Who should read this Book?This book is written for anyone who is interested in agility or needs to be agile. It is for those who seek deeper knowledge about what keeps the agile world together. You can read it from the perspective of a top manager or decision maker who feels the urge to be more agile. But you can also take the book and just follow it from the perspective of a user. What do you get?A systemic picture of agility - to enable you to analyze your system (your team, your department, your company or your business network) and identify fields of agile application and the specific need for agility.The ingredients of an agile mind-set - this allows you to transform your organization and develop an agile culture for your organization.The theoretical foundation of agile principles - so that you can really understand and assess the value of all the expert ideas for you and your organization. You will get the necessary skills to tailor organization specific agile frameworks without losing essential ingredients.Input for your own reflections - you will be capable of innovating agility and be ahead of the main stream.

Alfred Oswald:IFST - Institute for Social Technologies GmbH, 52223 StolbergHe earned his doctorate in Theoretical Physics at RWTH Aachen University. He is Managing Director at IFST-Institute for Social Technologies GmbH, a Consulting Institute for Agile and Fluid Organizations. He is head of the professional group for Agile Management at GPM (German Association for Project Management e.V.). His field of work is the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations through innovative social technologies. He has many years of experience in the management of innovative and complex projects, as well as in the transformation of project-oriented organizations into high-performance organizations.Wolfram Müller:VISTEM GmbH& Co.KG., 64646 HeppenheimFounder and Principal Consultant at Speed4Projects.net and VISTEM, Wolfram brings 25 years of experience as a Consulting Executive, IT Project Portfolio and Project Manager, Process Engineer, and Software Engineer. As head of the PMO at 1&1 Internet AG, he led 40 project managers in the delivery of 500 projects, innovating industry-leading methods, to drive unprecedented improvements in speed and reliability across the portfolio. He has published over 20 articles and books on Critical Chain, Agile and Lean and is a well-known speaker in Europe on how to achieve hyper-productive IT project portfolios.