Agile Management for Software Engineering: Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results
by David J. Anderson, Eli Schragenheim
Section 1. Agile Management
“The best companies in an industry build process that allows them to outperform their competitors”
Louis V. Gerstner [2002]
Section 1 uses Peter Senge's fifth discipline [1990]–Systems Thinking–to approach the management of software engineering as a holistic business problem. The profitability and investment return from software engineering is treated as a “limits to growth” system archetype. “Limits to growth” systems archetypes can be addressed and improved using Eli Goldratt's Theory of Constraints [1990]. Each constraint will be identified and a suitable investment proposed to elevate the system and increase the profit and return on investment possible from software engineering. Proposed improvements to the system ...
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