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Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit

by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

This is a book of thinking tools for software development leaders. It is a tool kit for translating generally accepted lean principles into effective agile practices that fit your unique environment. Lean thinking has a long history of generating dramatic improvements in fields as diverse as manufacturing, health care and construction.

Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (Addison-Wesley Signature)

by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

This book draws on the Poppendiecks’ unparalleled experience helping development organisations optimize the entire software value stream. You’ll discover the right questions to ask, the key issues to focus on, and techniques proven to work.

Mary and Tom Poppendieck present case studies from leading-edge software organisations, and offer practical exercises for jumpstarting your own Lean initiatives.

Systems Thinking in the Public Sector: The Failure of the Reform Regime.... and a Manifesto for a Better Way

by John Seddon

John Seddon argues powerfully for the government to forget sticking plasters like CRM and citizen empowerment and says don’t tweak the system. Ditch it.

Systems Thinking in the Public Sector gives example after example of exactly how the system fails from housing benefits and care for the elderly to call centres like Consumer Direct. Drawing on John Seddon’s extensive experience working as a consultant with UK public sector managers, this is a fiercely uncompromising, yet rigorous manifesto for change.

Freedom from Command and Control: A Better Way to Make the Work Work

by John Seddon

This is a management book that challenges convention and aims to appeal to a wide target audience. Seddon argues that while many commentators acknowledge command and control is failing us, no one provides an alternative. His contention is the alternative can only be understood when you see the failings of command and control by taking the better - systems - view.

The Concise Executive Guide to Agile (IEEE CS Press ReadyNotes)

by Israel Gat

The Guide targets executives from every function that Agile affects to provide them with the principles they need in order to become effective with an Agile initiative. The guide covers the rationale for Agile, implementing it, fitting it into your company, and scaling it to the enterprise level.
 
Note: currently only available as an ebook.

Leading Lean Software Development: Results are Not the Point (Addison-Wesley Signature)

by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

Building on their breakthrough bestsellers Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit and Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (Addison-Wesley Signature) Mary and Tom Poppendieck’s latest book shows software leaders and team members exactly how to drive high-value change throughout a software organisation - and make it stick.

They go far beyond generic implementation guidelines, demonstrating exactly how to make lean work in real projects, environments, and companies.

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AAT - Agile CIO and Business Change

Posted in AAT, agile business change, Agile CIO, strategic IT review

IndigoBlue worked closely with us to understand our business, our requirements and our culture. They worked in an Agile manner to deliver a comprehensive review of our information needs and formulated a plan to help us deliver excellent service to our members. IndigoBlue offered a very cost effective solution and delivered on-time and to budget."

Institute of Physics

Institute of Physics - Strategic IT Review

Posted in incremental change, strategic IT review

We chose IndigoBlue because they not only had the required IT expertise, but also had a clear understanding of the business and cultural issues involved. We were also impressed with their approach, which gave continual feedback and provided ample opportunity for staff, stakeholders and other suppliers to input knowledge and ideas."

Carphone Warehouse

Carphone Warehouse - Agile Coaching and Mentoring

Posted in ADAPT, agile transition, mentoring

IndigoBlue was the only provider who offered to take a coaching and mentoring role to help us realise our objectives. The other vendors we considered were more focused on putting in their own people and following a set process. There is now a very clear understanding of business objectives across the whole team, we have increased co-ownership of projects and the approach is very good for gaining customer involvement."

IPC Media

IPC Media - Agile Rapid Development

Posted in agile project management, lean

I'm very proud about how everyone has handled the new development process as I know for some it wasn't easy at the start, but everyone kept open minds, learnt a huge amount, ran with it and made it work beautifully, delivering one of our most important web projects of the year at a pace the business found hard to believe."

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