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More Effective Agile: A Roadmap for Software Leaders
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What's Really Different About Agile?
Sequential Development vs. Agile Development
What Is the Source of Agile’s Benefits?
The Agile Boundary
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
Responding to the Challenges of Complexity and Uncertainty
Cynefin and Its Domains
Cynefin and Software Challenges
Succeeding on Complex Projects: OODA
Key Principle: Inspect and Adapt
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Beginnings: Scrum
Key Principle: Start with Scrum
Common Failure Modes in Scrum
Success Factors in Scrum
Issues Transitioning to Scrum
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Team Structure
Key Principle: Build Cross-Functional Teams
Key Principle: Integrate Testers into the Development Teams
Organization of Production Support
Agile Teams as Black Boxes
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Team Culture
Key Principle: Motivate Teams Through Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
Key Principle: Develop a Growth Mindset
Key Principle: Develop Business Focus
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Individuals and Interactions
The Potential of Focusing on Individuals
Key Principle: Increase Team Capacity via Individual Capacity
More Effective Interactions (Teams)
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Projects
Key Principle: Keep Projects Small
Key Principle: Keep Sprints Short
Use Velocity-Based Planning
Key Principle: Deliver in Vertical Slices
Key Principle: Manage Technical Debt
Structure Work to Avoid Burnout
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Large Agile Projects
What’s Really Different About Agile—On Large Projects?
Key Principle: Support Large Agile Projects Through Architecture
Collaboration, Coordination, and Success Factors
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Quality
Key Principle: Minimize the Defect Detection Gap
Key Principle: Create and Use a Definition of Done
Key Principle: Maintain a Releasable Level of Quality
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Testing
Key Principle: Use Automated Tests Created by the Dev Team
More Keys to Effective Agile Testing
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Requirements Creation
Agile Requirements Lifecycle
Agile Requirements: Stories and the Product Backlog
Key Principle: Refine the Product Backlog
Key Principle: Create and Use a Definition of Ready
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Delivery
Key Principle: Automate Repetitive Activities
Benefits of CI/CD
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Leadership
Key Principle: Manage to Outcomes, Not Details
Key Principle: Express Clear Purpose with Commander’s Intent
Key Principle: Focus on Throughput, Not Activity
Key Principle: Model Key Agile Behaviors
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Organizational Culture
Key Principle: Decriminalize Mistakes
Key Principle: Plan Based on Measured Team Capacity
Communities of Practice and Organizational Support
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Measurement
Measuring Quantity of Work
Measuring Quality of Work
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Process Improvement
Improving Productivity
Disciplined Mapping and Monitoring of Work in Progress
The Agile Retrospective
Beware of Gaming of Measures, and Inspect and Adapt
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Predictability
Predictability at Different Points in the Release Cycle
Strict Predictability of Cost and Schedule
Strict Predictability of Feature Set
Looser Approaches to Predictability
Predictability and the Agile Boundary
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile in Regulated Industries
How Agile in General Supports Work in Regulated Environments
How Scrum in Particular Supports Work in Regulated Environments
The Agile Boundary for Regulated Systems
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Portfolio Management
Weighted Shortest Job First
Common Alternatives
Other Considerations
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
More Effective Agile Adoptions
Additional Resources
The Domino Change Model
Propagating Change Through the Organization
40,000-Foot Rollout View, Take 2
Suggested Leadership Actions
Additional Resources
Conclusion
Final Remarks
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Aghina, Wouter, et al. 2019.
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