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Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling

Leading Agile

Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Agile to Agility Website. So, I’m the CEO of a company called Leading Agile, started about 11 years ago, I’m based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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What is Business Architecture?

The BAWorld

Business Architecture is a holistic framework for aligning an organization with its goals, and in turn, making it more competitive. In this article, we’ll discuss what business architecture is? Business architecture is the blueprint of a company. Definition of Business Architecture.

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Understanding the Work of an Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

Agile is really about designing a System of Delivery that can produce the business results that matter to your executives and key stakeholders. The Real Work of the Transformation The work of an Agile Transformation isn’t learning, Scrum, SAFe , TDD or other Agile practices.

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What Is An Agile Organization?

Leading Agile

When working toward becoming an Agile Organization, many companies begin by applying Agile methodologies at the team-level and then call the Transformation done. The problem is that even when you do it perfectly, establishing a team-level Agile Delivery Model is almost always insufficient. Do you see the problem?

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4 Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

As a community, we have developed a handful of team-based Agile approaches over the years; some of which we would consider scaled. Implementing Agile, especially in larger, more complex organizations, still seems to be a black art. All the things we consider hallmarks of a small team, Agile methodology. But here we are.

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How DevOps Enables Business Architecture Alignment

Leading Agile

In this video, we explore our iterative and incremental Agile Transformation framework and discuss why this approach is valuable to large organizations attempting to adopt sustainable Agile practices. Additionally, we’ll discuss the common failure modes we often see in our clients’ business architecture. Website: [link].

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Overcoming Resistance to Change in Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

When people say they have a culture problem that’s preventing them from sustaining change in an Agile Transformation, what they’re really saying is that they have a cognitive dissonance problem. You have an inability to help people see how Agile is going to improve the organization.

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