- Today’s realities are driving organizations to digitize faster and become more Agile.
- Most hierarchical, command and control–style organizations are not yet well adapted to using Agile.
- So-called textbook Agile practices often clash with traditional processes and practices.
- Members must adapt their Agile practices to accommodate their organizational realities.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- There is no one-size-fits-all approach to Agile. Agile practices need to be adjusted to work in your organization based on a thoughtful diagnosis of the challenges and solutions tailored to the nature of your organization.
Impact and Result
- Identify your Agile challenges and success factors (both organization-wide and team-specific).
- Leverage the power of research and experience to solve key Agile challenges and gain immediate benefits for your project.
- Your Agile playbook will capture your findings so future projects can benefit from them.
Mentoring for Agile Teams Research & Tools
Start here – read the Executive Brief
Read this Executive Brief to understand how a Agile Mentoring can help your organization to successfully establish Agile practices within your context.Besides the small introduction, subscribers and consulting clients within this management domain have access to:
- Mentoring for Agile Teams Storyboard
1. Take the Info-Tech Agile Challenges and Success Factors Survey
This tool will help you identify where your Agile teams are experiencing the most pain so you can create your Agile challenges hit list.
- Agile Challenges and Success Factors Survey
2. Review typical challenges and findings
While each organization/team will struggle with its own individual challenges, many members find they face similar organizational/systemic challenges when adopting Agile. Review these typical challenges and learn from what other members have discovered.
- Mentoring for Agile Teams – Typical Findings
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Workshop: Mentoring for Agile Teams
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
1 Take the Agile Challenges and Success Factors Survey
The Purpose
Determine whether an Agile playbook is right for you.
Broadly survey your teams to identify Agile challenges and success factors in your organization.
Key Benefits Achieved
Better understanding of common Agile challenges and success factors
Identification of common Agile challenges and success factors are prevalent in your organization
Activities
1.1 Distribute survey and gather results.
1.2 Consolidate survey results.
Outputs
Completed survey responses from across teams/organization
Consolidated heat map of your Agile challenges and success factors
2 Identify Your Agile Challenges Hit List
The Purpose
Examine consolidated survey results.
Identify your most pressing challenges.
Create a hit list of challenges to be resolved.
Key Benefits Achieved
Identification of the most serious challenges to your Agile transformation
Attention focused on those challenge areas that are most impacting your Agile teams
Activities
2.1 Analyze and discuss your consolidated heat map.
2.2 Prioritize identified challenges.
2.3 Select your hit list of challenges to address.
Outputs
Your Agile challenges hit list
3 Problem Solve
The Purpose
Address each challenge in your hit list to eliminate or improve it.
Key Benefits Achieved
Better Agile team performance and effectiveness
Activities
3.1 Work with Agile mentor to problem solve each challenge in your hit list.
3.2 Apply these to your project in real time.
Outputs
4 Create Your Agile Playbook
The Purpose
Capture the findings and lessons learned while problem solving your hit list.
Key Benefits Achieved
Strategies and tactics for being successful with Agile in your organization which can be applied to future projects
Activities
4.1 For each hit list item, capture the findings and lessons learned in Module 3.
4.2 Document these in your Agile Playbook.
Outputs
Your Agile Playbook deliverable