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Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from “Waterfalling Backward”
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Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from “Waterfalling Backward”

by Leslie Ekas, Scott Will
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
224 pages
7h 58m
English
IBM Press
Content preview from Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from “Waterfalling Backward”

Chapter 4. No Multitasking

Being agile requires teams to avoid multitasking because they are more productive when they focus.

By Scott Will

“I’m burning the candles at both ends with a blowtorch!”

Is this quote just the latest variation of the old expression about being too busy? Or is it a symptom of an increasingly greater problem? My concern is that it is symptomatic of a much greater problem: More and more people are expected to do more and more—and all at the same time. And the way that this manifests itself is by trying to juggle multiple tasks at once.

No matter what teams I work with—internal or external—I can just about guarantee the answers I’ll get when I ask questions about whether individuals are tasked with working on multiple projects ...

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