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How to Tame Uncertainty of Research and Development: Tips on Managing R&D Projects

Epicflow

Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones. In addition, changing requirements are commonplace for research and development projects. Will the developed product satisfy customers and be relevant in the market?

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See and Resolve Team Dependencies, Part 4: All Component Teams, Complex Product

Johanna Rothman

In Agile and Lean Program Management , I suggested two other views of large products. See Create Feedback Loops (Agile Approaches) for Hardware Products.). And definitely not the component. And, watch for resource efficiency thinking, not flow efficiency thinking. One is the InterRelated Program. The Series.

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How to Make Sure Agile Teams Can Work Together

Harvard Business

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

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Bureaucracy Can Drain Your Company’s Energy. Agile Can Restore It.

Harvard Business

The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. Learn and experience how agile works. What can I do?”

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A Beginner’s Guide to Resource Management

Epicflow

Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. What do you need to know to manage project resources with maximum efficiency? What do you need to know to manage project resources with maximum efficiency? Resource Management: Definition and Importance.

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When Teams Don’t Finish Work in a Sprint: 3 Tips to Seeing and Finishing Work

Johanna Rothman

Sprints, by definition, are a timebox. One of the big problems with new-to-agile teams is their inability to finish work inside a sprint. ” That’s great for resource efficiency. However, software, especially with an agile approach, is about flow efficiency , where people work as a team to finish one story at a time.

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Product Orientation Requires Technical Excellence

Johanna Rothman

However, if you want to develop a product orientation, you’ll need to consider the future. You might need a different definition of internal quality for what the product developers (developers, testers, UI, everyone who creates the product) see. Because that’s what most product developers do all day.