A metaphor for agile change

1. AGILE JOURNEY
A metaphor for agile change

2. The foothills of change
Agile in the
foothills is
mostly about
tools,
process and
practices
(whiteboards,
stickie's and
scrum or XP)
Practices
Tools and
processes
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• Scrum
• Kanban
• XP
• User Stories
• Story
mapping

3. The crest of the hill
It’s not until we
get near the top
of the hill we can
see that our next
goal is at the top
of a mountain,
This is normally
as we find that to
meet principles
we need to
change our
processes and
business
structures
Principles
Practices
Tools and
processes
*Principles’ are things like,
'we complete all the work
we start in a sprint', or 'our
highest priority is to
produce working and
useful software every 2
weeks'. Having these
allow the team and
organisation to optimise
around principles.
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It may mean that we need to
adopt a DevOps approach,
change financing and
governance rules or remove silos

4. Setting up base camp
It’s OK* to setup
a base camp, to
acclimatise, plan
and prepare for
the next ascent
*Be careful not to
begin sliding back
down the hill
If organisational
changes are
required to
meet principles,
spend some
time
understanding,
planning and
getting buy in
from all.
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5. Don’t lose heart
Look how far
you’ve come
Focus on the
positives and
how they have
set you up for
the next step
Celebrate the
wins, use
them to frame
the new
challenges as
positive
opportunities,
they are proof
that you can
do tough
things.
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6. There is always another hill to climb
Mindset
Values
Principles
Practices
Tools and
processes
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