Do you wonder why some Agile transformations fail? Have you been an advocate of Agile but dishearten by the progress? What will you do if you Agile project is shut down?

1. ENTERPRISE AGILE
SECRETS NO ONE
WILL EVER TELL YOU.

2. HI, I’M
@SWATHISAMBHANI
Chief Technology Strategist,
TechNotch Solutions

3. CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?

4. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
ENEMIES, TRY TO
CHANGE SOMETHING –
WOODROW WILSON

5. SECRET1 – AGILE HAS TO BE TOP
DOWN (EXECUTIVE INITIATIVE)
Agile transformation initiative has to come from the
executive leadership of the organization, else the
change is not substantial, IMPACTFUL or effective

6. CASE STUDY 1 – PAYPAL
Image credit: Kalpesh Shah on twitter
PayPal transformed their 4000 strong workforce in 7
months

7. SECRET2 – IT COSTS MORE AT
THE ONSET
Training
Dedicated Resources
Multiple Sandbox
environments

8. CASE STUDY CONTINUED–
PAYPAL
$5million on Agile training/coaches
$2 million on furniture and open office
setups*
Source: http://searchcio.techtarget.com/feature/Four-pillars-of-PayPals-big-bang-Agile-transformation

9. SECRET3 PLAN FOR A
CO-EXISTENCE STRATEGY
• Reduce the gap
• Migration Strategy
• New, 3/4ths underway, ½ underway

10. CASE STUDY –JOHN DEERE
Introduced 2 Speed IT to
deliver projects and innovative
products

11. SECRET4 AGILE DISRUPTS
ORGANIZATIONS
Product Management
Scrum Masters/Project
Managers
Agile Coaches

12. CASE STUDY - ZAPPOS
Zappos adopts Holacracy (A
complete system of self-
organization)

13. SECRET5 - DIGITAL INNOVATION
NEEDS SHORT SPRINTS
"Digital Darwinism is unkind to those
who wait."

14. CASE STUDY – NORDSTROM

15. SUCCESS IS SWEET
Tweet me @SwathiSambhani OR @TechNotchS

16. Fun agile presentation
Comparing Agile transformation
at Twitter and Salesforce
http://tinyurl.com/nxxnw9n