Delivery Management
Description
What is it about modern organisations that enables them to be successful?
Netflix, Amazon, and Google might be able to attract top talent, but this doesn't guarantee favourable results. Companies that consistently and sustainably achieve valuable outcomes depend on one thing more than any other; effective teams.
Delivery Management is the book that will help you to uncover a discipline that is focussed on enabling teams to deliver value.
In Delivery Management, delivery leader and coach Jonny Williams offers a unique definition of the discipline as three aspects of enablement; impediment removal, coaching, and facilitation.
Delivery Management will introduce you to the approaches, practices, and skills required to enable teams, and help them to uncover ways of working that support their ability to make amazing things happen.
If the teams you work with aren't quite hitting their stride, and delivering value still feels like a distant aspiration, then Delivery Management can help.
In Delivery Management you will learn about:
- Enablement - Having everything required to be effective and achieve valuable outcomes is fundamental.
- Removing Impediments - Ensuring teams can get on with the job of delivering value without something getting in the way.
- Facilitation - Spending time with groups of people and teams in order to make decisions and define a course of action.
- Coaching - Supporting others to adopt new approaches, and maximise their potential, while advocating for self-organisation.
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Person
Content
Introduction
1. INTRODUCING DELIVERY MANAGEMENT
Definitions
A New Definition
Complexity
Removing Impediments
Position in the Team
Coaching
Value
Related Disciplines
Conclusion
2. THE DELIVERY MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX
Critical Thinking
Agile Coaching
Agile and Lean Practitioner
Professional Coaching
Facilitation
Mentoring and Teaching
Mastery
Communication
Delivery Support
Planning
Advocating Change
Conclusion
3. A LEADER WHO SERVES
Leadership
Influence
Adaptability
Curiosity
Challenges
Leading by Example
Selflessness
Stepping Back
Conclusion
4. A COACHING STANCE
Coaching Mindset
Professional Coaching
Coaching Techniques
Creating a Safe Space
Making Commitments
An Appropriate Stance
Creating a Lasting Impact
Conclusion
5. THE TEAM AND BEYOND
Teams, Groups, and Communities
Empowered Teams
Team Types
Interaction Modes
Remote Working
Unfamiliar Contexts
DevOps
Working Beyond the Team
Helping to Deliver Value
Conclusion
6. ENABLERS AND CREATORS
Product Managers
Architects and Tech Leads
Triumvirate
Creators
Engineers
Content Designers
UX Designers
User Researchers
Business Analysts
Balance
Conclusion
7. UNIQUE APPROACHES
Kanban
Work In Progress Limits
Information Radiators
Scrum
Adopting New Approaches
Team Reviews
Retrospectives
Daily Planning
Workshops
Shared Values
Psychological Safety
Conclusion
8. INSIDE THE SYSTEM
Systems Thinking
Building on Systems Thinking
Waste
Dependencies
Siloed Working
Team Size
Technical Debt
Decision Making
Outputs vs Outcomes
Continuous Value Delivery
Conclusion
9. CREATING A FOUNDATION
Shared Vision
Facilitation
Work Agreements
Trust
Impediments
Experimentation
Definition of Done
Goal Setting
Forecasting
Conclusion
10. BECOMING A DELIVERY MANAGER
Furthering your Knowledge and Skills
Mentoring
Your Plan
Support
Gaining Experience
Collaboration
Progression
Your Journey
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
About the Author
