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Agile Book Club: Refactoring (with Martin Fowler)

Martin Fowler

What are some guidelines or “rules of thumb” to consider when doing so? The Art of Agile Development Book Club takes place Fridays from 8:00 – 8:45am Pacific. Each session uses an excerpt from the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development , as a jumping-off point for a wide-ranging discussion about Agile ideas and practices.

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MVP versus EVP: Is it time to introduce ethics into the agile startup model?

TechCrunch

This lean, agile model has been extremely successful over the past two decades — launching thousands of successful startups, some of which have grown into billion-dollar companies. Now, people across the political and business spectrum are calling for ethical guidelines around AI.

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Enter the next phase of Industry 4.0 with edge AI

CIO

What companies need to do in order to cope with future challenges is adapt quickly: slim down and become more agile, be more innovative, become more cost-effective, yet be secure in IT terms. If these don’t have a modern foundation, then the whole transformation project will be doomed to failure. That’s why the issue is so important today.

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OKR Guidelines: How to Set and Reach Your Goals

Evolution4all

Since the mid-1980s, Objectives and Key Results ( OKRs ) has been in use by many companies and that’s why in this article we will talk about OKR Guidelines. This is a part of the OKR guidelines that is very important. The post OKR Guidelines: How to Set and Reach Your Goals appeared first on Organisational Mastery.

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It’s 2025. Are your data strategies strong enough to de-risk AI adoption?

CIO

This challenge has been recognised by the Australian Federal Government, with Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic announcing in September the creation of a set of voluntary AI guidelines, with consultation on whether these should be mandated in high-risk areas.

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Enter the next phase of Industry 4.0 with edge AI

CIO

What companies need to do in order to cope with future challenges is adapt quickly: slim down and become more agile, be more innovative, become more cost-effective, yet be secure in IT terms. If these dont have a modern foundation, then the whole transformation project will be doomed to failure. Thats why the issue is so important today.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO

Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. Volvo Cars’ digital department started to work agilely according to the SAFe Framework in a product-oriented model in 2018. But even with great advantages came disadvantages.

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