Cprime

AUGUST 9, 2023

Enter Jira Service Management (JSM), a powerful tool for enabling ITSM change management. Change management is crucial in any organization. This article is based on the webinar, How to Enable Change Management With Jira Service Management.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 29, 2023

I don’t spend a bunch of time on LinkedIn, but the other day, I was scrolling around and happened to catch a thread where some folks in the Agile community were debating if SAFe was actually Agile. In short, it really comes down to what you mean by Agile and Agility. One of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto.

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Agile Coach

JUNE 4, 2016

This year at Agile and Beyond was the first Agile event I attended since I presented with Declan Whelan at Agile 2015. Then this year at Agile and Beyond, I had a conversation with someone who self-admittedly is new to the Agile world, more or less. What’s Happened to Agile?

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Leading Agile

APRIL 27, 2023

Is this a sign that Agile is waning? Or is Agile so deeply engrained in the way business gets done, people have just started calling it something else to deny the fact they just aren’t very good at it? Today, the market for Transformation is a transition period. Is it evolving? Want to Listen Instead?

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Growing Agile

JUNE 19, 2020

Much is said and written about the Agile Manifesto that if I were to write about it, I’m sure it wouldn’t be anything that hasn’t been said before. Over the next few blog posts I’m going to break down the agile principles in batches of 3 at a time. This is part one, the first three agile principles.

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My Agile Partner

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In organizations that have undergone the implementation of ITIL, one frequently encounters a popular practice: Change Management. However, this often cumbersome process raises questions about its compatibility with agility. Normal : A general procedure for changes that are neither standard nor urgent.

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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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Cprime

JULY 9, 2021

Recently, I have been studying how people, teams, and organizations respond to change. This may seem surprising, but I have found the human side of Agile to be the one aspect that is most often ignored or de-emphasized by organizations that attempt to adopt a new way of working. Tip #1 – Consider both skill and will.

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2018

This means a move away from the predominate way of organizing, managing, and funding work. For small companies, Agile Transformation can be straightforward—since getting alignment can be accomplished by getting everyone in a room and creating shared understanding. The Meaning of Agile Transformation. Agile vs Business Agility.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile has been shown to shorten time-to-market, increase quality, instill predictability, improve customer satisfaction, and create an overall happier working culture. Agile Transformation involves all levels of the organization and applies Lean-Agile principles to business processes, practices, tools, operations, and culture.

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Watermark Learning

JUNE 2, 2021

What is Organizational Change Management (OCM)? Bringing an Agile Perspective to OCM Eight Tips to Create a more Agile OCM Effort. What is Organizational Change Management (OCM)? Organizational Change Management (OCM) focuses on the people side of change. Table of Contents.

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Agile Coach

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I didn’t renew my contract many months later because I couldn’t see any evidence that this organization was interested in being Agile. Well, I was the Agile Consultant. I was hired because there was a smattering of agile-y stuff on my Monster profile, and my CSM designation was some sort of proof I had a clue.

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CMCrossroads

AUGUST 14, 2023

Resistance to change in the business world limits the ability of organizations to transform, adapt, compete, and succeed in an advancing marketplace. It's important for today's leaders to adopt an agile approach to change management, being willing to risk, practice, and drive change from a visionary perspective.

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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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Netmind

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

One of the most common questions I hear in organizations that I work with is: “When will we finish our agile transformation?” ” This question is based on a traditional way of understanding change management and organizational change in which the paradigm is stability. Gracias, Alfred.

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Clarasys

JUNE 14, 2022

Delivering agile change management might look relatively straightforward in theory, but how does it look in practice? There are common change products in both waterfall and agile approaches, such as stakeholder analysis, change impact assessments and communications plans. Click on infographic to enlarge.

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Clarasys

JUNE 9, 2021

Delivering agile change management might look relatively straightforward in theory, but how does it look in practice? There are common change products in both waterfall and agile approaches, such as stakeholder analysis, change impact assessments and communications plans. Click on infographic to enlarge.

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Netmind

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Organizational Change Management is the practice of enabling people to adopt change. A change agent is anyone who: acts intentionally, albeit without formal authority, to facilitate change in an organization. Change Agents. Responsibilities: Help the teams in the change. Change Ambassadors.

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Agile Coach

APRIL 19, 2018

Context : it’s important to understand what triggered me to move away from agile, and into org change. It’s also important to understand what influenced thinking about org change differently. peaked at #6444 out of 8,000,000 books on Amazon, #198 in Leadership and Management. How this Post is Constructed.

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Analysts Corner

JANUARY 8, 2023

I personally have loads of BA, Agile, product, automation and design certifications and I’ve found the knowledge gained extremely useful in my various projects. However, obtaining a certification can be helpful in demonstrating your knowledge and skills in the field, and may make you more attractive to potential employers.

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Agile Coach

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Yesterday Adriana Girdler and I presented Timeless Leadership at the Toronto Agile Tour. Our intent was to show that everything we need to know about leadership has already been invented, we just need to stop and look around once in a while instead of jumping on the next agile fad. Remember the ‘being vs doing’ debates?

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Cprime

JUNE 28, 2022

The market is now demanding that companies prioritize agility and the ability to quickly adapt to change. And this goes well beyond supporting and growing agile software development teams. That’s Enterprise Agility. What is Enterprise Agility? What challenges stand in the way of Enterprise Agility?

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Cprime

JULY 9, 2021

I recently realized something that I probably have always known in the back of my mind years ago – implementing new ways of working is primarily about how we manage change. Given that Agile teams rely heavily on collaboration, absence of trust will most likely disrupt any changes of a successful transition to Agile methods.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without considering the entire value delivery system. Successful Programs for Metrics in Agile. Common Anti-patterns for Metrics in Agile.

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Cprime

MARCH 16, 2022

Recently, one of my colleagues asked me an interesting question that I have not heard in a long time: “Why is it that some teams are able to adopt Agile and achieve success and some teams struggle so much?”. If your organization struggles with change, exploring formal change management methodologies may be helpful.

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Cprime

MARCH 14, 2023

That’s where agile IT service management (ITSM) comes in. By combining the flexibility of agile methodologies with the structure of ITSM processes, agile ITSM allows you to respond quickly to changing business needs while maintaining a high level of service quality.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without considering the entire value delivery system. Successful Programs for Metrics in Agile. Common Anti-patterns for Metrics in Agile.

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Leading Agile

JULY 11, 2018

By now, virtually everyone has at least heard of agile and read the manifesto. Agile has finally been vetted by the early adopters and is now becoming mainstream. I, like others, talk about the difference between “doing Agile” and “being agile”—differing the big “A” agile and the little “a” agile is intentional[BC1] .

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Leading Agile

APRIL 30, 2019

There are all sorts of Agile coaches, consultants, and practitioners out there. In this clip, Mike Cottmeyer discusses what type of leader should be at the forefront of your Transformation and why it’s so important to the success of your next Agile initiative. I’m talking about business Agility. Video Transcript.

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Cprime

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How does a product-centric model enhance organizational agility? – A product-centric model enhances organizational agility by allowing teams to respond quickly to customer feedback, adapt to changes, and deliver value incrementally, ensuring that products are continuously refined and aligned with user needs.

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, embracing agility – the ability to turn on a dime for a dime – has become a key to ongoing success for many organizations. However, when companies launch Agile Transformations in hybrid environments, it can introduce a new set of challenges.

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Agile Velocity

APRIL 1, 2024

Agile training and transformation offer a beacon of hope, guiding organizations through these turbulent times with practices that enhance adaptability, customer satisfaction, and team morale. Here’s a look at the top 10 challenges business leaders and teams face today and how Agile principles can address them.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 11, 2020

Agile Unplugged is your chance to explore LeadingAgile’s freshest ideas, mental models, frameworks, and solutions with the people that are actually doing the work of leading large-scale Agile Transformation, out in the field. So, I had never, I’d like heard of Agile, but like, I had no experience with Agile.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Welcome to our latest episode of the Agile Unplugged podcast with host Mike Cottmeyer, LeadingAgile’s CEO. Soundcloud. Transcript. – Everybody welcome. Welcome Matt, how are you doing? . – Interesting.

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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. Like what are the networks of teams?

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Cprime

APRIL 21, 2022

During this period of time, I had the opportunity to reflect on my job and realized something that I probably should have paid more attention to earlier in my career – nearly every job that I have had focused on change – implementing or managing change or some sort for an organization.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 17, 2022

PSTIR is an acronym for a change management model we use at LeadingAgile to explain our approach to creating lasting change. What is PSTIR?

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