AGILE IN ACTION

Via InfoQ . Tim Lister translates the Declaration of Interdependence into plain language in his introduction to agile leadership . Here's the gist of Tim's message: 1. We increase return on investment by making continuous flow of value our focus.

There's some discussion happening at the Agile Forums about refocusing the Agile Alliance . Brian Marick advocates a new focus on helping teams be ready to execute Agile:

I've finally joined the APLN . I've been planning to join for a while but I was eventually spurned into action by the creation of a London Chapter . The primary aim of APLN is to make people great project leaders by focusing on value, customers, teams, individuals, context and uncertainty. Read about APLN and the Declaration of Interdependence for more information. Lately, I've been reading about collaboration techniques and collaborative leadership so I'm particularly interested to see what gets discussed in this forum. A few hot topics of interest to me at the moment include: Learning and developing techniques that help inculcate Agile values into team members so they become guided instinctively by the principles of Agile as they perform Extreme Programming practices. Learning and developing techniques that help customers to take ownership and responsibility that is commensurate with their role, and to engage proactively as a full-time member of the project. Finding new ways to help team members understand the empowering effect of being in a self-organising team, and within this context, to achieve their capabilities for creativity and effective teamwork while demonstrating collective responsibility. Exploring the dynamic nature of leadership as a part of collaboration in a self-organising team. Links: Collaborative Leadership Collaborative Leadership Training Tools Books: