When is the Agile Transformation Done?

#247 – When is the Agile Transformation Done? Well, that’s quite measurable, isn’t it? (We’ll write an elaborate commentary text for this strip when we start working on our third book).

The Agile Transformation Plan

#15 – The Agile Transformation Plan Authors’ comments: For agile transformations (which sounds awfully temporary), there is always the paradoxical risk of a Big Design Up Front approach. Therefore, remember to make sure that, if your external agile coaches have […]

Agile and Efficiency

#191 – Agile and Efficiency If your “agile transformation” started in IT/technology, and this silo eventually refers to the CFO, the initiative has probably been sold as a way of making IT/technology product development more efficient (i.e., cheaper and faster), […]

The Agile Project Manager

#102 – The Agile Project Manager Having “Agile Project Managers” (and not just “Project Managers”, as described on the previous page) is a symptom of your organization holding on to waterfall ways even after your agile transformation. Dive into why […]

Post-Transformation

#70 – Post-Transformation Onboard your Project Managers mentally from the beginning of the agile transformation, so their competencies, intrinsic motivation and drive are leveraged on. Do this by educating the individual Project Managers on what agility is and isn’t and […]

Agile Island

#58 – Agile Island In order to avoid creating an isolated agile island, when initiating an agile transformation, make sure that your pilot delivers end-to-end value and, potentially, spans across the company (e.g., following a Value Stream), so that the […]

How to become an agile coach

#53 – How to become an agile coach Authors’ Comments: There are numerous courses available for practitioners to learn more about the role and responsibilities of an agile coach, and since it is not a protected title, anyone can call […]

The Agile PMO

#49 – The Agile PMO Authors’ Comments: Is there a need for a PMO in a fully agile organization? Probably not in the traditional sense, but they could be the ones who ideally drive the agile transformation. Depending on how […]

Agile HR

#47 – Agile HR Besides HR working in an agile manner, Agile HR is about understanding the values of agility and accelerating the adoption of these values across the enterprise by modifying existing practices to align better with them, such […]

Agile Consultancy

#34 – Agile Consultancy Authors comment: It’s really great to see that the values, principles and practices of the agile way of working have evolved from only focusing on software development teams into enterprises that add value through large cyber-physical […]