{"product_id":"agile-2-the-next-iteration-of-agile-paperback","title":"Agile 2: The Next Iteration of Agile - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCliff Berg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKurt Cagle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLisa Cooney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgile is broken.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost Agile transformations struggle. According to an Allied Market Research study, \"63% of respondents stated the failure of agile implementation in their organizations.\" The problems with Agile start at the top of most organizations with executive leadership not getting what agile is or even knowing the difference between success and failure in agile.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgile transformation is a journey, and most of that journey consists of people learning and trying new approaches in their own work. An agile organization can make use of coaches and training to improve their chances of success. But even then, failure remains because many Agile ideas are oversimplifications or interpreted in an extreme way, and many elements essential for success are missing. Coupled with other ideas that have been dogmatically forced on teams, such as \"agile team rooms\", and \"an overall inertia and resistance to change in the Agile community,\" the Agile movement is ripe for change since its birth twenty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Agile 2\" represents the work of fifteen experienced Agile experts, distilled into \u003ci\u003eAgile 2: The Next Iteration of Agile\u003c\/i\u003e by seven members of the team. Agile 2 values these pairs of attributes when properly balanced: thoughtfulness and prescription; outcomes and outputs, individuals and teams; business and technical understanding; individual empowerment and good leadership; adaptability and planning. With a new set of Agile principles to take Agile forward over the next 20 years, Agile 2 is applicable beyond software and hardware to all parts of an agile organization including \"Agile HR\", \"Agile Finance\", and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike the original \"Agile\", \"Agile 2\", is just a set of ideas - powerful ideas. To undertake any endeavor, a single set of ideas is not enough. But a single set of ideas can be a powerful guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgile 2 Is an Improved Agile\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Agile movement took us away from big plans, micromanagement, and projects-by-numbers. It shifted the focus to small teams, to incremental deliveries, and to collaboration and self-sufficiency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it dismissed the importance of leadership, structure, forethought, and individual differences. It defined one-size-fits-all practices, often favoring some styles of work over others. Despite its technical roots, Agile also quickly devalued the importance of engineering; and it did not even mention the importance of information and data - things that are so critical today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not small things. A fresh start was needed -- a \"reboot\". A team of fifteen experts in product design, program management, system engineering, leadership, business, human resources, learning theory, and of course Agile and DevOps came together to consider, What about Agile is important? What needs to be updated? and What is not quite right, but needs to be adjusted? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book \u003ci\u003eAgile 2: The Next Iteration of Agile\u003c\/i\u003e introduces and makes the case for why this approach is needed, explains Agile 2's big ideas, and shows how those ideas play out in an organization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for project managers of all sorts, team leaders, department heads, executives, and managers in organizations that have attempted to implement Agile, and the individual members of Agile project teams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLIFF BERG\u003c\/b\u003e is a consultant and founder of Agile Griffin, which specializes in the integration of Agile and DevOps.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKURT CAGLE\u003c\/b\u003e is a consultant and Community Editor of Data Science Central and is a Forbes contributor.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLISA COONEY\u003c\/b\u003e is the Agile Coach at Axios. She is on the program committee for the Business Agility Institute's conferences in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePHILIPPA FEWELL\u003c\/b\u003e is Managing Director of Agile Services at CCPace. She has trained and practiced Agile, including XP, Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe for over 15 years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eADRIAN LANDER\u003c\/b\u003e is Founder of Agnostic Agile.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRAJ NAGAPPAN\u003c\/b\u003e is Founder and CEO of Catum.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMURRAY ROBINSON\u003c\/b\u003e is an ICAgile Authorised Instructor and Scrum Master.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610795663404,"sku":"9781119799276","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/agile-2-the-next-iteration-of-agile-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}