Agile - A pocket guide for responsive organizations

Name: Agile - A pocket guide for responsive organizations
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Agile is a philosophy that ensures business results, especially in this rapidly changing world. The foundation for the focus on result is based on continuous improvement of customer satisfaction, Customer Excellence! The ideas originated in the world of software development, but is more widely applicable.

This book is about applying Agile from team level to the level of the whole organization. It is the guide in the transformation to a structured Agile way of working and a reference for those who already are Agile and want to take it to the next step.

The book provides a good foundation for the 'Certify to inspire' program of the Agile Consortium with certification at the level of Agile Foundation, Practitioner and Master.

This pocket guide is intended for anyone who is, or will get involved in the transformation to Agile. The book is particularly aimed at managers, team members and coaches. Topics covered: Agile at organization level; Agile (project) management, Scrum combined with PRINCE2®, measuring the transformation, coaching styles, Agile, Lean and continuous improvement, distributed teams, directing self-organizing teams, Agile and governance, and of course the book contains many practical tips.

The authors are Certified Agile Masters and their years of experience with Agile transformations are brought together in this book. The answers to the many questions of managers, teams and others are also included in this book. The result is a convenient and practical overview of the Agile approach from team-level up to organizational level as well as the main issues that you encounter in the transformation to an agile organization.

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ISBN13:9789401801829

Trefwoorden:projecten, agile, ICT (Informatie en Communicatie Technologie), Agile Service Management, Responsive organizations

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:120

Uitgever:Van Haren Publishing B.V.

Druk:1

Verschijningsdatum:9-10-2017

Hoofdrubriek:Projectmanagement

Serie:Best Practice IT Management reeks

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Over Jeroen Venneman

Jeroen Venneman heeft meer dan 20 jaar ervaring in consultancy, training en coaching op het gebied van Agile transformaties. Hij is in 2017 gestart met zijn eigen bedrijf EnterAgile BV en is sinds 2018 actief in het Agile Masterclass Institute. “Enter the Agile Mindset” is het motto van Jeroen die ook actief is als voorzitter van het Agile Consortium, examinator in het Certify To Inspire programma, organisator van en spreker op diverse Agile bijeenkomsten en gastcolleges, en auteur van diverse boeken en artikelen. Jeroen vindt inspiratie in de ontwikkeling van het vakgebied rondom Agile en wil die inspiratie overbrengen op anderen. Hij doet dit door het creëren en helpen groeien van een Agile community binnen en over organisaties heen, het verbinden van mensen met een gedeelde passie, het stimuleren van het potentiële ondernemerschap in mensen, teams en organisaties.

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Inhoudsopgave

Introduction 9
Reading guide 11

1 What is Agile? 15
1.1 Introduction 15
1.2 Definition 18
1.3 Principles behind the Agile Manifesto 19
1.4 Why Agile? 28
1.4.1 Higher productivity 29
1.4.2 Quality improvement 30
1.4.3 Providing more value 31
1.4.4 Shorter lead time 31
1.4.5 More innovative corporate culture 32
1.4.6 Increased customer satisfaction 32
1.4.7 Greater employee satisfaction 32
1.5 Agile in time 34
1.5.1 Agile 2001 and 2011 34
1.5.2 Manifesto for Agile Organizations 35
1.6 Agile, Lean and project management 44
1.6.1 Agile and Lean 45
1.6.2 Agile and project management 47

2 Agile applied 53
2.1 Agile life cycle 54
2.1.1 Theme, Feature Set, Feature and User Story 56
2.1.2 Life cycle of an idea 56
2.2 Governance 57
2.3 Roles and profiles 60
2.3.1 Agile project manager 60
2.3.2 Agile manager 61
2.3.3 Process guide 62
2.3.4 Product Owner 62
2.3.5 Agile Team 63

3 Agile transformation 65
3.1 Transformation 67
3.2 Change strategy 69
3.3 Team composition 71
3.4 DevOps 73
3.5 Communication and change 74
3.6 Coaching styles 75
3.7 Art of letting go 76
3.8 Measuring the transformation 78
3.8.1 What to measure? 78
3.8.2 Agile maturity level 80
3.8.3 Data from research and experience 81

4 Things to take into account 85
4.1 When is Agile appropriate and when not? 85
4.2 Using tools 87
4.3 The New Way of Working and distributed work 89
4.4 Dos and don’ts 91
4.4.1 Practical tips 91
4.4.2 Common mistakes 95
4.5 How to deal with... 96

5 Certification 101
5.1 Foundation 101
5.2 Practitioner 102
5.3 Master 102

The authors 105
Glossary 107
References 113