David Hawks
@austinagile
Why
Transformations
Fail

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
David Hawks
@austinagile
david@agilevelocity.com
CEO, Executive Agile Coach

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
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Superficial Agility Improving Agility Predictable Agility Fast Agility
• Going through the motions
• Work is visible
• Silo development
• Lots of carryover
• Not strong PO/ SM
• Retrospectives have meaning
• ScrumMaster is Coach
• Work is estimated and
velocity being measured
• Swarming and cross training
is starting to happen
• Team identity is being created
• Carryover is limited
• Team’s have focus (Limiting
WIP)
• Constant team Backlog
Refinement
• Break work down and swarm
• Whole team ownership
embracing cross functional
goals
• Cycle Time has been
significantly reduced
• Able to respond to new high
priority and deliver quickly
• Leadership focus on
optimizing the whole
• Urgently resolve
organizational impediments
• Test Automation, Continuous
Integration, DevOps in place
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Current State of Agility?

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
AGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
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The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
Align
Accelerate
Adapt
Predict
Learn
Chaos &
Resistance
Integration
& Practice
New Status Quo
Status Quo Why Do So Many
Companies Struggle?
Let’s Explore The Top 4 Impediments Organizations Face.

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
Impediment #1
Implementing Solutions
Without
Clarity in Desired Results

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
CHALLENGE 1Implementing Solutions Without
Clarity in Desired Results
IMPACT
• Lots of Resistance & Frustration
• Silo Optimization
• No Clear Measure of Success
• Minimal Gains

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Employee Engagement
Employees are more satisfied in their work, willing
to go the extra mile, passionate about the purpose
of their jobs and committed to the organization.
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Customer Satisfaction
Customers are satisfied with the experience,
benefits and outcomes when using your product
or service.
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Quality
The product or service meets the expectations of
the market for usability, reliability, etc.
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Speed
The time it takes to deliver an idea into the market
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Predictability
Teams maintain a predictable cadence of delivery
enabling the business to make informed business
decisions.
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Innovation
New ideas, creative thoughts, or novel
imaginations providing better solutions to meet
new requirements, unarticulated needs, or known
market needs.
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Market Responsiveness
The ability of the organization to pivot quickly to
respond to ever-changing market demands.
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Productivity
Increase the business value realized while
maintaining or reducing costs.
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Continuous Improvement
The ability of the organization to relentlessly
pursue optimizations in all aspects of business
functions.
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Productivity
Predictability
Innovation
Quality
Speed
Employee
Engagement
Customer
Satisfaction
Continuous
Improvement
Market
Responsiveness
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
Business Outcomes

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OrgSystemTeam

OrgSystemTeam
Align
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to Value
Team Formed
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
Impediment #2
Not Approaching As An
Organization-Wide Change

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
CHALLENGE 1Not Approaching As An
Organization-Wide Change
IMPACT
• Impediments Not Resolved Quickly
• You Empower The Resistance
• Teams Hit A Ceiling

Team
Team 1 Team 2 Team N
LEVELS OF PATH TO AGILITY® TRANSFORMATION FRAMEWORK
Team level Practices
Scrum/Kanban
Code Quality
DevOps
System
System 1 System 2
System of Value Delivery
Flow of Work
Scaling
Cross Team Coord.
Org
Organization
Leadership
Culture/ Mindset
Strategy
Organizational Structure
HR/Finance Practices

Insights and organizational
impediments from teams
Transformation
Backlog
Agile Leadership
Team (ALT)
Product of Transformation:
Agile teams working in an
agile organization
Run the Transformation Using Agile

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OrgSystemTeam

OrgSystemTeam
Align Learn
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Ability to Measure
Cross-Team
Coordination
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
Impediment #3
Leaders Not Creating Focus

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
CHALLENGE 1Leaders Not Creating Focus
IMPACT
• Lots of Interruptions
• No Time to Improve
• No Flow
• No Ability to Forecast
• Slow Time to Value

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
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We Need To
Limit WIP

Watch the Baton, NOT the Runners

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OrgSystemTeam

OrgSystemTeam
Align Learn Predict
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Ability to Measure
Cross-Team
Coordination
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
Leadership Agility
Ability to Focus
Multi-Team
Predictability
Ability to Forecast
Complexity Reduced
Predictable Delivery
Cadence
Quality Feedback
Loop Shortened
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
Impediment #3
No Method To Madness

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
CHALLENGE 1No Method To Madness
IMPACT
• Everybody doing their own thing
• Pockets of success
• Declaring victory because we are out of
ideas
• No clear roadmap for the transformation
• No way to evaluate current state to
determine clear next steps

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Business OutcomesBusiness Outcomes
Agile Capabilities
Agile Practices
Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
Dictates
Which Are Achieved
Through
By Implementing
Enable
Drive
Accomplish
Agile Outcomes
Path to Agility® Framework

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
WHAT DEFINES GOOD AGILITY?What Defines Good Agility?
3
AGILE
OUTCOME
The newly achieved
result of better
agility.
1
AGILE
PRACTICE
Something we
implement
(“the how”).
4
BUSINESS
OUTCOME
Ultimate impact on
the effectiveness of
the organization.
2
AGILE
CAPABILITY
The new ability the
team/ organization
has developed.

Agile Practice Limit WIP (Portfolio Level)
Agile Capability Portfolio Sequencing
Agile Outcome Ability to Focus
Business Outcome Increased Predictability
Example #1

Agile Practice Sprint Planning
Agile Capability Plan Iteratively
Agile Outcome Team Ownership
Business Outcome Increased Productivity
Example #2

Agile Practice Test Driven Development
Agile Capability Continuous Integration
Agile Outcome Shortened Quality Feedback Loop
Business Outcome Speed
Example #3

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OrgSystemTeam
Align Learn Predict Accelerate Adapt
Purpose Driven
Leadership
Whole Org Agility
Financial Agility
Customer Centered
Market
Responsiveness
Experiment Driven
Development
Objective Data-Driven
Decisions
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Ability to Measure
Cross-Team
Coordination
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
Leadership Agility
Ability to Focus
Multi-Team
Predictability
Ability to Forecast
Complexity Reduced
Predictable Delivery
Cadence
Quality Feedback
Loop Shortened
Faster Time to Value
Reduce Cycle Time
Release Continuously
Sustaining
Improvement
Decision Agility
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
Network of Teams

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
The Path To Agility™ Transformation Framework

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
ABOUT AGILE VELOCITY
Relentless Pursuit of
Whole Organizational Agility
TRUE PARTNER
We’ll guide the teams to not only become self-sufficient, but also
to become empowered to reach full agility.
OUTCOME DRIVEN
It’s not about dictating what to do or prescribing solutions, but
focusing on achieving key business results.
DISCIPLINED APPROACH
Our Path to Agility™ is an Agile Transformation Framework created
after decades of helping organizations accelerate agility.
JOYFUL JOURNEY
We want our clients to love Agile as much as we do, and part of
that is creating a fun and safe environment in which to learn,
practice, and master.
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