Creating Agile Organizations: A Systemic Approach

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An Agile Adoption Approach

The effort required to adopt Scrum is huge, and only enterprises with compelling reasons will make the effort.

—Ken Schwaber

One of the big mistakes many companies made in Agile adoption was to view Agile as a set of techniques and tools for Agile teams. Agile teams are powerful for getting work done but are just a tiny part of a more extensive system. Unfortunately, your efforts will be mostly lacking in impact if the adoption ends with a few workshops and a handful of cross-functional teams. Without a real culture change, your teams will start to slow down, and before you know it, all will be much like where you started. The issue is not about tools, techniques, or following the rules of Scrum. The culture needs ...