{"id":654,"date":"2019-06-05T00:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T06:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/q1c.bea.myftpupload.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2019-06-26T10:09:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T16:09:34","slug":"agile-outside-of-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/q1c.bea.myftpupload.com\/?p=654","title":{"rendered":"Agility Beyond Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.2&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|27px|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.2&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.2&#8243;][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1OXDhDvCxrujuBIcNKJSKXZWMpZtLqJHm&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Click Here to See Slides&#8230;&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.2&#8243;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Description:<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>There has been a growing realization in the business world, especially in the last couple of years, that Agile isn&#8217;t just for software anymore.\u00a0 Whether you are a team of managers tasked with transforming the culture of your organization, a marketing director trying to improve the speed and effectiveness of your digital content, or even a home improvement buff trying to refurbish a basement, you can practice Agility the same as everyone else.\u00a0 The differences are not as striking as you might think!<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Learning Objectives:<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.20.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; cursor: text; font-family: &amp;quot; open sans&amp;quot;,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; orphans: 2; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px none currentColor;\">After a very quick reminder of Agile values and principles, we&#8217;ll discuss several examples of non-software deliveries, seeing how the agile principles and practices can with very little effort be applied to the work at hand.\u00a0 The agile mindset is very flexible. 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