tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post2810609743801342971..comments2024-03-28T00:19:17.790-07:00Comments on Agile Adoption Roadmap: The Role of Middle Management in an Agile WorldMario Moreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969447879025623968noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-637317102289764202018-12-12T22:01:06.166-08:002018-12-12T22:01:06.166-08:00Good article it is good to read and also I learn l...Good article it is good to read and also I learn lot from here. May be middle level management function as To play the role of mediator between top-level management and first (lower) line management and for more once look here <a href="https://tyonote.com/management-hierarchy/" rel="nofollow"> top level, middle level and lower/1st line management </a>tyonotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047137461405541695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-17322533376817352552014-10-24T15:10:27.744-07:002014-10-24T15:10:27.744-07:00I like the idea of looking for the sustainable lev...I like the idea of looking for the sustainable level. Thanks!Mario Moreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969447879025623968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-22346270235410331642014-08-13T09:46:29.810-07:002014-08-13T09:46:29.810-07:00Nice article. Nice article. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863772327281032955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-16329081001656787142014-07-19T21:38:59.523-07:002014-07-19T21:38:59.523-07:00Good comments Pierre!
@Randy, For V & C level,...Good comments Pierre!<br />@Randy, For V & C level, I start changing the conversation toward identifying value, end-to-end (concept to cash), and discussions on cost of delay. Mario Moreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969447879025623968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-57714270106715333362014-07-12T23:00:03.657-07:002014-07-12T23:00:03.657-07:00Great post! What I would like some insight on is h...Great post! What I would like some insight on is how to convince V and C level execs that it's important to be an agile organization, and to break from traditional waterfall expectations, such as pegging firm release dates far in advance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-5781357395757944612014-07-09T08:11:25.249-07:002014-07-09T08:11:25.249-07:00That's a bloody good question Mario.
In theory...That's a bloody good question Mario.<br />In theory if we presume that agile enforce systemic organization, meaning Front oriented organization, there is no place anymore for middle management.<br />In other hand, when you start using Scrum as an alternative, then Scrum Masters and Product Owners are somewhat middle managers, Line Manager are an other kind of Product Owners and so on. Here the Role and Responsibilities of Senior Manager (Top) are increasing regarding their roles of "line of defense" (iTSMF vocabulary) to protect the system.<br />At last, giving a touch of complexity, if you agree with this goal of system, then we need to provide new proper roles in the transition phases.<br />In my experience, Line Managers are somekind of transition positions.<br />As conclusion, if you want to be full agile (guess it is the context of the question) draw the value stream of the organization. Use Pareto Law to see if 80% of the effort is given to produce value and 20% max for management (QA, Risk, Finance, Audit, etc...).<br />To be honest, Middle Management understands well the purpose of agile: making it obsolete.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05500869519242058608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-86288778268424685012014-07-08T11:44:00.181-07:002014-07-08T11:44:00.181-07:00As an organization attains Agile maturity, the amo...As an organization attains Agile maturity, the amount of work for middle management is reduced.<br /><br />Idle middle management time often leads to creation of non-value-add metrics and the supporting data collection, spreadsheets, analysis-paralysis and distraction from the few key metrics that are needed to manage Agile projects.<br /><br />Therefore, it is important to gradually reduce the headcount in middle management until a sustainable level is discovered. In large organizations, it should be possible to eventually eliminate an entire level of hierarchy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13367961688180787236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-38223587685914611802014-07-08T08:50:54.990-07:002014-07-08T08:50:54.990-07:00Thanks David for your comment and pointer!Thanks David for your comment and pointer!Mario Moreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969447879025623968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-50683596598820158032014-07-07T10:27:34.086-07:002014-07-07T10:27:34.086-07:00Nice article, and list of mid-management objective...Nice article, and list of mid-management objectives. One of the best resources I've seen is Appelo's Management 3.0 book.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12435527405159930692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-81013417136961473162014-07-07T08:54:51.447-07:002014-07-07T08:54:51.447-07:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts Andrew! Thanks for sharing your thoughts Andrew! Mario Moreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969447879025623968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814874240228543789.post-31515999305637013002014-07-06T23:21:30.650-07:002014-07-06T23:21:30.650-07:00The Director was intuitively correct with her hand...The Director was intuitively correct with her hands-on comment. The time to be more hands-on is when the teams are either under-performing or failing. Addressed the same topic in a recent blog post "Scrum is Dead!" (see point 3): http://agilean.se/2014/06/02/scrum-is-dead/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290363530964874089noreply@blogger.com