Waterfall got criticized because implementations of development practice that followed a waterfall approach got too big, too ungainly, too bureaucratic and far too formalized. But as it is practiced in many organizations, agile is coming dangerously close to the same place.
Improving agility is essential—but quite challenging. What can we do to improve agility? Let’s consider this question from individual and organizational leadership levels. These tips will help you to thrive no matter what changes arrive in your inbox tomorrow.
Not many of us have well-thought-out career plans that we actively manage. Is that because we don’t think we need them? That they involve too many variables that are beyond our control? There are many reasons, but career plans are a valuable tool.
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"This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy." - Douglas Adams |
