In this presentation filmed during Agile 2007, Mike Cohn talks about the transitioning process towards an agile organization, why the process is inherently difficult, and what it takes to see self-organization emerging in a previously tightly controlled environment
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Mike Cohn on “Succeeding With Agile: A Guide To Transitioning”
Posted by Christophe on August 9, 2008
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Rachel Davies on Generic Agile
Posted by Christophe on June 2, 2008
In this interview taken by Deborah Hartmann during Agile 2007, Rachel Davies, director of Agile Alliance, talks about Generic Agile, about the necessity to understand what is important in a development process, rather than sticking with a strict Agile method.
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James Shore on “The Art of Agile Development”
Posted by Christophe on May 27, 2008
In this InfoQ interview taken during the Agile 2007 conference, James Shore, a prominent figure of the Agile community, talks about the book “The Art of Agile Development” he and Shane Warden wrote. The book was not yet published at the time when the interview was made, and James offers a valuable introduction to the book touching various aspects of Agile development.
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Mary Poppendieck on The Role of Leadership in Software Development
Posted by Christophe on November 30, 2007
Mary presented a fantastic overview of leadership through time and how lean looks at the question.
While on one Scrum side, independent powerless process leaders (scrummaster) are key to the product development cycle, Mary describe the opposite lean approach where process leaders don’t exist but are rather embodied by strong functional manager.
Mary recently responded to a related post I made on the leandevelopment yahooo group pointing to Kaoru Ishikawa’s “What is Totally Quality Control? The Japanese Way” where he says:
- The fundamental principle of successful management is to allow subordinates to make full use of their ability.
- Top managers and middle managers must be bold enough to delegate as much authority as possible. That is the way to establish respect for humanity as your management philosophy.
A fascinating different view from the “traditional” scrum way.
Watch the video on infoQ. It will make you think…
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