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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Team-based “agile” is not enough.

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Unemployed Agilists: How to Show Your Value to Support What Managers Want, Part 1

Johanna Rothman

Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. So, selling “agile” into the organization doesn’t create any traction for change. You might not like these ideas.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

Data contributes not only to brand equity, but to what constitutes product and service delivery in globally connected and hyper-competitive markets. To analyze EvD, determining the relative importance of data to an enterprise’s balance sheet, its ability to effectively compete, and its operational capabilities is a good place to start.

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