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Planning Your Agile Transformation Journey

Leading Agile

Not every agile transformation looks the same. On the other hand, some companies deal with more convergent things like tax software and government contracts. Lots of heavy planning, long funding cycles , and many constraints. It all depends on how agile you want to be. This is the quadrant of heroics.

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Agile Governance Demystified

Leading Agile

What is Agile governance? Simply put, Agile governance is a way to maximize the flow of value within an organization in the fastest way possible. In small, lean startups, there aren’t a lot of legacy processes and systems in place to overcome, and your teams are small and conducive to an Agile governance model.

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Do Structured and Disciplined Agile Transformations Exist?

Leading Agile

But agile transformation isn’t a black art. It can be planned, tracked, and measured. An Expedition is a vertical slice of the organization with its own team-based structure, governance, and metrics that are trekking from Basecamp to Basecamp. But what if that doesn’t work?

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Governance, the Investment Tier, and Business Agility

Leading Agile

In this week’s episode of SoundNotes, Ross Beurmann is back to talk about how to create a funding mechanism that’s as adaptable as the governance model. Or, to put it more simply, how to allocate funds and pay for things when we’re continually tuning the way we work, and what we’re working on. Contacting Ross.

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The Pragmatic Agile Coach’s Approach to Product Thinking and Portfolio Governance

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When does a transformation often hit the wall as it looks to make additional progress within an organization that’s seemingly eager to embrace Agile ideals and principals? Look no further than the Program Governance Board. The same is true when we as Agile Coaches introduce “ Product Thinking ”.

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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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Is SAFe Agile?

Leading Agile

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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