10 pitfalls of an agile transformation - presented at agile austin 1/5/2016
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David Hawks @austinagile
Leadership Coach
OF AN AGILE TRANSFORMATION
DAVID HAWKS @AUSTINAGILE
CEO, AGILE ENTERPRISE COACH AND TRAINER
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On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest) how would you rate the success of your organization’s agile adoption?
71- Agile in Name only (it’s really Waterfall) 5 - We are doing agile but not being agile 10 - Our agile is better than your agile
EVERYONE HAS ADOPTED AGILE IN SOME CAPACITY 94% of all organizations surveyed now practice agile. (VersionOne State of
Agility 2015)
ONLY 53% OF AGILE PROJECTS ARE SUCCESSFUL
It is better than waterfall, but is that good enough?
(VersionOne State of Agility 2015)
THERE IS MORE BAD AGILE THAN GOOD AGILEWhy is that?
David Hawks @austinagile
Leadership Coach
OF AN AGILE TRANSFORMATION
TOP 6 PITFALLS: 1. JUST A PROCESS 2. NO SLACK TO LEARN 3. LEADERSHIP NOT ALIGNED
4. NO PSPI FOCUS 5. ONLY FOCUSED ON TEAM 6. CULTURAL MISALIGNMENT
PITFALL #1 - THINKING AGILE IS JUST A PROCESS CHANGE
PITFALL #2 - NO SUPPORT FOR CHANGE
PITFALL #2 - NO SUPPORT FOR CHANGE
PITFALL #2 - NO SUPPORT FOR CHANGE
PITFALL #2 - NO SUPPORT FOR CHANGE
PITFALL #3 - LEADERSHIP NOT ALIGNED
PITFALL #4 - TEAMS NOT ABLE TO DELIVER
PITFALL #5 - ONLY FOCUSED ON THE TEAM VS THE ORG
PITFALL #6 - ORG CULTURE MISALIGNMENT
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSISFishbone
PATH TO AGILITY
PATH TO AGILITY
PATH TO AGILITYHow would you assess your organization?
HAVE YOU SOLVED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF
OTHERS?