A hierarchy is an organizational network that has a top and a bottom, and where position is determined by rank, importance, and value. A holarchy is a network that has no top or bottom and where each person’s value derives from his ability, rather than position. As more companies seek the benefits of agile, leaders need to build and sustain delivery capability while scaling agile without introducing unnecessary process and overhead. The Agile Performance Holarchy (APH) is an empirical model for scaling and sustaining agility while continuing to deliver great products. Jeff Dalton...
Jeff Dalton
Broadsword Solutions
Jeff Dalton is president of Broadsword, a different kind of performance innovation firm that helps engineering and software organizations get better at what they do. He is also chief evangelist at AgileCxO.org (@agilecxo), an agile leadership research and development organization that builds performance models, training, and certifications for current and future agile leaders. With more than twenty-five years as a developer, architect, director, VP, CIO, and consultant in the automotive, defense, and healthcare sectors, Jeff applies his experience to help software teams be more agile while building stronger capability. He has written several books on Agile, Scrum, and CMMI. In his spare time, Jeff builds experimental airplanes.