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The Lean-Agile Way

By : Cecil 'Gary' Rupp, Richard Knaster, Steve Pereira, Al Shalloway
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The Lean-Agile Way

By: Cecil 'Gary' Rupp, Richard Knaster, Steve Pereira, Al Shalloway

Overview of this book

In the fast-paced business and IT landscape, efficiency is key to success. To excel in delivering value to customers, reducing waste, and resolving pain points, identifying the right tools and strategies is paramount. Unlocking the secrets of Lean, Agile, Value Stream Management (VSM), and various digital enhancements, this book offers a roadmap to optimize processes, improve products, and elevate service delivery. You’ll start with an introduction to foundational Lean and Agile practices, recognizing the significance of digital enhancements in modernizing business processes. As you progress, you'll learn VSM techniques to identify and prioritize work and investments to provide maximum value to customers. Moreover, you'll grasp Lean-Agile practices aimed at promoting collaboration among teams and ensuring the continuous flow of product-oriented deliveries tailored to address customer needs. Finally, you'll gain executive-level insights on how organizations must access timely information for decision-making and foster a culture of continuous business transformation. Armed with this knowledge and a robust toolkit, you'll be empowered to drive meaningful change, optimize resources, and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving marketplace.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Part 1:Building on Lean-Agile Foundations: Mastering the Basics
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Part 2: Attending to our Value Streams: Prioritize Improvements by their Value-Added Impact
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Part 3: Achieving Lean-Agile and VSM Mastery: For Product-Oriented Business Transformations
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Part 4: Driving Sustainable Transformation: Strategies to Achieve Lean-Agile Mastery

Part 1:Building on Lean-Agile Foundations: Mastering the Basics

In Part I of this book, we delve into the challenges of competing in the digital age. Today’s business and technology professionals must navigate increasingly complex environments while continuously delivering value to customers and the business to remain relevant.

In response to rapidly shifting market dynamics and internal organizational challenges, professionals must actively engage in continuous learning, process optimization, and teamwork to achieve superior outcomes. This journey isn’t just about survival; it’s about taking the lead, fostering innovation, and setting new benchmarks in a competitive arena.

In this section, we explain why mastering the concepts behind Lean and Agile principles and practices is necessary to improve an organization’s ability to efficiently deliver customer-centric value and enhance business processes and products through digital solutions.

We then take a deeper dive into the basics of Lean and Agile practices. In Chapter 2, you’ll learn how Agile-based practices leverage an iterative and incremental development approach to address complex business problems, support strategic and tactical planning, and continuously deliver new value through processes, business systems, artifacts, products, and services.

In Chapter 3, you learn how Lean practices help optimize productivity, efficiency, and quality, and accelerate your ability to deliver customer-centric value. Embracing these Lean-Agile principles can help propel you to the forefront of the digital revolution.

By absorbing the insights in the following chapters, you’ll elevate your professional skills and competencies, positioning yourself as a true leader at the forefront of change:

  • Chapter 1, Navigating Lean-Agile Transformations
  • Chapter 2, Solving Complex Business Problems with Agility
  • Chapter 3, Establishing Lean Flows to Improve Productivity