The waves of Agile

Value delivery gets more difficult when organizations grow. The enterprise structures challenge the way of working. Challenges that change when organizations progress on their Agile journey. Agile leaders need to shift their focus from the teams to collaboration and business outcome. Agile coaches discover that they need additional skills and knowledge to support them.

Derk-Jan de Grood created a rich source of knowledge for Agile coaches and leaders to combine forces and guide their organization into the next wave of Agile. The practical tips will help you to get more out of your agile delivery and create a learning organization that delivers quality solutions with business value.

Derk-Jan de Grood accompanies organizations on their Agile journey. He’s a sought-after speaker at international conferences, regularly publishes in major magazines and has written several successful books.

I can’t recommend the book highly enough. Read it once. Reflect. Then read it again. Then transform!
Bob Galen, Director of Agile Practices at Zenergy Technologies, USA

'Derk-Jan hasn’t just summarized the nature of Agile but has listed and described what might happen along the road, what challenges might emerge and what are potential ways to tackle those events and challenges.' - Gunther Verheyen, independent Scrum Caretaker and author of “Scrum – A pocket guide,” Belgium

'By describing how quality measures can practically be implemented in various stages of maturity, this book is a valuable addition and extension to the vision of delivering business value using IT.' - Rik Marselis, principal quality consultant at Sogeti and co-author of “Quality for DevOps teams,” the Netherlands