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Different Rules for Different Teams

Why should we treat everyone the same? Startups are not scaleups! Different teams need different practices, or else you’re left with screwups. When I was nearly a teenager, my younger brother…

February 10, 2020

By
Jurgen Appelo

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Is VUCA Increasing?

The world is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. This insight has been shared across the military, the business world, and other domains where survival strategies matter most. Those who don’t adapt…

January 31, 2020

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Jurgen Appelo

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Kent Beck’s 3X Model versus Shiftup’s Business Lifecycle

Kent Beck, one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto, has written a few articles about what he calls the 3X model, which follows an idea from its inception all the…

January 23, 2020

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Jurgen Appelo

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10 Ideas for Better Certification

In the Lean-Agile community, there is a ton of criticism on the topic of certification. Most certificates have little meaning, prove nothing, empty your wallet, and are little more than nasty…

January 20, 2020

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Jurgen Appelo

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Lean Startup Is Continuous Improvement of Value Discovery

I love the Lean Startup. Our language in the Lean-Agile community was enriched significantly with the introduction of concepts such as minimum viable products, pivots, lean experiments, validated learning, and vanity…

January 16, 2020

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Jurgen Appelo

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The Lean-Agile Mindset Exercise

In this exercise, you discuss lean-agile values and principles and how they line up with the ten business lifecycle stages. The goal is to have a better understanding of which values…

January 13, 2020

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Jurgen Appelo