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With over 40 years of experience, Alan is an industry thought leader in Lean, Kanban, product portfolio management, Scrum and agile design. He helps companies transition to Lean and Agile methods enterprise-wide as well teaches courses in these areas. read more » Register for Net Objectives Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft
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Want to learn how to start a transition of improvement in your organization that includes business stakeholders, management and the development team? Net Objectives can show you how with its 1-day, 2-track conference on Lean, Kanban and technical practices. This conference is designed for executives, managers, developers, testers, leads, project managers, QA - virtually anyone interested in improving their software development efforts - whether as part of an IT organization or as a product development group.
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Since 1999, Net Objectives has been assisting developers, teams and companies create better software with higher success rates. We have trained over 20,000 professionals in Lean-Agile principles, practices and processes and facilitated Lean-Agile initiatives from team level to the enterprise in both software product development and IT applications. Net Objectives delivers comprehensive assessments, consulting, training and coaching services worldwide. Practice areas include: Lean Software Development, Scrum Process and Analysis, Agile Architecture, Test-Driven Development, Design Patterns, Quality Assurance and more. Net Objectives is a diverse and talented team of Lean-Agile experts dedicated to your success.- Register for this Event
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Webinar: Why Scrum is a Great Team Process and Why You Need Lean to Scale
There is no question that Scrum is a great process and it has helped many organizations. Why do so many teams adopting Scrum have challenges getting it to Scale. This webinar discusses what makes Scrum good and what you must add if you are going to get a Lean-Agile business process across more than a couple of teams. You will learn why:
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Webinar: The Four Reasons Only 32% of Software Development Projects Will Succeed this Year
This webinar explores why so many software development projects fail. Unfortunately, most Agile methods do not address these reasons very well. To ensure success, you need to extend your methods to include the following:
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This two-day course provided by Net Objectives is designed for the CTO Lean Agile Facilitators. During this course the participant will learn about the responsibilities charged to the Lean Agile Facilitator such as: visibility of work, managing and use and improvements by the team, tracking issues, impediments, dependencies that impact a Team’s effectiveness. At the end of this course the participant will be provided the opportunity to become industry certified as a Lean Agile Facilitator.
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Webinar: Lean-Agile Software Development: Where to Start
Too many people think "going agile" means to start with a Scrum pilot project and then attempt to scale its success. This, unfortunately, usually leads to stagnation after initial success. read more »
