Agile
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Writing Secret 3: Choose When to Use Passive Voice
Most of us writers start with bad advice, to write “formally.” We’re not supposed to talk to the reader. Or,…
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Shorten the SDLC With DevTestOps in Agile | Why Teams Do It
DevTestOps and DevOps – Not Just Another Hype Don’t worry. DevTestOps isn’t another new term to create turbulence in our…
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Clarify the Difference Between Outputs, Outcomes, and Benefits
When I sent my newsletter last month, Modern Management: Want Valuable Outcomes? Create Overarching Goals, several readers asked me questions.…
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How to Create Your Own Team Board Without Spending a Ton of Time or Money
Are you frustrated with your board? Maybe three columns don’t offer you enough information. Or maybe you agree with me…
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 4
I started this series with observations that my clients appear to confuse strategy and tactics. They think agile approaches are…
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 3
In Part 1 and 2 of this series, I wrote about how an agile approach might offer strategic benefits. And…
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 2
So when does it make sense to customize your agile approach to gain a strategic advantage? Whenever you have a…
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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 1
A number of my clients confuse their strategic ideas with tactical work. They think that the agile tools they use,…
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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week
Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. Now, these…
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