This document discusses how to help companies take better advantage of Agile software development techniques by creating streams of business value rather than end-to-end projects, structuring organizations for pace rather than complexity, modeling and experimenting rather than describing and documenting, empowering people with processes rather than constraining them, promoting cross-functional collaboration over singular accountability, and discovering and prioritizing customer needs over delivering internal visions. While recognizing these may not be entirely achievable in some industries, promoting the positive values from each can still enable more organizational agility.

1. We are discovering new ways of transforming corporate processes, activities and structures by
helping companies take better advantage of Agile software development techniques. Throughout
this journey we have recognised it is better to:
Create streams of business value rather than end-to-end projects.
Structure organisations for pace rather than for complexity.
Model and experiment rather than describe and document.
Create processes to empower people rather than to constrain them.
Promote cross-functional collaboration rather than singular accountability.
Discover and prioritise customer needs rather than deliver internal vision.
We recognise that all of these may not be entirely achievable within the constraints of some
industries; however promoting the positive values from within each one will enable more agility in
any organisation.
Matt Hosking BSc.(Hons)
Agile Consultant, Trainer & Project Manager
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