{"product_id":"2940179125631","title":"Continuous Digital: an agile alternative to projects","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eEssential reading on how to merge software business with software development.\u003c\/strong\u003e Continuous Digital is what everyone in the software business needs to read, to understand how 'IT' and 'the business' are not separate. Even in small companies, you find a separate Engineering department, a separation that leads to all kinds of disfunction, which other books don't address.\" Peter Hilton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the digital world, the business is technology, and technology is the business. Agile software development was the first wave of process change for digital business. Now it is time to update management models and thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuous Digital sets out a new management model for digital business. A management model that takes Agile to the next level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllan Kelly describes how software is omnipresent in digital business, how software is an asset and needs treating as such. He describes new management paradigms for the digital and agile age:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow dis-economies of scale not economies of scale rule software development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen planning delays action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow value changes over time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lifecycle of stable value-seeking teams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBudget alternatives for funding software development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDigitisation forces companies to rethink the way they organize themselves. This book offers a template for new businesses and new thinking on managing that work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA digital software book for the C-suite roles.\u003c\/strong\u003e Allan Kelly brings together a wealth of modern software and product management tips and techniques to present a coherent case against the traditional project mindset. He asks us to focus on treating software as the core business asset, introducing end dates to software development is as ludicrous as introducing an end date to your business he states.\" Ian Ames\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eWealth of Information!! \u003c\/strong\u003eThis book contains an absolute wealth of information, Concepts that underpin digital and Agile transformation. Great insights into strategy, capex, planning and many more. Fantastic nuggets of information that will make you look smart! A great book to keep by you an regularly refer to for it wealth of information.\" David W.O. Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eControversial and annoyingly right - \u003c\/strong\u003eKelly is controversial and as often as not, annoyingly right. His new book has \"business value\" written right through it. The economics make sense and he has a keen eye for the crucial - and not always easy - issues that need to be addressed. Valuable reading for anyone who wants a better understanding of the digital operating model.\" Anonymous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContinuous Digital is the second #NoProjects book after Project Myopia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Software Strategy Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46582078177521,"sku":"2940179125631","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940179125631_p0.jpg?v=1765914778","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940179125631","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}