Who Should Read This Book?

This book targets anyone responsible for IT executive management. Chief Information Officers in companies that are looking to improve alignment and efficiencies within IT will likely benefit most from this book, but other governance and service delivery roles will benefit as well. Whether you’re a VP of Engineering looking to improve time to market, a VP of Infrastructure that needs to reduce your labor or capital costs, or a Chief Information Security Officer that needs to ensure that security controls are implemented throughout the IT organization, there’s valuable information here for you too!

This book is also designed to assist business process consultants and agile evangelists in working with leadership to transform the organization through a practical application of the Agile Manifesto at the executive level. Most of the available literature focuses on team-based engineering and project management techniques, but this book makes the same values and principles relevant to those entrusted with steering the organization. A more agile “tone at the top” can help teams and senior leadership collaborate more effectively, and this book can help shape that collaboration.

In short, anyone who values a more effective IT organization will benefit from this book.