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Don Reinertsen - Is It Time to Rethink Deming?

by Agileminds

Among the demi-gods of manufacturing none are more revered than Dr. Edward Deming. Because his prescriptions have worked so well in the domain of manufacturing, they are viewed as universal truths. Deming was indeed brilliant, and his ideas were perfectly optimized for manufacturing. However, it is precisely this perfect optimization that makes many of his sacred truths surprisingly toxic in product development. Is preventing problems always better…

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Grant Rule - Bob Marshall - Realizing Value: How to apply Rightshifting

by Agileminds

This session identifies a range of behaviours that have proved successful in Rightshifting real-world organisations. There are, as we all recognise, no ‘silver bullet’ solutions. But Rightshifting principles open the gates to dramatic organisational transformation for the better. Takeaways from this session will help participants identify where their organisation sit on the Rightshifting scale. They perhaps will explain why it is infeasible to make…

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Case Studies

by Agileminds

Kanban at Cisco - Ken Power Transitioning from Traditional to Agile in a Small ISV Setting - Mahesh Singh - Sudipta Lahiri Ericsson Finland Agile and Lean Transformation, Experiences and Learnings - Henri Kivioja

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Cory Clybouw - Eva Lemaire - Integrated user documentation: a use case of bits, bytes and words

by Agileminds

For some software companies, user documentation is not a nice to have but a legal requirement or a requirement to meet a standard (e.g. in cases of medical devices). But more important, quality user documentation improves the usability of the product and enhances the credibility of the company. Moving from a waterfall organization to a scrum environment with bi-weekly software updates, has an impact on creating user documentation. In this session…