Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2024

Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. The challenge lies not just in recognizing the presence of waste but in identifying exactly where resources are being inefficiently utilized. Here are six key areas where resources are often squandered: 1.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Verizon scaled agile methodologies and a product-driven model across their entire Consumer Group. Vanguard’s Transformation Journey “Introducing Flow at Scale at Vanguard” What happens when you introduce flow measurement across an enterprise software development organization?

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TechEmpower Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2023

Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! innovation

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Companies that embrace this approach see clear benefits: streamlined operations, better resource utilization, and higher-quality outcomes. Beyond internal gains, process improvement also allows organizations to respond more effectively to customer needs and market changes, giving them an edge over less agile competitors.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This is especially challenging when a company is trying to run multiple innovation projects simultaneously, but like every other company also has limited staff, resources and budget to allocate. The innovation will likely require a large number of iterations and changes throughout the project, requiring time and resources to complete.

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Boxes and Arrows

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Teams moving to agile often struggle to integrate agile with best practices in user-centered design (UCD) and user experience (UX) in general. Fortunately, using a UX Integration Matrix helps integrate UX and agile by including UX information and requirements right in the product backlog. The feedback loop is broken.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

Innovation software is no different from the tides of change sweeping industries. In my opinion, they need actually a more robust end-to-end innovation software solution as something of a real need. So often client solutions and their needs have considerable lag. They might feel they have this, I don’t.

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Planview

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By refining these value streams, organizations can unlock new levels of productivity, innovation, and agility, empowering them to excel in the dynamic automotive landscape. This shift demands a fundamental change in how automotive organizations approach software development and delivery.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 5, 2020

In this article, you will see what exactly agile coach does, what benefits it can bring and how to take it to your company. What an Agile Coach does within an Agile team. Agile Coach helps train corporate teams in agile methodology and oversees team development to ensure effective results.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The era of the “data economy” is well and truly upon us, meaning that companies must be more agile than ever before. The recent leaps forward in software development, computing and consumer electronics have led industry titans to classify the current time period as one of the most innovative on record. Why tech companies?

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Originally rooted in software development, hackathons have evolved into a strategic tool across industries, fostering creativity, team collaboration, and idea generation under tight timeframes. Provide Access to Mentors and Resources One of the key success factors in a hackathon is the availability of expert guidance.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 18, 2022

I had a conversation recently with a few industry professionals who were expressing concerns about the idea of scaling agile. Their objection was that not everybody can be agile nor needs to be. There’s been this tendency to kind of munge agile together with lean manufacturing and lean startup or lean innovation.

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Planview

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For years, 100 percent of its software development was outsourced. The success of the project pricked the ears of leadership and provided the team with the license to take on more projects to scale the impact of Agile development. Over the past year and half, the development team has grown from eight people to 500.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 26, 2019

This is a choice that defines how the production of a software application will be managed, the resources that will be needed, among other things. In a project where the waterfall Model is used, each such point represents a different stage of software development, and each stage usually ends before the next stage can begin.

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Planview

MARCH 28, 2024

A Shifting Reality for the Auto Industry Automotive companies are increasingly confronted with the intricate task of synchronizing software development timelines with deadlines for vehicle launches. Acquiring such comprehensive skills presents a formidable and resource-intensive endeavor.

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Planview

MAY 31, 2024

Value Stream Management (VSM) is crucial in software development as it provides a comprehensive view of the entire workflow, from ideation to delivery. This visibility is necessary to manage the productivity of development teams and ensure that software is delivered on time, on schedule and on budget.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The era of the “data economy” is well and truly upon us, meaning that companies must be more agile than ever before. The recent leaps forward in software development, computing and consumer electronics have led industry titans to classify the current time period as one of the most innovative on record. Why tech companies?

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mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Keep reading to see how successful executives are achieving results in their everyday business through incorporating agile methodologies like SCRUM! The agile mindset. Before we get into the agile mindset, we need to remember that it is linked to Agile Philosophy. Software that works with broader range of documentations.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, the race to streamline workflows, reduce waste, optimize processes, and boost collaboration is more urgent than ever. Value stream integration involves the seamless flow of information and work across the entire software development lifecycle.

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Planview

AUGUST 16, 2023

Fortune 500 companies have long recognized the importance of adopting the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced business landscape. Increasing Business Agility One area undergoing rapid evolution in software development is generative AI.

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Planview

AUGUST 23, 2022

Pinpoint investment opportunities that connect software development’s best practices to speed production. How Can Automakers Leverage Cross-Functional Teams to Ensure Resource Allocation Speeds Up Production? Provide real-time data of the entire portfolio lifecycle to know when to stop, speed up, and pivot.

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Planview

AUGUST 3, 2022

There are three basic types of business transformation: Agile, digital, and organizational. Agile Transformation Creates Flexibility. Agile transformation reaches beyond Agile software development practices to include transitioning an entire organization to nimble practices and mindsets.

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mjvinnovation

JULY 10, 2020

The DevOps solution involves automating IT governance and is even more effective with in application of agile development. When automation is combined with a solid agile mindset, it is possible to obtain resource development very close to the flow of each step, providing value to customers quickly and continuously.

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Planview

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In today’s fast-paced world of business and technology, efficiency in software delivery is not just important; it’s crucial. The idea of cutting waste, a principle from manufacturing, is relevant more than ever in software development and knowledge work as a means to increase efficiency.

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Planview

MARCH 15, 2024

With all the open-source code and available context across the internet, AI models can generate software code and help software developers debug their work. Optimizing resource allocation. Organizations have suffered for decades with suboptimal resource allocation.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 12, 2020

Also known as Software Development Outsourcing, Nearshoring, Offshoring, etc. In this case company provides all project related information to the external outsourcing provider and this provider does all the software development, quality assurance and project management. Access to Global Resources. Out Staffing.

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Boxes and Arrows

JUNE 29, 2009

Description of the Problem There are many product development processes and one that has garnered much attention is agile. Agile refers to a group of software development methodologies that promote the project development lifecycle through iterations, open collaboration, and process adaptability.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. ( Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Dependent on goodwill. The same is true for Engineering.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. ( Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Dependent on goodwill. The same is true for Engineering.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. ( Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Dependent on goodwill. The same is true for Engineering.

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Planview

JUNE 25, 2024

The Challenge of Visibility and Efficiency in Software Development In software development, maintaining visibility is a significant challenge due to the complexity of processes, a diverse toolchain, and the need for seamless collaboration and communication across teams.

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Boxes and Arrows

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Like a superhero created when the contents of two beakers accidentally combine, a powerful hybrid has emerged in the software development world: the user champion. In this origin story, the beakers would be labeled “agile” and “user experience (UX)” because the user champion borrows some of the best ideas from both disciplines.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

The result: development of a market-ready product ( lineup™ ) in a fraction of the time, and the confidence to apply their strengthened skill set to other areas of uncertainty. The teams were managed via spreadsheets, making the process fairly painful. Download the PDF version of this case study to take with you for reference.

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