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Wegwijzer in Scaling Agile voor organisaties

Er zijn op het moment van publicatie van het boek Scaling Agile in organisaties meer dan dertig bekende en minder bekende agile frameworks beschikbaar. In figuur 1 positioneer ik de meest bekende agile frameworks. De frameworks zijn gepositioneerd binnen de rubrieken ‘Eenmalige programma’s/projecten’ of binnen ‘Business as usual/permanent’, of in beide. Alle in figuur 1 …

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Book Blog: Scaling agile in organisaties

Business agility (oftewel de vraag: hoe wendbaar is je organisatie?) is meer en meer onlosmakelijk verbonden met het bestaansrecht van organisaties. Het snel en accuraat kunnen inspelen op consument- of klantbehoeftes is van levensbelang. Iteratief en incrementeel ontwikkelen biedt betere oplossingen en waarborgen om producten fit-for-purpose te laten aansluiten bij de eisen van klanten; beter …

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The ISM method Version 3 – In 3 minutes

 The ISM Method®, a proven standard for successful and compact IT service management. Every IT department works with the same basic processes, and still everyone is writing their own processes. Service Level Agreements are made, incidents are solved, changes executed and systems are operated. ITIL® gave us a great reference model and told us to …

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Experts opinion: De Opdrachtgever – Nieuw leiderschap binnen de overheid

Blog by Henny Portman, Edwin van Dieën heeft met zijn boek De Opdrachtgever – Nieuw leiderschap binnen de overheid op heldere wijze inzicht gegeven in het opdrachtgeverschap binnen de overheid. Wat is het verschil tussen een bestuurlijk en een ambtelijk opdrachtgever? Hoe lopen de lijnen van opdrachtnemer (projectleider) naar opdrachtgever? Hoe kan je groeien in …

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Experts opinion: Worrying interpretations of Scrum

By Gunther Verheyen Manager – Worrying interpretations of Scrum At an Agile event I attended recently the speaker surveyed the audience about the 9 elements that form Scrum. My suspicion was immediately raised with mentioning of “9”. It only got worse when the speaker came up with: It got me wondering how many misconceptions of Scrum can be …

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Service Integration and Management (SIAM) Foundation BoK – in 3 minutes

Service integration and management (SIAM) is a management approach for environments that include more than one supplier of services. It has evolved over the last decade and is now rapidly growing in popularity. Until recently, if you ask ten people to define SIAM, you’d get ten different answers. It’s one of the interesting things about …

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The Open Group IT4IT™ Standard – in 3 minutes

1 Title/Current Version IT4IT™ Reference Architecture Version 2.1, an Open Group Standard 2 The Basics The Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture is a standard reference architecture for managing the business of IT. It uses a value chain approach to create a model of the functions that IT performs to help organizations identify the activities that …

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Experts opinion: Product Owner role summary

By Gunther Verheyen Manager – What does a Product Owner do? The Product Owner brings the business perspective to the software product being created and sustained into a Scrum Team. The Product Owner represents all stakeholders, internal and external, to the Development Team. Although a Product Owner is likely to have various strategic product management tasks outside of …

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The Operating Model Canvas for Zara

Zara, located in Northern Spain, was one of the first providers of ‘fast fashion’. Recognizing that fashions change quickly, the company developed a tightly linked design, manufacturing and retailing system based on replenishing stores twice per week from central distribution centers, mostly located in Spain. A garment manufactured in India will most probably travel to …

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The Operating Model Canvas for McKinsey and Co

McKinsey & Co is a global firm that provides ‘top management’ advice and consulting support. McKinsey has offices in more than 60 countries, and, since its founding in the 1950s by Marvin Bower, has maintained its position as the premier management consulting firm. McKinsey & Co has retained its position despite strong challenge from rival …

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