Presented in Agile of East 2019 at Kolkata

1. RamanathanYegyanarayanan
Do's and Don'ts of an Agile
Transformation
Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan
@Ramanathan1989

2. Personal
Views

3. Good Read

4. Why Agile Transformation?

5. Courtesy: www.lynnecazaly.com

6. 12 Stages of Agile Transformation
The Ordinary World
Of Today’s
Corporation
The Call To Action:
Taking Stock
Is the Organization
Ready?
Meeting With
Mentors
Crossing The
Threshold: Forming
A Team To Lead The
Transformation
Tests, Allies &
Enemies: Proving
The Concept Of
Agile
Approaching The
Inmost Cave:
Maintain Momentum
Despite Setbacks
Ordeal: Evolve The
Change Idea Itself
Reward: Fighting
‘Fake Agile’
The Road Back: The
Normalization Of
The Extraordinary
The Final Test:
Achieving Agile
Fluency
The Elixir Of
Strategic Agility

7. 10 Common Agile Transformation
Mistakes
Assuming a New
Software Tool Makes
You Agile
Not including your
customers in your
Agile transformation.
Making a Business
Analyst Responsible
for All Product
Ownership
Retaining Skill-Based
Silos and Multi-
Project Staffing
Task Switching
Thinking Parallel
Projects Keep
Customers Happy
Ignoring Agile
Feedback Loops
Not Including
Process
Improvements in the
Team’s Work Backlog
Working on an
Infrastructure
Designed to Support
Long, Waterfall-Style
Projects
Expecting Change to
Be Smooth

8. References
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/11/04/the-twelve-stages-of-the-agile-
transformation-journey/#2105a74a3dd4
• https://martinfowler.com/articles/agileFluency.html
• http://www.lynnecazaly.com.au/
• https://winterboeragileanalytics.com/2018
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oz366X0-8