YesAgile:
Social Impact Agile is a movement focused on carrying out Social projects, iPromoted by a team of professionals in Agility and Development applicable to any effort that seeks to improve the quality of life of one or more people.
SiAgile was created with the participation of Rocío Briceño, Alistair Cockburn and Gerardo Blizter who actively work in this movement. SiAgile also acknowledges input in part of the Ricardo Sanchez and Ernesto Mondelo although they are no longer part of the team.
SiAgile currently has the support of organizations and volunteer groups in different parts of the world, forming a global network of specialists in agility applied to social impact.
You can join this team by sending an email to info@rociobriceno.com
Sponsorships and Support:
If you want to sponsor or be a partner of SiAgile you can write to us to talk about the different forms and mechanisms of support and collaboration.
History:
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Social Impact Agile began in 2016 under the name of management philosophy with positive impact, applied to the areas of Corporate Social Responsibility by Rocío Briceño, later changing the name to Agility in Social Impact when he started working with projects in the public sector and NGOs.
In 2018 Rocío carried out some consultancies for the Inter-American Development Bank IDB and mentioned the subject of what she has been working on in several conversations with people she knows working there.
In 2019 Alistair Cockburn joins the movement and gives it the impulse that it was needed to build a team commitment since as a co-creator of agile I had been making efforts in multiple industries.
Gerardo Blitzer, had been working on social projects for many years and in 2019 he decided to join to contribute his knowledge in foundations and social work in Argentina.
In August 2019, a meeting of friends was held, in which Ernesto Mondelo, at that time the director of an education program in project management for development at the IDB, and Ricardo Sanchez, at that time a consultant for the IDB, also decided to participate.
In 2020, Briceño resumes the movement while deciding to relaunch her services as an entrepreneur, continuing with the support of Alistair, Gerardo and new participants from various countries who decide to join and contribute to creating a network of collaborative work, coaching and training that support successful results in social impact and development projects.
The team:
PhD. Cand. Rocío Briceño consultant for international organizations in Washington DC, USA. graduated from Harvard Kennedy School and technical reviewer of the agile guide of the Inter-American Development Bank IDB 2018 - 2020, one of PMI's global standards reviewers and activist in various communities worldwide.
PhD. Alistair Cockburn, Voted among the "150 IT Heroes of All Time," he co-authored the Agile Manifesto.
He co-created the Agile Project Leadership Network, the International Consortium for Agile, and most recently the Heart of Agile concept.
Dr. Cockburn advises and teaches on organizational effectiveness, agile management, and project planning.
MPM Gerardo Blizter Deputy Director. Development and Operations at Habitat for Humanity Argentina, former volunteer leader for PMI Education Foundation.
The compromises:
SIAgile declares and recognizes the following commitments taken as key to social impact projects:
1. Clear and shared objectives
To align the people who work on the social project with the results,
We will look for projects with clear objectives and benefits that have the
stakeholder engagement.
2. Recipients actively involved
To maximize the impact, we will work in teams that actively involve the recipients in the management of social projects.
3. Teams with a social passion
To ensure that the people who execute the project deliver high-impact social results, we will work in teams with a social passion.
4. Transparency
To gain the trust and support of all project stakeholders, we will work in transparent teams with information and decision-making during project management.
5. Frequent and visible results.
To maximize the impact, we will work in teams that actively involve the recipients in the management of social projects.
These commitments are the basis for social projects to have a high impact and to the extent that they are present, the conditions will be given to transform social ideals into realities and benefits that have a positive impact on the lives of the recipients.
Guides, Publications & training
Being part of the movement you will be aware of the available materials, guides, various publications, trainings and updates.
Individuals and also organizations or companies can be part of the movement. Social impact is an issue that should interest us all.
Library
Some reference documents that are related to the topic of agility in social impact are:
UNICEF: Methodological synthesis n°6: Synopsis: Causal attribution strategies
Patricia Rogers, 2014
World Bank: Impact evaluation in practice
Gertler, Paul J.; Martinez, Sebastian; Premand, Patrick; Rawlings, Laura B.; Vermeersch, Christel M.J. 2011