Qualification Program, Shiftup Did COVID-19 Make Your Work Disappear? Suddenly, you have no work. There are no workshops, no conferences, no meetups, and no customers. Your projects and product teams have all vanished among emergency crises and national lockdowns. And… March 18, 2020 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup Get Qualified, Not Certified cer·ti·fy \ˈsər-tə-ˌfī\ verb 1: to attest authoritatively 2: to officially recognize or vouch for someone or something as meeting specific standards qual·i·fy \ˈkwä-lə-ˌfī\ verb 1: to have the necessary knowledge or… March 11, 2020 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup 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
Qualification Program, Shiftup 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 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup 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 By Jurgen Appelo
Qualification Program, Shiftup 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 By Jurgen Appelo
