Following up on the successes using agile techniques in software development, many leading private sector companies have used agile principles to transform their organizations.
Using clear goals, performance information, transparency ,and targets to highlight accountability can be a powerful tool to drive output-oriented performance, especially in clearly-defined and stable program areas.
Beyond the bustle of the DC Beltway, off of Richmond Highway in Alexandria, VA, there is a bland office building that is home to a small team of six nurses with a mission: to help low-income, first-time mothers succeed in being nurturing parents.
For nearly a dozen years, through 2008, we evaluated all 50 state governments on a wide variety of management issues, looking in particular at workforce planning.