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Creating an Environment that Supports Self-Organizing TeamsSelf-organizing agile teams leverage some basic qualities about what motivates people to help teams deliver. Since these qualities often run counter to traditional management structures, it takes effort to create an environment that supports these kinds of teams.
Agile Moves into Our Homes and SchoolsNot only has agile moved into our homes, it is now reaching into our schools. Agile methodology is in the process of changing the way corporations work, so it should come as no surprise that it is now changing the way we organize our personal lives as well.
Creating an Agile Mindset

We have all heard that agile requires a cultural change within a company, but what do these changes really mean? Agile is more about how a team approaches solving problems and less about the tools used to support that approach. Agile is really a mindset.

What Is the Role of Management in Agile?Agile methods rarely describe roles that match those of a traditional manager. While some organizations consider managers to be “overhead,” others argue that their supervisors have value and help make people work more effectively. Steve Berczuk takes a look at the role of a manager in agile.