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by Matt LeMay
Agile for Everybody
Introduction
My Introduction to Agile: “Twice the Work in Half the Time”
The Alchemy of Agile: Uniting Principles and Practices
Why Agile for Everybody?
Who This Book Is For
How I Wrote This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Agile Guiding Principles (“Why”)
Agile Practice Quick Wins and Deep Dives (“How”)
Success Signals and Warning Signs (“What”)
Your Agile Playbook
Acknowledgments
1. What Is Agile, and Why Does It Matter?
Understanding Agile as a Movement
Unpacking the Appeal of Agile
Escaping Business as Usual
Agile Versus Waterfall
Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking
Summary: Agile Made Simple (But Not Easy)
2. Finding Your North Star
Escaping the Frameworks Trap
Making It Count: Establishing Your Goals and Challenges
Making It Your Own: Agile Principles and Values to Drive Change
Summary: Agile Beyond the Frameworks Trap
3. Agile Means That We Start with Our Customers
Escaping the First Law of Organizational Gravity
Seeing Speed from the Customer’s Point of View
Beyond “Working Software”
Agile Practice Deep Dive: Working in Sprints
Quick Wins to Put This Principle into Practice
You Might Be on the Right Track If:
You Might Be Going Astray If:
Summary: Customers First!
4. Agile Means That We Collaborate Early and Often
Escaping the Second Law of Organizational Gravity
Moving from a Report and Critique Culture to a Collaborative Culture
The Room Where It Happens
Making Connections to “Scout and Scale”
Agile Practice Deep Dive: The Daily Stand-Up
Quick Wins to Put This Principle into Practice
You Might Be on the Right Track If:
You Might Be Going Astray If:
Summary: Building a Culture of Collaboration
5. Agile Means That We Plan for Uncertainty
Escaping the Third Law of Organizational Gravity
The Paradox of Agile: Using Structure to Achieve Flexibility
The Double-Edged Sword of Experimentation
Agile Is Uncertain, Too
Agile Practice Deep Dive: The Retrospective
Quick Wins to Put This Principle into Practice
You Might Be on the Right Track If:
You Might Be Going Astray If:
Summary: Change Is Good, If You Want It
6. Agile Means That We Follow All Three of These Guiding Principles to Be Fast, Flexible, and Customer-First
Leadership in the Agile Organization
Scaling Agile Across Teams and Functions
A Story to Bring It All Together: Enterprise Design Thinking at IBM
Agile Practice Deep Dive: WHPI (Why, How, Prototype, Iterate)
Step 1: Why
Step 2: How
Step 3: Prototype
Step 4: Iterate
Some Notes on WHPI in Practice
Quick Wins to Put These Principles into Practice
You Might Be on the Right Track If:
You Might Be Going Astray If:
Summary: Bringing It All Together
7. Your Agile Playbook
Step 1: Setting Your Context
Step 2: Creating Your North Star
Step 3: Committing to a First Step, Measuring Success
Step 4: Now It’s Up to You!
Summary: Say Something, Do Something!
Conclusion
Rediscovering the Human Heart of the Agile Movement
A. Contributors
B. Continued Reading
Index
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