Methodologies Nonprofit Operations Productivity 
Harvard Business
APRIL 20, 2016
Some trace agile methodologies all the way back to Francis Bacon’s articulation of the scientific method in 1620. A more reasonable starting point might be the 1930s, when the physicist and statistician Walter Shewhart of Bell Labs began applying Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles to the improvement of products and processes.
Consulting and Organizational Management
AUGUST 16, 2010
These systems operate within boundaries subjected to the whims of environmental changes such as: economic crises, increased competitive threats and industry shifts. The organization is people and technologies, which are matched together to produce an outcome, a product or a service. The human system operates the technology.
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