Summary of The Age of Agile
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Good management practices stop working amid rapid change. For that reason, many businesses have chosen to adopt agile management practices. In 2001, the pioneers of this approach, which originated in the software development industry, created the “Manifesto for Agile Software Development,” often called the “Agile Manifesto.” This core document asserts that developers of high-quality software must abandon some of the core principles of 20th-century management to enter “the age of agile.” Management expert Stephen Denning lucidly explains the origins and principles of agile management with illustrative case studies.
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Stephen Denning worked at the World Bank for several decades in various management positions. A consultant to governments and companies, he’s written business books, many articles on management, a novel and a volume of poetry.
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1 month agoGreat information.
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5 months agoWhat i learnt is:
While developing larger product's divide into small teams and work on it completely instead running on all features simultaneously. Adopt larger changes in an organization with speci plans -
5 months agoWhat i learnt is:
While developing larger product's divide into small teams and work on it completely instead running on all features simultaneously. Adopt larger changes in an organization with speci plans -
10 months agoVery biased! Why bring up Iraq in the middle! Very disrespectful. Instead of calling them “extremists” think why US went to Iraq!
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10 months agoSince we try very hard not to be biased (see our new abstract "Subtle Acts of Exclusion"), I have changed "extremists" to "opponents." We adhere to the author's content in order to bring readers an accurate summary of the book, but I think this is still accurate while responding to your concern. E. Rauzin, Senior Managing Editor, getAbstract
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2 years agoI loved this abstract. It’s the need of our time. Agility, grit and consistency are my 3 favourite words.
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2 years agoThe whole book is excellent. This extract leaves out the important argument that the 'Law of the Customer' dictates that the purpose of every business should be the pleasure of its customers not profit for the shareholders. The economy based on shareholder profits, according to Denning, is responsible for inequality among the citizens and disengagement among the workforces around the world. Denning believes that nobody should go to a boring and mundane job in 21st century. Workers should work to delight "the customers in ways that are financially sustainable". Chapter 12 ('Nuclear Winters and Golden Ages') is worth reading many times over. When I finished the book, I read Chapter 12 again. It is a manifesto for worker engagement, autonomy, empowerment and creativity. It attacks 'shareholder value' as the unreliable goal of any business replacing it with creating value and delight for the customers. "Creating" value is always better than "extracting" value as value creation gives workers autonomy to express their desire to innovate whereas value extraction treats human workers as sources of value to be mined and exploited.
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3 years agoGreat one
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3 years agoCrear one
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3 years agoThe book is great, but this abstract leaves out way too much information - chapters 5 through 12 are missing from the abstract.