Pragmatic Kanban Foundation Courseware - English
Pragmatic Kanban Foundation Courseware - English

Author: Jasper Sonnevelt

Publisher: Van Haren

Published: 2020-03-25

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 9401805482

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This Kanban Foundation course is for individuals and teams that want to learn and demonstrate their understanding and proficiency in managing their work with Kanban. This practical training class provides attendees with the knowledge and skills to collaborate or improve the collaboration in a lean and/or agile team. Attendees will understand how Kanban principles and practices can be applied with other lean and/or agile methods like Scrum. Attendees will learn how to effectively implement Kanban in their team through visualisation and the application of lean and agile principles. At the end of this course they will have the knowledge and the skills to visualize their work process, gather and use actionable metrics for faster delivery of value and continuous improvement and collaborate with other teams in a way that leads to better organizational performance. Teams that have implemented Kanban have recorded faster delivery times, reduced waiting time, improved quality of products and reached higher team autonomy, leading to better engagement and customer satisfaction. This course provides practical tips, real life examples and hands-on practices that can be applied immediately after completion of this course. This Courseware is suitable as a foundation for further growth on Lean and Agile and certification. Preparation for the Agile Foundation Exam from the Agile Consortium can be added to this training as an option as well as the certification Exam itself. After the course candidates: 1. understand foundational Lean/Agile principles on which Kanban was developed 2. can work in a team that has adopted Kanban as a method for work delivery 3. can visualize their process and work using a Kanban board 4. are able to leverage Kanban to manage priorities, conflicts and opportunities in their work delivery process 5. understand role-based scenarios when practicing Kanban 6. understand how Kanban principles and practices can be applied with other lean and/or agile methods like Scrum 7. understand how to predictably forecast work and manage stakeholder expectations 8. can identify opportunities for improvement in their process 9. can identify opportunities for radically improving time to market 10. can analyse and interpret data generated by their process and take action accordingly in order to improve delivery

Agile for responsive organizations - A Pocket Guide
Agile for responsive organizations - A Pocket Guide

Author: Jeroen Venneman

Publisher: Van Haren

Published: 2017-09-27

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 9401801835

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Agile is a philosophy that ensures business results, especially in this rapidly changing world. The foundation for the focus on result is based on continuous improvement of customer satisfaction, Customer Excellence! The ideas originated in the world of software development, but is more widely applicable. This book is about applying Agile from team level to the level of the whole organization. It is the guide in the transformation to a structured Agile way of working and a reference for those who already are Agile and want to take it to the next step. The book provides a good foundation for the `Certify to inspire 'program of the Agile Consortium with certification at the level of Agile Foundation, Practitioner and Master. This pocket guide is intended for anyone who is, or will get involved in the transformation to Agile. The book is particularly aimed at managers, team members and coaches. Topics covered: Agile at organization level; Agile (project) management, Scrum combined with PRINCE2®, measuring the transformation, coaching styles, Agile, Lean and continuous improvement, distributed teams, directing self-organizing teams, Agile and governance, and of course the book contains many practical tips. The authors are Certified Agile Masters and their years of experience with Agile transformations are brought together in this book. The answers to the many questions of managers, teams and others are also included in this book. The result is a convenient and practical overview of the Agile approach from team-level up to organizational level as well as the main issues that you encounter in the transformation to an agile organization.

The Scrum Culture
The Scrum Culture

Author: Dominik Maximini

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-01-08

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 3319118277

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This book is a guide for managers, Scrum Masters and agile coaches who are interested in agile organizational methods and who are planning to introduce Scrum at their own company. Scrum is not only a product development framework but can also be used to structure activities for agile and lean organizational development. Divided into five major parts, the book first introduces and defines the Scrum Culture. It explains its relevance, highlights a number of pain points typical for first encounters with Scrum, and embeds it in an introduction to organizational change. This is complemented with many real-life examples that help to apply the concepts to readers’ own specific contexts. The second part describes the principles of introducing Scrum in detail, while the third part embarks on the practical application of these principles, drawing on a wealth of experience gathered in many successful introduction projects. Part four focuses on a detailed case study of a Scrum transformation before part five provides, in closing, a number of appendices offering extensive information on Scrum and its principles.

Handbook of Production Management Methods
Handbook of Production Management Methods

Author: Gideon Halevi

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2001-10-22

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0080523102

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This unique book provides a guide to the selection of appropriate production and manufacturing methods for postgraduate and professional manufacturing engineers. It starts by helping the reader to identify the required objectives of industrial management for their particular situation. Having identified the objectives an analytical assessment of the available production and management methods is made. The analytical system presents an objective method of production selection. For example, this practical book will help the reader to decide whether or not a local Just-in-Time process is needed or a full chain JIT method is needed. Alternatively the problem may be deciding between set-up time reduction or changeover time reduction. Should TQM be ceded to PCIs? This book covers nearly all methods of production and manufacturing and will prove the most comprehensive guide to choosing and using these methods. - Only book of its kind available - Widest coverage of methods available - Analytical approach to decision making

Mobile Technologies and Applications for the Internet of Things
Mobile Technologies and Applications for the Internet of Things

Author: Michael E. Auer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-04-17

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 3030114341

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This book discusses and assesses the latest trends in the interactive mobile field, and presents the outcomes of the 12th International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL2018), which was held in Hamilton, Canada on October 11 and 12, 2018. Today, interactive mobile technologies are at the core of many – if not all – fields of society. Not only does the younger generation of students expect a mobile working and learning environment, but also the new ideas, technologies and solutions coming out practically every day are further strengthening this trend. Since its inception in 2006, the conference has been devoted to highlighting new approaches in interactive mobile technologies with a focus on learning. The IMCL conferences have since established themselves as a valuable forum for exchanging and discussing new research results and relevant trends, as well as practical experience and best-practice examples. This book contains papers in the fields of: Interactive Collaborative Mobile Learning Environments Mobile Health Care Training Game-based Learning Design of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Applications Assessment and Quality in Mobile Learning. Its potential readership includes policymakers, educators and researchers in pedagogy and learning theory, schoolteachers, the learning industry, further education lecturers, etc.

Mastering Windows Server 2016
Mastering Windows Server 2016

Author: Jordan Krause

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd

Published: 2016-10-25

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1785881450

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A comprehensive and practical guide to Windows Server 2016 About This Book In-depth coverage of new features of Windows Server 2016 Gain the necessary skills and knowledge to design and implement Microsoft Server 2016 in enterprise environment Know how you can support your medium to large enterprise and leverage your experience in administering Microsoft Server 2016, A practical guide to administering Windows server 2016 Who This Book Is For The book is targeted at System Administrators and IT professionals who would like to design and deploy Windows Server 2016 (physical and logical) Enterprise infrastructure. Previous experience of Windows Server operating systems and familiarity with networking concepts is assumed. System administrators who are upgrading or migrating to Windows Server 2016 would also find this book useful. What You Will Learn Familiarize yourself with Windows Server 2016 ideology, the core of most datacenters running today New functions and benefits provided only by the new Windows Server 2016 Get comfortable working with Nanoserver Secure your network with new technologies in Server 2016 Harden your Windows Servers to help keep those bad guys out! Using new built-in integration for Docker with this latest release of Windows Server 2016 Virtualize your datacenter with Hyper-V In Detail Windows Server 2016 is the server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, developed concurrently with Windows 10. With Windows Server 2016, Microsoft has gotten us thinking outside of the box for what it means to be a system administration, and comes with some interesting new capabilities. These are exciting times to be or to become a server administrator! This book covers all aspects of administration level tasks and activities required to gain expertise in Microsoft Windows Server 2016. You will begin by getting familiar and comfortable navigating around in the interface. Next, you will learn to install and manage Windows Server 2016 and discover some tips for adapting to the new server management ideology that is all about centralized monitoring and configuration. You will deep dive into core Microsoft infrastructure technologies that the majority of companies are going to run on Server 2016. Core technologies such as Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Certificate Services, File Services, and more. We will talk about networking in this new operating system, giving you a networking toolset that is useful for everyday troubleshooting and maintenance. Also discussed is the idea of Software Defined Networking. You will later walk through different aspects of certificate administration in Windows Server 2016. Three important and crucial areas to cover in the Remote Access role -- DirectAccess, VPN, and the Web Application Proxy -- are also covered. You will then move into security functions and benefits that are available in Windows Server 2016. Also covered is the brand new and all-important Nano Server! We will incorporate PowerShell as a central platform for performing many of the functions that are discussed in this book, including a chapter dedicated to the new PowerShell 5.0. Additionally, you will learn about the new built-in integration for Docker with this latest release of Windows Server 2016. The book ends with a discussion and information on virtualizing your datacenter with Hyper-V. By the end of this book, you will have all the ammunition required to start planning for and implementing Windows Server 2016. Style and approach This book offers a practical and wide coverage of all features of brand new Microsoft Server 2016 along with tips on daily administration tasks.

An Executive's Guide to Disciplined Agile
An Executive's Guide to Disciplined Agile

Author: Scott Ambler

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-07-15

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9781539852964

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The agile community has figured out how to build and then continually improve very high-performance software development teams. This is akin to creating a race car engine and then evolving it to get more power, better fuel efficiency, and greater speed. Sadly in many cases we take these great engines, put them into an organizational tractor, and then complain that we're not winning the race. What we need to do is take our great race car engines (our development teams), put them into a race car (a DevOps ecosystem), have a great pit crew and driver (an effective IT organization), and then provide somewhere to race (an organization that can leverage IT to make money). That's what this book is all about - Moving from optimizing team performance to optimizing the entire enterprise. Business agility - being an adaptive, lean, responsive, and learning organization - is the race that enterprises need to win today. Yet there is no quick fix, no silver bullet, to attain business agility. This is a multi-year journey requiring hard work, experimentation, and most importantly a willingness to improve. The Disciplined Agile framework lowers risks and provides a path to accelerate your journey to business agility. The framework is unique in that it is the only one that puts all the pieces together into a cohesive enterprise roadmap for business agility transformation. This book begins with an overview of the challenges and opportunities that organizations face. We then describe seven principles that provide the underpinnings of the Disciplined Agile framework. Then the book works through Disciplined Agile Delivery (how to build a world-class engine), Disciplined DevOps (the race car), Disciplined Agile IT (the race car and its team), and what it means to be a Disciplined Agile Enterprise (the racing business). The book ends with a plan for starting with an Agile transformation and then evolving into a long-term continuous improvement strategy. Do you have the discipline it takes to win the race to business agility?

Lean Manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing

Author: William M Feld

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2000-09-28

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1420025538

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There are some very good books available that explain the Lean Manufacturing theory and touch on implementing its techniques. However, you cannot learn "how to be" lean from merely reading the theory. And to be successful in the real-work environment you need a clear comprehension of how lean techniques work, rather than just a remote understanding

ITIL Foundation, ITIL
ITIL Foundation, ITIL

Author: The Stationery Office

Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780113316076

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ITIL is a widely adopted body of knowledge and best practices for successful IT Service Management that links with training and certification. ITIL 4 has evolved from the current version by re-shaping much of the established ITSM practices in the wider context of customer experience; value streams and digital transformation; as well as embracing new ways of working, such as Lean, Agile, and DevOps. ITIL 4 provides the guidance organizations need to address new service management challenges and utilize the potential of modern technology. It is designed to ensure a flexible, coordinated and integrated system for the effective governance and management of IT-enabled services. "ITIL Foundation" is the first ITIL 4 publication and the latest evolution of the most widely-adopted guidance for ITSM. Its audience ranges from IT and business students taking their first steps in service management to seasoned professionals familiar with earlier versions of ITIL and other sources of industry best practice. The guidance provided in this publication can be adopted and adapted for all types of organizations and services. To show how the concepts of ITIL can be practically applied to an organization's activities, ITIL Foundation follows the exploits of a fictional company on its ITIL journey.