More Effective Agile: A Roadmap for Organizational Agility

Aleksandr Shitik

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Steve McConnell

Genres: Information Technology (IT), IT Management, Team Approach, Work Process Organization

Year of publication: 2021

Year of reading: 2023

My rating: Good

Number of reads: 1

Total pages: 228

Summary (pages): 20

Original language of publication: English

Translations to other languages: Russian

General Description

A book of 228 pages, consisting of 5 parts and containing 23 chapters. Each chapter includes additional resources in the form of a list of links. The book is about flexible development methodologies. It does not contain code, but various images can be found periodically. Difficulty level — easy.

Brief Overview

Below, I will list all the chapters of the book by content.

Part I. Introduction to Even More Effective Agile

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. What is Different About Agile?
• Chapter 3. Responding to the Challenges of Complexity and Uncertainty

Part II. Even More Effective Teams

• Chapter 4. Starting Effective Agile: Scrum
• Chapter 5. Even More Effective Team Structure
• Chapter 6. Even More Effective Team Culture
• Chapter 7. Even More Effective Geographically Distributed Teams
• Chapter 8. Even More Effective Employees and Their Interaction

Part III. Even More Effective Work

• Chapter 9. Even More Effective Project Execution
• Chapter 10. Even More Effective Large Project Execution
• Chapter 11. Even More Effective Quality
• Chapter 12. Even More Effective Testing
• Chapter 13. Even More Effective Requirements Creation
• Chapter 14. Even More Effective Requirements Prioritization
• Chapter 15. Even More Effective Feature Delivery

Part IV. Even More Effective Organization

• Chapter 16. Even More Effective Leadership
• Chapter 17. Even More Effective Organizational Culture
• Chapter 18. Even More Effective Measurements
• Chapter 19. Even More Effective Process Improvement
• Chapter 20. Even More Effective Predictability
• Chapter 21. Even More Effective Agile in Regulated Industries
• Chapter 22. Even More Effective Portfolio Management
• Chapter 23. Even More Effective Implementation

Part V. Conclusion

Opinion

Another book on Agile that I have read in recent years. The main reason I read this book was the author, known to me previously, whose other book I really liked before. This book hardly focuses on specific implementations, but rather describes a high-level view of flexible development methodologies in general. It was largely this book that inspired me to create a presentation and deliver it on flexible development methodologies within the company.