Chapter 2. The Agile Manager
Leadership and management are two distinctive and complementary systems of action. Each has its own function and characteristic activities. Both are necessary for success in today's business environment.
—John Kotter, “What Leaders Really Do,” Harvard Business Review on Leadership
As noted in Chapter 1, “Agile Project Management Defined,” aside from Scrum, agile methodologies do not clearly define the role of the project manager. Perhaps this lack of clarity arises from the fact that there is no common agreement in the industry as to what the title “project manager” means. I have seen it used variously to both include and exclude functions such as technical architecture, development process management, staffing, project ...
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