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Wild West to Agile: Adventures in Software Development Evolution and Revolution
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Wild West to Agile: Adventures in Software Development Evolution and Revolution

by Jim Highsmith
May 2023
Beginner content levelBeginner
304 pages
8h 9m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Courageous Executives

(2005–2010)

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WHO QUALIFIES AS a courageous executive? For nearly two years I worked with three of them—Ken Delcol, Paul Young, and Gary Walker at Sciex in Canada. They initiated, supported, and drove Sciex’s excursion into agile software development. Paul was the CIO, Ken was the director of product management, and Gary was manager of software development. These three “courageous” executives led the way. They were ahead of the curve in the agile transition from the Rogue Teams to the Courageous Executives period. Leadership pioneers like these three executives took “prudent” risks in committing their organizations to ...

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ISBN: 9780137961146