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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

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Commonly used in engineering and software development, it’s a more structured approach because progress falls in one direction, like a waterfall, from ideation to launch. Design : There are two parts to this phase, including logical design and physical design, all resulting in the software or product architecture.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

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Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s. The Role of Cross-Functional Teams.

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Scrum and Lean Thinking - What's the relation?

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What I learned from this book is The purpose (goal) of Lean is to get to the shortest sustainable lead time with quality and value. Lean Software Development As Scrum is typically utilized by Software Engineering teams, I will shift the focus to Lean Software Development. The acronym is DEBASED.

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Quality Assurance and Testing: A Quick Guide

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Total Quality Management: Here the quality of the product is dependent on the participating constituents, some sustainable and controllable, others not. The Software Industry. In software development, quality assurance is a way to monitor the software engineering processes.

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Top Global Lean/ Agile Thought Leaders and Influencers 2025

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From Software development to enterprise-level transformations, Agile has become the cornerstone of modern work, empowering teams to be flexible, iterative, and customer-focused. A pioneer in Extreme Programming, Lean Software Development, and Lean Startup, Joshua introduced Modern Agile, a principle-driven approach to agility.

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Agile Laws to Help with Transformation

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TL; DR: Agile Laws in Software Development On many occasions, working with agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. When creating valuable, sustainable, and profitable products in complex environments, a rapid feedback loop is essential: Build, measure, learn.

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