5.
IMPLEMENTING AGILE AT SCALE: MICROSOFT
The point is that the conversation takes place and it’s a safe conversation to have.
—AARON BJORK
Not long ago, Brian Harry, corporate vice president of Microsoft, received an unexpected complaint on his blog. Is Microsoft too focused on Agile? “It is obvious,” a reader named Kasper wrote, “that you have focused on agile tools the last six months. . . . My question is how long are you going to focus on this area?”
It may come as news to some that Microsoft is focused on Agile at all. The image that many people have of this giant corporation with 2016 revenues of $85 billion and 114,000 employees is that of a giant battleship that is strong and powerful but slow to maneuver and not always customer-friendly. ...
Get The Age of Agile now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
