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Tag Archives: lean
Extra tickets released for Lean Agile Scotland 2014
I’ve just heard this from Chris McDermott: If you haven’t already secured your ticket for Lean Agile Scotland this year I’ve got great news for you. After the conference sold out last week I was bombarded with requests for extra … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference, lean, Lean Agile Scotland, Lean Agile Scotland 2014
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Are your customers satisfied?
.. and are you willing to settle for that? For their latest book, The Lean Mindset (great book, btw – buy it on Amazon here), Mary and Tom Poppendieck took a long hard look at where we are now and … Continue reading
Overcoming 7 Common Pitfalls of Transitioning to Agile
Johanna Rothman will be in Edinburgh in next week with Gil Broza, and she has agreed to do a free evening session for the Lean/AgileScotland community on the night before the course starts. Date: Wednesday 21st May, 7:30pm Venue: Wolfson … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, Johanna Rothman, lean, Process, project planning, team
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Only a few days left for 33% off The Influential Agile Leader
If you’re reading this blog, I assume you believe Agile/Lean development improves how and what we deliver, and improves the quality of life for the teams as well – or at least, you’re interested in it. Do you really feel … Continue reading
Posted in Courses, Interactions, Leadership
Tagged agile, gil broza, human side of agile, Johanna Rothman, lean, Process, team, teamwork, The Influential Agile Leader
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The Influential Agile Leader discount code
The Influential Agile Leader – Edinburgh 22nd-23rd May 2014 Gil has given me a discount code worth £100 off this event – use ASC_IAL_2014 when booking. And get in before 31st December for a massive 33% super-early-bird discount. Are you … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, gil broza, human side of agile, Johanna Rothman, lean, The Influential Agile Leader
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LAS2013 Thoughts: Optimise flow instead of resource usage
The next in my series of posts on Lean Agile Scotland 2013. Another common theme was that it is more efficient and valuable to optimise flow than optimise resource use. Don’t try to keep everyone busy all the time. Allow … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, bottleneck, Conference, efficiency, flow, lean, Lean Agile Scotland, Lean Agile Scotland 2013, optimise flow, Process, speed, Theory of Constraints
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LAS2013 Thoughts: Processes have to be tailored
Lean Agile Scotland 2013 was an inspiring conference, and I have assorted thoughts coming out of it. I’ll summarise them in a series of posts. This is part 1. A common theme running through the conference this year was that … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, Conference, lean, Lean Agile Scotland, Lean Agile Scotland 2013, Process
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Lean Agile Scotland 2013 – Day 1
Wow – what an inspiring day. Congratulations to @chrisvmcd and the team @LeanAgileScotland for a great conference day 1 – and thank you for trusting me with my first ever conference presentation! Hope I didn’t get too many red cards… … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, Conference, lean, Lean Agile Scotland, Lean Agile Scotland 2013
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Follow-up to How do you “push responsibility down” and “empower the team”
Thank you to everyone who came to the talk today at Lean Agile Scotland #LAScot13. I was delighted (and relieved) to have a full room, and thank you for engaging with me in the discussion during and afterwards. In summary: … Continue reading
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