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Agile Procurement in the Public Sector w/ Nathan Hummel

Leading Agile

In many organizations, the group responsible for procurement, and the processes they follow, were established under a traditional (waterfall) approach. The way in which goods and services are requested, contracted, approved and acquired can be an odd fit with an Agile approach. Soundcloud.

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Automation With A Human Touch: Balancing Agility And Standardization

Timo Elliott

He recently explained how the organization has taken advantage of the latest technology advances to give business people more agility and control over their processes, without sacrificing standardization and efficiency: “I think the key to success, especially in times of digital transformation, lies in the philosophy and practices of lean.

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Unpacking Business Agility

Agile Velocity

I recently had the pleasure of having a conversation with Pam Ashby, a strategist at the Agile Business Consortium , to explore the world of Business Agility. Business Agility is a topic that’s been gaining momentum and for a good reason. What is Business Agility?

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There are no agile contracts!

Agile Business Consortium

Contracts can be a daunting and often heavily debated subject when it comes to agile. We would like to share an alternative solution, from Mirko Kleiner, Founder of Flowdays and the Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance. However as Mirko Kleiner will explain in our upcoming webinar, there is no such thing as an agile contract!

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Agile Transformations: Overcoming Common Challenges

Agile Business Consortium

This blog is a brief dive into my personal experiences in Agile transformation, some challenges that I have found commonly faced and some tips for people who are on the same journey in how to tackle them. I am an Agile girl and we are living in an Agile world. But you can’t do all projects in Agile.” “But

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Future of Business Analysis in a World of AI

Business Analysis Knowledge Share

Paolo Sammicheli is an Italian entrepreneur, International Speaker, and Author of the books “Scrum for Hardware,” the first significant publication in the world on the topic, and “Scrum in AI — Artificial Intelligence Agile Development with Scrum and MLOps,” with the foreword by Jeff Sutherland, co-author of Scrum and the Agile Manifesto.

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How Pet Family Used Data to Thrive Under COVID

Sisense

Getting smarter about data and how it is used has allowed Pets Corner to be more agile and make the right decisions at the right times to thrive in challenging retail and wider commercial conditions. CFO Iain Dougal and his various teams required oversight across the entire business on a platform that was accurate, agile, and reliable. “I