Author: Christian Scheiber
As strange as it sounds, the challenge for me at the moment is to help imbue Agile techniques into non-development environments within IT! This can be especially difficult in operational roles such as Finance where these departments are removed from the software development coal face. But, the most important element for any budding Agilist is to approach ANY task that they do and ask, “How can I perform this task, easier, cheaper and more efficiently”. That is the Agile difference.
Hey there. I admire your initiative. I am also working on bring Agile (specifically the Scrum framework) to non-development –in fact, non-IT– areas. I have written a couple of articles on this on my blog, and I run the WelfareCSM program which is deliberately targeted at non-IT people (as well as unemployed IT people). Check it out.
Some links:
Scrum Abstraction: http://bit.ly/RWlGM
Simple Scrum: http://bit.ly/OGcVE
WelfareCSM: http://welfarecsm.com
Not sure I agree with your statement “How can I perform this task, easier, cheaper and more efficiently”. That is the Agile difference. Agile is not about cheap v. expensive (water-fall methods), it’s about getting real business value, involving the right people and delivering incrementally. That aside, I came across this where Agile techniques are being applied in an everyday workplace as opposed to a software development project : http://www.openagile.com/TheOpenAgilePrimer or http://www.berteigconsulting.com/