Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos

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Agile transformation guide, balancing innovation and reliability.

If your business feels bogged down by sluggish processes and siloed operations, "Doing Agile Right" might be the just what you need. This book isn't just about jumping on the agile bandwagon; it's about understanding the intricacies of implementing agile methods effectively. The authors, experts from Bain & Company, offer clear guidance on avoiding the pitfalls that come with misapplying agile principles and show how to balance the need for innovation with the necessity for reliability in business operations. This is for the pragmatists who want a grounded approach to agility.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos

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ISBN: 9781633698703
Date of Publication: 2020-05-26
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Business, Personal Development
Goodreads rating: 3.79
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Agile has the power to transform work--but only if it's implemented the right way. For decades business leaders have been painfully aware of a huge chasm: They aspire to create nimble, flexible enterprises. But their day-to-day reality is silos, sluggish processes, and stalled innovation. Today, agile is hailed as the essential bridge across this chasm, with the potential to transform a company and catapult it to the head of the pack. Not so fast. In this clear-eyed, indispensable book, Bain & Company thought leader Darrell Rigby and his colleagues Sarah Elk and Steve Berez provide a much-needed reality check. They dispel the myths and misconceptions that have accompanied agile's rise to prominence--the idea that it can reshape an organization all at once, for instance, or that it should be used in every function and for all types of work. They illustrate that agile teams can indeed be powerful, making people's jobs more rewarding and turbocharging innovation, but such results are possible only if the method is fully understood and implemented the right way. The key, they argue, is balance. Every organization must optimize and tightly control some of its operations, and at the same time innovate. Agile, done well, enables vigorous innovation without sacrificing the efficiency and reliability essential to traditional operations. The authors break down how agile really works, show what not to do, and explain the crucial importance of scaling agile properly in order to reap its
 

Agile transformation guide, balancing innovation and reliability.

If your business feels bogged down by sluggish processes and siloed operations, "Doing Agile Right" might be the just what you need. This book isn't just about jumping on the agile bandwagon; it's about understanding the intricacies of implementing agile methods effectively. The authors, experts from Bain & Company, offer clear guidance on avoiding the pitfalls that come with misapplying agile principles and show how to balance the need for innovation with the necessity for reliability in business operations. This is for the pragmatists who want a grounded approach to agility.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.