Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos
Bain thought leader and HBR author Darrell Rigby and colleagues Sarah Elk and Steve Berez offer a clear-eyed guide to overcoming the challenges, and getting the real benefits, of transforming your company into an agile enterprise, based on Rigby's two popular HBR articles on the topic.
- Much-needed critical take on the challenges of agile.
- Dispels myths and misconceptions about agile.
- Real-company insights on how agile works in different contexts, and how it doesn't work in others.
- Provides roadmap for doing agile right.
Audience: Broad management audience from C-level and senior execs to managers and team leaders involved or interested in agile operations in all kinds of organizations.
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Darrell Rigby is a partner in the Boston office of Bain & Company, where he heads the Global Innovation and Agile practices. He is a frequent speaker and writer on innovation, agile, and retail, and his research has been published in Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Financial Times, and other publications.
Sarah Elk is a partner in Bain's Chicago office, where she heads the firm's Global Operating Model practice.
Steve Berez is a partner in Bain's Boston office and a founder of the firm's Enterprise Technology practice.
You can visit the authors on LinkedIn at:
Darrell Rigby: linkedin.com/in/darrellrigby/
Sarah Elk: linkedin.com/in/sarah-elk-6b643/
Steven H. Berez: linkedin.com/in/steveberez/
Named one of the "Top Ten Technology Books Of 2020" — Forbes
Named one of "Ten Mind-Opening Business Books for 2020" by Forbes
Shortlisted for the OWL (Outstanding Works of Literature) Awards in Management and Culture
"I highly encourage you to...consider reading Doing Agile Right, a wonderful book with numerous use cases that highlight how agile really works, what to avoid, the importance of scaling agile correctly to gain full benefits." — ZDNet
Advance Praise for Doing Agile Right:
"Doing Agile Right resists extremes and introduces a much-needed, balanced model. It marries innovation with the timeless principles of management to support enduring success." -- John Donahoe, President and CEO, Nike
"Doing Agile Right will help those who truly want to be agile, not just do agile." -- Maya Leibman, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, American Airlines
"Nearly half of agile transformations fail, and many more fall short of expectations. For the thousands of companies pursuing agile transformation--as well as for agile practitioners--Doing Agile Right is a must-read that will put them on the path to results instead of the road to disappointment." -- Jeff Sutherland, Cocreator, Scrum; Creator, Scrum@Scale
"A must-read if you want to improve innovation. Doing Agile Right is a timely and targeted resource for driving change, whether the goal is to address customer needs or change internal processes." -- Craig Menear, Chairman, CEO, and President, The Home Depot
"Compelling and pragmatic, Doing Agile Right lays out a blueprint not just for weathering change but also for embracing it. This book describes how to apply agile values--customer obsession, focus, continuous improvement--to practical organizational systems like planning and budgeting, talent processes, and executive decision-making to embed agility into the organization's DNA." -- Christine A. Leahy, CEO, CDW
"A hugely useful guidebook. It will arm leaders to be better change agents." -- Simon Mulcahy, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Salesforce
"A lot of business leaders I know are skeptical that agile can deliver real business performance improvements. This book will change their minds. Doing Agile Right helps dispel misconceptions and focuses on how to get real business results from agile." -- W. Mitt Romney, business and government executive
