If an Agile mindset can help teams at work, can it also help families at home? In a recent interview conducted by Harvard Business Review, Managing Editor Dana Rousmaniere asked me that very question. The result was an engaging conversation that touched on the specific practices that we’ve been applying at home. We talked about why we decided to get started, what it was like to get the family on board, and how things can fall apart sometimes. Dana captured the details in an article on the HBR website. What follows is the introduction to the article. A link to the full article with comments from readers is included below.
Project Manage Your Life
Dana Rousmaniere, February 10, 2015
More and more companies are adopting software and product development frameworks like Agile, Scrum, and Kanban — which promote quick, iterative, lean production — to deliver higher quality products, faster. These methods help teams produce rapid, continuous improvements, via daily face-to-face communication and visual workflows.
If these methods can help teams get on the same page, streamline tasks, and reach collective goals more quickly, can they also help people be more productive in their personal lives? I recently spoke with Frank Saucier, executive and Agile coach at FreeStanding Agility, about how he applies these methods in his home life … The full article is available on HBR.
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