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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Unemployed Agilists: How to Move from a Staff Role to a Line Job, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

And even if you can find an agile coaching or Scrum Master job, the pay is so terrible, you don’t want to take it. That’s because these managers think agile coaching and Scrum Mastering is a staff job, not a line job. That’s because potential employers think these jobs are staff positions. Industry expertise.

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WhatsApp Grew to One Billion Users by Focusing on Product, Not Technology

Harvard Business

For years elevator companies have been using electronics to coordinate banks of elevators and make the wait times as short as possible. By tracking a metric, they can sell optimized wait times (elevators as a service) rather than banks of elevators based on price. They are selling performance, not hardware.

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Discussing Teamwork and Measures on Agile for Humans

Johanna Rothman

Ryan Ripley interviewed me on his podcast, Agile for Humans 83 about Create Your Successful Agile Project. I didn’t stint on my opinions or on my experience with agile teams. The rest of the time they were so far under their predictions, they should have put the money in a bank account at 1% interest.).

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Building the New “Mega Segments”: Which Content Providers Will Play to Win? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business

However, many are not equipped to confront the legion of new, more agile competitors—and run the danger of becoming the losers in that war. How Banks Are Capitalizing on a New Wave of Big Data and Analytics. Are your metrics set up to gauge whether the content you generate delivers the outcome the customer expects?

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business

How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens? Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? As companies move to more agile operating models , they must learn to balance accountability with autonomy.