Executives’ Influence on Agile: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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The evidence is in—and it's compelling. Well-executed agile practices can shorten software project schedules by 30 percent while cutting defects by 75 percent. However, many organizations struggle with agile adoption. And some of these struggles can be attributed to the executive leadership. In many cases, the "lead, follow, or get out of the way" attitude causes executives to try to lead when they should be following or getting out of the way. Drawing on his experiences with agile adoption at Synacor as it implements agile on an enterprise scale, Steve Davi illustrates how the executives on the ground can help or hurt agile adoption. Steve shares ways to turn those executive wolves into agile enablers as he describes the four critical actions that executives should take to support agile within their organization―define the vision, boundaries, and constraints; gain support and remove impediments; ensure openness and trust; and hold teams accountable.
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ARC's Dick Hill Operator of the Future Presentation @ ARC Industry Forum 2010
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Which Issue are you MOST worried about
for the Future?
1. Safety and Security
2. Regulations
3. Ageing Workforce – Losing Experience
4. Product Quality
5. Asset Utilization, Availability and Life
Extension
6. Unscheduled Down-time
7. Cost Containment or Reduction
8. Competitors - Doing it Better, Faster,
Cheaper…
Answer in context to “Operator of the Future”
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