Develop Your Agile Approach for a Successful Transformation
Understand Agile fundamentals, principles, and practices so you can apply them effectively in your organization.
In today’s age of ceaseless technological evolution, Agile offers the flexible and iterative approach organizations need to keep pace with rapid changes in technology, security, and other key IT functions. But Agile transformations are hard to implement effectively – rather than a series of boxes to be ticked, Agile is a sweeping, fundamental change to the way your organization thinks and operates. Our comprehensive framework will help you push past misconceptions and confusion to instill Agile principles successfully across your organization.
Though Agile enables shorter delivery times and improved quality, IT teams often have different, conflicting, or inadequate knowledge of its principles and practices, leading to ineffective implementation that doesn’t deliver on Agile’s promise. IT leaders must work through these friction points, with the right people, to deliver a successful Agile realignment.
1. Evolve beyond Waterfall.
Waterfall methodology isn’t up to the challenges of today’s IT landscape. Though some organizations may not be able to completely leave it behind, Agile’s iterative practices can help deliver faster, better outcomes than Waterfall’s rigid, linear approach.
2. Get everybody on the same page.
Agile transformations are more likely to be successful when the entire organization understands Agile fundamentals, principles, and practices, as well as the role each person plays in its success. Focus on developing a solid understanding of Agile practices so that everyone involved understands that Agile is a mindset, not a process.
3. Treat the causes, not the symptoms.
Though Agile itself enables nimble, rapid pivots in the face of change, adopting an Agile mindset for the first time can be a complex undertaking for your teams, many of whom may encounter a variety of obstacles for which there is no single remedy. Take the time to understand these common challenges, then develop a plan to address the root causes of each.
Use this step-by-step blueprint to plan and implement a successful Agile transformation
Our research offers templates, surveys, tools, and other resources to identify your Agile challenges and build a tailored plan to overcome them. Use this step-by-step framework to help your IT teams understand and embrace the Agile approach across the organization, whether they’re just starting their Agile journey or refreshing their existing Agile practice.
- Identify common Agile challenges to pinpoint the obstacles to your organization’s Agile transformation.
- Establish a solid foundation for Agile delivery to align your teams with Agile fundamentals, identify insights and team feedback, and build your roadmap to Agile implementation.
- Work through specialized modules to foster deeper understanding of Agile principles and practices to resolve pain points.
Member Testimonials
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Experience
Impact
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Workshop
10/10
$34,000
10
Alex was a great facilitator of this agile workshop. He practiced what he preached and adjusted the presented materials throughout the week as we l... Read More
Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission
Guided Implementation
9/10
$1,500
2
The University Of Manchester
Guided Implementation
10/10
$92,499
20
the above questions re time and cost savings are difficult to quantify as we're at the start of an Agile journey. Alex Ciraco, his knowledge and d... Read More
York Regional Police
Workshop
10/10
N/A
N/A
Alex was terrific and many of the team members whom attended the session enjoyed their learning experience. Thank you for putting on such a succes... Read More
Washington State Department of Ecology
Workshop
9/10
$68,000
12
The group work was great - really helps drive it home and break it down. I liked the pace and that we got practical answers for issues, things we ... Read More
Washington State Department of Ecology
Workshop
9/10
N/A
10
Alex and Aundria were excellent to work with. Aundria didn't miss a beat with the coordination. Alex did a group job with the training and i... Read More
Albemarle Corporation
Workshop
10/10
$34,000
10
Alex did a great job facilitating the workshop promoting engagement of the team throughout the workshop.
Queensland Treasury
Guided Implementation
10/10
$4,500
5
Alectra Utilities
Guided Implementation
10/10
$25,000
23
Tools and approach and articles were exactly what we were looking for and the discussion was fully aligned with where we would like to go. There w... Read More
Oakland County
Workshop
10/10
N/A
N/A
The workshop facilitated by Alex at Oakland County was very informative to those who attended as we embark on our first pilot projects using Agile.... Read More
Washington State Department of Ecology
Workshop
10/10
$34,250
29
Overall, this was a fantastic training. It allowed our key project team members to level-set and reach a common understanding of Agile and Scrum. T... Read More
Washington State Department of Ecology
Workshop
8/10
N/A
N/A
I heard from the team what their challenges are with Agile. I also heard from the leadership their perspective of agile. The training also provi... Read More
City of Birmingham
Guided Implementation
10/10
$32,195
10
It was a pleasure working with Suneel, the materials and guidance he provided are extremely helpful, and I will continue using them as we develop o... Read More
State of Ohio - Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Everything was good. Thank you for sharing the survey with me. I look forward to seeing what people have to say. Thanks!
Office of the Auditor General of Canada / Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Workshop
10/10
N/A
N/A
Alex is a top notch trainer. He related the workshop content to our reality and drew on his diverse experience with other Ministries and agencies. ... Read More
Arizona Department of Health Services
Workshop
10/10
$685K
32
The trainers were skilled and knowledgeable in Agile and IT. The hands on team approach was effective, in only a few weeks, we have formed our te... Read More
Arizona Department of Health Services
Guided Implementation
10/10
$2,603
2
San Diego County Office of Education
Guided Implementation
6/10
N/A
N/A
Best parts - Alex is passionate and knowledgeable about Agile; got our team to evolve our own internal discussions we've had (gave us new things to... Read More
Mansfield Oil Company
Workshop
10/10
$68,500
12
Kieran was very knowledgeable and was able to pivot the conversation to provide the right content to a mixed team of experience and those without e... Read More
Sanlam Life Insurance Limited
Guided Implementation
10/10
$50,000
18
Great interaction and probing questions from Alex. Received some excellent advice and points. Happy with the session. No negatives.
Virginia Department of Social Services
Workshop
10/10
$68,500
20
The interactive exercise was the best. The worst part was the comfort of the chairs, but that is not something Infotech controlled.
DAI Global, LLC
Workshop
10/10
$129K
20
No bad parts of the experience. Alex is an excellent mentor! It was an excellent workshop and I loved how people's mindset has changed within days.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
Workshop
8/10
$13,700
5
Alex was able to keep our senior leaders engaged and provided good information to start off our Journery to Agile.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
Workshop
8/10
$34,250
10
Alex was articulate and adaptive to our needs. We have now a good feel for agile scrum.
Virginia Community College System
Workshop
10/10
$389K
47
Best part - Alex brought the concepts alive for us with examples and stories. Worst part - struggles internal to the VCCS with a little bit of c... Read More
Arun Estates
Guided Implementation
10/10
$36,080
10
The best was introducing the concept of relative value.
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Guided Implementation 1: Identify Common Agile Challenges
- Call 1: Scope requirements, objectives, and your specific challenges (identify potential participants).
- Call 2: Complete first call with participants (introduce Phase 1 and distribute survey for completion).
- Call 3: Gather survey responses and consolidate results (prep for Phase 2 calls).
Guided Implementation 2: Establish a Solid Foundation for Agile Delivery
- Call 1: Deliver Agile fundamentals.
- Call 2: Create roadmap for transition to Agile.
- Call 3: Present result of Common Agile Challenges Survey and identify biggest pain points.
Guided Implementation 3: Use corresponding modules to address challenges
- Call 1: Present module on identified pain point. Work through exercises.
- Call 2: Repeat for additional modules and supporting topics.
- Call 3: Conduct closeout and communication call.
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