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9. Evolve the Enterprise

Rick Freedman

(1)Lenexa, Kansas, USA

Agile evolution within the enterprise is often visualized as ripples in a pond. The agile champion, coach, or consultant throws a stone into the pond by assembling the initial agile teams and using agile methods to deliver a pilot project. The pilot teams start to experience improved results, and to make them visible. The successes and challenges of that initial pilot expose obstacles and broken processes. These discoveries cascade through the enterprise and focus improvement efforts on identified roadblocks. Incrementally, as each new challenge is uncovered, the ripples of change and agility reach into ...

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