How to reduce waste in IT – Transport Waste
In manufacturing transport is moving products between operations and locations. It could be moving product from the machine shop to the welding shop, or from a factory in China to an assembly line in...
View ArticleHow to reduce waste in IT –Wasted Motion
In manufacturing wasted motion is any movement by a worker or machine in a work space that does not add value to the customer. It includes searching for instructions and tools, retrieving parts, making...
View ArticleHow to reduce waste in IT – Waiting Costs
Waiting costs time and money. When customers have to wait for a product or service they are spending time and resources they could have used for something else. This means that the total cost of a...
View ArticleHow to be a good leader
We have all had good leaders and bad leaders in our careers and often people who are a mix of both. Unfortunately there seem to be far more bad leaders than good ones. This really isn’t acceptable...
View ArticleThe agile future of business
The age of the customer We have moved from the age of manufacturing to the age of the customer. In this new age customers have more information and more choice than they’ve had before which leads to...
View Article5 ways to increase your business agility
Agile is a new way of working that was created to address serious problems with the way work is traditionally done. First implemented in software development teams, the increased speed, productivity...
View Article5 ways to be an effective Product Owner
A Product Owner has the most important role in an agile team. Their job is to maximise business value by communicating the product vision, prioritising the product backlog and taking key stakeholders...
View ArticleProduct Owner v Product Manager – what’s the difference?
Managing the development of new products and product features is a complex process, with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. Often, in large teams, the role of product lead is split between...
View ArticleRequirements are untested hypotheses about customer needs
In agile our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable products and services. We achieve this through rapid build, measure, learn cycles. Research...
View ArticleAgile Anti Patterns
When traditional organisations and managers embark on an agile journey they often apply agile with a traditional mindset that leads them to violate the agile values and principles. This article...
View ArticleAgile Project Roadmaps
Just enough planning, just in time. By Murray Robinson, MD Evolve Murray works with organisations to design digital projects and organizations capable of realizing them. He has 30 years experience in...
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