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Stewart Ting Chong Project Manager (Contract)| Bridgewater State University Canton, Ma, United States
Has anyone discovered a book on Agile written for a non-software development audience?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Jan 12, 2018 5:11 PM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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Just to comment. I disagree with Kiron. The new PMI´s Agile Practice Guide is not relevant to non-technology projects. In fact, it was created with the Agile Alliance and the Agile Alliance is software oriented. When you read the guide, if you have experience in Agile implemented in software, you will understand.
Sergio -

While it was created with the Agile Alliance, the PMI input into it definitely does show non-technology DNA. Case in point is page 23 - the example they have provided is construction-related.

Chapter 4 is domain neutral as well - it focuses on the people aspects of agile.

Once we get into Chapter 5, there are certainly technology practices referenced but even many of those are presented without a focus on software.

Chapter 6 is 100% non-technology as it looks at organization enablers.

Kiron
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Jan 13, 2018 6:07 AM
Sergio Luis Conte
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The whole Agile guide is based on the Manifesto (and the Manifesto is for software as its name stated), make references to Agile based software methods, make references to practices (sprint, kanban, backlog, etc) used on those methods, and lot of other things all software related. That is not Agile. It is sad for me to see the results. The guide fully contributes to general confusion. If you read all related to Agile into PMBOK Guide and you compare it with the Agile guide you will find inconsistences. Agile is not about a method, the Manifesto, process or any other type of things. I encourage people to search about what Agile really is to not fail because Agile is used at enterprise wide and that is the way to add value to organizations. I participated on the "genesis" of Agile (USA DoD NSF/Agility Forum) and its application to software when I wrote the DSDM method and I worked with Arie Van Bennekum and others of the Manifesto creators at this time. But forget about myself. Take a look to Agility Forum deliverables or Rick Dove´s book "Response Ability" which contains most of them, take a look to Heidi Araya post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-agile-...e-title-publish
Just a reference, take a look to the article PMI has published into PM Network: http://www.pmnetwork-digital.com/pmnetwork...2&folio=50#pg52
or this one: http://www.pmnetwork-digital.com/pmnetwork/april_2016?pg=73#pg73
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jan 12, 2018 5:48 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Sergio -

While it was created with the Agile Alliance, the PMI input into it definitely does show non-technology DNA. Case in point is page 23 - the example they have provided is construction-related.

Chapter 4 is domain neutral as well - it focuses on the people aspects of agile.

Once we get into Chapter 5, there are certainly technology practices referenced but even many of those are presented without a focus on software.

Chapter 6 is 100% non-technology as it looks at organization enablers.

Kiron
The whole Agile guide is based on the Manifesto (and the Manifesto is for software as its name stated), make references to Agile based software methods, make references to practices (sprint, kanban, backlog, etc) used on those methods, and lot of other things all software related. That is not Agile. It is sad for me to see the results. The guide fully contributes to general confusion. If you read all related to Agile into PMBOK Guide and you compare it with the Agile guide you will find inconsistences. Agile is not about a method, the Manifesto, process or any other type of things. I encourage people to search about what Agile really is to not fail because Agile is used at enterprise wide and that is the way to add value to organizations. I participated on the "genesis" of Agile (USA DoD NSF/Agility Forum) and its application to software when I wrote the DSDM method and I worked with Arie Van Bennekum and others of the Manifesto creators at this time. But forget about myself. Take a look to Agility Forum deliverables or Rick Dove´s book "Response Ability" which contains most of them, take a look to Heidi Araya post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-agile-...e-title-publish
Just a reference, take a look to the article PMI has published into PM Network: http://www.pmnetwork-digital.com/pmnetwork...2&folio=50#pg52
or this one: http://www.pmnetwork-digital.com/pmnetwork/april_2016?pg=73#pg73
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Catalin Barbu Cryptographic Security Administrator| ING Romania
Jan 12, 2018 7:22 AM
Replying to Lidia Istoc
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Agile life - Jimmy Kidaram
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