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Agile Performance Improvement - The New Synergy of Agile and Human Performance Technology (Paperback, 1st ed.)
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Agile Performance Improvement - The New Synergy of Agile and Human Performance Technology (Paperback, 1st ed.)
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"1+1=3. That is the equation that summarizes the theme of this
book. The book's message is to integrate the developmental
principles of Agile with the result-focused approaches integral to
performance consulting. Your outcomes in shaping human performance
will be significant--and greater than if you only used one of these
models. This is a book for anyone who seeks to work collaboratively
with leaders to bring about continuously improving and sustainable
organizational change." --Dana Gaines Robinson, coauthor of
Performance Consulting Agile Performance Improvement demonstrates
the mutual benefits that accrue to the worlds of performance
consulting and agile software development when the values and
principles of both are blended synergistically under the guidance
of practitioners skilled in both. The agile performance improvement
model blends the principles of human performance technology with
the frameworks and practices of Agile. The result is an approach
that maximizes the value of interactions among the consultant, the
work team, and the customer. Unlike traditional end-to-end
waterfall processes, agile performance improvement delivers value
continuously and in small increments, relentlessly focusing on
outcomes of value to the customer. Building on structures of Agile
that are used in software development, such as Scrum, the agile
performance improvement model considers the human component of
holistic solutions in establishing a continuous stream of value.
Bob Winter, a performance consultant, was the product owner for the
corporate education scrum supporting an agile transition initiative
for hundreds of engineering teams. From this cross-disciplinary
experience, he discovered that the two cultures, two languages, and
two methodologies of performance consulting and agile software
development are-far from being incongruent, incompatible, or
irrelevant to each other-in fact ideally suited to complement and
support each other. Being agile improves the effectiveness of the
performance consultant, and applying the lessons of human
performance technology improves the effectiveness of software
development teams. In Agile Performance Improvement, Winter teaches
performance consultants how to apply agile principles, values, and
methods usefully to the tasks of optimizing human performance in
areas of practice not only adjoining but also well beyond the realm
of software and IT engineering, such as corporate learning
solutions, human resources systems, and non-software products.
Conversely, he shows engineering teams immersed in an agile
environment how to boost their performance using the principles and
techniques taught and cultivated by performance consultants. The
author, who has worked extensively on both sides of the traditional
divide, recounts entertainingly but informatively how both sparks
and fur can fly when geeks encounter people people.
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Imprint: |
Apress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2015 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Robert Winter
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
241 |
Edition: |
1st ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4842-0893-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Computing & IT >
Computer programming >
General
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LSN: |
1-4842-0893-5 |
Barcode: |
9781484208939 |
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