The Agile Model comes to Management, Learning, and Human Resources [17Sep11] - 0 views
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This agile model (which is now well known in Silicon Valley and in the software engineering world) has transformed software. It has many benefits: it reduces the long cycle times that create risk; it enables engineers to take advantage of the fact that requirements change quickly; and it honors the fact that people perform best when they work on small projects they can finish quickly.
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Agile is also built on the understanding that people learn in small chunks - so while it may in fact take a year or two to build a highly complex website, no person needs to try to understand the entire engineering program in advance. And as the image on the right shows, daily work becomes a part of a bigger project in a continuous, dynamic process.
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Traditional annual performance appraisals use an older "waterfall" method - continuous feedback and recognition is an "agile" approach.
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Traditional formal training and certification is a "waterfall" model - rapid e-learning and informal learning is an "agile" approach.
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Top down cascading goals are a "waterfall" approach - rapidly updated "objectives and key results" (sometimes called OKR - widely used at Google) is an "agile" model.
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Traditional annual rewards and bonuses are a "waterfall" model - continuous recognition and social recognition systems are an "agile" model.
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The annual employee engagement survey is a "waterfall" model - continuous online idea factories and open blogs are an "agile" model for employee engagement.
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The annual development planning process is a "waterfall" model - an ongoing coaching relationship is an "agile" model for leadership.
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The traditional recruiting process is a "waterfall" model - this is being replaced by a continuous process of social recruiting and referral-based recruiting which can be rolled out in a few hours.
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Consider what has happened to the corporate training industry. While formal education and training has not disappeared, today people want to learn "on the job" through informal and social networks on a real-time basis. This is a form of "agile learning"