Clifford J. Berg - Agile 2: The Next Iteration of Agile

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Cliff Berg

Kurt Cagle

Lisa Cooney

Philippa Fewell

Adrian Lander

Raj Nagappan

Murray Robinson

Copyright 2021 Cliff Berg, Kurt Cagle, Lisa Cooney, Philippa Fewell, Adrian Lander, Raj Nagappan, and Murray Robinson

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This book is dedicated to the members of the global Agile 2 team, who shared their expertise and experience and collaborated remotely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to create Agile 2.

Cliff

I dedicate this to those who have felt frustrated that Agile, for all its hype and promise, didn't seem to bring to you much in the way of advantage and frequently seemed an exercise in pointlessness. There is goodness in Agile methods, but Agile is a hammer, and sometimes you need a violin.

Kurt

This book is dedicated to Agilists everywhere, those struggling in the trenches to apply its values and principles, regardless of their role or field of work, and who inspired us to try to make it better.

Lisa

This is dedicated to fellow Agilists seeking better balance, understanding, and improvement over what's been in practice for the last 20 years.

Philippa

My contribution here is dedicated to independent thinking and independent thinkers, who prefer to choose discovering what is really out there over acquired bias or simply following marketed experts without healthy challenge and validation and who have the courage to stand up even against popular opinion if that makes sense and do not shun putting in considerable effort to develop their (independent thinking) capabilities. In a first year of a series of global pandemic challenges, my heart is with those affected and who are fighting without complaining, never giving up, and finding ways to still help others.

Adrian

This book is dedicated to on-the-ground workers everywhere who have worked with and struggled with Agile in the past, and who inspired us to try to make it better. And to my late beagle Bindi, whose boundless love and loyalty taught me the true meaning of servant leadership.

Raj

This book is dedicated to people who have become disenchanted with the dogma, commercialization, and fake Agile that has taken over the Agile community. We want to reclaim Agile and revive the community's ability to learn and adjust and tackle problems that the original manifesto authors did not imagine. We hope you will join us.

Murray

C liff Berg is a consultant and founder of Agile Griffin, which specializes in merging Agile and DevOps. Cliff began his career doing systems analysis for electronic systems design and then building compilers, was on the team that created the VHDL language, and wrote the first synthesis compiler for that language. In 1995 he cofounded and served as CTO of Digital Focus, a startup that grew to 200 people by 2000 and adopted Agile (eXtreme Programming) in full force that year. Digital Focus was sold in 2006, and since then Cliff has helped more than ten organizations adopt Agile and DevOps methods, working with leadership and teams to implement change. Cliff has experience with Agile and DevOps in a wide range of contexts, from large multiproduct digital platforms to embedded systems.

Kurt Cagle is the community editor of Data Science Central (Tech Target) and the editor in chief of the Cagle Report. He is the author of 22 books on internet technology, data modeling, and knowledge representation, and he has served as an invited expert to the W3C for more than 10 years. As a consultant, Kurt's clients have included Fortune 50 companies, and US and European government agencies. When not trying to keep a handle on what's happening in the data world, he writes novels. He can be found on LinkedIn.

Lisa Cooney currently serves as the Agile coach at Axios. She is the editor of Evolvagility: Growing an Agile Leadership Culture from the Inside Out, by Michael Hamman (2019). Her eclectic background includes a master's degree in education, years of being a stay-at-home mom, and substitute teaching in K-12 schools while raising children, creating art, and writing. A lifelong learner, Lisa went from Basic and Pascal college classes to creating computer-based-training at Kodak to creating her own website in HTML to virtual online learning design. She spent years designing, writing, and managing (with Agile!) the program and project management curriculum (which included systems thinking) at the Department of Homeland Security. In 2014, she designed and wrote two virtual instructor-led courses called Agile for the Federal Government and Agile for the Product Owner for the Department of Veterans Affairs.