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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

Help people understand how to do their job in the changed environment. Provide training, coaching, and other ways for people to get help without feeling judged. Large changes—those that directly impact more than 30-70 people—require professional change management. It can kill the change entirely.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. In your conversations, starting with that first manager, talk about the challenges your organization faces with software development. Ensure each team includes a coach who can teach Focusing practices. They may try to recruit you.

Agile 103
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Managing to Solve An Elegant Puzzle with Will Larson

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Will’s book, An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management. Marcus: Will, you are a manager now. You have been an engineer, you’ve got a marvelous book out called An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management. When you were little, did you want to be a manager? November 4-7, 2019.