Directing the Agile Organisation - A lean approach to business management
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Format: Softcover
ISBN13: 9781849284912
BIC: Project management, Management & management techniques, Agile programming
BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Project Management
Published: 27 Jun 2013
Availability: In Stock
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Business systems do not always end up as we first plan them. Requirements change to accommodate a new strategy, a new target or a new competitor. In these circumstances, conventional business management methods often struggle and a different approach is required.
Agile business management is a series of concepts and processes for the day-to-day management of an organisation. As an Agile manager, you need to understand, embody and encourage these concepts. By embracing and shaping change within your organisation, you can take advantage of new opportunities and outperform your competition.
Using a combination of first-hand research and in-depth case studies, Directing the Agile Organisation offers a fresh approach to business management, applying Agile processes pioneered in the IT and manufacturing industries.
This book will:
- Interest managers and senior executives leading organisations that need to be flexible and adaptable;
- Show readers how to improve business processes to remain competitive in today's market;
- Demonstrate how to enable better staff engagement and more dynamic customer relationships; and
- Help readers understand how to prevent projects from being hampered by out-of-date requirements.
Discover how Agile business management can improve your business processes.
About the author
Customer Reviews
Introduction
1: You, The Agile Manager
2: Integrated Customer Engagement
3: The Structure of an Agile Organisation
4: Work, the Agile Way
5: The Agile Budget
6: Reflection, Retrospectives and Kaizen
7: The Shape of Things to Come
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