Agile management has been on the rise for several years now. Originating 20 years ago in software development, the principle of agility has now established itself in projects of all kinds. To mark the milestone birthday of agile management, the book "Agility in companies. A practical introduction to SAFe® and Co." published by Springer Verlag, edited by TCI partners Mario A. Pfannstiel, Werner Siedl and Peter F.-J. Steinhoff.
Greater speed requires greater flexibility: on the need for agility in companies
Agile working suits our times: faster market changes and faster innovations demand more flexibility in companies. Agile management makes this easier to achieve: Teams and companies can react quickly and flexibly to changes during the development process. The reason: agile projects are not planned from start to finish, but proceed step by step in iterations. The goal is also predetermined, but not the way to get there. This enables selective and situational adjustments to procedures and a high degree of autonomy for employees and managers.
SAFe® combines "lean" and "agile" management to create a dual operating system for the future
With the help of agility in general and SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework®) in particular, companies can react quickly to megatrends such as digitalization and the associated customer and market changes. This enables companies to proactively shape their future and their environment and anticipate future developments.
Special attention is paid to SAFe®, which integrates the "lean" and "agile" management approaches in a sustainable way. This provides companies with a stable foundation of business agility, organizational agility and technology agility. As a special highlight, the editors were able to win SAFe® inventor Dean Leffingwell for a foreword.
"Agility in companies": theoretically sound and practical
The focus of "Agility in Companies" is on the practical application of the concepts. In addition to an introduction to the theoretical foundations, the contributors to the anthology cover various areas: Corporate and personnel management, organizational management, evaluation and controlling, decision-making behavior, roles in projects and the management of business processes.
"Agility in Companies" is aimed at internal and external practitioners for whom transformation management is at the center of their tasks. Coaches, business managers, managing directors and other decision-makers will benefit from the comprehensive perspectives in this anthology, as will academics and lecturers specializing in organization, agile management, project management, business management, change management, product management, development, process management and strategic management.
About the editors
Mario A. Pfannstiel is Professor of Business Administration in Healthcare at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences. He is particularly interested in innovative services in health management.
Werner Siedl is a lean agile coach, certified SAFe® Program Consultant and supports companies in their lean agile transformations for more technology, organizational and business agility.
Peter F.-J. Steinhoff is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Applied Management in Ismaning near Munich. He specializes in international and intercultural management as well as corporate management.
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