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Agile for Executives/Managers

Below are some learning resources for Executives and Managers who are interested in learning more about Agile and how to effectively transform your team or oganization to using these methods.
If you are interested in Training then we recommend the following workshops for Executives and Management:

Webinar: Top Reasons Agile Adoption Fails, and How to Avoid Them!

This was a webinar I presented to discuss real world reasons Agile adoption fails and the success factors for avoiding them. Enjoy!

Description: So you heard about Agile and Scrum – someone told you it was the silver bullet, you picked up a book, went to a seminar and maybe even actually dished out a few bucks to go get your team certified to be ScrumMasters. You might have even tried a Pilot project so you can try the methods out. So the question is, what next? How can I ensure a successful Agile adoption? How can I learn from other people’s mistakes and develop an adoption roadmap that bypasses all the common adoption pitfalls? If you are interested in learning the key real world success factors for Agile adoption, then this webinar is for you!

Top Ways Agile Adoption Fails, How to Avoid Them!
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Success Factors When Transforming to Agile

Many have asked me to summarize the top 4 or 5 critical success factors I’ve seen that have lead to a successful and effective Agile transformation so I decided to blog about these. These come from our own experiences helping organizations transform. Read more..
Download our free Enterprise Agile Transformation Roadmap guide.

Where Do I Start with Agile Adoption?

A PMI member posted a reply to one of my recent PMI blogs asking how to get started with using Agile within your organization. Here are some of my thoughts below on how to start adopting Agile. Read more.

Nationwide Webinar -  Comparing Agile Roles to Traditional Roles

Have you wondered how different your role would be if you were adopting Agile and Scrum methods in your organization? The goal of this seminar is to explore and contrast the Agile vs. Traditional Roles and Responsibilities in addition to outlining the new skills needed for being part of an Agile team. We will explore the following roles:

1. Sponsor vs. Product Owner
2. Project Manager vs. ScrumMaster
3. BA vs. Agile BA
4. Tester vs. Agile Tester
5. Developer vs. Agile Developer
6. Architect vs. Agile Architect
7. Resource Manager vs. Agile Resource Manager

This was presented as a nationwide webinar in September and covered the success and challenges various organizations have faced with the culture change needed for adopting these new roles.

Agile Vs Traditional Roles
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