"Staying on top of soft skills such as critical thinking and time management while maintaining expertise in hard skills such as widely-used software programs provides candidates and employees with a necessary edge, " says Christian Idiodi, director of CBInstitute.com, a division of CareerBuilder.com that offers online courses and certifications.
As a result of the conflict with traditional management values, Agile approaches have had a hardtime winning widespread acceptance from managers imbued with traditional linear thinking.