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Aligning CapEx and OpEx funding with Agile principles enables companies to enhance flexibility, innovation, and efficiency, ultimately driving sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

Buffers in classical project management are extra time or costs added to credible estimates in order to secure a strategic reserve and create a more resilient plan or one that is easier to communicate. Project stakeholders tend to need the sense of purpose and security offered by deadlines, mileston

There are many standard ways in Waterfall, Agile or other models to do estimations which require involvement of a whole team. However as a personal practice for getting better at doing rough estimations, certain techniques can be followed..

I’m sure you’ve worked at companies where you felt that they were moving slowly and it was not even worth putting your best in, and I’m also sure you’ve

4 of the most common Product Discovery mistakes that I see teams make and actionable steps to avoid them and level up your Product Discovery game!

In this article we explore how to sidestep the top six product discovery mistakes to be well on your way to building products that delight your users.

Learn the tips, tickets and tools that help product managers thrive in a remote environment.

Agile software development and traditional cost accounting don’t match. —Rami Sirkia and Maarit Laanti [1] Lean Budgets When implementing Scaled Agile, many organizations quickly realize that the drive for Business Agility through Lean-Agile development conflicts with traditional budgeting and project cost accounting methods. As a result, moving to Lean-Agile development—and realizing the potential business benefits—is compromised, or worse, blocked entirely. To address this problem, SAFe introduces Lean Budgets as its approach to financial governance. Details Each SAFe portfolio operates withinRead more

We are all familiar with guardrails on highways. They are put there to keep a simple mishap from turning into a full-blown catastrophe. If you go a little off course, the rails help you regain the path towards your destination. —Anonymous Lean Budget Guardrails SAFe provides Lean budgeting strategies that eliminate traditional project-based funding and cost accounting overhead. In this model, LPM maintains appropriate levels of oversight through allocating value stream budgets and applying Lean budget guardrails. This way, enterprisesRead more

A minimum viable product (MVP) is a product with a small set of features that delivers customer value. Read this article to learn more.

Agile portfolio management helps large teams and developers efficiently manage projects. Read here to learn about high-functioning agile portfolios.

Product Vision is a great tool for product people to provide 'Why' behind the product. But what characteristics you would like to add into the Product Vision, lets explore in this article.

A product vision is a concise and motivating statement that clearly outlines the future direction of your product. In this article, we have explored several key characteristics that define an effective Product Vision.

What is a DEEP Backlog? Learn more about what DEEP backlog means and other agile terminology in our agile product management glossary.

Learn how to use iron triangle project management and agile together to manage different variables and make the best decisions to reach business goals.

This article helps you effectively carry out release planning for multiple and individual releases thereby connecting product strategy and tactics.

The value vs effort framework is a feature prioritization tactic that zeroes in on ROI. Here's how to apply it to your product roadmap.

Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) is an agile tool used to help teams prioritize a list of initiatives. We explain how your team can use WSJF.

Agile is emerging as a promising approach in governments, with the potential to significantly enhance project management when implemented effectively.…

By IT standards, the Agile development methodology has been around for a long time and has become increasingly popular in recent years.

In Norway, public agencies procure goods and services for close to 60 billion Euros every year. Innovative procurements is a new method for public procurements. In Innovative procurements requesting pre-defined solutions from the market is discouraged. Instead, needs and functions are communicated to the market, which in turn responds on how to best solve this. […]

There is a way to do it better – find it… — Thomas A. Edison Modifying Acquisition Practices to Enable Lean-Agile Development and Operations This is article seven in the SAFe for Government (S4G) series. Click here to view the S4G home page. The most frequently cited barrier to Lean-Agile and DevOps transformation in government is the legacy acquisition process. Because agencies rarely have all of the personnel, experience, and material needed to create and operate technology-based capabilities, governments relyRead more

Agile is the approach to project management that is used to build and run government digital services.

Videos from the Agile at Scale in Government symposioum that We Are Movement hosted together with Scaled Agile winter 2021 including cast-studies from the Swedish Tax and Pension Agencies as well as a panel debate on the topic moderated by SAFe Fellow Carl Starendal.