Qualification Program, Shiftup The Lean-Agile Values & Principles Exercise In this exercise, you discuss examples of good team/organizational practices, and you match them with lean-agile values and principles. The primary goal is to get a sense of what other people… January 10, 2020 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup Combining Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile Development - Everyone Misses the Point of Continuous Innovation Don’t be fooled by complicated diagrams. The Innovation Vortex is neither complicated nor linear. It is complex, simple, and dynamic. People like diagrams; they like colors, and they like making things… January 6, 2020 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup Ikigai: Learn how to find your company’s purpose In 2018, during my vacation to Japan, I learned that the Japanese love food, cleanliness, and punctuality. I also learned that the fountains in the toilets are not for drinking, and… January 2, 2020 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup Service Design and Design Thinking: Complementary to Scrum and Kanban Have you ever watched your (potential) customers try to get their work done? Have you followed people in their daily work lives, and have you seen them struggle with products and… December 29, 2019 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup Kanban in the Context of Continuous Innovation The invention of the Post-it Note was a happy accident. Nobody asked for sticky pieces of paper. For years, there was no demand for a weak adhesive. It is the kind… December 18, 2019 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup The Issue with Scrum in Continuous Innovation We eat sushi with chopsticks (traditionally by hand) and miso with a spoon (traditionally with chopsticks). Each tool works in some context. Specialized instruments are highly effective in just a few… December 11, 2019 By Jurgen Appelo
