Leading Agile

MARCH 21, 2022

For the past 20+ years, I have worked with small and large organizations seeking more business agility. For larger businesses, it becomes more challenging. Becoming more Agile for large, well-established businesses is more than just a change for the IT organization; it has wide, sweeping implications.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 19, 2022

When the Agile Manifesto was created 21 years ago, software development, technology, and the world, in general, were different. What really made Agile work in the early days was the cross-functional team of people who collaborated in the room with their customers, building products and constantly iterating and testing.

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My Agile Partner

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of Agile methodologies, Large-Scale Agile frameworks like the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) have gained prominence. The tribe comprises multiple Agile teams that work together to achieve common objectives, often related to a specific value stream or product.

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Leading Agile

MAY 16, 2023

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? Video Transcript Agile is a way of enabling work cells in that factory. But what is the factory?

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Agilemania

APRIL 12, 2022

1,00,000 practitioners and 20,000 enterprises worldwide have kept faith in one thing to drive Business Agility in the enterprise. . And that’s Scaled Agile Framework(SAFe)! . As per the 15th State of Agile Survey, 38% of the respondents considered SAFe as the most popular framework for scaling agile. .

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Scaling the Mt. Today, we at Agilemania are proud to share that we have become a Scaled Agile Gold Partner. Why Scaled Agile Framework? It is the Framework of Choice for Leading Organizations to scale agile. Fast forward, a decade later, SAFe® had become a celebrity among the agile frameworks.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 7, 2021

An Agile Transformation Consultant who wants to lead a successful Transformation is going to need more than a deep understanding of Agile. In a recent blog post, we discussed the various types of Agile Transformation Coaches needed to run a sustainable Transformation. Agile Transformation Consultant: Team Attributes.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The year was 2011 and there was a pressing need for a scaling framework that could help large organizations design efficient systems to build enterprise level products/solutions to cater to customer’s rapidly changing needs. He introduced the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe is based on following 10 Lean-Agile principles-.

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Leading Agile

JULY 26, 2023

The Agile industry seems insistent that practices, agile methodologies, and frameworks will be how large organizations achieve Business Agility. Many of them are saying, “yeah, we tried Agile. Is the Agile industry in a rut? Is the Agile industry in a rut? Everyone knows Agile works.

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There’s been a divide in the Agile community for a while now. On the other side, you have the camp that sees Agile more of a social movement; this side is all about empowering the teams and building a culture or a mindset of Agility. So, how do we get these leadership teams back on board with Agile? ” Why? .”

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Scaled Agile Framework has taken the corporate world by storm. 37% of the respondents reported that their organizations used SAFe to scale agile. 37% of the respondents reported that their organizations used SAFe to scale agile. Source: 15th State of Agile Survey. Scaled Agile Framework: What is it?

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Agilemania

MARCH 23, 2021

Some Agile experts are not hard-core fans of SAFe. And this makes SAFe more complicated, bureaucratic than the Agile manifesto recommends. They also have this opinion that SAFe is so heavy, maybe it is not Agile at all. Most of us started our Agile journey with one framework, and that is Scrum. Let us dig deeper.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

If you could magically create a new world where large organizations had overcome the barriers to Business Agility and Agile came naturally, what would have to be true about that world, the organizations, and the people working there? And how would we know that this new Agile world was any good?

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Cprime

AUGUST 31, 2023

Implementing Lean budgets is a crucial step for organizations adopting Agile practices in the context of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). Read on to learn how to move beyond traditional budgeting to establish Lean budgets that fuel Agile success. Use rolling wave planning to provide visibility 2-3 months ahead.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 9, 2023

Everyone wants to focus on practices first. We can get trainers to come it, we can get coaches to come in, we can teach practices. Maybe it works sometimes, but in most large companies practices first is never the right way to go. We are orthogonal to the practices and cultures that you’re trying to get to.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Although the year was full of surprises, the Agile adoption rate increased from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. With the pandemic looming large, here are a few interesting statistics on Agile Adoption challenges-. 46% reported inconsistent processes and practices. 46% reported inconsistent processes and practices.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Is an Agile Transformation Coach any different than being an Agile Coach? When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. If that’s your definition of an Agile Transformation Coach, you’d be right—but only partially.

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

But as companies scale, as the market shifts and more parts of the business become software-focused, there’s been an increase in demand for an end-to-end solution to help large organizations build infrastructure around sound technical practices. Career incentives may discourage people from being agile, and then we ask them to be agile.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

46% of the organizations reported inconsistencies in practices and processes as their main challenge with agile transformation. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. There sure is an Agile framework called SAFe. SAFe is a scaling agile framework, so referring to it as just an agile framework may not be appropriate.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 19, 2023

And would you be able to guarantee those actions would lead to greater Business Agility? A lot of people believe that Agile Transformation starts with culture because it feels like a culture problem. It feels like there’s resistance to change, and that command-and-control leaders won’t let the teams be Agile. Hey, everybody.

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Agile Velocity

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Our hypothesis: Traditional budgeting practices are often like an anchor, holding us back, instead of helping us move forward. They talked about what’s problematic with old-school practices and how we can spice things up with a more dynamic approach. Updated Budgeting Practices So, why do we budget in the first place?

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Cprime

MARCH 1, 2024

– LeanIX supports Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) by offering a platform that enables organizations to map, visualize, and optimize their IT ecosystems for agility and innovation, ensuring architectural integrity. How does LeanIX support EAM within an organization? How can LeanIX and Apptio integration drive business growth?

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Vitality Chicago

MAY 31, 2022

I was recently asked to be an Expert Agile Witness in a legal battle centering around agile ways of working. The case revolved around the agile contracting approach used for an application development project. Does agile ways of working guarantee a final working solution? Key Takeaways – Agile Contracts: 1.

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The leaders and change agents we meet are eager to ensure their Agile transformation avoids hitting rocks or running aground. We have found that the ones who do enjoy a successful journey have overcome three especially challenging obstacles. . The First Agile transformation OKR – “Leader Engagement”.

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Agilemania

MARCH 17, 2023

Copyrights: © Scaled Agile, Inc. is- Strengthening the foundation for Business Agility. To address these challenges, Business Agility must compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative, digitally-enabled business solutions.

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Agilemania

MARCH 16, 2023

Copyrights: © Scaled Agile, Inc. offers the newest and most effective Lean-Agile practices, enabling forward-thinking enterprises to navigate today’s rapidly changing challenges and opportunities. The power of the Agile Team has never been more critical in achieving this. Why SAFe® 6.0? Work Differently.

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Timo Elliott

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Everybody wants to innovate faster, to be more agile, to be able to react quickly to changes in today’s uncertain business environments. The industry analysts all have a similar vision of what that agile future of business looks like. So how do organizations do that? Business Process. Business Context.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Below, I outline how several of the book’s recommendations can be effectively integrated into software engineering methodologies: embracing intellectual humility, cultivating an environment of psychological safety, and rethinking established best practices. It is a book that I highly recommend.

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Cprime

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Over the past few years, I have gained unique insights from the State of Agile Report regarding industry trends. The 15 th State of Agile Report has some very intriguing tidbits of information that I would like to share with you in case you haven’t found the opportunity to review this report yourself.

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Agile Velocity

JANUARY 29, 2020

We are excited to join Scaled Agile’s Partner program. This worldwide network includes transf ormation and platform providers who help enterprises facilitate and accelerate business results through the adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework ® (SAFe ® ). Mobilizing large-scale transformations can be daunting.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. And what we are is we’re a consultancy that’s focused on doing Agile Transformation specifically. Transcript.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In circa 2019, 5 friends who were also Agile practitioners decided to engage in a serious discussion about the challenges and the problems they faced. Organizations encounter a lot of challenges during Agile adoption. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. These are the challenges organizations face.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 15, 2023

Companies that adopt Agile never do it just for the sake of adopting Agile. They do know that Waterfall wasn’t working, so Agile will fix those problems, right? They think if they do the “Agile stuff,” they will make quicker progress to achieve their goals.

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Agilemania

MARCH 30, 2021

Before agile came, several industries like software, aerospace, manufacturing used to follow the waterfall approach. Although that time, the meeting in Oregon didn’t result in the birth of agile methodology; it was the first big step in the history of agile. A New Ideology is Born: The History of Agile Manifesto.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2021

This title probably attracted two types of people – people who are wondering what the role of the ancient practice of martial arts has in organizational change management. These learning environments take various formats, but most face similar challenges that Dojos alone cannot overcome—challenges that stop Transformation.

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Think Agile

AUGUST 13, 2021

Are you new to the Scaled Agile ® Framework? Leading SAFe ® offers you an introduction to the foundations of SAFe ® , and provides the principles and practices to drive your Lean-Agile transformation with confidence. The Leading SAFe certification cost at Think Agile is only R10,900.00. Agile & SAFe.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 24, 2019

The usual arrangement has enterprise-scale, mission-critical, and often “legacy” resources in the back-end world, separated by the API layer from the more modern technologies in the front-end world. If those worlds are not connected, then there’s a limit to the level of business agility the IT department can support.

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