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Unlocking Business Agility with Evidence-Based Management: Satisfy Customers and Improve Organizational Effectiveness
Leverage Evidence-Based Management, a scientific method, to enable organizations to achieve goals under conditions of uncertainty.
Organizations often believe in the certainty of their plans and see every deviation from the plan as a sign of failure. They view the organization as a machine for creating and executing plans instead of looking at it as a responsive organism, attentive to the changes in its environment. In a world of uncertainties, organizations need to be capable of reinventing themselves every day based on new information.
In Unlocking Business Agility with Evidence-Based Management , authors Patricia Kong, Todd Miller, Kurt Bittner, and Ryan Ripley use the framework developed by Scrum.org called Evidence-Based Management (EBM). EBM is an empirical approach that helps organizations use experimentation and rapid feedback to progress toward goals. This path is not always obvious or straightforward, but that is a in a complex and changing world, the path toward goals will always be uncertain. EBM helps organizations use new data to adapt their plan toward their goals.
Throughout the book, the authors present stories and experiences that illustrate how EBM can be applied to set better goals and then leverage empiricism to achieve those goals using feedback, learning, and evidence. This definitive guide will help your organization identify its true purpose, improve its ability to reach goals, and build a culture of trust, transparency, and growth.
Clarify goals and demonstrate value, success, and progress using agile metrics Progress toward goals in uncertain and rapidly changing circumstances Embrace empiricism and experimentation to find solutions for complex problems Find real-world anonymized case studies on how to articulate goals and measurements in a way that fosters self-management and business agility
Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
Organizations often believe in the certainty of their plans and see every deviation from the plan as a sign of failure. They view the organization as a machine for creating and executing plans instead of looking at it as a responsive organism, attentive to the changes in its environment. In a world of uncertainties, organizations need to be capable of reinventing themselves every day based on new information.
In Unlocking Business Agility with Evidence-Based Management , authors Patricia Kong, Todd Miller, Kurt Bittner, and Ryan Ripley use the framework developed by Scrum.org called Evidence-Based Management (EBM). EBM is an empirical approach that helps organizations use experimentation and rapid feedback to progress toward goals. This path is not always obvious or straightforward, but that is a in a complex and changing world, the path toward goals will always be uncertain. EBM helps organizations use new data to adapt their plan toward their goals.
Throughout the book, the authors present stories and experiences that illustrate how EBM can be applied to set better goals and then leverage empiricism to achieve those goals using feedback, learning, and evidence. This definitive guide will help your organization identify its true purpose, improve its ability to reach goals, and build a culture of trust, transparency, and growth.
Clarify goals and demonstrate value, success, and progress using agile metrics Progress toward goals in uncertain and rapidly changing circumstances Embrace empiricism and experimentation to find solutions for complex problems Find real-world anonymized case studies on how to articulate goals and measurements in a way that fosters self-management and business agility
Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
224 pages, Paperback
Published October 31, 2023
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July 3, 2024
Excellent read. Especially for those who might think Agile is just useful for software engineering.
April 8, 2024
Solid material and a few new concepts that you can take from the book. Anyone familiar with The Lean Startup will note quite a bit of similarities between the two books.
My one ding on the book is the grammatical errors. There were a number of missing words and it throws you out of your rhythm when reading.
Overall, I would recommend this read to product, SMs, and organization leaders, as there are some key concepts that can really help an organization remain focused and guide toward their desired outcomes.
My one ding on the book is the grammatical errors. There were a number of missing words and it throws you out of your rhythm when reading.
Overall, I would recommend this read to product, SMs, and organization leaders, as there are some key concepts that can really help an organization remain focused and guide toward their desired outcomes.
March 17, 2024
Fantastic and must-read book for Scrum Masters/Agile Coaches, but also all manager who are interested in knowing why they can’t get enough out of their development organization
Short read, but it does not make it less interesting, current and valuable.
Short read, but it does not make it less interesting, current and valuable.
July 20, 2024
Great approach on evidence-based management, shows that this does not apply exclusively to software development.
Although I have given it five stars, the amount of grammatical errors throws you off your reading pace at times.
Although I have given it five stars, the amount of grammatical errors throws you off your reading pace at times.
November 21, 2023
Easy read, a little too jargon / acronym heavy but I assume that's due to the certification tie in. Conceptually EBM comes from the medical industry where coming up with meaningful metrics on efficacy of new medicine is required. Lots of take aways and things to think about. Could use more focus on coming up with better metrics and having conversations around that.
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