10.05.2023
2 minutes
Jeroen Nollet
These days, more and more companies are going through Agile transformations. The switch to Agile frameworks seems a necessity to keep on competing in today’s dynamic market environment. Therefore, organizations find solutions to go through this transformation as fast as possible and to avoid the most common Agile Transformation pitfalls.
Our Agile expert, Jeroen Nollet, dives into it and is happy to share his experiences.
I’ve been part of multiple Agile transformations as a Scrum Master during the past years and I often see the same problems returning. I’m happy to share them with you in a series of seven blog posts and hope you will be able to anticipate these problems and find alternative solutions to fix them.
Jeroen Nollet
For every problem (or pitfall, in this case), there is a solution. Let's highlight the most important conclusions below.
Rome wasn’t build in a day, so your organization won’t be transformed all at once either. It might be tempting to do a big-bang rollout after a successful proof of concept, but try to resist. You will learn much more when you take a more gradual approach.
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Your organization is unique and complex. Don’t try to fit every team into the same box and provide enough flexibility for them to determine their most efficient way of working.
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Don’t be tempted by consultants to create a custom framework. This beats the goal of an Agile Transformation. Why? Custom frameworks will be built on (some of) the existing processes you want to transform and therefore won’t cause any transformation.
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Dependencies will quickly become bottlenecks while transforming your organization. Have an eye for common dependencies and think about how you can eliminate them to speed up your teams’ performance.
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Don’t focus on the output of individual teams to determine your successes. Instead, focus on how E2E (end to end) value is delivered to the end users.
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Agile Transformations are complex on all organizational levels. Because of this complexity, make sure to regularly look back to see what you learned on both team and company level and adapt accordingly.
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Don’t forget your employees when you are in the middle of an Agile Transformation. Invest in relevant trainings so everyone knows what you are doing and why you're doing it.
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Want to read more about these Agile Transformation pitfalls? Check out the full blogposts on our insights section by Jeroen Nollet!