Chapter 1
Taking It All In: The Big Picture
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting up to speed on the agile mindset
Defining enterprise agility
Distinguishing enterprise agility from business agility
Transforming your organization with the 1-2-3 approach
When you’re getting ready to tackle a complex topic, such as enterprise agility, having a general understanding of the topic and what it entails is a great place to start. In this chapter, I give you that eye-in-the-sky view of enterprise agility. Here you develop a general understanding of agile and enterprise agility and the key distinction between the two. You discover how to build an agile enterprise without making the common mistake of trying merely to scale up agile frameworks to your entire organization. And I introduce you to some commonly used agile frameworks that I cover in greater detail in Part 2.
Defining Agile and Enterprise Agility
Because you’re reading a book about enterprise agility, I assume you’re familiar with the topic, but readers may have different levels of understanding and different ideas about what “agile” and “enterprise ...