DocumentCode :
3467790
Title :
How Being Agile Changed Our Human Resources Policies
Author :
Goebel, Clement James, III
Author_Institution :
Menlo Innovations LLC, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
24-28 Aug. 2009
Firstpage :
101
Lastpage :
106
Abstract :
Menlo Innovations adopted agile software development practices in order to build highly effective software development teams that could produce software for Menlopsilas clients. As client needs changed during projects, it was often appropriate to change the size of the team working on the project. In order to accommodate the effective integration of new staff, and to remain productive when staffing was reduced, knowledge transfer skills became critical. Menlo found that many of the agile engineering practices, when performed well, form the basis for effective knowledge transfer. What Menlo did not expect was that the flexibility provided by being able to move resources from project to project would ultimately allow the ability to offer creative human resource policies. These policies have resulted in Menlo winning many awards, including the Alfred P Sloan Award for Workforce Flexibility.
Keywords :
human resource management; project management; software development management; team working; Menlo client; agile software development; human resources policy; individual software project management; knowledge transfer; matching staffing level; team working; Acceleration; Humans; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge transfer; Performance evaluation; Portable media players; Programming profession; Recruitment; Team working; Technological innovation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Agile Conference, 2009. AGILE '09.
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3768-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/AGILE.2009.49
Filename :
5261099
Link To Document :
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