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Agile Competence Levels

June 3, 2008 by JurgenAppelo

Levels I recently told you that I was trying to create "agile job descriptions". They are job descriptions that enable employees to understand what is expected of them, without being too verbose in the job requirements and the activities that they are being asked to perform. And now, as the next step, I have been trying to create "agile competence levels". It's because employees want to know how they need to work on their careers. I know, it's a silly thing, but some people actually want to move upwards in their career. Well, I'm not a difficult guy. So, as before, I have tried to create descriptions that are both short, clear and flexible. Or, in other words... agile.

Here's what I came up with:

Agile Layoffs

March 17, 2007 by Artem

Agile processes often enter the organization from the grass roots - from the developers appreciating useful practices and insightful low level managers seeking for ways to help their subordinates. However, if things progress well, at some point the top management might buy the idea of delivering incremental software faster, than the competition, and declare "we are going Agile" or even "we are going AGILE". While the top management support is something to appreciate, there is still a number of issues to be aware of, when restructuring mid to large size organizations. One of the most important changes is the potential career ladder restructuring.