Posts Tagged: agile development

Innovation for development: demystifying the buzzword

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Filed under: Development Development 2.0 Social innovation

Giulio Quaggiotto As the Tales from the Hood blog noted, innovation is en vogue in the development sector. UNICEF’s Executive Board opened last February with a statement on the importance of innovation. USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures is in full steam and the World Bank’s Innovation Practice is often making headlines with initiatives such as open… Read more »

Agile development: What human development can learn from software development

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Filed under: Development 2.0

Mitchell Toomey @mtoomeyUNDP A recent post from Eva Schiffer on “agile international development” prompted me to share more widely some reflections I have been brooding on for quite a while on the very same topic. What can UNDP (and others in the human development business) learn from web 2.0 startups? That iterative, adaptable “agile” processes… Read more »