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A Truly Agile Federal Government Focuses on Flow

Planview

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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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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Project Manage Your Life

Harvard Business Review

More and more companies are adopting software and product development frameworks like Agile , Scrum , and Kanban — which promote quick, iterative, lean production — to deliver higher quality products, faster. Disclosure: He’s taught and coached many teams at HBR on how to use these same practices.)

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IT Can’t Be Slower than the Rest of the Business - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM IBM

Harvard Business Review

Where our clients struggle and where we see challenges is not in the area of new product development. Standard agile approaches like Scrum and SAFe work pretty well for that. In the past couple of years, IBM Global Technology Services undertook its own agile transformation. Download this podcast. Angelia Herrin, host.