Meet Robyn.
The Situation.
Due to squad specialisation, not all squads are working on the highest priorities for the business. The combination of this with the dependency problem means that squad working on the highest priorities are often diverted away from that to service dependencies raised by squad working on relatively low priorities. She wonders what it would take to be able to have all squads work on the highest priorities for the business.
The Breakthrough.
Change Readiness Stage
Build Awareness.
Educate.
Build Desire.
Launch Stage
Launch the Group.
Impact Stage
Coach the Coaches.
People Management Uplift.
Ongoing Assessment and Support.
The Result.
How to Get Started:
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What's Next?
The perfect compliment to this service is therefore our Leadership Agility offering.
Frequently Asked Questions:
How is this different from what a typical agile coach does?
Firstly, we teach leaders the thinking tools necessary to see your organisation from an entirely different perspective and make informed decisions about the changes necessary to succeed with your business strategy..
Secondly, we take a big picture first approach rather than starting with the “team level”. This means rethinking the motivation, structures, processes and people management settings to provide the right context for teams to thrive.
Thirdly, we use systems thinking to ensure that you are optimising the “whole” at the broadest level possible. This avoids everyone working hard at optimising locally at the expense of the whole that really matters for your business.
Finally, we provide independent advice based on what your business needs to achieve the desired capability outcomes rather than what is easiest to implement. This sometimes means taking the more difficult path rather than doing what is easiest to implement. Also “rocking the boat” as a change agent rather than playing it safe.
Do you do full time contracts?
Our principal consultant – Rowan Bunning – is available for part time engagements. 5 days per week may be possible for a month or two during particularly critical periods.
If the work requires a full time consultant or coach, we would be happy to recommend one from our global partner network.
What is meant by “descaling”?
Descaling refers to simplifying the organisation to improve agility. This often involves reducing the number of roles, hand-offs, organisational structures, dependencies, architectural complexity, repositories, sites etc.
You’ll end up doing more with less.
Will you help us with SAFe adoption?
Like the founders of the Agile movement, we believe that typical SAFe adoptions are a compromise state relative to the Agile promise.
We are however very interested in helping your organisation to move beyond vanilla SAFe to organisational settings that allow for optimisation for adaptability and value maximisation.
Will you help us with Spotify model adoption?
Like ING Business Lending, you are likely to find that having multiple squads with their own “product backlogs” and “product owners” does not result in the best outcome for a single customer offering.
We are very interested in helping your organisation to a optimisation across the whole customer offering. Skilful product definition, learning about systems thinking as well as numerous case studies make the need for this clear.
Can you help us to adopt LeSS?
Yes. We have experience with several LeSS adoptions. These include LeSS Huge, LeSS and LeSS-like adoptions in Europe and Australia since early 2008. It is important however to first establish that LeSS is an appropriate choice given the capabilities needed in your context.
Can we do this without the Scaled Agility Strategy service?
It is essential that the capabilities that you are making your adoption decisions to achieve are clear, agreed and in a form that informs actionable decisions. If this is already the case then the Scaled Agility Strategy service may be unnecessary. If not, it will be important to spend at least a short time establishing the right strategy.