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The need for agility is never more evident than when we confront profound and disruptive change ... like the hacker who took down this site! But while the word "agile" may be overused it can also provide fresh perspectives that challenge the status quo and offer valuable management insights.
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The Fractal V Lifecycle
Agile Management is a nice idea, but as Ivar Jacobsen acknowledged in his recent talk, agile approaches just don't fit some business conditions.  Many contexts are challenging for agile methodologies:•    Large systems where no single customer can represent    &n...
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White Water Management
There is little argument that the pace of life and work is ever increasing. Our businesses have to be globally competitive and individuals are stretched to manage keep pace with the demands placed on them. Futurists have heralded the impact of technology in every aspect of contemporary life and the ...
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The Agile Magazine
We hear a lot about the agility in business these days. For those of us in solutions development, the agile approach to managing projects is "flavour of the month" right now. To be agile is now the goal of almost every enterprise and the term has gained the status of a buzz word. But all this talk o...
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Viewpoints ...
Silly Ways to Creativity Silly Ways to Creativity
Sitting with the top 20 leaders of a company recently, I listened intently as they attempted to solve a very sensible business issue. They came up with a lot of very sensible suggestions that presented a rational path moving forward ... but nothing special. I knew the suggestions...
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Agility Without Strategy Agility Without Strategy
Recently I spoke with a team of very frustrated Scrum developers. They were frustrated because they felt like all they were doing for the past year was chasing features and that the product manager really had no clue where they were heading or what they were really trying to acco...
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