The document summarizes a presentation on how businesses can deliver more value with smaller teams through agile adoption. It discusses how agile was initially adopted to achieve faster time to market, better quality, and more value delivery. However, new product failure rates remain high at 41% on average across industries. The presentation advocates adopting the lean startup model and cites case studies of companies that successfully implemented agile approaches to improve outcomes. It concludes by thanking the audience.

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How Businesses Need to Think of delivering more business value with less teams
Business Agility Roadshow 2017
PREPARED BY
Arun Jayaraman
Senior Agile Consultants
ajayaraman@solutionsiq.com
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18rh February 2017

2. The Context: What Motivates Agile Adoption So far? – Why Change?
 Faster Time to Market
 Better Quality
 More value delivery

3. Have we Achieved this?

4. Have we Achieved this?

5. Where Are We Today: New Product Failure Rates by Industry
Industry Percent Failure
Chemicals 44%
Other Materials 39%
Industrial Services 43%
Consumer Goods 45%
Consumer Services 45%
Capital Goods 35%
Healthcare 36%
Software & Services 39%
Technology 42%
Average 41%
Highest 45%
Lowest 35%
» Source: Myths About New Product Failure Rates by George Castellion and Stephen K. Markham

6. What's the Way Forward? The Lean Start-up Model

7. Nordstrom Innovation Lab: Sunglass iPad App Case Study

8. Case Study: A US-based Pharma Supply Chain Company

9. Case Study: The Approach

10. References
• Jeff Patton: Strategy for success in start-up environment

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