Tips for lowering the agile adoption threshold
Yesterday I participated in a Dutch Agile Government Open Space meeting. The theme of this session was ‘Agile & ICT Policy’. One of the speakers was Brigitte van den Burg. She is one of our Lower House representatives and within her party responsible for the Dutch ICT policy. It was a very interesting session and [...]
Slides seminar “Lean & Agile IT” published (Dutch)
Yesterday we had our seminar Lean & Agile IT. At this seminar we explained that Lean principles and Agile practices are complementary and can lead to better results. We not only applied these principles and practices to product development (like Scrum), but also to ITIL processes and integration solutions. We had a drink afterwards and [...]
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Booklist
Planned books:
- Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizat by Esther Cameron, Mike Green
- Freedom from Command by John Seddon
- Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits by James F. Parker
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Current books:
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Managing portfolios of change with MSP for programmes and PRINCE2 for projects: Integrating MSP and by Chris Venning
Recent books:
- Het Groot Werkvormenboek / druk 1: dé inspiratiebron voor resultaatgerichte prestaties, vergaderinge by S. Dirkse-Hulscher, A. Talen
- Managing successful programmes: Office of Government Commerce by Rod Sowden … [et al.]
- Performance Leadership: The Next Practices to Motivate Your People, Align Stakeholders, and Lead You by Frank Buytendijk
- Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton
- Knowing-Doing Gap, The: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I Sutton
