how to implement agile in a waterfall company

How would you implement Agile at a company currently working in

pure-waterfall?

by @jmbeas

26/Oct/2015

HOW?

HOW?

WHY?

WATERFALLPREDICTIVE

DIVIDE GOALS

PROBLEMS WITH WATERFALL☟ ADAPTABILITY

☟ TIME TO MARKET

☟ CUSTOMER CENTRICITY

☟ INNOVATION

☝ COMMUNICATION COSTS

AGILE SOLVES THOSE PROBLEMS

ECONOMIC BENEFITS

FOR TOP MANAGERS

GO AGILE!

AGILE

TEAMS AUTONOMY

SERVANT LEADERS

EMBRACE CHANGE

WATERFALL AGILE

current statu quo unknown statu quo

“stay comfortable in the uncomfortable”

“NO ONE WILL CHANGE JUST BECAUSE THEY’RE ASKED

TO CHANGE” — jmbeas

RATIONAL + EMOTIONALA GOOD REASON FEAR

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

SELF-ACTUALIZATIONESTEEMBELONGING

PHYSIOLOGICALSAFETY

HOW?

HOW?(MY APPROACH)

ideal

STEP #1

MINDSET (systems thinking, ToC, Lean, etc)

+

VALUES (transparency, respect, courage, etc)

WHO (autonomy)

WHY (purpose)

STEP #2* SHARE VALUES AND MISSION

* DELEGATE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TRANSITION

HOW (mastery)

* GIVE’EM TOOLS (PROCESSES, TRAINING,ETC)

WHO (autonomy)

WHY (purpose)

STEP #2

HOW (mastery)

MOTIVATION MODEL

http://www.danpink.com/books/drive/

STEP #3

TASK FORCES +

CONTINOUS IMPROVEMENT LOOP

OPENSPACE

STEP #4

…and stay comfortable in the uncomfortable.

TUCKMAN’S TEAM DEVELOPMENT MODEL

FORMING

STORMING

NORMING

PERFORMING

step#2

step#3

step#4

SATIR’S CHANGE MODEL

STATU QUO A

STATU QUO B

step#2

step#3

step#4

RESISTANCE

CHAOSTRANSFORMING IDEA

INTEGRATION

WRAP-UP* People won’t change just because you asked them to change

* FEAR * Top managers’ mindset and values * Delegate the transition * Let them write their own journey (with some help)

THANK YOU! Any questions?

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