Doing Agile Right: PDF Summary
Doing Agile Right PDF Summary
Agile has the power to transform work – but only if it’s implemented the right way. For decades business leaders have been painfully aware of a huge chasm: They aspire to create nimble, flexible enterprises. But their day-to-day reality is silos, sluggish processes, and stalled innovation. In this book, doing agile right – transformation without chaos; The authors break down how agile really works, show what not to do, and explain the crucial importance of scaling agile properly in order to reap its full benefit.
Authors of Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos
Darrel Rigby
The Global Innovation and Agile practices of Bain & Company are led by Boston-based partner Darrell Rigby. Additionally, he served as the previous leader of Bain’s Global Retail practice. He began working there in 1978, and in 1982 he was elected to the partnership. In his 42 years of consulting, Mr. Rigby has taken the lead on projects in a wide range of industries, including creative growth plans for more than 100 of the most successful businesses in the world. Darrell can be found on LinkedIn here
Sarah Elk
In the Chicago branch of Bain & Company, Sarah is a partner. She has almost 20 years of consulting expertise, and she actively leads Bain’s retail and results acceleration practices. Sarah is passionate in transforming large organizations, particularly those undergoing business model or technological change. At the nexus of organization, agile, performance improvement, and change management, she has extensive transformation experience hence why she contributed to writing of this amazing book Doing agile right.
Steve Berez
He founded Bain’s Enterprise Technology division and previously served as its leader for the Americas. As a senior leader in both our Agile and Healthcare practices, Steve is also. Steve began working at Bain in 1980, making his overall tenure there close to 30 years. He has worked with scores of businesses to increase the speed, agility, and efficacy of their technology-based innovation over the past ten years, across industries and nations.
Doing Agile Right – Book Review
“A lot of business leaders I know are skeptical that agile can deliver real business performance improvements. This book will change their minds. Doing Agile Right helps dispel misconceptions and focuses on how to get real business results from agile.”… An Amazon review.
“Compelling and pragmatic, Doing Agile Right lays out a blueprint not just for weathering change but also for embracing it. This book describes how to apply agile values–customer obsession, focus, continuous improvement–to practical organizational systems like planning and budgeting, talent processes, and executive decision-making to embed agility into the organization’s DNA.” — Christine A. Leahy, CEO, CDW
Book Product Details (Based on Amazon)
- Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press; Illustrated edition (May 26, 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 163369870X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1633698703
- Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9.25 inches
