Posts tagged scrum

What is business process engineering?

Business process engineering (“BPE”, “BPR”) is a multidisciplinary practise that merges various disciplines in management, information systems and industrial engineering to improve the processes of both manufacturing and service environments.

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What are value streams?

Value streams focus organisations around delivering value: outcome rather than output. Distilling a complex organisation into a set of value streams helps synchronise all relevant business capabilities in accordance with the organisations’ singular mission: to fulfil a value proposition who is eventually consumed by a delightful customer.

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Minimum viable teams

The power of minimum viable teams lies in their streamlined communication channels. With fewer members, information flows naturally and decisions happen swiftly.

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Service classes

The principle of service classes, a key component of Lean methodology, is instrumental in efficiently organising, prioritising, and managing work.

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Pull criteria

Pull criteria in Kanban are a task’s requirements before proceeding to the next stage. This method efficiently manages work-in-progress and steady workflows because only ready tasks are moved forward.

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Cycle time and lead time

To improve cycle time, focus on streamlining your actual work processes. For lead time improvements, look at reducing delays between stages.

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Flow efficiency

Flow efficiency measures a process’s efficiency by comparing the time spent actively working on it with the total time required to complete it. This can also measure an organisation’s smooth workflow, identifying potential delays, bottlenecks, or activities that are not contributing to the organisation’s performance.

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Agile contracting

Maintaining software development projects today is becoming increasingly difficult due to their unpredictable nature, complexity, and challenges. Planning and managing them is complex. In some cases, this results in a dispute between the parties. Conflicts often result from this.

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Fundamentals of DevOps

DevOps is an acronym for Development and Operations. This movement originated in the IT industry to align development and operations teams. Early in software development, module integration often failed and caused a great deal of frustration.

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