Having an ‘agile mindset’ is all about embracing a mentality or approach that; - believes in adapting to change - learning through failures - encouraging feedback to bring in consistent improvement. Agile attitude is all about learning and continual improvement to attain milestones in business.

1. Embracingthe
Agile Mindset
for
Organizational
Change
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3. What is
Agile?
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4. What is the
Biggest
Project Risk?
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5. Developing aWRONG
Product/Solution!
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7.  “Our organization is currently embarking on a significant move
towards more agile ways of working, giving our colleagues to be
more transparent and collaborate effectively.”
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9. What is an
Agile Mindset?
 Having an ‘agile mindset’ is all about embracing a
mentality or approach that;
 believes in adapting to change
 learning through failures
 encouraging feedback to bring in consistent
improvement.
 Agile attitude is all about learning and continual
improvement to attain milestones in business.
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10. Differencebetween
‘DoingAgile’& ‘BeingAgile’
Doing Agile satisfies the
management…
Being Agile defines the Agile culture.
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11. Transition
from ‘doing’
to ‘being’
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13. Agile is a
MINDSET:
AgileOnion
Source: Simon Powers, 2016
Process, tools & practices ≠
Agile Mindset
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15. Product
withAgile
Mindset
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16. Agile
Onion
Doing Agile (ADOPTION)
 Learning the practices and applying them
without knowing the mindset and
principles to know when to tailor and how
to select the appropriate practices.
Being Agile (TRANSFORMATION)
 Internalizing the mindset, values and
principles and then applying the right
practices and tailoring them to different
situations as they arise.
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17. Agile
Onion
Doing Agile (ADOPTION)
 Is about changing the DOING.
Being Agile (TRANSFORMATION)
 Is about changing the BEING.
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18. The BEING is
about
CULTURE
Culture is a NO.1 barrier for being Agile!
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19. People first
o1. Respect
o2.Trust
o3. Safe – to fail –
environment
o4.Transparency
o5. Collaboration
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20. Self
Organization
 1. Collaboration
 2.Visualization
 3. Share understanding
 4. Responsibility and
accountability
 5. Ownership and
commitment
 6. Facilitation and servant
leadership
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21. Inspect and
Adapt
 1.Working in short
cycle
 2. Continuous
improvement
 3. Short feedback
loops
 4. Failing early/ and
learning from fail
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22. Value Driven
 1. Adaptive planning
 2. Iterative
incremental process
 3. Continuous value
delivery
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23. Simple But not easy
How you do it Is not what you do
More importantly is to do right things Is not just about to do things right
Agile is all about mindset and people first
Agile is…
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25. Readings..
 https://www.adventureswithagile.com/2016/08/10/what-is-agile/
 https://www.smartinsights.com/digital-marketing-strategy/an-introduction-to-the-agile-
mindset/
 https://www.barryovereem.com/what-is-agile-part-33/
 https://www.slideshare.net/taoufikfekhar/agile-mindset-the-paradigm-shift
 https://www.alexandercowan.com/agile-just-basics/
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