A new way of managing successful organizations
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Most agile methodologies, including the widespread Scrum framework, more or less dispense of the manager. Does this mean that Management is no longer needed?
The answer is that managers still play an important role, and Jurgen Appelo's book “Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders” explains why.
Introducing agile methodologies such as Scrum will significantly change the way management works. The traditional command and control structure will be supplanted by a coaching / leadership approach where motivating and enabling teams will be crucial skills.
In his book, Jurgen Appelo shows the six views on organization the new management has to address in order to become successful:
Focusing on the people, Appelo starts with how management needs to Energize People and Empower Teams. The new management needs to actively Align Constraints and Grow Structure. To really become successful, an organization needs to Develop Competence. And since striving forward means to never be content, the book concludes with solid advice on how to Improve Everything.
Each view is introduced in two chapters, the first providing the theoretical background and the second the practical application and advice.
Appelo uses many anecdotes and examples of his own professional life, making the topic tangible and good to read. His witty style made me laugh many times. But despite the light tone, the book still provokes deep thinking about the way you want to lead your agile or scrum teams, and hands you valuable instruments to tackle this difficult Task.