book

Agile for Everybody

by Matt LeMay

November 2018

Beginner

160 pages

4h 33m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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My Introduction to Agile: “Twice the Work in Half the Time”The Alchemy of Agile: Uniting Principles and PracticesWhy Agile for Everybody?Who This Book Is ForHow I Wrote This BookHow This Book Is OrganizedAgile Guiding Principles (“Why”)Agile Practice Quick Wins and Deep Dives (“How”)Success Signals and Warning Signs (“What”)Your Agile PlaybookAcknowledgments
Understanding Agile as a MovementUnpacking the Appeal of AgileEscaping Business as UsualAgile Versus WaterfallAgile, Lean, and Design ThinkingSummary: Agile Made Simple (But Not Easy)
Escaping the Frameworks TrapMaking It Count: Establishing Your Goals and ChallengesMaking It Your Own: Agile Principles and Values to Drive ChangeSummary: Agile Beyond the Frameworks Trap
Escaping the First Law of Organizational GravitySeeing Speed from the Customer’s Point of ViewBeyond “Working Software”Agile Practice Deep Dive: Working in SprintsQuick Wins to Put This Principle into PracticeYou Might Be on the Right Track If:You Might Be Going Astray If:Summary: Customers First!
Escaping the Second Law of Organizational GravityMoving from a Report and Critique Culture to a Collaborative CultureThe Room Where It HappensMaking Connections to “Scout and Scale”Agile Practice Deep Dive: The Daily Stand-UpQuick Wins to Put This Principle into PracticeYou Might Be on the Right Track If:You Might Be Going Astray If:Summary: Building a Culture of Collaboration
Escaping the Third Law of Organizational GravityThe Paradox of Agile: Using Structure to Achieve FlexibilityThe Double-Edged Sword of ExperimentationAgile Is Uncertain, TooAgile Practice Deep Dive: The RetrospectiveQuick Wins to Put This Principle into PracticeYou Might Be on the Right Track If:You Might Be Going Astray If:Summary: Change Is Good, If You Want It
Leadership in the Agile OrganizationScaling Agile Across Teams and FunctionsA Story to Bring It All Together: Enterprise Design Thinking at IBMAgile Practice Deep Dive: WHPI (Why, How, Prototype, Iterate)Step 1: WhyStep 2: HowStep 3: PrototypeStep 4: IterateSome Notes on WHPI in PracticeQuick Wins to Put These Principles into PracticeYou Might Be on the Right Track If:You Might Be Going Astray If:Summary: Bringing It All Together
Step 1: Setting Your ContextStep 2: Creating Your North StarStep 3: Committing to a First Step, Measuring SuccessStep 4: Now It’s Up to You!Summary: Say Something, Do Something!ConclusionRediscovering the Human Heart of the Agile Movement

Overview

The Agile movement provides real, actionable answers to the question that keeps many company leaders awake at night: How do we stay successful in a fast-changing and unpredictable world? Agile has already transformed how modern companies build and deliver software. This practical book demonstrates how entire organizations—from product managers and engineers to marketers and executives—can put Agile to work.

Author Matt LeMay explains Agile in clear, jargon-free terms and provides concrete and actionable steps to help any team put its values and principles into practice. Examples from a wide variety of organizations, including small nonprofits and global financial enterprises, bring to life the on-the-ground realities of Agile across industries and functions.

Understand exactly what Agile is and why it matters
Use Agile to address your organization’s specific needs and goals
Take customer centricity from theory into practice
Stop wasting time in "report and critique" meetings and start making better decisions
Create a harmonious cycle of learning, collaborating, and delivering
Learn from Agile experts at companies like IBM, Spotify, and Coca-Cola