Comments for BigVisible Solutions http://www.bigvisible.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Organizational Agility: Beyond Agile Teams by Satish Thatte http://www.bigvisible.com/2012/02/organizational-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-32734 Satish Thatte Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:08:51 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?p=3547#comment-32734 Giora, Good blog on organizational agility. Going beyond team agility, an organization needs to align the upstream processes (business strategy, product vision and product strategy) with agile development processes followed by agile teams team. And moving downstream, align the agile development processes with agile operations and agile customer support to deliver business value to customers. In short, what is needed is an alignment and synergies among business strategy, product strategy, agile development, agile operations and customer value realization. Regards, Satish Thatte New Synergy Group Giora,

Good blog on organizational agility.

Going beyond team agility, an organization needs to align the upstream processes (business strategy, product vision and product strategy) with agile development processes followed by agile teams team. And moving downstream, align the agile development processes with agile operations and agile customer support to deliver business value to customers.

In short, what is needed is an alignment and synergies among business strategy, product strategy, agile development, agile operations and customer value realization.

Regards,
Satish Thatte
New Synergy Group

]]> Comment on Organizational Agility: Beyond Agile Teams by Dave Moran http://www.bigvisible.com/2012/02/organizational-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-32710 Dave Moran Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:36:43 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?p=3547#comment-32710 Giora, I couldn’t agree more! I have a couple of similar blog posts on the subject, although I used the term business agility versus organizational agility: http://www.softwareresults.us/2011/05/business-agility-is-more-important-than.html http://www.softwareresults.us/2012/01/agility-is-new-standard.html Giora,

I couldn’t agree more! I have a couple of similar blog posts on the subject, although I used the term business agility versus organizational agility:

http://www.softwareresults.us/2011/05/business-agility-is-more-important-than.html

http://www.softwareresults.us/2012/01/agility-is-new-standard.html

]]> Comment on Agile Removes Limitations…You Must Now Change The Rules by BigVisible Solutions | Organizational Agility: Beyond Agile Teams http://www.bigvisible.com/2009/11/change-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-32675 BigVisible Solutions | Organizational Agility: Beyond Agile Teams Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:02:29 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?p=519#comment-32675 [...] Schlitz, George. “Agile Removes Limitations…You Must Now Change The Rules.” Web log post. BigVisible Blog. BigVisible Solutions Inc., 10 Nov. 2009. Web. <http://www.bigvisible.com/2009/11/change-the-rules>. [...] [...] Schlitz, George. “Agile Removes Limitations…You Must Now Change The Rules.” Web log post. BigVisible Blog. BigVisible Solutions Inc., 10 Nov. 2009. Web. <http://www.bigvisible.com/2009/11/change-the-rules>. [...]

]]> Comment on Scott-Dunn by Who is Peter Saddington | Yves Hanoulle http://www.bigvisible.com/scott-dunn/comment-page-1/#comment-32654 Who is Peter Saddington | Yves Hanoulle Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:33:33 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?page_id=2957#comment-32654 [...] Scott Dunn, CST [...] [...] Scott Dunn, CST [...]

]]> Comment on Top 7 reasons for lack of creativity in an organization by Tim Turnstone http://www.bigvisible.com/2012/01/top-7-reasons-for-lack-of-creativity-in-an-organization/comment-page-1/#comment-32644 Tim Turnstone Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:41:08 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?p=3459#comment-32644 I'm confused. You are coach in the situation and paid to coach Agile. As coach you have duty to coach Agile to the best of your ability. Right? There is no decision here. You are supposed to do your job. It is simple and not complicated. This story represents that you choose how much agility to teach people. Is that what you mean? This seems very wrong. You are Agile coach right? You supposed to do your job! I’m confused. You are coach in the situation and paid to coach Agile. As coach you have duty to coach Agile to the best of your ability. Right? There is no decision here. You are supposed to do your job. It is simple and not complicated.

This story represents that you choose how much agility to teach people. Is that what you mean? This seems very wrong. You are Agile coach right? You supposed to do your job!

]]> Comment on You might be a Cragilist by If You Want To Stop Becoming More Agile, Start Focusing on Standards | The Agile Radar http://www.bigvisible.com/2007/05/you-might-be-a-cragilist/comment-page-1/#comment-32446 If You Want To Stop Becoming More Agile, Start Focusing on Standards | The Agile Radar Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:50:49 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?p=23#comment-32446 [...] is one of several causes of the phenomenon known as CrAgile (“Crappy Agile,” a.k.a. “Scrummerfall,” “Scrum-But,” etc.) [...] [...] is one of several causes of the phenomenon known as CrAgile (“Crappy Agile,” a.k.a. “Scrummerfall,” “Scrum-But,” etc.) [...]

]]> Comment on Events by Jason Novack to Speak at Agile New England Chapter Meeting | The Agile Radar http://www.bigvisible.com/resource/events-3/comment-page-1/#comment-32445 Jason Novack to Speak at Agile New England Chapter Meeting | The Agile Radar Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:47:47 +0000 http://next.bigvisible.com/events-3/#comment-32445 [...] in attending? Find out more about this free event or register to [...] [...] in attending? Find out more about this free event or register to [...]

]]> Comment on You might be a Cragilist by BigVisible Solutions | If You Want To Stop Becoming More Agile, Start Focusing on Standards http://www.bigvisible.com/2007/05/you-might-be-a-cragilist/comment-page-1/#comment-32361 BigVisible Solutions | If You Want To Stop Becoming More Agile, Start Focusing on Standards Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:20:24 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?p=23#comment-32361 [...] is one of several causes of the phenomenon known as CrAgile (“Crappy Agile,” a.k.a. “Scrummerfall,” “Scrum-But,” etc.) [...] [...] is one of several causes of the phenomenon known as CrAgile (“Crappy Agile,” a.k.a. “Scrummerfall,” “Scrum-But,” etc.) [...]

]]> Comment on You might be a Cragilist by BigVisible Solutions | If You Want To Stop Becoming More Agile, Start Focusing on Standards http://www.bigvisible.com/2007/05/you-might-be-a-cragilist/comment-page-1/#comment-32358 BigVisible Solutions | If You Want To Stop Becoming More Agile, Start Focusing on Standards Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:56:56 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?p=23#comment-32358 [...] is one of several causes of the phenomenon known as CrAgile (“Crappy Agile,” a.k.a. “Scrummerfall,” “Scrum-But,” etc.) – [...] [...] is one of several causes of the phenomenon known as CrAgile (“Crappy Agile,” a.k.a. “Scrummerfall,” “Scrum-But,” etc.) – [...]

]]> Comment on A coach’s moral dilemma by Joe Astolfi http://www.bigvisible.com/2012/01/a-coachs-moral-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-32350 Joe Astolfi Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:10:21 +0000 http://www.bigvisible.com/?p=3463#comment-32350 This is a great topic and I agree with the comments. As coaches, we must stay true to our values, beliefs, and mission to be both effective and happy in our work. If we compromise those because of the cultures of the organizations or individuals we work with, then we will have "sold out". That's a very difficult situation, especially if we are consultants relying on client engagements to stay in business. At the end of the day, we need to have the courage and belief in ourselves and our purpose, even if it causes short-term pain. The long term benefits are more than worth it. Gloria and George are spot on about recognizing where the responsibility lies. That can be very challenging to both recognize and determine a plan of action. Agile is more about our values, culture, and way we work than the processes and practices. I attempt to make that very clear to the senior leaders I talk with, so they know what they are asking for when they want to "try Agile". This is a great topic and I agree with the comments. As coaches, we must stay true to our values, beliefs, and mission to be both effective and happy in our work. If we compromise those because of the cultures of the organizations or individuals we work with, then we will have “sold out”. That’s a very difficult situation, especially if we are consultants relying on client engagements to stay in business. At the end of the day, we need to have the courage and belief in ourselves and our purpose, even if it causes short-term pain. The long term benefits are more than worth it.
Gloria and George are spot on about recognizing where the responsibility lies. That can be very challenging to both recognize and determine a plan of action.
Agile is more about our values, culture, and way we work than the processes and practices. I attempt to make that very clear to the senior leaders I talk with, so they know what they are asking for when they want to “try Agile”.

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