
The Basics of Agile and Lean
Develop an Agile Mindset and Lean Thinking (The Basics of Customer-First Product Management, Book 1)
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Douglas Birk
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Aditi Agarwal
About this listen
People often debate whether Agile and Lean are the same or different. This audiobook is made to introduce you to the core values and principles of both Agile and Lean methodologies and will hopefully answer some of the common questions such as:
- What is Agile?
- What is Lean?
- Which is better, Agile or Lean?
- What are the 12 Agile Principles?
- What is the Agile Manifesto?
- How many Agile frameworks are there?
- What is Scrum?
- What is the difference between Agile and Scrum?
- Which methodologies are used to scale Agile to large teams or to the enterprise?
- What is Kanban?
- Is Kanban Lean or Agile?
- What is the Toyota Production System?
- What are the different versions of the Toyota House of Lean?
- What are the principles of Lean?
- How are Lean and Agile different?
- How is Lean the same as Agile?
Anyone who is interested in being Agile or who wants to adopt Lean thinking would benefit from this audiobook. Grab your copy today. Learn Agile and Lean methodologies to deliver better business value.
This is audiobook one in the series the Basics of Customer-First Product Management.
Other audiobooks include:
- The Basics of Scrum (audiobook two)
- The Basics of Kanban (audiobook three)
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- brian1564
- 11-18-20
Decent handbook for a summary on Agile
A basic summary on the benefits of Agile and Lean. The book touches on each of the concepts but does not go into great detail. If you’re looking for a general overview, this is a great option.
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- Delfina
- 11-07-20
Excellent!!
Concise and right to the point! Now I have better understanding of how these various methods work, It's very helpful how the writer compares all methodologies presented in the book. As a QA Tester I'd found valuable information in this audio on how to think out the box and always continuing learning. I really recommend this to all people involved in a project!!
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- Pritam
- 11-18-20
Conversational and to the point
Very nicely written book, Spoken in detail about the intricacies of agile methodology and scenarios where they are effective. Very apt to the current time of the industry. I would recommend folks read this over.
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- GMR
- 02-05-21
This book is a wonderful intro to Agile and lean
I was new to many of the concepts of Agile and lean. This book help me learn and understand the concepts quickly. It is a great introduction to Agile and Lean. The book offered a great historical perspective and easy to understand definitions of the concepts. The book gave me a foundation to build on.
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- Joanita
- 12-31-20
Brilliant summary of Agile and Lean
Aditi has a way to explain complex concepts in a simple to understand and practical manner. There are so many books about the topics. To really understand it, you need to study it. But yjis book makes it so easy and quick to learn the concepts and see how it can work with Agile organizations.
Brilliant book. I have already recommended it to the new members of my team who doesn't grasp the concepts yet.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-09-20
Great overview of Agile and Lean
It's well organized, short and concise. It's really a LEAN explanation of Agile and Lean. No waste and just direct to the point.
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