1. 18 minutes of
Agile Enterprise
Teresa Maciel
UFRPE

2. Agility
Where is it from?

3. Agility history: 3 milestones
The “agility” concept is coined by
manufacturing field in “21st
Century Manufacturing Enterprise
Strategy Report” (Iacooca
Institute, 1991)
90s
Toyota defines a
new way to work,
based in waste
reduction.
50s 2000s. . . . . . . . .
Agile Manifesto for
Software Development
is defined and
published (Agile Alliance,
2001).

4. Agile enterprise
is...

5. “… an enterprise ready to
embrace change and growth
oriented”

6. “… an enterprise able to thrive and
prosper in an environment of
continuous and unpredictable changes”

7. “… an enterprise “fast moving”,
adaptable and robust, capable of
rapid reconfiguration”

8. Knowledge
Agile
Enterprise
Worldpartnership
Speed
Business
results
creativity

9. Adaptability

10. Learning

11. Collaboration

12. Quality Commitment

13. Readiness to change

14. Partnership

15. Added Value

16. People Empowerment

17. Continuous Improvement

18. Continuous Improvement

19. How can we develop
organizational agility?

20. Product
development
Management
People
Organizational
Environment
Partnership
5 KEY
ORGANIZATIONAL
DIMENSIONS

21. Product
development
Management
People
Organizational
Environment
Partnership
They must
be worked
together

22. Product
Development
Strategy
Management
StylePeople
Organizational
Environment
Partnership
Agile
enterprise
attributes

23. Product
Development
Strategy
Management
StylePeople
Organizational
Environment
Partnership
Flexibility, Growth,
Adaptability,
Leanness, Speed,
Responsiveness,
Strength ...
DEVELOP
ADJUST
PROMOTE
ESTABLISH
IMPLEMENT
TO HAVE

24. Agile People
Cooperative and collaborative.
Communication.
Internal and external interaction.
Leaders that build leaders.
Shared knowledge.
Empowerment.
Reward based on added value.

25. Agile Management
Lower complexity structure.
Facilitators and mentors.
Learning and innovation based behavior.
Reward based on results.
Efficient communication.
Visual management.
Collaboration/Cooperation actions.
Organizational goals driven by value.

26. Continuous and faster delivery.
Continuous revision and improvement.
Waste monitoring and reduction.
Customer needs driven development.
Technical partnerships.
Process automation.
Shorter lead time.
Product Development

27. Partnership
Flexible agreements.
Cooperation mechanisms.
Customer satisfaction monitoring and expanding.
Strategic partnerships with suppliers.
Community participation.

28. Organizational Behavior
Visual Management.
Feedback.
Communication.
Culture driven by added value.
Sharing Knowledge mechanisms.

29. Product
Development
Strategy
Management
StylePeople
Organizational
Environment
Partnership
Flexibility, Growth,
Adaptability,
Leanness, Speed,
Responsiveness,
Strength ...
DEVELOP
ADJUST
PROMOTE
ESTABLISH
IMPLEMENT
TO HAVE

30. Are you ready
for agility?

32. Thank you!
Teresa Maciel
UFRPE, Recife - Brazil
tmmaciel@gmail.com