Leading Agile

MARCH 29, 2023

I don’t spend a bunch of time on LinkedIn, but the other day, I was scrolling around and happened to catch a thread where some folks in the Agile community were debating if SAFe was actually Agile. In short, it really comes down to what you mean by Agile and Agility. One of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 7, 2021

An Agile Transformation Consultant who wants to lead a successful Transformation is going to need more than a deep understanding of Agile. In a recent blog post, we discussed the various types of Agile Transformation Coaches needed to run a sustainable Transformation. Agile Transformation Consultant: Team Attributes.

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Timo Elliott

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Lessons for IT and Business Leaders Embrace Change Management : Transformation is as much about people as it is about technology. Focus on Long-Term Success : SAP’s emphasis on a “clean core” and structured innovations ensures businesses can scale their investments while remaining agile.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile has been shown to shorten time-to-market, increase quality, instill predictability, improve customer satisfaction, and create an overall happier working culture. Agile Transformation involves all levels of the organization and applies Lean-Agile principles to business processes, practices, tools, operations, and culture.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Is an Agile Transformation Coach any different than being an Agile Coach? When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. If that’s your definition of an Agile Transformation Coach, you’d be right—but only partially.

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Analysts Corner

JANUARY 8, 2023

I personally have loads of BA, Agile, product, automation and design certifications and I’ve found the knowledge gained extremely useful in my various projects. However, obtaining a certification can be helpful in demonstrating your knowledge and skills in the field, and may make you more attractive to potential employers.

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Cprime

JUNE 28, 2022

The market is now demanding that companies prioritize agility and the ability to quickly adapt to change. And this goes well beyond supporting and growing agile software development teams. That’s Enterprise Agility. What is Enterprise Agility? What challenges stand in the way of Enterprise Agility?

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Cprime

MARCH 16, 2022

Recently, one of my colleagues asked me an interesting question that I have not heard in a long time: “Why is it that some teams are able to adopt Agile and achieve success and some teams struggle so much?”. If your organization struggles with change, exploring formal change management methodologies may be helpful.

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Cprime

MARCH 14, 2023

That’s where agile IT service management (ITSM) comes in. By combining the flexibility of agile methodologies with the structure of ITSM processes, agile ITSM allows you to respond quickly to changing business needs while maintaining a high level of service quality.

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, embracing agility – the ability to turn on a dime for a dime – has become a key to ongoing success for many organizations. However, when companies launch Agile Transformations in hybrid environments, it can introduce a new set of challenges.

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Cprime

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How does a product-centric model enhance organizational agility? – A product-centric model enhances organizational agility by allowing teams to respond quickly to customer feedback, adapt to changes, and deliver value incrementally, ensuring that products are continuously refined and aligned with user needs.

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Agile Velocity

APRIL 1, 2024

Agile training and transformation offer a beacon of hope, guiding organizations through these turbulent times with practices that enhance adaptability, customer satisfaction, and team morale. Here’s a look at the top 10 challenges business leaders and teams face today and how Agile principles can address them.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2021

This title probably attracted two types of people – people who are wondering what the role of the ancient practice of martial arts has in organizational change management. Consequently, this model of Dojos provides hope but does not create long-lasting change. Want to Change Culture? Agile Transformation Explained .

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BA Times

MAY 31, 2023

We’re Agile. Mention software testing to 10 people in IT and you will get several different responses. That’s what QA is for.” Unit testing covers what we need.” What do we need to test for? The application works fine!” We don’t need to test.” “The

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the face of change, many people inside large organizations are often left with more questions than answers. A good change management strategy accounts for these questions and tries to reduce the angst surrounding the change by deploying solid stakeholder management practices. Do I possess the necessary skills?

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Timo Elliott

JANUARY 12, 2022

Digital transformation is a huge change — change management must be part of the strategy. Tamara McCleary: I was blown away by the agility and flexibility we’ve seen in these companies. You must harness the power of having the whole organization working toward the same goal. Timo Elliott: Exactly.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Four Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation In this article, our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, explores why focusing on practices and culture isn’t the right place to start an Agile Transformation. Next, he talks about how Agile Transformation is an ongoing process and the importance of teaming strategies. Is SAFe Agile?

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Leading Agile

JUNE 29, 2023

What do we have to do to make Agile tangible for our executives? How do we get our executives to have more confidence than fear in the changes we’re trying to make? Are Executives Getting in the Way of Agile? One of the challenges we face is the perception that executives don’t care about Agile.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 14, 2022

Without a change management plan, it’s hard to create a safe space for people to want to change. Change is hard, and people are comfortable. With our change management model, we Prepare, Socialize, Tailor, Implement and Reinforce to create sustainable change.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For example, during a previous meeting, change management devised a solution that merges the steel manufacturing line with the testing line, allowing both processes to run concurrently to save time. Work closely with change management: Change management refers to the group of managers who work to instigate change inside a company.

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Timo Elliott

JANUARY 5, 2022

At the end of the day, it’s about change management — digital transformation is something you need to do with your staff, not at your staff. In Belgium, there are a lot of smaller and medium sized enterprises and they have two big advantages: they have closer customer relationships and they are more agile.

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BizAcuity

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Some of the key reasons for businesses to move to cloud are mobility, agility, progressive technology, and a need to stay abreast with the industry trends today. Handle change management and communication – A good communication plan and applying effective change management is important to the success of the migration project.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A lot of articles on business analysis career development, BA tools & techniques, Agile, AI and Enterprise Architecture this time. Plus as a bonus some curated lists of books recommended for product managers, BAs, and architects. Business analyst, systems analyst, BI analyst, process analyst, change manager, and so on.

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Analysts Corner

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Agile development methodologies can address evolving requirements and foster flexibility. Thorough project proper planning, prevention of risks, and change management help mitigate potential obstacles. Agile methodology can help manage this situation to a certain point.

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Passionate BA

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Howard Podeswa Link to LinkedIn Link to Amazon Howard Podeswa is a real thought leader in business analysis and agile. Lynda Girvan Link to LinkedIn Experienced business consultant, trainer, agile coach, author, and practitioner with over 25 years of experience; regular speaker at European and international audiences.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Large organizations face challenges to respond to change with speed and relative ease. Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework.

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ElegantJ BI

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Gartner predicts that, ‘data literacy will become an explicit and necessary driver of business value, demonstrated by its formal inclusion in over 80% of data and analytics strategies and change management programs.’ Licensing Be sure the augmented analytics provider is not charging expensive add-ons for the mobile app.

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ElegantJ BI

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Gartner predicts that, ‘data literacy will become an explicit and necessary driver of business value, demonstrated by its formal inclusion in over 80% of data and analytics strategies and change management programs.’ Licensing Be sure the augmented analytics provider is not charging expensive add-ons for the mobile app.

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ElegantJ BI

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Gartner predicts that, ‘data literacy will become an explicit and necessary driver of business value, demonstrated by its formal inclusion in over 80% of data and analytics strategies and change management programs.’. Mobile Hosting. Be sure the augmented analytics provider is not charging expensive add-ons for the mobile app.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

An LPM portfolio of investments is creatively determined and actively managed throughout its investment life cycle, just like any other portfolio. Agile development and product development are aligned with business strategy through LPM, driving value to customers with products and solutions. Target value delivery. Value optimization.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 28, 2022

People may try for a little bit, but they’ll end up going back to their old ways once they see their environment hasn’t changed around them. So how do we influence change while supporting the people making the changes? There’s no one size fits all approach to change management.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The POPM Training is a two-day course that focuses on the role of the SAFe® Product Owner and how it fits into Agile teams. SAFe® for Lean Enterprises is a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies for achieving business agility using Lean, Agile, and DevOps. Certified Agile Coaching.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 12, 2022

Since then, Dean Leffingwell’s brainchild, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has become the popular emerging agile framework for business agility according to the 15th State of Agile Survey. . SAFe’s ability to achieve business agility is possible due its four core values that include- . But what is SAFe? .

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Cprime

MARCH 9, 2023

Optimizing Atlassian Cloud Processes To be successful in today’s business landscape, you need to be agile and efficient. You Want to Improve Agile Processes and Implement Planning Tools Agile is a crucial part of modern software development. One way to achieve this is by adopting modern, cloud-based tools like Atlassian Cloud.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 10, 2021

While IT recognizes its importance to ensure the responsible use of data, governance can often seem like a hindrance to organizational agility. This framework helps formalize the questions to ask and clearly outlines the steps you can take to improve your organization's data strategy across governance, agility, proficiency, and community.

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Cprime

APRIL 9, 2024

– The Operational Excellence Index (OEI) is a comprehensive metric that evaluates an organization’s operational performance across various dimensions, including efficiency, quality, agility, and innovation. Our agile transformation services are designed to help you adopt a holistic approach to change and continuous improvement.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In our all-digital, omni-channel world, a robust Data Culture helps every employee have a more complete picture of what’s going on—to be aligned, to make decisions informed by data not opinions, and to increase organizational agility and resilience. Agility: This workstream is focused on analytics deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.

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