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The Four ‘If’s that Make Lean Agile Worthwhile, Part V

The Four ‘If’s that Make Lean Agile Worthwhile, Part V

4: If you care... If you care about the outcome... the key results... the goal... the objective. To care is to be attentive... inattention to results is one of the five dysfunctions of a team. If you care about your teammates... be there to offer help in moving forward the team's iteration/sprint goal. If you care about the enterprise... ask what you can do for the enterprise. If you care about you... self improvement is the best gift that you can offer to your family, to your friends, to your teammates, to the enterprise, to the society. Imagine what a…
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The Four ‘If’s that Make Lean Agile Worthwhile, Part III

The Four ‘If’s that Make Lean Agile Worthwhile, Part III

2: If you try... If you have and idea, try it out! What's the benefit hypothesis of your idea?... then design it... build part of it... evaluate it (inspect it) vis-a-vis the hypothesis...then build the other parts or stop building depending on the leading (future potential) or lagging (past performance) indicators. A lot of ideas die in one's mind... all because of the lack of trying it out. Lean Agile is the innovator's friend; a friend of the enterprise whose future relies on new products, new services, new ideas. Try...you can always 'inspect' what you are creating and 'adapt' (pivot…
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The Four ‘If’s that Make Lean Agile Worthwhile, Part II

The Four ‘If’s that Make Lean Agile Worthwhile, Part II

1: If you learn... Learn fast; fast feedback comes to mind. By collaborating, we learn. The 3Cs: Card. Conversation. Confirmation. We learn as we go through these 3Cs. Lean Ux Process is about learning. Continuous improvement by learning from your experiences and other people's experiences. Eliminate waste by learning about what is wasteful... value stream mapping. Agile is based on empirical process control model: transparency, inspection, adaptation...all geared towards learning... we act based on what we know. 'Inspect and Adapt' is my favorite in terms of applied learning. Study. Practice. Teach. If you can do these, then your learning is…
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