Organizational Transformation For Agile and Lean

ADAPT Open Meeting – 5 October 2012

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Agenda Rationale for Organization

Transformation Change Models Proposed Framework Discussion

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Rationale More than a collection of practices

Philosophical adjustmentsProcess adjustmentsContract and policy adjustments

Multiple stakeholders throughout the organization

Cultural shifts are neither binary or instantaneous

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Influential Change Models Geoffrey Moore’s Technology Adoption

Lifecycle Dreyfus model of Skill Acquisition Satir Change Model Kotter Model for Organizational Change Schneider Culture Model

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Adapted from Geoffrey Moore, Crossing the Chasm

Moore’s Technology Adoption Lifecycle

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Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition

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Satir Change Model

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Kotter Change Model

http://www.changecards.org/change-theory/kotters-theory-of-change/8

Schneider Culture Model

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ADAPT Organizational Change for Agile Framework

ADAPTOCA

FRAMEWORK

Models

Industry Experience

Your ideas

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Initial Framework Overview

Outreach

Support

Measurement

Communicating the benefits and status of the transformation to

stakeholders throughout the organization, its external

management, and its customers

The infrastructure needed to achieve the transformation in terms of expertise, training,

tools, and management

Understanding the ongoing costs, benefits and progress

of the transformation

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Example Outreach Activities Target Multiple Audiences

Executive, Management, Practitioners Promotion and Awareness Raising

BriefingsArticlesWebinarsTeam-by-team Direct ContactEvents

○ Lunch & Learns○ Agile Cafes○ Conferences

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Example Support Activities Adoption Planning Support Transition Planning Support Team Training Hands-on Coaching

Initial StartupSpot Help (on request)

Tool Consultation and Support Knowledge Management

Best/Worst Process/Practice Asset RepositoryCustom Guidebooks and Templates

Maps to “Organization Standard Practice”

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Example Measurement Activities Qualitative Measurements

Maintaining Success/Failure StoriesInfusion and Diffusion Monitoring

Quantitative Measurements Standardized Productivity & Quality Data Baseline and Traditional (non-agile) Data Agile-specific data Allows comparisons Feeds proposals and estimates

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Small Group Discussion

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