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3 Types of Business Transformation for Surviving Rapid Change

Planview

Agile transformation reaches beyond Agile software development practices to include transitioning an entire organization to nimble practices and mindsets. It’s not just about adding agile software; it’s changing the mindset, creating cross-functional teams (and teams of teams), and continuously improving processes and workflows.

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The Unimportance of Practically Everything

Harvard Business Review

In The Quality Control Handbook , Juran called it "The Law of the Vital Few." Much later, Joseph Moses Juran , one of the fathers of the quality movement, called the insight the "Pareto Principle" and applied it beyond economics. He found a willing audience in Japan, where the country had been producing low-cost, low-quality goods.