Poised for ChangeThe Virtuous Cycle of Business Agility

Rebecca ParsonsChair Agile Alliance

Measure the outcomes Quick delivery and release (aka Agile)

and then... repeat

Continuous design and experimental design Testable hypothesisThe virtuous cycle goes like this

Business Agility

So... what does it really take?

Experiment often

Be prepared to change quickly yet safely

Visibility into progress and performance

Rely on evidence not guesses

Balance predictability and opportunities

Factors

And How Do We Do That?

Agile Software Development

Transparency, rapid feedback, unambiguous definition of done, PRINCIPLES!

Internal Software Quality

time scope quality trade-off, evolvability, measure continuously and focus on trends

Principles of Evolutionary Architecture

Architect for testability and Postel’s law and micro-services and reversability

Last Responsible Moment

Delay as long as you can, maximize info minimize debt, drivers define responsible

Continuous Delivery

Automate almost everything, standardize as much as you can, CI, automated testing, boring deployments

Continuous Design

Bring agility to user experience, incremental design on experience metaphor, focus on user, how to really test the hypothesis and measure results

What About the Organization?

DilemmaCost control requires stability

whereasValue generation requires

responsiveness

Differentiators Matter! What are

yours?

Actually, what hold for your business?

Separate Commodity Activities

But be ready to pull back

Manage at the Portfolio Level

Goal Business Agility

Lowering the cost and risk of experimentation

Architecting for real adaptability

Keeping systems poised for change

Aligning the organization

Maximizing visibility and feedback

Achieved by

Thank you!http://rebeccaparsons.com

rebecca.parsons@agilealliance.org