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POETIC Leadership Enables Lean-Agile Leadership, Part One: Personal and Organizational
This is the first in a three-part series of articles covering the POETIC Leadership approach to Lean-Agile leadership, authored by…
What is ESM? Understanding Enterprise Service Management for Your Business
According to the Service Desk Institute, 68% of organizations had implemented Enterprise Service Management (ESM) strategies as of mid-2021—a 58%…
4 Industries That Have Benefited From the Lean-Agile Methodology
In today's fast-paced and highly competitive business environment, teams increasingly emphasize efficiency, productivity, and customer satisfaction. "Work smarter, not harder"…
What’s New in SAFe® 6.0 and Why Does it Matter?
Since 2011, the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) has helped companies large and small organize and optimize their journey as they…
How Jira Service Management Enables Agile ITSM
If you work in a fast-paced business environment, you know how important it is to be responsive, collaborative, and efficient…
Optimizing Atlassian Cloud Implementations — Part 2: Processes And Retraining
Make the Most Out of Your Atlassian Cloud Investment The first part of this series reviewed the importance of customizing…
Customizing Atlassian Cloud Implementations — Part 1: Tools and Workflows
Whether you’re implementing automation, collaboration across teams, or shortened release cycles, Atlassian Cloud offers a broad suite of integrated tools…
How Do SAFe and Lean Work Together?
SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework®) is built on the foundation of Lean principles, which originated from manufacturing. “Lean” espouses optimization of…
The Pragmatic Agile Coach’s Guide to Managing SAFe Features
As customers scale from their loose confederation of Scrum teams to the formality of the Scaled Agile Framework©, features often…
SAFe DevOps: 5 Tips for Success
While some may disagree with this, I believe that SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework) is a highly complex model that requires…
How Agile Training and Certification Insulate Your Company from the Global Tech Talent Shortage
The global tech talent shortage is a well-documented and well-known phenomenon at this point. Companies of all shapes and sizes…
Why the C-suite Needs to Consider Agile Transformation Training
In most organizations today, just keeping up with the competition and keeping the figurative lights on is an impressive feat.…