Agile Methodology, 10 questions (and answers) for executives

In the journey of adopting Agile methodologies for IT project management, it's important to provide answers to the questions that managers and executives (rightly) ask themselves. 

In this first of four videos dedicated to the world of Agile, Vincenzo Zaglio, Director of ZeroUno, together with Stefano Mainetti, Executive Chairman of adesso.it, focus on how to be in control of projects whilst simultaneously giving trust to teams so they can self-organise, providing answers to the following questions: 

1 - Having direct responsibility for the project, how can I trust teams that self-organise? 

2 - How can I have visibility on what the team is doing, if there's no project documentation and detailed reports? 

3 - How can I consider a project successful if time and cost constraints aren't respected? 

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In this conversation with Vincenzo Zaglio, Director of ZeroUno, and Stefano Mainetti, Executive Chairman of adesso.it, the world of Agile is explored, with a focus on how to generate long-term value and how to manage risk, providing answers to the following questions that managers and executives ask: 

• Is it true that Agile is short-sighted and has excessive emphasis on the short term and doesn't allow capturing long-term objectives? 
• How can I verify product quality without a rigorous and centralised quality control process? 
  
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After discussing project control and how to generate long-term value, in this third episode Vincenzo Zaglio, Director of ZeroUno, and Stefano Mainetti, Executive Chairman of adesso.it, focus on planning processes within digital projects, providing answers to the following CIO questions: 

• How to manage frequent changes in the plan without destabilising project stakeholders? 
• How is it possible to define project planning, without detailed and complete analysis a priori? 
• How can I build an overall long-term IT budget if my suppliers work with the agile approach with a time horizon of 2/3 iterations? 
  
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In this fourth and final video dedicated to the world of Agile we focus on the evolution of leadership style and corporate culture, providing answers to the following questions: 

If everyone is responsible, who is responsible when something goes wrong? 

Why does my boss want agile, but opposes it in practice? 

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