Scaling or Not, Agile Dynamics Beat Agile Mechanics Time After Time -- Or, What's Your Personal Agility Quotient?

by Christopher M. Avery

Industry insiders, experts, and analysts have opined for years that the real problem in scaling agile beyond a few teams is cultural. Agile processes and tools -- i.e., the "mechanics" -- just don't flow well in command-and-control cultures. What's missing? The dynamics of personal agility.

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Scaling or Not, Agile Dynamics Beat Agile Mechanics Time After Time -- Or, What's Your Personal Agility Quotient?Thu Jan 24 08:20:13 CDT 2008

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