Agile Leadership Toolkit

If you lead in organizations that have adopted agile methods, you know it's crucial to create the right environment for your agile teams. Traditional tools such as Gantt charts, detailed plans, and internal KPIs aren't adequate for complex and fast-changing markets, but merely trusting participants and teams to self-manage isn't sufficient, either. In Agile Leadership Toolkit, long-time agile leader Peter Koning provides an invaluable steering wheel for agile leaders and their teams.

Foreword xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xxiiiAbout the Author xxvPart 1: Co-Create Goals 11.1 How Do You Set the Right Goals? 31.2 How Do You Find the Right KVIs? 131.3 How to Visualize the Customer Impact? 23Summary of Part 1–Co-Create Goals 31Part 2: Facilitate Ownership 372.1 When Do Teams Take Ownership? 392.2 When Is Intervening the Best Strategy, and When Is Letting Go Better? 492.3 How Mature Is My Team? 572.4 How Do Typical Teams Grow? 632.5 How Can the Borders Be Aligned with the Maturity? 692.6 When Does the Ownership Model Work and When Does It Not? 77Summary of Part 2–Facilitate Ownership 81Part 3: Learn Faster 893.1 How Do You Know Your Teams Are Doing the Right Things? 913.2 How Quickly Do My Teams Learn from Users? 1013.3 How Can the Learning Loop Be Put into Practice? 1093.4 How Can Teams Implement Big Ideas in Small Steps? 1173.5 Minimize the Blast Radius 127Summary of Part 3–Learn Faster 131Part 4: Design Healthy Habits 1374.1 How Do You Stimulate an Agile Culture? 1394.2 How Do You Design Healthy Habits? 1534.3 Can You Anchor the Cultural Improvement? 1654.4 What Is a Healthy Habit to Implement Improvements? 171Summary of Part 4–Design Healthy Habits 187The Agile Leader as Culture Leader 189Concrete Questions 189After Reading This Book 193Why a New Toolkit? 194Agile Leadership Toolkit 195Index 199