This book illustrates the agile transformation journey of a consulting organization. It consists of nine main chapters, each focusing on specific aspects of transformation. These include establishing value in business, holistic recruitment and retention, innovating performance appraisals, rethinking organizational structure, redesigning leadership roles, streamlining measurement and reward systems, and improving career paths. Some specific processes, such as corporate decision making, SMILE (budget for business improvement at employee discretion), project selection, holiday leave, and career coaching are also described. All of the transformations described build up on Management 3.0, a collection of management principles and practices that fit perfectly in an agile world.The book is of practical relevance for managers and agile coaches who want to learn how to approach agile transformation.

Ungefähr 94% aller Unternehmen setzen heute bereits agile Methoden ein. Das ist kaum verwunderlich, denn Agilität kann die Performance eines Unternehmens erheblich verbessern und nur Unternehmen, die agil aufgestellt sind, werden dem Veränderungsdruck des 21. Jahrhunderts standhalten können. Getragen wird eine agile Kultur durch die Menschen, die sie leben, also zum Beispiel Scrum Master, Kanban Master, Agile Coaches, Release Train Engineers, agile Projektleiter und disziplinarische Führungskräfte oder People Leads. Diese Personen müssen zu Agile Mastern werden, um ihre Aufgaben herausragend erfüllen zu können. Agile Master zu sein bedeutet, Agilität zu leben, die richtigen Methoden einzusetzen und dabei eine agile Haltung einzunehmen. Dieses Buch vermittelt entlang der "Pyramide der Impediments" eine Vielzahl von Methoden zur Schaffung von Transparenz, Inspektion und Adaption. Dabei erklären die Autoren nicht nur die Methoden praxisnah, sondern illustrieren auch die benötigte Haltung und erläutern häufige Fallstricke. Dieses Buch ist Dein ständiger Begleiter im agilen Praxisalltag!

This book is a guide for managers, Scrum Masters and agile coaches who are interested in agile organizational methods and who are planning to introduce Scrum at their own company. Scrum is not only a product development framework but can also be used to structure activities for agile and lean organizational development. Divided into six major parts, the book first introduces and defines the Scrum Culture briefly. It explains its relevance, highlights a number of pain points typical for first encounters with Scrum, and embeds it in an introduction to organizational change. This is complemented with many real-life examples that help to apply the concepts to readers' own specific contexts. The second part describes the principles of introducing Scrum in detail, while the third part embarks on the practical application of these principles, drawing on a wealth of experience gathered in many successful introduction projects. Part four focuses on a detailed case study of a Scrum transformation before part five provides the scientific background information and study details that led to the findings in part one. In closing, part six offers a number of appendices with extensive information on Scrum and its principles. The second edition of this book has been updated throughout and fundamentally re-organized for better readability.

This book is a guide for managers, Scrum Masters and agile coaches who are interested in agile organizational methods and who are planning to introduce Scrum at their own company. Scrum is not only a product development framework but can also be used to structure activities for agile and lean organizational development. Divided into five major parts, the book first introduces and defines the Scrum Culture. It explains its relevance, highlights a number of pain points typical for first encounters with Scrum, and embeds it in an introduction to organizational change. This is complemented with many real-life examples that help to apply the concepts to readers’ own specific contexts. The second part describes the principles of introducing Scrum in detail, while the third part embarks on the practical application of these principles, drawing on a wealth of experience gathered in many successful introduction projects. Part four focuses on a detailed case study of a Scrum transformation before part five provides, in closing, a number of appendices offering extensive information on Scrum and its principles.

This book is a guide for managers, Scrum Masters and agile coaches who are interested in agile organizational methods and who are planning to introduce Scrum at their own company. Scrum is not only a product development framework but can also be used to structure activities for agile and lean organizational development. Divided into six major parts, the book first introduces and defines the Scrum Culture briefly. It explains its relevance, highlights a number of pain points typical for first encounters with Scrum, and embeds it in an introduction to organizational change. This is complemented with many real-life examples that help to apply the concepts to readers' own specific contexts. The second part describes the principles of introducing Scrum in detail, while the third part embarks on the practical application of these principles, drawing on a wealth of experience gathered in many successful introduction projects. Part four focuses on a detailed case study of a Scrum transformation before part five provides the scientific background information and study details that led to the findings in part one. In closing, part six offers a number of appendices with extensive information on Scrum and its principles. The second edition of this book has been updated throughout and fundamentally re-organized for better readability.

Agile Entwicklungsmethoden für Software - allen voran Scrum - sind auf dem Vormarsch und werden mittlerweile von der Mehrheit der Unternehmen eingesetzt. Leider werden bei den meisten Scrumeinführungen fundamentale Fehler gemacht, die dazu führen, dass die Prozesse versagen. Insbesondere die Grundregeln zur Organisationsentwicklung werden missachtet. Dieses Buch zeigt anhand einer theoretischen Einführung, Praxisbeispielen und einer Fallstudie, wie Scrum richtig eingeführt wird. Dabei wird sowohl auf unterschiedliche Zielzustände (Ist ein einzelnes Team oder die ganze Organisation betroffen?) als auch auf verschiedene Herangehensweisen (Bottom-Up/Top-Down) eingegangen. Diese zweite Auflage beschreibt außerdem, was die kulturellen Eigenschaften von Scrum sind und an welchen Stellen Sie einen Konflikt mit Ihrer aktuellen Unternehmenskultur erwarten sollten.