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\"Manage projects with speed and flexibility Agile project management is a fast and flexible approach to managing all projects, not just software development. By learning the principles and techniques in this book, you will be able to create a product roadmap, schedule projects, and prepare for product launches with the ease of agile software developers. You'll discover how to manage scope, time, and cost, as well as team dynamics, quality, and risk of every project. Inside: Why agile techniques work; Steps for putting agile into action; Define product vision and features; Plan releases and sprints; Manage scope and procurement; Simplify and increase project reporting; Create an agile environment.\"--Provided by publisher.

Creativity and productivity, rapid adaptation to change, value for the customer—these are just some of the advantages of implementing agile practices in project work. However, agile practices have been most widely and successfully undertaken in the context of small, colocated teams working on small software projects, known as the \"agile sweet spot.\" In this monograph, Brian Hobbs and Yvan Petit explore the use and impact of agile outside of the agile sweet spot. Through a case study and survey questionnaire, they uncover research questions that have remained largely unexamined in the literature, on the project level as well as on the organizational level, namely: * What challenges are encountered when applying agile approaches to large, multi-team software projects and what practices have been developed to alleviate these challenges? * How does the context of large, complex organizations affect the adaptation and adoption of agile approaches and vice versa? An illuminating study of this emerging field, Agile Approaches on Large Projects in Large Organizations opens the door to further investigation on the future role of project managers, the use of scaling frameworks at the program and portfolio levels, and the effects of DevOps, one of the recent trends in agile software development.

The book is intended to provide a much deeper understanding of agile principles, methodologies, and practices to enable project managers to develop a more agile approach and understand how to blend and tailor agile and traditional principles, methodologies, and practices to create an appropriate balance of control and agility to fit a business environment as well as the risks and complexities of any individual project. The book will also provide business managers and leaders an understanding of how to fit agile methodologies into an overall business strategy that provides the right balance of control and agility for their business.

\"Many people have experienced management at work with some exposed to Managerialism. Once Managerialism had transcended the simplicity of managing companies it mutated into an ideology infiltrating nearly every eventuality of human life. Delivering a comprehensive definition of Managerialism, this book traces Managerialism's origins from simple factory administration to its current form as full-blown ideology that has infected private lives, public and educational institutions, society, the art, the economy, and even democracy. Today thousands of managers have graduated from Managerialism's main training facilities, namely management schools. They are ready to spread Managerialism's one-dimensional, anti-democratic, and authoritarian ideology that everything and anything can be managed through a specific set of managerial knowledge found in management studies. But there are also challenges to Managerialism. There are images of what lies beyond Managerialism. These post-managerial images include a rejection of the human and environmental destructiveness of Managerialism. And there are ways to create human and sustainable post-managerial living conditions\"-- Provided by publisher.

Abstract By adopting the 1990s as a timeframe, this article addresses the influence of multilateral institutions in carrying out development projects in Brazil, based on a historical review of the notion of Development Management (Brinkerhoff & Coston, 1999; Thomas, 1996). Consolidated reports from the World Bank Management Reform period were analyzed to investigate the normative suggestions made by the multilateral agency for the success of the ventures and implementation of investment in the country at the time. The study aligns with Critical Development Studies by presenting the historical development of the management experience in Brazil as a reflection of the power and influence of project management in developing countries. The theoretical framework adopted in this study was the critical perspective from the seminal approach of inter-organizational development projects in this countries by Ika and Hodgson (2014). The results demonstrate how multilateral agencies have operated in Latin America from a managerialist perspective. This novel understanding was developed by surveying the critical factors of the alignment between the management and the principles of globalization to shed light on the interests of the directive actions of international bodies in developing countries. The article concludes with evidence of the World Bank’s performance in cohesion with the development management area and dependence on the Western model for structuring the management apparatus. Resumen Adoptando como marco temporal la década de 1990, este artículo aborda la influencia de las instituciones multilaterales en la realización de proyectos de desarrollo en Brasil, a partir de una revisión histórica de la noción de gestión del desarrollo (Brinkerhoff & Coston, 1999; Thomas, 1996). Se analizaron informes consolidados del período de la Reforma Gerencial del Banco Mundial para investigar las sugerencias normativas realizadas por el organismo multilateral para el éxito de los emprendimientos e implementación de inversiones en el país en la época. El estudio se alinea con los estudios críticos del desarrollo al presentar el desarrollo histórico de la experiencia de gestión en Brasil como un reflejo del poder y la influencia de la gestión de proyectos en los países subdesarrollados. El marco teórico adoptado en este estudio fue la perspectiva crítica desde el enfoque seminal de proyectos de desarrollo interorganizacional en países del tercer mundo de Ika y Hodgson (2014). Los resultados demuestran cómo las agencias multilaterales han operado en América Latina desde una perspectiva gerencialista. Esta nueva comprensión se desarrolló mediante el estudio de los factores críticos de la alineación entre la forma de gestión y los principios de la globalización para arrojar luz sobre los intereses de las acciones directivas de los organismos internacionales en los países en desarrollo. El artículo concluye con la evidencia de la actuación del Banco Mundial en cohesión con el área de gestión del desarrollo con la dependencia del modelo occidental para estructurar el aparato de gestión. Resumo Adotando como recorte temporal a década de 1990, este artigo aborda a influência das instituições multilaterais na realização de projetos de desenvolvimento no Brasil, a partir de uma revisão histórica da noção de Gestão do Desenvolvimento (Brinkerhoff & Coston, 1999; Thomas, 1996). Relatórios consolidados do período da Reforma Gerencial do Banco Mundial foram analisados para averiguar as sugestões normativas feitas pela agência multilateral para o sucesso dos empreendimentos e implementação de investimentos no país à época. O estudo se alinha aos Estudos Críticos de Desenvolvimento ao apresentar o desenvolvimento histórico da experiência gerencial no Brasil como reflexo do poder e influência do gerenciamento de projetos em países subdesenvolvidos. O referencial teórico adotado neste estudo foi a perspectiva crítica a partir da abordagem seminal de projetos de desenvolvimento interorganizacional em países do Terceiro Mundo de Ika e Hodgson (2014). Os resultados demonstram como as agências multilaterais têm atuado na América Latina a partir de uma perspectiva gerencialista. Esse novo entendimento foi desenvolvido a partir do levantamento dos fatores críticos do alinhamento entre a forma de gestão e os princípios da globalização para lançar luz sobre os interesses das ações diretivas dos organismos internacionais nos países em desenvolvimento. O artigo conclui com evidências da atuação do Banco Mundial em coesão com a área de gestão do desenvolvimento com dependência do modelo ocidental para estruturação do aparato de gestão.

In this paper, I study management and business education in Pakistan to evaluate their suitability for the local context and their compatibility with Islamic philosophy of education. I use decolonial theory and Iqbalian poetry to craft an evaluative lens for management education and to generate an alternative critical discourse grounded in theology. I found that utilitarianism and managerialism taught in the business schools is creating “captive minds” and is not compatible with traditional Pakistani norms and values. I use decolonial theorists’ idea of pluriversality to offer an alternative. In this manner, I contribute to the critical educational philosophy by showing its parochial character. I argue that addressing the legacy of colonialism is important to develop an emancipatory and new way of thinking about education.

Leaders present lessons learned, strategies, challenges, and successes in easy-to-read narratives highlighting their diverse experiences with context, culture, power, gender and sustainability.