Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility

Chapter 10. Becoming an Agile Enterprise

“Continuous improvement is not about the things you do well—that’s work. Continuous improvement is about removing the things that get in the way of your work. The headaches, the things that slow you down, that’s what continuous improvement is all about.”  —Author Unknown

In This Chapter

This chapter discusses the challenge of becoming an Agile enterprise. This involves thinking clearly about where you are, where you want to go, and what is in the way. We consider three different organization types, based on what we have seen in helping companies transition to Agile. Fundamentally, the transition involves continuous process improvement.

Takeaways

Key insights to take away from this chapter include

• There ...