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Stress Management is an Art, Do You Agree? I Agree. (PHASE – II, Part – A) -Prerequisites to Learn How to Cope & Conquer – Learn – Practice – Master

Stress Management is an Art (Phase-II). Do You Agree? Coping with Work Stress – Stress Mgmt. Strategies – Conquering Phase Stress Management is an Art. Do You Agree? I Agree. (PHASE – II, Part – A) -Prerequisites to Learn How to Cope & Conquer – Learn – Practice – Master! Can We Learn Stress-Management Skills?…

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Are You a Product Owner and Do You Know the Symptoms of Your Agile Project that Needs Action from You?

What Would be the Symptoms for You to Take Action? Product Owner is the person responsible for maximizing the value of the Product and who is ultimately responsible and accountable for the end product that is built. He is the person responsible for ordering Service Requests to maximize value in a continuous flow or Kanban environment. Do You have an unclear purpose or mission for the team and facing challenges…

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Are You a Servant Leader, How Do You Troubleshoot Your Agile Project?

Who Are You Serving? How Can You Best Serve? Are You Making Your Unique Contribution? Are You Getting Better Every Day? – Serve to Lead The Key to Successful Leadership Today is Influence, Not Authority. I Agree. Do You Also? If Yes, then Let’s Practice … & Troubleshoot to Propels Your Organizational Success!!! Servant Leadership is the Practice of leading through service to…

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Agile Leaders – Where do You Start to Give Priority to Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation?

As an Agile Leader, Where do I Start? In my view, We should Start right from Backlog Creation until Retrospectives: Backlog Creation Backlog Refinement Daily Stand-ups Execution Practices Demonstration/Reviews Retrospectives Backlog Creation Good Time for the Product Owners to produce the Product Road-map, that can show the anticipated deliverable’s over time. The Product Owner re-plans the Road-map based on what the team produces. Backlog Refinement In iteration-based agile, the Product Owner can use…

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Do You Know the Useful Metrics to Effectively Manage Your Agile Project? Achieve More Predictability Through Continuous Flow – Is that a Good Idea?

Immigration Clearance on My Way to Seattle Last Year, I was on my way to Seattle, Washington waiting in the queue for the Clearance. It was a long queue and is taking 30 minutes by the officer to do the clearance for 10 people. There are 25 people left in front of me and I was expecting another 75 minutes for my turn. At…

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How can we Match Agile Practices to Lean Principles?

Is Agile the same as Lean? When do people say “Agile” do they really mean Scrum? Or do people still use different types of Agile – and if so, why? First, Let us record this in a table format How Agile Practices Match to Lean Principles and then discuss: Lean Lean comes from Lean Manufacturing and is a set of principles for achieving quality, speed & customer alignment (same…

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What is Agile Kanban? A Brief History

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Kanban: Kanban (看板) translates to “billboard” or “signboard” in Japanese, and was originally developed by Toyota in the 1940’s. Toyota found a better engineering process from an unlikely source: the grocery store. They noticed that store manager restocked a grocery item by their store’s inventory, not their vendor’s supply. Only when an item was near sellout did the clerks order more….

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