February 4, 2012

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Agile Hits Ground in the Organization

As the number and size of organizations piloting and adopting Agile projects rapidly increases, most initiatives focus solely on delivery and execution while ignoring the impact that such a radical change may have on an organization – and how that impact may affect the project and product itself.  Most projects view organizational change as a distraction or are likely to simply disregard it.  Furthermore, by definition, it is the responsibility of the project manager or ScrumMaster to shield the team from such distractions rather than leverage them as enablement tools.

In this presentation, we will tell the tale of a failed Agile effort.  We’ll then introduce a number of the common organizational barriers to Agile success – things that you will run into when you introduce Agile – and present the beginnings of an enablement approach that can be used regardless of level of investment.

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About George Schlitz

I currently help large organizations learn to improve. My main focus is the change effort itself - a combination of helping teams and programs succeed, helping leaders think differently about what they do, and helping people in any role improve what they do and discard unneeded old rules. Systems Thinking, the Theory of Constraints' thinking processes, Lean, and Agile methods are tools I use often in these endeavors.

I've been a developer, release engineer, change manager, project manager, program manager, coach, and more. I've been working on Agile projects since 2000.

Comments

  1. Jee Chung says:

    Hits ground at “home”. Hilarious, but spot on. Great deck.

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