Top 10 Agile Books

"10 Essential Agile Books: Curated Recommendations for Agile Professionals" features exceptional titles for new practitioners as well as experienced leaders. Explore the list.

🔗 https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/top-10-agile-books-2026.html

#Agile #AgileBooks #ProjectManagement

»AI Transformation Anti-Patterns (And How to Diagnose Them)« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/ai-transformation-anti-patterns-and-how-diagnose-them #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

Try this now. Walk to your kitchen barefoot. Fill a glass with cold water. Stand still. Feel the floor under your feet. Drink slowly. With each swallow, let go of one expectation you're holding too tight.

You've already won tonight. Because you chose where your loyalty belongs—your own truth.

#Leadership #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Agile #ContinuousImprovement #LeanStartup #ProfessionalGrowth #Productivity #StartupLife #TechBusiness (2/2)

»The Shadow Organization: Why Your Real Org Chart Is Invisible« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/shadow-organization-why-your-real-org-chart-invisible #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

»You didn’t implement Scrum. You implemented calendar entries.« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/you-didnt-implement-scrum-you-implemented-calendar-entries #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

DevOps Meetup Zurich on Tuesday: 2 talks, 1 message: sustainable delivery is leadership, not heroism.
RTE exhaustion (Nikolaos Kaintantzis) + reliability without burnout/on-call (Adhi Sutandi).
Next meetup: Feb 19 @ Digicomp.
Slides: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7423274189895249920/
#DevOps #SAFe #SRE #OnCall #Reliability #Agile

D-POAF : une approche "proof-driven" pour gouverner des systèmes #IA, comparaison avec #Agile et #SAFe

https://linuxfr.org/users/saraihsine/journaux/d-poaf-une-approche-proof-driven-pour-gouverner-des-systemes-ia-comparaison-avec-agile-et-safe

Agility at scale is not about synchronizing frameworks.
It is about managing Nested Loops.

Large organizations don’t learn in a single cycle. They learn through multiple, interconnected feedback loops operating at different speeds and levels of abstraction.

If those loops are not physically coupled, you get what I call:

Disconnected Agility.

https://no-bullshit-agile.com/the-nested-loop.html

A Thread 🧵

#Agile #WorkFeedbackLoop #SystemsThinking #Flow #AgileAtScale (1/7)

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Nested Loop

Time didn’t disappear. You just learned how to hold it.
#Leadership #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #Agile #ContinuousImprovement #LeanStartup #Productivity #ProfessionalGrowth #StartupLife #TechBusiness (3/3)

»From Scaling Scrum to Designing 10X Performance« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/scaling-scrum-designing-10x-performance #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

Why It Works
Jamsetji’s approach wasn’t about quick fixes—it was about foundational change. By building accessibility in early, you avoid costly rework and create tools that actually serve all students. Try this for three sprints and see how it shifts your team’s focus. Let me know what changes for you.

#Accessibility #EdTech #InclusiveDesign #Agile #JamsetjiTata #EducationForAll #UserExperience #SocialImpact #TechForGood #InclusiveEducation (6/6)

Growing Agile: The Complete Coach's Guide https://leanpub.com/b/thecompletecoachsguide by Karen Greaves and Samantha Laing is the featured bundle on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com #Software #Agile #Teamwork #BusinessAndManagement #Startups

Find it on Leanpub!

Most organizations don’t lack feedback. They lack the ability to act on it.

In this video, I explain the Work–Feedback Loop — a simple lens to understand how work systems actually learn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_fkwilE42c

#WorkFeedbackLoop #Agile

"Die Work–Feedback Loop – wie Arbeitssysteme wirklich lernen"

Darum geht es in der aktuellen Folge im Podcast.

Hört gerne rein - auf der Seite oder in eurem Podcatcher.

https://no-bullshit-agile.de/work-feedback-loop.html

#Agile #WorkFeedbackLoop

»"Who Broke the Build?" Transparency vs. Blame in Professional Scrum« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/who-broke-build-transparency-vs-blame-professional-scrum #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter 468 - Week Ending January 30, 2026

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#dewdrop #newsletter #aspnetcore #javascript #css #xaml #windowsdev #dotnet #csharp #ai #mcp #devops #agile #appdev #podcasts #IoT #m365 #data #sqlserver #azure #powershell

Real strength isn’t carrying other people’s mess. It’s knowing what to lift and what to leave on the rack. Your peace isn’t a public bench—stop letting everyone sit there.

#Innovation #Entrepreneurship #BusinessStrategy #Agile #Scrum #Kanban #ProfessionalGrowth #BusinessTips #TechBusiness #StartupLife (2/2)

»AI Help For Conflict Resolution« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/ai-help-conflict-resolution #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

Top Links .NET AI Essentials – The Core Building Blocks Explained (Jeremy Likness) Build a Student Analytics Dashboard in WPF with Interactive Charts (Surya Elayaperumal) From pixels to characters: The engineering behind GitHub Copilot CLI’s animated ASCII banner (Aaron Winston) .NET MAUI Embedding with Uno Platform (Sam Basu) Getting Started with SQL Database Project Power … Continue reading Dew Drop – January 29, 2026 (#4593)

With MANY thanks to @hannukle for the suggestion, my team has switched to Fibery as our dev work tracking tool. I blogged about my research and the conclusions that led us to that decision: https://www.rainskit.com/blog/dev-work-trackers/

We considered Monday Dev, Jira, GitHub Projects, Linear, Plane, and Fibery. None were perfect, but Fibery was the only one that wasn't bad in some critical way.

#agile #softwareengineering #programming

Lessons from Yesterday's Tomorrowland delivers timeless insights for today's technology landscape—including AI

https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/lessons-from-yesterdays-tomorrowland.html

#Agile #AI #HumanAI #Innovation #Technology #ExoticTeamDynamics #Banking #Navigation #Mobile #Robotics #SpaceTech #AsteroidMining

Product Value Teams: Collaborative Leadership for Faster Learning and Delivery, Part 6
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/product-value-teams-collaborative-leadership-for-faster-learning-and-delivery-part-6/
#ProductLeadership #Agile #Collaboration

»Why Effective Stakeholder Collaboration For Scrum Teams Is Needed« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/why-effective-stakeholder-collaboration-scrum-teams-needed #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

»Product Owner - Have you made your CASE?« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/product-owner-have-you-made-your-case #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

The slides for my (English) #agile #austria talk about growing bonsai and what software development can learn from it are now online. Spoiler: It's basically feedback, iteration, continuous learning and small, simple steps.

https://speakerdeck.com/dtanzer/grown-organically-develop-software-and-bonsai

»Why AI is the Ultimate Partner for Product Owners and Product Managers« https://scaledagile.com/blog/ai-empowered-product-owners-and-product-managers/ #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

Mid-sized finance teams should use this with monthly user feedback checks. Keep solutions focused on core needs, not technical novelty.

#InversionThinking #SoftwareDevelopment #ProjectManagement #FinanceTech #UserFeedback #CostSavings #Compliance #Efficiency #Agile #ProductManagement (4/4)

Your next move’s not in an app. It’s already in your life.

#Leadership #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Agile #ContinuousImprovement #LeanStartup #ProfessionalGrowth #CareerAdvice #StartupLife #TechBusiness (2/2)

Gerade im Zug nach #Graz zur #Agile #Austria Conference - Mein Vortrag über Softwareentwicklung und #Bonsai is heute Abend um 17:45. Ich freu' mich schon darauf!

https://agile-austria.org/

»[Nano Tip] AI Agent vs. Agentic AI« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/nano-tip-ai-agent-vs-agentic-ai #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

»Scrum Team Health: What to Look For and What to Fix First« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/scrum-team-health-what-look-and-what-fix-first #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

If you're involved or interested in Agile, check out 10 Essential Agile Books: Curated Recommendations for Agile Professionals

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#Agile #AgileProjectManagement #AgileBooks #AgileProjectManagementBooks #Books

Top Links Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview): Build AI Agents in .NET (Arulraj Aboorvasamy) Visual Studio January Update — Enhanced Editor Experience (Simona Liao) 7 learnings from Anders Hejlsberg: The architect behind C# and TypeScript (Aaron Winston) Introduction to Contextual AI: MCP Tools vs Skills (Sam Basu) GitHub Copilot app modernization for C++ is now in … Continue reading Dew Drop – January 28, 2026 (#4592)

the agile way: connect adapt simplify https://leanpub.com/agiletao by Peter Merel is the featured book on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com #Agile #Engineering #BusinessAndManagement #Philosophy #Poetry #SystemsEngineering

Водопад или Agile?

Привет, Хабр! Я - Михаил Персианов (Данила Мастер), я разработчик 1С в ИТ-холдинге Т1. Сегодня мы с Оппонентом обсудим вечную тему. Конечно же, в контексте 1С, и с неожиданным выводом. Для тех, кто вдруг не в курсе, поясню: /

https://habr.com/ru/companies/T1Holding/articles/986740/

#ОПроекте #1С #agile #waterfall

Friction is the invisible current that sinks every transformation. And it isn’t a fluke - it’s systemic.

It lives in the gaps: between people, across teams & within the technology meant to support them.

Here’s the hard truth:
❌ It isn’t a Kubernetes problem.
❌ It isn’t a Cloud problem.
❌ It isn’t an AI problem.

The real fix is not just in our code, but in how we think, communicate, and organize!

📖 Dive into the #InfoQ article by Cat Morris & Diana Montalion: https://bit.ly/46ijk3k

#Culture #Agile #Teamwork #DistributedTeams #Change #Collaboration

»Agiles KI-getriebener Paradigmenwechsel 🇩🇪« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/agiles-ki-getriebener-paradigmenwechsel #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

»Brain Rust« https://bobgalen.substack.com/p/brain-rust #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

»When Agile Becomes Local Optimization« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/when-agile-becomes-local-optimization #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

»[Practical Tip] How To Create A Library Of Reusable AI Prompts« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/practical-tip-how-create-library-reusable-ai-prompts #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

»[Nano Tip] How To Create A Library Of Reusable AI Prompts« https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/nano-tip-how-create-library-reusable-ai-prompts #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum

Top Links Introducing OpenSilver 3.3: Blazor Components Now Run Directly Inside XAML Applications (OpenSilver Team) Introducing Budget Bytes: Build Powerful AI Apps for Under $25 (Jasmine Greenaway & Pablo Lopes) MCP Apps And Interactive UIs In MCP Clients (Den Delimarsky) Power agentic workflows in your terminal with GitHub Copilot CLI (Dylan Birtolo) Maia 200: The … Continue reading Dew Drop – January 27, 2026 (#4591)

»Developing AI with Agile: Redefining “done” and “user” before the model redefines you« https://agilealliance.org/developing-ai-with-agile-redefining-done-and-user-before-the-model-redefines-you/ #Agilist.in #Agile #Change #Lean #Kanban #Scrum