They expand on each, providing executives with a practical guide for accelerating innovation and profitable growth.Īgile innovation methods have revolutionized information technology. But many executives don’t understand how to promote and benefit from agile often they manage in ways that run counter to its principles and practices, undermining the effectiveness of agile teams in their organizations.įrom their work studying and advising companies that have successfully employed agile methods, the authors have discerned six crucial practices for capitalizing on agile’s potential: (1) Learn how agile really works (2) understand when it is appropriate (3) start small and let passionate evangelists spread the word (4) allow teams that have mastered the process to customize their practices (5) practice agile at the top and (6) destroy corporate barriers to agile behaviors.
Now those methods are spreading across a broad range of industries and functions and even reaching into the C-suite. Over the past 25 to 30 years, agile innovation methods have greatly increased success rates in software development, improved quality and speed to market, and boosted the motivation and productivity of IT teams.
