Creating Agile Organizations: A Systemic Approach

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Organizing for Adaptability

Agility is the ability of an organization to adapt to new conditions and to change its direction while creating maximum value and customer experience.

—Mike Beedle

The basic building blocks of an Agile organization are self-managing cross-functional teams that can create customer value. When you combine many such teams, you can create larger groups that self-organize effectively around the ever-changing market needs. To make that possible, you need to understand the typical problems and pitfalls that organizations face when adopting agility at scale, and what to change so that your organization can be successful.

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