An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide

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Table of Contents

Foreword by Jurgen Appelo
Foreword by Henrik Kniberg

Part 1: Agile in Crisis

• Agile Failure is Pervasive
• Agile is Due for Failure
• Culture is the #1 Challenge with Agile Adoption

Part 2: Agile Culture

• Agile is not a Process – it Defines a Culture
• Understanding Culture through the Schneider Model
• Agile Culture is about Collaboration and Cultivation
• The Agile Manifesto and Principles Define Agile Culture
• Analysis Approach (For the Curious)
• Culture Model Lets Us Ask Useful Questions
• Kanban Culture is Aligned with Control
• Wait a Minute - Kanban is Agile, isn’t it?
• Kanban is a Good Tool
• Kanban as a Trojan Horse or Gateway Drug
• Kanban+Agile = Agile
• Software Craftsmanship is about Competence
• Why We Need to Care
• Working with Your Culture
• Understanding Culture
• Working with Other Cultures
• Culture Adapters
• How to Change Culture is Another Story
• Summary

Part 3: Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide

• Defining Adoption and Transformation
• A Framework for Understanding Adoption
  and Transformation
• Adoption of Agile Practices in Mismatched Culture
• Avoid Agile Manifesto and Scrum
• Agile Adoption Patterns
• Becoming Agile in an Imperfect World
• Case Study: Large Financial
• Adoption and Transformation in a Supportive Culture
• Lead with Agile Manifesto and Scrum
• Fearless Change
• Inspect and Adapt with Enterprise Transition Team
• ADAPT
• Containers, Differences and Exchanges
• Cynefin Framework
• Case Study of Agile Adoption in a Supportive Culture
• Agile Transformation
• Is Agile Transformation Possible?
• Accidental Agile Transformation is Damaging Companies
• Kotter Model for Organizational Change
• Transformational Leadership
• Other Approaches to Organizational Change
• Where to go next?
• Checklist for Change Agents
• References
• About the Author
• Alternate Views and Opinions
• Culture as Context for Agile Adoption and Transformation
• You Kanban is not my Kanban
• Kanban is more than just Control Culture
• Kanban is about Transformation, too!
• Scrum vs. Kanban

Translations

Here you can find the translated versions of the book:

• Spanish, thanks to the Spanish translation team:
  • Lucho Salazar - you can find him via his website, twitter and linkedin
  • Sebastian Velasquez R - you can find him via his blog, twitter and linkedin
  • Jorge Hernán Abad Londoño - you can find him via his blog, twitter and linkedin
  • Leonardo Agudelo - you can find him via twitter and linkedin