Lessons from 15 Years of Transformation - Marty Bradley

Marty Bradley, Sr VP at LeadingAgile, says Agile Transformation is NOT about Agile; it's a way of achieving your companies goals. Here are some of the other topics we discussed.

• It's not about Agile. It's a way of achieving your goals.
• Companies have to get better de-risking their investments.
• Example: Increasing Sky Atmosphere sales with fast feedback loops.
• 3 elements of agility: teams, backlog, working tested software
• Teams: a stable cross-functional team has all of the members it needs to ship a product.
• Backlog: a healthy backlog of clearly defined work increases predictability.
• Working tested software: deliver something that a user can try - it's ok if it's rudimentary, but it has to "work")
• Face to face collaboration is ALWAYS faster.
• Deciding what to work on based on data
• Managing an Agile Team
  1. Step out of the Project Management elements.
  2. Identify ways to make your team more effective / efficient - be a coach.
  3. Lead your people: develop them, not the product/tech.
  4. Stop solutioning - support the delivery system by trusting your team

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