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What Agile Means to Me

ID Reflections

A dictum like “Just deliver; don’t document unless the document is going to add value” would throw me into a tizzy. Don’t we need to document so that in case a point comes when the blame-game starts (I assumed it would), we have our backs covered? Apparently not because there is no blame game! Let me take this a little further.

Agile 179
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Agile instructional design

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

ADDIE (analyze, design, develop, implement & evaluate) made it possible to manage the process of creating useful training programs systematically. It’s hard to argue with the concept of planning your work, then working your plan.) Old-style training enraged many managers because it was separate from work.

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Reflecting on the first half of 2009

Jay Cross

Any remaining training staff will become mentors, coaches and facilitators who work on improving core business processes, strengthening relationships with customers and cutting costs. We are scrapping lengthy program development projects in favor of quick-and-dirty rapid development. Seminal Documents & Seminal videos.

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The Importance of Being Agile in a VUCA World

ID Reflections

A dictum like “Just deliver; don’t document unless the document is going to add value” would throw me into a tizzy. Don’t we need to document so that in case a point comes when the blame-game starts (I assumed it would), we have our backs covered? Collaboration over documentation 3. Adaptive over predictive 2.

Agile 100
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Not Your Father’s ROI

Jay Cross

At the same time, we are shifting into an era in which knowledge work and learning occur where re-engineered business processes collide with a participative and interactive ecology of information flows. The impacts of collaboration-based knowledge work are accelerating. Quicker and more comprehensive analysis.

ROI 66
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How to Solve 10 Common Training Problems With Video

TechSmith Camtasia

But high-quality training in less time is a real possibility and is necessary for businesses that want to curb costs and inconveniences tied to face-to-face job preparation. The costs of traveling to and from different office locations, and, in some cases, renting space to hold a training session, really add up. In some cases, yes.

Problem 40