Succeeding with Agile

Sources of Organizational Gravity

Previous sections in this chapter provided a list of tools you could use to help move your organization forward in ADAPTing to Scrum. There is really only one tool for transferring agile to other departments: communicating with those departments. So, rather than provide a list of tools, let’s look instead at the departments or groups most likely to possess a lot of organizational gravity. These are the groups that deserve attention during the transfer part of the ADAPT cycle. In working with these groups, maintain a goal of educating, not evangelizing. You want other groups to understand how the development organization benefits from Scrum. You do not need to convert them into staunch supporters of your process. ...