Adopting Agile Across Borders: A Guide to Navigating Cultural Complexity in Agile Teams and Organizations


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Chapter 1: Getting Started
Goal: Short introduction to the purpose of the book

Chapter 2: Top experiences Goal: summary of the top contributions in the book from our community of global writers)o Understanding cultureo When cultures collideo At the risk of stereotyping
Chapter 3: What is Culture?Goal: Examples of the main cultural modelso Categorising behaviours The Hofstede Model The Lewis ModelChapter 4: A basis for study: Cultural values and the Agile values
Goal: background of the research questions that led to our research and this book- On The Roado South America Argentina Chile Colombia Uruguayo Asia Indonesia Japan The Philippines Singapore United Arab Emirates (Dubai)- Survival GuideChapter 5: Power to the peopleGoal: A discussion on the culture shift needed to adopt Agile
Chapter 6: Where in the worldGoal: A discussion on how the different culture types sit in the world today and how different cultures are primed for the future
Chapter 7: Beans before beanbagsGoal: a discussion on the different motivations in different parts of the world
Chapter 8: Strength in diversityGoal: Discussion on how greater diversity can lead to greater and creativity if managed well
Chapter 9: Agile as a culture shiftGoal: conclusion of the book with acknowledgement of the challenge of adopting Agile, but our belief that Agile can work anywhere



Author: Glaudia Califano, David Spinks
Publisher: Apress
Published: 07/01/2021
Pages: 399
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9781484269473
ISBN10: 1484269470
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Management | General
- Business & Economics | Strategic Planning
- Business & Economics | Management Science

About the Author

Glaudia Califano and David Spinks are Agile trainers, coaches and practitioners.

Glaudia Califano's experience spans facilitating training and workshops to getting deeply involved in the trenches with teams. Glaudia is also a trainer of the Cross Cultural Competence course which was developed based on the work of Richard D. Lewis. She is also a facilitator of Lego(R) Serious Play(R).

David Spinks has been in the IT industry since 2001 starting in software development. In 2012 his journey into Agile started when he became a scrum master and he has worked with dozens of Agile teams since then.

Together, Glaudia and David have experience that spans the fields of ecommerce, higher education, finance, insurance, and social housing. They are active members of the Agile community, regularly blogging, and speaking at meetups and conferences around the world.

Glaudia and David are both Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainers (PST), Accredited Kanban Trainers (AKT) with Kanban University, and ICAgile Authorized Instructors. Together, Glaudia and David founded the company Red Tangerine with the mission to release people's potential and transform work environments. In 2018, they spent several months travelling through South America and Asia, visiting organisations and meeting Agile practitioners to observe and research the impact that culture has on Agile adoption.