Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
In the middle of the Vietnam War, student riots protesting military research forced the end of classified work on most college campuses. With Agile development, used by all startups, updates can occur in weeks or sometimes days, or even hours. The answer is that, yes, government agencies need to be more agile.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
Be agile and adapt to changing market needs – your customer’s needs are not static and they will continue to evolve. You need to remain at the forefront of such developments to avoid being commoditized or being made irrelevant. - As this happens, don’t just keep up with the competition, but be nimble and respond as an industry pacesetter.
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 27, 2020
While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear.
Steve Blank
MAY 23, 2016
When I was 18 I served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Shortly after that, I met Pete Newell , the retired head of the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force – one of the best Lean and agile organizations in the military – and I met Joe Felter an ex Special Forces Colonel.
Steve Blank
APRIL 27, 2009
I began to realize a few things: First, everything we had done in electronic warfare in the Vietnam War was just a slightly more modern version of what we had done over occupied Europe in World War II. (And And in hindsight, we seemed a bit more agile and innovative in WWII.) Play spooky music here. How was this possible?
Steve Blank
APRIL 6, 2009
Forty years before Agile Development methodologies became popular, ESL had analysts from its &# customer&# sitting side-by-side with ESL engineers designing new equipment together. These would be the heart of ESL’s business. A-12 OXCART CIA Spyplane ESL found other ways to stay very close to its customers. Yet while the U.S.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
When I got out of the Air Force after Vietnam, I lived in Michigan and I installed process control systems in automobile assembly plants and steel mills across the industrial heart of the Midwest. In addition, skills training in resilience, agility, etc.
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