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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Lean Software Development by University of Minnesota

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    About the Course

    While scrum and XP were transforming the software development industry, there were another set of ideas (derived from lean manufacturing
    and Six Sigma) that started to influence software development methods. These ideas around Lean Software Development forms the
    foundation of number of agile methods. In this course, we will explore lean concepts and cover some of the common Lean methods and
    techniques like Kanban, Value Stream Mapping, etc. In this course, we will also learn techniques like Lean Startup and Design Thinking that can
    help team learn about user and market needs much faster and cheaper. As part of this course, you will also apply the knowl...
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    Aug 31, 2020

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    Amazing learning. I had a question to course instructor regarding Value Stream Mapping that I posted on week -2 forum and would appreciate the response. Thanks.

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    Aug 17, 2020

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    Concept and explanation is really good. I have understood the Process very easily and grasp the knowledge quickly. It is really awesome course. THANK YOU!!

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    By Sofiia R

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    Sep 30, 2020

    I didn't find the specialization and this course in particular useful. It has low quality videos, unstructured information, and doesn't give enough knowledge to start working.

    Also, the last course of the specialization requires background in programming, otherwise you will not be able to complete the specialization.

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    By Neil S

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    Dec 18, 2017

    Lots of redundancies and very little information that goes beyond content that could have been produced after a five minute exercise on Google... This applies to the whole specialization series, not just to the course. I'm glad I audited this course instead of paying for it. This is the least satisfying experience I had on Coursera.

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    By Shaheryar k

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    Mar 22, 2021

    I personally suggest to merge Agile & Lean Software development into one course because some topics are not up to the mark.

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    By Marcelo H G

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    Jun 23, 2019

    Really far from reality. This was a piece of software marketing with lean, not software development.

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    By iñigo D L F

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    Mar 19, 2018

    Very low learning curve in this course

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    By Karol S

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    Jul 9, 2019

    Nothing new, nothing worth going through the course

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    By Mina R

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    Mar 2, 2020

    Course Covers all the important topics in agile and make the learner uses it in a practical case studies and projects.

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    By Abhishek G

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    Apr 24, 2020

    Nice Informative course. Really valuable, but make sure you try following it in a serious manner, as if you will do some self study along with course material, you are bound to learn many interesting things.

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    By Paulo H D S S

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    May 8, 2018

    Excellent course for developers or managers that never had contact with Lean Software Development. Practical examples and very good exercices for a solid first learning.

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    By Shihabun S

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    Aug 31, 2020

    Amazing learning. I had a question to course instructor regarding Value Stream Mapping that I posted on week -2 forum and would appreciate the response. Thanks.

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    By Venkat E

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    Aug 17, 2020

    Concept and explanation is really good. I have understood the Process very easily and grasp the knowledge quickly. It is really awesome course. THANK YOU!!

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    By Mission B S

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    May 20, 2020

    In-depth knowledge of lean methodogy. Very insightful and thorough course. Thank your coursera team for this course.

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    By Roman B

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    Jun 4, 2020

    Thanks a lot, I learn about how Lean Software Development can help to better our process with ours cli

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    By Jesse L

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    Jun 4, 2020

    learned alot of great project management concepts from this course

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    By Shining C

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    Jul 12, 2018

    Answers many of my questions from work

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    By Ed B

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    Oct 21, 2019

    great explanation and good resources.

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    By Cshort64 S

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    Aug 6, 2020

    This was a good course, as an Agile/SCRUM practitioner I recognized the similarities and was able to apply much of my previous knowledge. There were some small challenges when the instructor misspoke and a few minor typo's in the content but these are nothing to lose sleep over. I recommend the course and combine it with the other 3, then the overall specialization will be very useful for all of us in S/W Engineering.

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    By Rui O d B

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    Mar 11, 2020

    The course is a good introduction to Lean Startup, but at the end of the course, in the peer review, the course is very bad. I have evaluated 11 people and my work is still open for evaluation, so I left my course incomplete. I will not take the other courses and do not recommend it. While I did all the tasks completely, the tasks I evaluated were unanswered (0): these people finished the course, I didn't.

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    By Maria W

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    Jun 6, 2018

    I completed the first three courses seven months ago and the fourth course has yet to be offered. I selected these courses because they were offered as part of a specialization. Selling the course as a specialization but never offering the last course is not only very frustrating but false advertising. I would not have paid and taken these courses if I had known that the last course was not going to be offered, and therefore, I could not complete the specialization that was advertised.

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    By Mauricio C M

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    Apr 29, 2021

    Muy buen curso, aunque déjenme decirles que para mi no fue fácil entender ciertos términos, y que por cierto tuve que investigar, por cuenta propia y entrar en contesto del tema.

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    By Luis F

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    Mar 23, 2021

    good course to improve skills in software development cycle

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    By AMAR I

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    Apr 3, 2021

    course is very helpful to upgrade the skills

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    By Harvey G

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    Apr 15, 2021

    An excellent course, most appreciated!

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    By Abhisek

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    May 21, 2020

    Nice Content and relevant materials.

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    By Masooth A

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    Apr 3, 2019

    nice teaching from University

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