Agile Values Principles and Transformation Razi

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Razi Ejaz Ahmed

Agile Values, Principles and Transformation

Oct 2015


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Agile TransformationBeing Agile Means ChangingCorporate DNA:

Successful companies have well-defined business models. They

know what works and what doesn’t.

They have a formula for generating

revenue and controlling expenses.

It’s all good — until the businessmodel needs to change.

Why would a successful company

want to change its business model?

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New product competition• Disruptive technologies

• Lower-cost competitors

• Marketplace demands

• Rising costs



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Agile TransformationBeing A

gile Means Changing Corporate DNA:

Here are ways to change corporate DNA,

become truly agile, and achieve realinnovation:

• Build a business model that thrives on

change

• Be adaptive by continually making small

changes throughout the organization.• Diversify by allowing teams to try new ideas.

• Re-architect and re-design then test, test,

test.

• Reward people who innovate and drive new

ideas.• Never shrug-off a potential competitor even

if their approach is drastically different

• Be open to partnerships with other big

companies and small potential rivals.



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The challenge of building Agile success

extends much further than Agiledelivery of each project. Organizations

must understand the impact of broader

constraints across the business

processes.

As you begin the transformation,

analyzing the strengths, weaknesses,

opportunities, and threats that are

implicit in the change proposal can

provide valuable insight that will

influence the change management

plan. The common format used in

SWOT Analysis is a 2-by-2 matrix grid

that considers the four attributes

mentioned.



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Agile TransformationBelow points important for Organization to

succeed:

• Without discipline Agile will not work

• Business stakeholders involved must

understand and inculcate agile

• Incremental completion of scope throughout

the project.• Teams that do not effectively define their

“acceptance criteria” for each story will

never succeed.

• An experience coach to avoid blame game

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A major mitigation here is training and moreimportantly, effective support from someone

with actual experience in the field.

• Reduce process overhead

• Continuous Improvement



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Agile TransformationBenefits of Agile :• Begin to mark and celebrate each

successful sprint, with the result that

employees feel rewarded for their ongoing

efforts, not just for big-picture results.

That’s a big boost for productivity and

morale.

• Scrum’s transparency reveals strengths and

weak spots.

• Accountability increases,

• Can deliver value faster, higher quality and

is motivating

• Iterative and Incremental:• Inspect the outcome and learn to

validate your assumptions and

hypothesis



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Agile TransformationBenefits of Agile :

• Focus :

• Deliver value, one step at a time by

stopping starting new things, and

focusing on finishing already started

things

• Continuous Improvement :• Organization and Structures are

constantly challenged in order to deliver

more value and faster

• Self – Organization :

•Teams are organizing and managingthemselves , as they are taking

responsibility to deliver value and

maximize their effectiveness and survey



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Agile Transformation•

A static strategy mightnot be suited for the

new speed.

• You need a more

dynamic and adaptive

way of directing your

company, to reflect

changes rapidly.

• Finally you will need to

develop internal

leadership and coaching

capabilities , to allow

your organization to

adapt rapidly and

continuously to changes.



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• Metrics Reporting : Metrics for an

Agile project are very different thanWaterfall and require upfront

negotiation.

• Invest in training : Training in their

new role as team facilitator may be

a good idea.• Ideally, IT and the business should

be mutually engaged, working side-

by-side through the transition.

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