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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. For remote teams, create virtual team rooms.). Here’s an example of how manager buy-in works in a complex situation, drawn from my experience as a consultant. The VP was concerned about cross-product coordination as the organization grew.

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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

If not, you can hire consultants. Some Agile consultants have change management experience and can guide both aspects of your Agile adoption. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. Create a physical or virtual team room for each team. The VP liked what I had to say.

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The Cloud Cost-Conscious Conundrum

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Frankly, I don’t know a single CIO, CTO or VP of Engineering or Operations that would disagree with me. Public cloud providers routinely recruit, hire and retain some of the most skilled security minded people in our industry. Public cloud is not cheaper! There, I said it! Nowhere is this more true than in the public cloud.

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