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Do We Need ‘Agile’ Leadership?

Agile Coach

The agile movement started in 2001 with the Agile Manifesto , but it might shock some people by learning that business existed before 2001 and many organizations thrived before 2001, thrive today, and will continue to thrive long after Agile is dead. Great Leadership Books/Articles: Weology , Peter Aceto.

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MVP – Minimum Viable Product or Many Varied Perspectives?

Vitality Chicago

Let’s also look back to 2001 to understand who coined the term and why. Eric Ries gets a lot of credit for the minimum viable product though frankly, it was Frank Robinson that coined the term in 2001. Eric Ries and his mentor Steve Blank did popularize the MVP and it was Eric that included it in his 2011 book, the Lean Startup.

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Organizational Change Starts with Teams, Backlogs, and Working Tested Product

Leading Agile

I guess it was signed in what, 2001 or no? Yeah, 2001. And so it prioritized for things like a responding to change over, following a plan, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, stuff like that. You have daily standups, you have reviews and retrospectives, you have sprint planning meetings and such.

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Only the Hits – Our Best Agile Blog Posts of 2021

Vitality Chicago

1 – The 5 Best Agile Books for 2021. It is not just a list of 5 books – I’ve actually created a list of 5 Best Agile Books specific to each of the following audiences: Scrum Masters. PS: Look for an update of this article in the early part of 2022 – the current best agile books for 2022! #2

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A Quick Tutorial for Improving Your Retrospectives

Vitality Chicago

Books on the Retrospective. For those of you who still read books, there are two great books on retrospectives. The first is Norm Kerth’s 2001 book, Project Retrospectives; a Handbook for Team Reviews. The most beneficial I’ve found from Kerth’s book is the prime directive.

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Exploit vs. Explore – When to Choose Agile over Traditional Approaches

Vitality Chicago

Agile ways of working have become extremely popular since 2001 when the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was published. After reading Karim Harbott’s excellent book The 6 Enablers of Business Agility , I learned a better approach. You can read my review of Harbott’s book here.] Context Counts!

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Software Craftsmanship

My Agile Partner

Software Craftsmanship: Rooted in the Agile Manifesto Written in 2001, the Agile Manifesto was crafted by 17 recognized specialists in the world of software development. A book titled “Software Craftsmanship” was published in 2001 to differentiate between developers confined to an industrial mindset and agile developers.

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