The Concise Executive Guide to Agile (IEEE CS Press ReadyNotes) [Kindle Edition]

Israel Gat (Author)

Book Description

Four broad topics are covered in The Concise Executive Guide to Agile: rationale for Agile, implementing it, fitting it into your company, and scaling it to the enterprise level. The Guide targets executives from every function that Agile affects to provide them with the principles they need in order to become effective with an Agile initiative.

Product Details

• File Size: 428 KB
• Print Length: 55 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: IEEE Computer Society Press (June 27, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003TZLNKY
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,380 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #94 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Computers & Technology > Programming > Software Design > Software Project Management

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Helping executives manages an Agile organization August 25, 2010

By Michael Cote

Executives are often left with few hand-holds for fitting Agile development into their usual management tasks - setting plans (including budget), measuring success and failure, using leadership to set the plans and spirit that teams operate under, the mechanics of scaling Agile to multiple teams at "big" companies, and most importantly being able to make business decisions with imperfect information.

In a quick 27 pages, Israel Gat covers the tasks management must take on introduce, manage, and then maintain Agile in their organization. Packed into this brief guide is enough information to bring an executive up to speed on what they should be doing if they've found themselves in charge of an Agile organization, or if they're trying to boot-strap to that state.

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful, Relevant and Awesome August 18, 2010

By Mike Donovan Hausler

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I found The Concise Executive Guide to Agile to be extremely helpful and valuable. It is the most succinct and useful orientation to Agile that I have come across, and I'm confident that it will find an appreciative and large audience as new-to-Agile and Agile-minded leaders seek top-level and top-notch insights and information on the topic. Many questions answered, many ideas decrypted and framed in a practical business context as well as a development perspective. If you're interested in learning more about Agile development, executive or not, Mr. Gat's book is the perfect place to begin.

5.0 out of 5 stars Bart Murphy August 9, 2010

By Barton Murphy

I would highly recommend this book to any organizational leader looking to adopt Agile in their Enterprise. Israel leverages his own implementation experiences and more importantly, lessons learned along the way, to provide an extremely useful guide to begin your company's journey to agility. If you are looking to lead an Agile transformation in your organization, this book is a must read!