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Former Microsoft president donates 48 Alexander Calder works and $10M to Seattle Art Museum

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The collection, valued at approximately $200 million, will be the centerpiece of an ongoing series of annual exhibitions and programs. He retired in 1990 and left the board of directors in 2008. The collection centers around a group of hanging and standing mobiles dating from the 1930s to the 1970s.

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Agile in 2008 to Twitter, Cloud Computing and Publishing in 2009.

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Agile in 2008 to Twitter, Cloud Computing and Publishing in 2009. Looking back to 2008, I shifted this blog from covering startups and issues for CTOs (re: Startup CTO ) and covered a lot about the agile software development life cycle. Shifting to a Market, Program, and Platform Organization. ► 2008. (21).

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Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs - Social, Agile, and.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs. The second issue to tackle is shifting from projects to programs. Lets contrast that with Programs. Programs imply a strategy and a number of efforts that align with the strategy. Programs are very strong when they are coupled with an Agile Planning and Agile Development process.

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How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Part 2 - Social.

Social, Agile and Transformation

How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Part 2. In How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Part 1 , I listed the first steps in moving from projects to programs. In your agile program, there are a number of areas to focus on. Getting to Agile Programs. and business transformation. For another post.

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How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Part 1 - Social.

Social, Agile and Transformation

How to Kill Projects and Develop Agile Programs Part 1. Last post I covered why product development organizations need to kill projects and move to agile programs Heres how: 1) Embrace, but control projects. Areas of commonality around projects are the basis for forming programs and teams. ► 2008. (21). about me. (33).

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Seattle picks 31 sites for new EV charging stations

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The program aims to provide charging infrastructure for EV owners who lack off-street parking charging options, though anyone will be able to use the sites on a first-come, first-served basis. City Light will evaluate the pilot program before considering expanding, according to a spokesperson.

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New crop of Cosmic Crisp apples begins shipping from Washington state to stores across the U.S.

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. “There’s never been an apple that’s been planted at scale so quickly,” Kate Evans, a professor of horticulture at Washington State University and head of the breeding program that birthed the Cosmic Crisp, said a year ago when GeekWire first bit into the apples.

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