Publisher's Synopsis
Strategies for Leading Agile Transformation is a must-read for managers and leaders engaged in an agile transformation. The book answers the questions of whether "Agile is worth the effort?", "How would an agile transformation impact the staus-quo?", and most importantly "How can middle-management support our agile transformations?"This book introduces you to several strategies, presented from the experience gained through the agile transformation at the leading Arabic-language search engine ayna.com. Through its transformation, Ayna evolved into a Lean-Agile organization while staying relevant and competitive against Google and Yahoo. This book outlines two unique practices to improve your competitive advantage.* In Chapter Three, you will learn all about the "Agile Stream Framework" and how to engage business, management, and agile teams in process improvement activities to lower organizational drag. You will walk away with a framework to start your own Andon impediment removal process and the metrics to prioritize your process alignment activities. * In Chapter Four, you will also be able to gauge how your current operational and cultural drivers impact your agile transformation by leveraging the collective learning from hundreds of organizations, encapsulated in the "Enterprise Agile Enablement Model."
