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title: Guide to Lean Agile Project Management
description: A Guide to Lean Agile Project Management. What is Lean Agile project management? Lean focuses on minimizing waste to maximize efficiency. Similarly, Agile focuses on minimizing unnecessary documentation, and maximizing communications through continuous delivery of product and daily meetings.
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# [Guide to Lean Agile Project Management](https://playbookteam.com/resources/blog/guide-to-lean-agile-project-management)

 Written by [Elyssa Pallai](https://playbookteam.com/resources/blog/author/elyssa-pallai) | Aug 21, 2018 6:00:00 AM

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## What is Lean vs. Agile?

Lean focuses on minimizing waste to maximize efficiency. Similarly, Agile focuses on minimizing unnecessary documentation, and maximizing communications through continuous delivery of product and daily meetings.

Both Lean and Agile recognize the need for flexibility in project management and adapting process to fit the size and scale of the project.

## What is the goal of Lean Agile project management?

Both Lean and Agile recognize the need for flexibility in project management and adapting process to fit the size and scale of the project. Similar to Lean, Agile focuses on minimizing waste by cutting out unnecessary documentation, and maximizing communications through continuous delivery of product and daily meetings.

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