Agile

Scaled Agile, Inc. Enhances Cross-functional Team Planning in SAFe® Studio with Rentouch Acquisition

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

This strategic acquisition will enhance SAFe® Studio, SAFe's online platform for learning, applying, and managing enterprise-wide SAFe implementations.

Key Points: 
  • This strategic acquisition will enhance SAFe® Studio, SAFe's online platform for learning, applying, and managing enterprise-wide SAFe implementations.
  • A defining experience in SAFe is a regular, typically quarterly, planning and alignment event in which multiple Agile teams manage delivery objectives and dependencies.
  • Called PI Planning ("PI" is short for Planning Interval), the event is key to the improved business outcomes for which SAFe is known.
  • Over the coming months, Scaled Agile, Inc. will focus on the integration of piplanning.io into SAFe Studio.

Tempo Agrees to Acquire Old Street Solutions, Bringing Powerful Data Visualization Capabilities to Product Development Organizations to Keep Execution On Track

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Organizations using Tempo’s software achieve greater agility, efficiency, and accuracy, tapping into data to track project progress and make necessary adjustments in real-time.

Key Points: 
  • Organizations using Tempo’s software achieve greater agility, efficiency, and accuracy, tapping into data to track project progress and make necessary adjustments in real-time.
  • “Data visualization and reporting capabilities are essential to any Strategic Portfolio Management solution and help our customers to make informed decisions and improve their product development processes.
  • Custom Charts for Jira, Old Street Solutions’ flagship product, is one of the fastest-growing paid apps on the Atlassian Marketplace.
  • At Old Street Solutions, we share a similar mission: revolutionizing how organizations work by making the Atlassian ecosystem easy and accessible for everyone,” said Chris Cooke, CEO at Old Street Solutions.

LitheSpeed launches Introduction to the Agile VMO® Self-Led Training

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Monday, April 17, 2023

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Why the Agile VMO?

Key Points: 
  • LitheSpeed's business agility experts, the original creators of the Agile VMO, are leading the PMO to VMO revolution and have launched a new self-paced training course, ‒Introduction to the Agile VMO.–
    WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Why the Agile VMO?
  • The Agile VMO positions middle management to lead the rapid delivery of value to customers, support agile teams, and position organizations for success in our volatile and complex business environments.
  • The Agile VMO gets value flowing quickly by working with agile teams and management.
  • The Agile VMO enables agile teams to sense and respond to business conditions with clear prioritization and an ability to pivot as conditions require.

Agile Sourcing Partners Appoints Jeff Giffen as CEO

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Agile Sourcing Partners, Inc. (“Agile” or the “Company”), a leader in business process optimization (BPO) for utilities and the energy industry today announced the appointment of Jeff Giffen as CEO, effective April 1, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Agile Sourcing Partners, Inc. (“Agile” or the “Company”), a leader in business process optimization (BPO) for utilities and the energy industry today announced the appointment of Jeff Giffen as CEO, effective April 1, 2023.
  • A portfolio company of Post Capital Partners , Agile was founded in 2006 to support the utility sector by providing a range of critical outsourced services on a long-term contractual basis.
  • Prior to Osmose, Mr. Giffen was a Regional Engineering Manager for Hanson Pipe and Precast in Jacksonville, FL, where he was responsible for overseeing all engineering activities for the company’s Southeast Region.
  • “I’m excited to work with the Agile team and Post Capital to continue the company’s mission to improve access to a better quality of life by increasing agility and efficiency in modernizing our nation’s utility and energy infrastructure,” said Mr. Giffen.

Agile Occupational Medicine acquires WorkWell Medical Group clinics in Central and Northern California

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Monday, April 3, 2023

Agile announced today that it had completed its acquisition of WorkWell Medical Group in Salinas, California, and will immediately operate their five clinics under the Agile brand.

Key Points: 
  • Agile announced today that it had completed its acquisition of WorkWell Medical Group in Salinas, California, and will immediately operate their five clinics under the Agile brand.
  • With this transaction, Agile now has 20 clinics throughout California and Yuma, Arizona, creating California's fourth-largest occupational medical group.
  • “Joining Agile was the obvious choice to build on the stellar service reputation WorkWell had and expand its reach in servicing the farming communities of Central California,” said Sridhar Murthy, CEO of WorkWell Medical Group.
  • “We are excited to welcome the WorkWell family to be a part the Agile Occupational Medical Group,” said Minh Nguyen, DO, FACOEM and Chief Medical Officer at Agile.

AGILE Space Industries Qualifies A110 Lunar RCS Thruster

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

DURANGO, Colo., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Agile Space Industries (Agile) has taken an important step toward the development of lunar landers for commercial lunar missions and supporting the return of humans to the Moon under NASA's Artemis Program. That important step is the successful completion of the qualification testing milestone of the Agile A110 bipropellant thruster which is designed to precisely guide Lunar Landers as they touch down on the lunar surface. The A110 is being used for the reaction control system on the ispace Mission 3 lunar lander spacecraft which will land on the far side of the lunar Moon. Agile successfully performed thruster qualification well ahead of the mission which is planned for 2025. Mission 3 will use Agile's A110 Thruster for precise attitude control, keeping the moon lander pointed in the right direction during the long journey to the moon and making sure it softly touches down in just the right place.

Key Points: 
  • DURANGO, Colo., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Agile Space Industries (Agile) has taken an important step toward the development of lunar landers for commercial lunar missions and supporting the return of humans to the Moon under NASA's Artemis Program.
  • That important step is the successful completion of the qualification testing milestone of the Agile A110 bipropellant thruster which is designed to precisely guide Lunar Landers as they touch down on the lunar surface.
  • The A110 is being used for the reaction control system on the ispace Mission 3 lunar lander spacecraft which will land on the far side of the lunar Moon.
  • Today, Agile Space Industries offers thrusters, testing services, metal 3D printing, and complete propulsion systems to its customers.

Effective IT Service Management Requires Collaboration Between Agile and Traditional Teams, Says Info-Tech Research Group in New Industry Blueprint

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Monday, April 10, 2023

Integrating Agile practices with existing service management processes is one solution organizations can explore to maximize their business values.

Key Points: 
  • Integrating Agile practices with existing service management processes is one solution organizations can explore to maximize their business values.
  • To help organizations overcome these challenges and find the right integration point, global IT research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group has released a new blueprint, Service Management Integration With Agile Practices.
  • The integration of Agile and service management practices can be facilitated by understanding the following key integration points to break down barriers:
    Service Management Processes: Identify where service management processes overlap or have a dependency on Agile processes.
  • To learn more about the firm's research and recommendations, download the complete Service Management Integration With Agile Practices blueprint.

Agile-Friendly Gating and Governance Requires a "Trust but Verify" Approach, says Info-Tech Research Group

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Monday, April 3, 2023

TORONTO, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Organizations often apply gating and governance procedures to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Organizations often apply gating and governance procedures to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources.
  • To help organizations develop an Agile-friendly project gating and governance approach, the global IT research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group has published a new blueprint titled Create an Agile-Friendly Project Gating and Governance Approach .
  • To learn more about building an Agile-friendly approach to project gating, download the complete Create an Agile-Friendly Project Gating and Governance Approach blueprint.
  • For more information about Info-Tech Research Group or to access the latest research, visit infotech.com and connect via LinkedIn and Twitter .

Cprime Joins Asana's Strategic Solutions Partner Network

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

CARY, N.C., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today Cprime, a leading global Agile, Product, and Technology consulting company, announced that it has joined Asana Partners, expanding Asana's global channel partner network of trusted providers offering professional services to ensure success with Asana.

Key Points: 
  • Asana Partners helps companies of all sizes enhance and advance their digital transformation efforts, enabling them to deploy with confidence, learn from experts, and gain access to custom solutions.
  • Combining Asana's powerful platform with Cprime's expertise and guidance, customers will have unparalleled visibility and insight into progress against strategic initiatives.
  • For almost 20 years, Cprime has been a trusted strategic advisor to organizations undertaking Agile and digital transformation.
  • "We're thrilled that Cprime has joined Asana Partners, expanding our global channel partner network to help our customers accelerate their use of Asana and achieve success, whether they're collaborating in-person or remotely, " said David Chang, Director of North America Channel Partnerships, Asana.

Agile Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2022 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

PRINCETON, N.J., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agile Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGRX), a women's healthcare company, today reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and provided a corporate update.

Key Points: 
  • Fourth quarter and full year 2022 net revenue growth reflects improvements in the following key areas:
    Twirla demand for the fourth quarter was 37,452 total cycles, a 25% increase from the third quarter 2022.
  • Twirla factory sales for the fourth quarter were 43,230 total cycles, a 31% increase from the third quarter 2022.
  • Fourth quarter GAAP operating expenses were $9.2 million for 2022, a decrease of 55% from the $20.3 million reported for the third quarter 2022.
  • Fourth quarter Non-GAAP operating expenses for 2022 were $9.2 million and remained substantially unchanged from the $9.2 million for the third quarter 2022.