A Reader's Guide to A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility

by Mark Schwartz

A Reader's Guide to A Seat at the Table is intended to add another dimension to the original book. This reader's guide walks through A Seat at the Table chapter by chapter.

Each chapter includes additional material
- The author's take on the chapter.
- The author's motivation in writing the chapter, including the personal experiences.
- What has changed between the Waterfall/contractor-control world and the Agile world.
- The key points of the chapter.
- The concrete actions that IT leaders should take away from the chapter.
- Questions to help stimulate further debate.
- Further reading to explore the topic.
- And more.

Genres: Technology, Business

120 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2017

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This reader's guide is a nice companion to "A Seat at the Table" and a nice refresher if you read the book a while back. It is organized nicely to provide both a good summary of points in each chapter and to poses good discussion questions. It certainly would be a good complement to the book itself for a team reading group, but well worth it just on its own as a way to remind yourself of the ideas in the original book without investing the time to re-read the full book.

[Irina Teteruk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wise questions to consider and to find the appropriate answers for your position in the world of IT and Agile development.

[Ricardo Hernández · Rating 3 out of 5]

A concise version of the book. Recommended to get a perspective about how to get out of the execution spiral into the strategic side of technology.