Outsourcing Agility: A Cautionary Tale

Posted November 30, 2006 | Leadership |

"I have bad news for you -- and I have good news" declared Ralph, 1 the project manager, as he started the weekly meeting of the Sure project. "The bad news is this site is going to be closed down. Employees have the option of either moving to the other side of the country or finding themselves a new job.

About The Author
Jens Coldewey
Jens Coldewey is based in Munich, Germany. For more than 10 years, Mr. Coldewey has worked with numerous top 50 large and medium-sized companies to introduce Agile practices and Agile management, specializing in deploying Agile development in large organizations. He is a founding member of the nonprofit AgileAlliance and has served as board member. Mr. Coldewey is Managing Director of it-agile GmbH, the leading German supplier of Agile support… Read More
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