Agile adoption
What a joy to be in a key leadership position in one of the largest-ever corporate experiments: the transition to new ways of Agile working. The presenter was accountable for establishing and operating the Centre of Expertise, New Ways of Delivering: how we uplift culture, delivery & technical capability.
Agility is not an option. It is a matter of business survival. By now, we all know that software is at the core of most business. The world of business continues to accelerate at a pace that appears to be increasing. The key competitive advantage appears to have moved from …
Agile improvement without change is impossible. Yet, most people think about change as big, slow and scary. But what if you could make it infinitely small and learn to evolve fast, almost as fast as some of the most adaptive microorganisms on earth?
A team whose output is mainly “business as usual” – a team that subs and publishes stories and distributes them around a network – might not seem like it lends itself to Agile processes. A team already somewhat cynical about meetings, agendas, phone calls and so on might not seem …
Agile working and cross-functional teams have the ability to silo organizations into teams, programmes and functions. This leads to duplication or work, a reduction in sharing knowledge and worse cuts people off from their support network. At a time when organizations are scaling, structures are flattening and workforces are increasingly …
You’ve seen it: Agile Fatigue, Lean Lethargy, SAFe Cracked, DAD Deadbeaten, Kanban Corrupted. We’ve been ritualed, frameworked, and holocracized until we’re blind. All to the point that people sit around and say, “Is my shirt Agile?” “Can I document anything anymore?” “Am I allowed to have work that isn’t on …
