Activities

Table 8-1 shows the leadership and management responsibilities required to establish Light Touch management on an agile project team.

Table 8-1. Establishing Light Touch: The Agile Manager's Responsibilities
CATEGORYACTIVITIES
Intelligent controlManagement:

  • Decentralize control

  • Establish a pull task management system

  • Manage the flow

  • Use action sprints

Leadership:

  • Fit your style to the situation

  • Support roving leadership

  • Learn to go with the flow

Whole-person recognitionLeadership:

  • Maintain quality of work life

  • Build on personal strengths

  • Manage commitments through personal interactions

The activities shown in Table 8-1 are covered in detail in the rest of this chapter, beginning with those in the intelligent control category, covered next.

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