Pitfalls Of An Agile Transformation - Presented for Dallas Agile Leadership Network - 2/23/2016

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This document discusses common pitfalls that organizations face when undergoing an agile transformation. It identifies the top 6 pitfalls as: 1) viewing agile as just a process change, 2) not providing slack time for teams to learn new ways of working, 3) lack of leadership alignment, 4) focus on delivering business value instead of the team or organization, 5) only focusing on agile at the team level instead of the entire organization, and 6) cultural misalignment. The document advocates for training, coaching and assessing where organizations are at in their agile journey to help avoid these pitfalls and ensure a successful transformation.

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David Hawks
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Leadership Coach
OF AN AGILE TRANSFORMATION
DAVID HAWKS
@AUSTINAGILE
CEO, AGILE ENTERPRISE COACH

David Hawks
Agile Trainer and Coach
CEO of Agile Velocity
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On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest) how would you
rate the success of your organization’s agile adoption?
7
1- Agile in Name only (it’s really Waterfall)
5 - We are doing agile but not being agile
10 - Our agile is better than your agile

David Hawks
@austinagile
Leadership Coach
OF AN AGILE TRANSFORMATION
TOP 6
PITFALLS:
1.JUST A PROCESS
2.NO SLACK TO LEARN
3.LEADERSHIP NOT
ALIGNED
4.NO PSPI
FOCUS
5.ONLY
FOCUSED ON
TEAM
6.CULTURAL
MISALIGNMENT

EVERYONE HAS ADOPTED AGILE IN SOME CAPACITY
94% of all organizations surveyed now practice agile. (VersionOne State of
Agility 2015)

ONLY 53% OF
AGILE PROJECTS
ARE SUCCESSFUL
It is better than waterfall, but is that good
enough?
(VersionOne State of Agility 2015)

THERE IS MORE BAD AGILETHAN GOOD AGILE
Why is that?

PITFALL #1 - THINKING AGILE IS JUST A PROCESS CHANGE

PITFALL #5 - ONLY FOCUSED ON THE TEAM VS THE ORG

PATHTO AGILITY
How would you assess your organization?
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HAVEYOU SOLVED
SOME OFTHE
PROBLEMS OF
OTHERS?

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