The Age of Agile

How Smart Companies Are Transforming the Way Work Gets Done

Denning, Stephen 저자(글)

Amacom · 2018년 02월 08일

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More value from less work. An unstoppable business revolution is under way-and it is Agile. Companies that embrace Agile Management learn to connect everyone and everything . . . all the time. They can deliver instant, intimate, frictionless value on a large scale. Agile began emerging many decades ago, but truly took off in the software development industry. Sparking dramatic improvements in quality, innovation, and speed-to-market, the Agile movement is now spreading quickly throughout all kinds of companies. It enables a team, a unit, or an enterprise to nimbly adapt and upgrade products and services to meet rapidly changing technology and customer needs. And the process is applicable anywhere-companies don't need to be born Agile, like Spotify. Even centuries-old Barclays is making the transition and reaping rewards. Filled with examples from every sector, The Age of Agile helps readers: Master the three laws of Agile Management (team, customer, network) * Embrace the new mindset * Overcome constraints * Employ meaningful metrics * Make the entire organization Agile * And more With this breakthrough approach, even global giants can learn to act entrepreneurially. Their future depends on it.

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저자(글) Denning, Stephen

STEPHEN DENNING is a renowned management innovator and popular Forbes.com columnist. A former World Bank executive, he serves on the advisory board for the Drucker Forum and is the author of several books including The Leader's Guide to Radical Management.

목차

• Foreword by Gary Hamel xi
  Introduction xiii
  PART ONE: AGILE MANAGEMENT 1
  Chapter 1: More Value from Less Work 3
  BOX 1-1: Manifesto for Agile Software Development 22
  BOX 1-2: Glossary: Definitions of Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Kanban, Lean 23
  Chapter 2: The Law of the Small Team 27
  Chapter 3: The Law of the Customer 49
  BOX 3-1 Paradigm Shifts in Science 67
  BOX 3-2 Ultimate Customers, Internal Customers, and End-Users 69
  BOX 3-3 Practices of the Law of the Customer 70
  BOX 3-4 Aligning People Management with Agile Management at Cerner 73
  Chapter 4: The Law of the Network 81
  BOX 4-1 Agility Through Market-Based Approaches 94
  BOX 4-2 Achieving Large-Scale Operations Through Platforms 96
  BOX 4-3 "Big Bang" Change: Six Mistakes Salesforce Didn't Make 97
  Chapter 5: Implementing Agile at Scale: Microsoft 103
  Get the Right Balance of Alignment and Autonomy 106
  Master the Role of the Agile Manager 108
  Handle Dependencies at the Team Level 108
  Ensure Continuous Integration 109
  Keep on Top of Technical Debt 110
  Embrace DevOps and Continuous Delivery 110
  Continuously Monitor Progress 111
  Listen to Customer Wants, but Meet Their Needs 112
  Deal with Directions from Above 113
  Use Self-Forming Teams to Encourage Team Ownership 113
  Recognize the Team Is the Product 114
  Build Quality from the Beginning 114
  Use Coaching Carefully 115
  Ensure Top-Level Support 115
  Box 5-1 Flattening the Hierarchy Isn't the Answer 116
  Chapter 6: From Operational to Strategic Agility 119
  The Principles of Strategic Agility 122
  Four Components of a Market-Creating Value Proposition 127
  BOX 6-1 The Collapse of Sector Boundaries 134
  BOX 6-2 The Path from Operational Agility to Strategic Agility 135
  Chapter 7: Changing the Organizational Culture 139
  BOX 7-1 SRI's "NABC Value Proposition" for Siri 155
  PART TWO: MANAGEMENT TRAPS 157
  Chapter 8: The Trap of Shareholder Value 163
  BOX 8-1 The Unsound Legal Case for Shareholder Value 182
  BOX 8-2 What Is True Shareholder Value? 183
  BOX 8-3 Adam Smith and the Philosophical Origins of Shareholder Value Thinking 185
  BOX 8-4 The Unanticipated Risks of Shareholder Value 187
  Chapter 9: The Trap of Share Buybacks 193
  The Challenge for Public Policymakers 199
  The Challenge for Agile Leaders in Dealing with the Stock Market 199
  The Challenge for Agile Managers Within the Corporation 201
  BOX 9-1 Defending Share Buybacks 203
  Chapter 10: The Cost-Oriented Economics Trap 205
  The Case of Dell Inc. 206
  The Urge to Offshore 209
  A Permanent Loss of Expertise 211
  Explaining Agile Management to a CFO 213
  Throughput Accounting 213
  BOX 10-1 Technical Debt, Regulatory Debt, and Brand Debt 216
  BOX 10-2 U.S. vs. German Manufacturing 218
  Chapter 11: The Trap of Backward-Looking Strategy 221
  BOX 11-1 The Strategy of "Doing More of the Same" 233
  BOX 11-2 Options Reasoning and the Portfolio Approach 234
  EPILOGUE 237
  Chapter 12: Nuclear Winters and Golden Ages 239
  BOX 12-1 The History of Golden Ages and Nuclear Winters 251
  BOX 12-2 How the Change Might Happen: An Agenda for Action 255
  Acknowledgments 265
  About Steve Denning 269
  Notes 273
  Index 305

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BUSINESS LEADERS PRAISE THE AGE OF AGILE

" The Age of Agile is an indispensable guide to building an organization that can thrive in a world of unrelenting change."-- Gary Hamel, Professor, London Business School, and Director, MLab

" The Age of Agile should be a go-to reference for navigating the transient advantage economy." -- Rita Gunther McGrath, Professor, Columbia Business School

" The Age of Agile vividly demonstrates why an organization needs a new manage-ment paradigm to thrive in a world of rapid and continuous change." -- W. Chan Kim, The BCG Professor of Strategy at INSEAD and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Blue Ocean Strategy and Blue Ocean Shift

"This eye-opening book challenges us to think, not just about which technologies will shape the future, but about which organizations will be able to handle -- and develop -- them." -- Carlota Perez, author of Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital

" The Age of Agile demystifies a fuzzy topic, delivers a stinging critique of flawed management practices, provides practical advice, and is an enjoyable read. A great book." -- Scott Anthony, Managing Partner of Innosight and lead author of Dual Transformation

" The Age of Agile provides a compelling and actionable overview of the new mindset that will create significant new value." -- John Hagel, Co-Chairman of the Deloitte Center for the Edge

기본정보

ISBN	9780814439098 ( 0814439098 )
발행(출시)일자	2018년 02월 08일
쪽수	336쪽
크기	160 * 231 mm
총권수	1권
언어	영어