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A Seat at the Table
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Publisher's Summary
Agile, Lean, and DevOps approaches are radical game changers, providing a fundamentally different way to think about how IT fits into the enterprise, how IT leaders lead, and how IT can harness technology to accomplish the objectives of the enterprise. But honest and open conversations are not taking place between management and Agile delivery teams.
In A Seat at the Table, CIO Mark Schwartz explores the role of IT leadership as it is now and opens the door to reveal IT leadership as it should be - an integral part of the value creation engine. With wit and easy style, Schwartz reveals that the only way to become an Agile IT leader is to be courageous - to throw off the attitude and assumptions that have kept CIOs from taking their rightful seat at the table. CIOs, step on up, your seat at the table is waiting for you.
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- 匿名
- 25-11-2019
A must for IT leaders
it was long but informative covering most Technology leadership challenges plus some sarcastic areas of improvement
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- Luisa
- 18-04-2019
Linking Agile to IT Management
The author skills full links the philosophies of Agile to modern IT management. Very thought provoking and inspiring.
I really enjoyed the audio performance too, reminiscent of the Mr Smith monologue from the Matrix
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- Systems 157, Inc.
- 10-01-2019
Substantial IT Mgmt food for thought...
A very challenging and thought provoking audiobook to get your head around, hot-coals walking material!
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- Adrian W. Rich
- 02-04-2018
Sage, practical, visionary & courageous
If DevOps & Agile transform how developers and engineers think, then what do IT "leaders" bring to this revolution? This book was an articulate treatise on the IT Leader as "Business Leader" in marshaling the true impact and value of DevOps & agile to the business world.
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- Thomas Doxtater
- 25-04-2019
Tantalizing in its vision, but no guidebook
Excellent conceptually, but does not assert enough detail to be actionable at the scale described.
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- Ignacio Carrasquedo Garcia
- 21-02-2019
Excelente Libro
Excelente opción, da una explicación muy profunda del paradigma del significado de "Ágile and lean IT" vs los modelos de administración de IT mas comunes.
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- IG
- 12-08-2019
Insightful but a bit repetitive
I can recommend it to Tech leaders since it does highlight a number of misconceptions with regard to leading in the new world of Technology. Agility, not necessarily Agile, being the key takeaway.
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- 匿名
- 17-01-2019
Great book for a managers
I think that this book should be read by an any manager, which thinks that he understand how to be agile.
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- PTH
- 13-11-2018
The story of my life
Excellent overview of the evolution of IT over the years. Great presentation style. It put in perspective my experience as a software engineer in the complex relationship with the buisness.
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- Joseph F Brown
- 06-02-2018
Insightful
The principals Mark Schwartz writes about are incredibly insightful. The aspects of Agile and DevOps addressed in this book aren't covered any where else I've seen and are critical to understanding why these disciplines came to be.
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- Lasse Jaloluoma
- 22-11-2017
Great overview to agile with sharp focus on concrete leadership role
Clearly reasoned recommendations for how to orgaanise IT and what type of thinking best works to achieve value and react to changes. This would also work as intro to agile thinking
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- 匿名
- 16-05-2019
Good book but ...
A good reference work with a lot of great content but there is a lot of references to philosophy.
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- Jamie Day
- 28-12-2017
chapters were not technically right
It is worth trying again, because content was interesting as my app seemingly was not right.
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- Mr David Igoe
- 27-05-2018
For senior IT leaders when the business isn't IT
From the relationship of IT and the business/in the business to agile, DevOps, shadow IT, build Vs buy.
Probably the most relevant and inspiring book I've heard this year.
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- Dan Swain
- 05-12-2017
Up there with Lean Enterprise
This is a really good interpretation of what Agile and Lean mean for business and in particular CIO's.
You might find it contraversial or I hope thought provoking, a lot of our current systems are about trying to control and constrain IT as if it were a 3rd party and miss the benefits of fully embracing it and using it to the benefit of the customer and business.
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- Morgan
- 23-10-2019
Modern view of IT
In a world where SME companies can have a ‘varied’ approach and methodology to IT processes and structure, this book gives some great insights to the trials and tribulations to It management.
Book brings together arguments and view points that can have numerous benefits for the business. A pleasant read that’s helped focus IT on VALUE
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- IrishMan in France
- 21-07-2019
Inspiring & fun to listen to
This read (listen) pushed me to question the so called collective IT beliefs (governance, waterfall...). It's a nice combination of questioning, disruption and vision. Its is also quite pragmatic and applicable. The narration is light and at times funny. Ultimately has inspired me to rework my vision at work. I want to go out and buy it for all my team....
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- Fred
- 02-04-2019
Mostly criticism of the old paradigm
This was a disappointing experience. The author is clearly a critic of the old paradigm which is fine but I learned much more about what was wrong about the old model and much less on the detail of how the new model works and why.
I also found the language and tone of the book a tad pretentious which put me off the content.
The book also felt padded to me and I found myself skipping forward at times as he said the same thing over but cast in different ways.
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- Richard Ray
- 20-09-2018
Great viewpoint
To have a CIO's viewpoint with an agile mindset has been very interesting and I've taken away many ideas from this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-02-2018
A insightful and reassuring listen
Really interesting book with some thought provoking content. Would recommend to anyone looking to move into a senior IT leadership role