean thinking”? Interestingly, in the published history of the Agile Manifesto, the word “lean” does not appear even once.

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Summary and review: The lean-agile way

Henny Portman

The book “ The Lean-Agile Way – Unleash Business Results in the Digital Era with Value Stream Management ” by Cecil ‘Gary’ Rupp, Richard Knaster, Steve Pereira, and Al Shalloway provides a comprehensive roadmap to optimize processes, improve products, and enhance service delivery.

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