I have often been asked, “How important is
strong agile management to an agile project?” I
believe this is due to a failure of the agile
process relating directly from ineffective
leadership. Based on my experience leading
teams on large-scale projects in agile-skeptic
environments over last 8 years, I learned that the
right kind of leadership is valuable to helping
teams to succeed. In this report I will share some
of those experiences, and the values I have
evolved that I see as important in that leadership
role. This report challenges the audience to
define their own value based leadership list.