Agile

5 Competencies of Agile Leadership

In my years assessing and developing leaders who fit this description, I’ve identified five core competencies, or characteristics, that all agile flexible leaders have in common. Here’s a snapshot of each of them.

What Is Lean Six Sigma?

Six Sigma is a rigorous and disciplined process improvement methodology that uses data and statistical analysis to measure and improve any organization’s operational performance. Six Sigma methodology was developed by Motorola in 1986.

Experience Enhanced Productivity With Lean Six Sigma

As the name suggests, lean six sigma methodology integrates the principles of lean manufacturing with those of Six Sigma. Many manufacturing organizations that have implemented the methodology have experienced enhanced productivity with a significant reduction in human resources, time and capital resources.

Agile Planning – The 5 Scopes

The concept of planning within the agile methodology has often been misunderstood. Due to the commonly known statement “We value responding to change over following a plan” most of teams starting agile think that they will no longer need to plan for the future. Contrary to this popular opinion, planning plays just as big of a part in agile as it does in any other project management approach it is simply a little different.

Agile Software Development Methodologies

In this article we are going to look at two of the most widely used agile methodologies, which are Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum. Though they follow most of the same iterations, they differ in certain elements. Let us begin with Extreme Programming.