Drie Agile-transformatielessen van een Agile Coach


 

This was a blog post on one of the sites of Highberg, in Dutch.  The blog is about: 

1) Agile is not a goal

2) Change should be continuous, not
following a plan

3) Change should not be top-down or bottom-up but collaborative

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