Helpful principles for Agile transfromation

1. T i m K a d o m
KEYS FOR TRANSFORMATION

2. KEY PRINCIPLES
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Show & Do
over
Teach and Tell
Top Down
and
Bottom up
Culture and
Leadership First
Be Agile,
before
you scale agile.
Optimize for
end-to-end
delivery

3. SHOW AND DO OVER TEACH AND TELL
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Build Momentum Role Models Teamwork
Build momentum and a
mandate for further
change through delivery
success
Reward the right
behaviors and outcomes
Allow your teams to learn
and lead.

4. TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP
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Top-down Bottom up
Scale, control, standards
and support for enterprise
initiatives
Strong teams that can take
ownership of outcomes and
have the influence to do what
they need to complete delivery.
Benefits
Risks
Change that does not cross
silo’s will only lead to local
optimization.
Change that drives only from
leadership may miss practical
observations from the delivery team
level.

5. CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP FIRST
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Empower Teams Engaged Leadership Celebrate Success
Push decisions down as
far as possible. Create an
environment where it
is safe to fail.
Actively respond to team
blockers and hindrances. Be
willing to adjust organizational
structures to break down silo’s
Big and small wins instill
a desire for others to
participate.

6. BE AGILE BEFORE YOU SCALE AGILE
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Don’t start with scale Tools alone are not
the answer.
Never Done
Get wins then go big. Synchronization and consistent
measures are important but
not sufficient
The best organizations
keep raising the bar.

7. OPTIMIZE FOR END TO END DELIVERY
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Dedicate Resources Stakeholders Engaged Cross Functions
Improve time to market by
avoiding context shifting.
Must continue to actively
engage business and
technology stakeholders.
Change team organization to
minimize cycle time rather than
role utilization.

8. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE HILL
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Inflection Point
Organizational
challenges to
overcome
Enablement Team
Identifies and pushes
through blockers
Organization
moves under own
momentum
Enablement Team
tracks and spot checks
progress
Business
Constraints
Business
Agility

9. AGILE DELIVERY DRIVERS
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Greater stakeholder
satisfaction
Shorter
Time-to-market
Reduced
Development costs
Higher quality
and fewer defects
78% of adopters report
greater satisfaction with
agile approach…
…and 66% report better
alignment between
business and IT
Adopters report an
88% improvement in
productivity…
…and a 37% reduction
in time-to-market
40% of adopters report
lower costs…
with a 26% median
cost reduction
Adopters report a 63%
quality increase…
…and a 70% lower
defect rate
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Source: Dr. Dobbs, The world of Software Development

10. PERCEIVED VS. ACTUAL IMPACT OF AGILE TRANSFORMATION
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etc…
PMO
Finance
Business
Strategy
Operations &
Infrastructure
Demand
Intake
Executive
Team
Perceived Impact Actual Impact
Information
Technology
Tools & Practices
Demand Intake
Organizational
culture
Governance
Budgeting
Resource Management
Prioritization
Change Management
Release
Management
Customer
Experience Strategy