Having originally learned Agile – and its family members Scrum and Kanban – leading a software development organization, applying it to change management and digital innovation required taking a step back and reflecting how the concepts, methods, and artifacts work in this new mission and environment. It took a lot of work!

In Doing Agile Right, Bain & Company’s Darrell Rigby and his colleagues Sarah Elk and Steve Berez provide an excellent overview of Agile concepts, how to implement and scale them to enable nimble innovation, and, in their own words, how to achieve balance between the fast-paced change facilitated by Agile and the financial and operational discipline provided by traditional management practices.

“Every organization must optimize and tightly control some of its operations, and at the same time innovate. Agile, done well, enables vigorous innovation without sacrificing the efficiency and reliability essential to traditional operations. The authors break down how agile really works, show what not to do, and explain the crucial importance of scaling agile properly in order to reap its full benefit. They then lay out a road map for leading the transition to a truly agile enterprise”

Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos
by Darrell Rigby, Sarah Elk, Steve Berez