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The world's book shelves are full of productivity systems and approaches, such as Getting Things Done, Zen to Done, Do It Tomorrow, The Now Habit, The 4-Hour Workweek, and so on.
This survey investigated the effect of various factors on personal productivity and the ways in which respondents manage their productivity. Thirty-three percent of the 60 respondents hold IS/IT management or senior management/policy making titles, while 18% are in consulting, and the remainder hold a variety of titles. Half of the respondents' organizations are headquartered or based in North America, 20% are in Europe, 17% are in Australia/Pacific, 10% in Asia, and 3% in Africa and the Middle East.
Executive Report
Rethinking the Agile Enterprise
Abstract
Agile methodologies are helping teams deliver software faster and with much higher quality than ever before. Given the success of agile at the team level, many managers are exploring the possibility of implementing these methodologies across the entire product-delivery organization.
Executive Summary
Rethinking the Agile Enterprise
Agile methodologies are helping teams deliver software much faster and with much higher quality than ever before. Given the success of agile at the development team level, many managers are exploring the possibility of broadly implementing these methodologies with the intent of achieving the quality, productivity, and ROI benefits across the entire product-delivery organization.
Organizations that review their contracts on a systematic and regular basis will get more out of them in terms of both quality and financial results. Making the comprehensive reviews a core part of contract management practice signals to everyone involved in delivering and/or managing the arrangement that performance matters.