How to Build A Race Car… Or A Really Good Agile Program

Building a great agile program is hard and an ever-evolving activity. It’s complex and requires system-level thinking with an intuitive understanding of engineering tradeoffs, bottlenecks, and flow dynamics. Much like a racecar driver, one cannot expect a driver to understand and be consciously aware of every detail happening in his car while he is racing down the track.

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The Football Framework: Learning from the Gridiron

— WRITTEN AS A SPEECH OUTLINE —

Pre-Game:

Do you know what the greatest professional football dynasties …

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 metrics

Everything Is Made Up… and The Points Don’t Matter

Think about what’s important. Measure that. Adjust. Repeat.

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Scaling Scrum the Scrum Way

There are entire ecosystems of process frameworks that claim to scale agile. Most of them …

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 CarepathRx

UPMC Enterprises keeps tabs on the continued growth of pharmacy innovation

UPMC recently announced a strategic partnership between CarepathRx and Chartwell, UPMC’s own specialty pharmacy and home infusion service.

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New Medicare Advantage clients sign on to RxAnte’s high-touch, comprehensive pharmacy service

Mosaic Pharmacy Service from RxAnte uses new technologies to provide home-based services

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Report calls Pittsburgh top emerging life sciences cluster in U.S.

Pittsburgh is the top emerging life sciences cluster in the United States, according to a new report from commercial real estate firm CBRE.

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Top of Mind for Top Health Systems research published

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit early in 2020, health systems across the U.S., including UPMC, …

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Abridge announces $15 million in funding

Abridge, a service that helps people understand the details of their medical care and follow …

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Understanding the impact of social isolation amid a pandemic

Lack of human contact a risk factor for anxiety and depression

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