Tag: Agility

Unlocking Business Agility with Evidence-Based Management Satisfy Customers and Improve Organizational Effectiveness


Free Download Unlocking Business Agility with Evidence-Based Management: Satisfy Customers and Improve Organizational Effectiveness (The Professional Scrum Series) by Patricia Kong, Todd Miller, Kurt Bittner
English | October 31, 2023 | ISBN: 013824457X | 224 pages | MOBI | 5.76 Mb
Leverage Evidence-Based Management, a scientific method, to enable organizations to achieve goals under conditions of uncertainty.

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Software Process Dynamics and Agility International Conference on Software Process, ICSP 2007, Minneapolis, MN, USA, May 19-20


Free Download Software Process Dynamics and Agility: International Conference on Software Process, ICSP 2007, Minneapolis, MN, USA, May 19-20, 2007. Proceedings By Fuensanta Medina-Domínguez, Maria-Isabel Sanchez-Segura, Antonio Amescua, Javier García (auth.), Qing Wang, Dietmar Pfahl, David M. Raffo (eds.)
2007 | 346 Pages | ISBN: 3540724257 | PDF | 12 MB
This volume contains papers presented at the International Conference on Software Process (ICSP 2007) held in Minneapolis, USA, May 19-20, 2007. ICSP 2007 c- prised two successful series of process-related workshops, the International Workshop on Software Process Simulation and Modeling (ProSim) and the Software Process Workshop (SPW). The theme of ICSP 2007 was "Coping with Software Process Dynamics and Ag- ity. " Software developers work in a dynamic context of frequently changing te- nologies and limited resources. Globally distributed development teams are under ever-increasing pressure to deliver their products more quickly and with higher levels of quality. At the same time, global competition is forcing software development organizations to cut costs by rationalizing processes, outsourcing part or all of their activities, reusing existing software in new or modified applications and evolving existing systems to meet new needs, while still minimizing the risk of projects failing to deliver. To address these difficulties, new or modified processes are emerging, including agile methods and plan-based product line development. Open source, COTS and community-developed software are becoming more popular. Outsourcing coupled with 24/7 development demand well-defined processes to support the – ordination of organizationally and geographically separated teams. The increasing challenges faced by the software industry combine to increase – mands on software processes. ICSP 2007 was a continuation of two successful series of process-related wo- shops, ProSim (Software Process Simulation and Modeling Workshop) and SPW (Software Process Workshop).

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STRIVE Master Strategy with Agility


Free Download STRIVE: Master Strategy with Agility by Jonathan Mayo
English | January 21, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CT1598L8 | 67 pages | EPUB | 0.66 Mb
Turbulence and uncertainty are the new normal. To thrive amidst complexity, organizations need more than robust plans – they require strategic agility. That’s why forward-thinking leaders are turning to STRIVE. This practical methodology blends analytical rigor with adaptable execution, giving you the tools to rapidly construct resilient strategies then evolve them based on real-time insights.

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Supply Chain Agility and Innovation Evidence from the Service Industry


Free Download Supply Chain Agility and Innovation: Evidence from the Service Industry by Eias Al Humdan , Yangyan Shi , Masud Behnia
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 327 Pages | ISBN : 9819763584 | 33.5 MB
This book critically examines the concept of ‘supply chain agility’ (SCA) in a novel context, shedding light on its implications for executives and professionals. While much literature has explored SCA in manufacturing, this book pioneers a comprehensive exploration of its application in the service sector, an often-overlooked domain in operations management, supply chain management, and innovation literature. The analysis, based on data from 245 service firms in Australia, employs a unique approach, revealing a positive relationship between firm innovativeness and SCA, with SCA in turn positively impacting firm performance.

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Enterprise Agility Being Agile in a Changing World


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English | 2019 | ISBN: B07TDRFMFP | 14 hours and 27 minutes | MP3 128 kbps | 793 Mb
The biggest challenge enterprises face today is dealing with fast-paced change in all spheres of business. Enterprise Agility shows how an enterprise can address this challenge head on and thrive in the dynamic environment.
Agility is a fundamental shift in thinking about how enterprises work to effectively deal with disruptive changes in the business environment. The core belief underlying agility is that enterprises are open and living systems. These living systems, also known as complex adaptive systems (CAS), are ideally suited to deal with change very effectively.
Agility is to enterprises what health is to humans. There are some foundational principles that can be broadly applied, but the definition of healthy is very specific to each individual. Enterprise Agility takes a similar approach with regard to agility: It suggests foundational practices to improve the overall health of the body culture, mindset, and leadership and the health of its various organs: people, process, governance, structure, technology, and customers. The book also suggests a practical framework to create a plan to enhance agility.

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Exploiting Agility for Advantage A Step-by-Step Process for Acquiring Requisite Organisational Agility


Free Download David L. Francis, "Exploiting Agility for Advantage: A Step-by-Step Process for Acquiring Requisite Organisational Agility"
English | ISBN: 311063645X | 2020 | 304 pages | PDF | 1270 KB
Many argue that all organisations should strive to be agile. Exploiting Agility for Advantage takes a radically different view. The author’s research shows that requisite agility is required, meaning ‘not too much, not too little, of the right type and delivering wanted agility deliverables’.

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A Seat at the Table IT Leadership in the Age of Agility [Audiobook]


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English | October 09, 2017 | ASIN: B0767H9ZMM | M4B@64 kbps | 9h 20m | 254 MB
Author: Mark Schwartz | Narrator: Eric Martin
Agile, Lean, and DevOps approaches are radical game changers, providing a fundamentally different way to think about how IT fits into the enterprise, how IT leaders lead, and how IT can harness technology to accomplish the objectives of the enterprise. But honest and open conversations are not taking place between management and Agile delivery teams.
In A Seat at the Table, CIO Mark Schwartz explores the role of IT leadership as it is now and opens the door to reveal IT leadership as it should be – an integral part of the value creation engine. With wit and easy style, Schwartz reveals that the only way to become an Agile IT leader is to be courageous – to throw off the attitude and assumptions that have kept CIOs from taking their rightful seat at the table. CIOs, step on up, your seat at the table is waiting for you.

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