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Blog
- August 3, 2023
Continuous Learning for Business Agility: Leveraging Adult Learning Theory in Lean Agile & DevOps
Applying first principles to Agile initiatives can help large organizations overcome some of the challenges they face when trying to adopt Agile methodologies. By understanding the underlying philosophy of Agile, establishing the 'why' before the 'how', valuing interactions over processes, empowering teams, and embracing change, organizations can set the stage for a successful Agile transformation. This approach fosters an environment that is more receptive to Agile methodologies and enables teams to adapt and innovate in the face of complexity and change.
Blog
- August 3, 2023
Applying First Principles to Agile Initiatives in Large Organizations
Applying first principles to Agile initiatives can help large organizations overcome some of the challenges they face when trying to adopt Agile methodologies. By understanding the underlying philosophy of Agile, establishing the 'why' before the 'how', valuing interactions over processes, empowering teams, and embracing change, organizations can set the stage for a successful Agile transformation. This approach fosters an environment that is more receptive to Agile methodologies and enables teams to adapt and innovate in the face of complexity and change.
Press Release
- August 2, 2023
Agility Consulting Expands Support to US Government with GSA MAS Prime Contract Award with Contract Award Potential $39B
Agility Consulting, LLC (Agility), a Woman Owned Small Business, announced today that it was awarded a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Prime Contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) with a potential value totaling $39 billion annually. This contract (47QTCA23D00BW) expands Agility’s training and software development support to the US Federal Government and US Military for the next two decades.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
Liberty Mutual
Three of the Scrum teams needed a replacement Scrum Master due to unforeseen medical circumstances. These teams were in the middle of a SAFe transformation with a culture of job-loss related fear. The client was also utilizing testing component type teams even further demoralizing the mindset of the developers on all three teams.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
Large Telecom
The telecom company had recently acquired a cable TV service provider. The methodology was waterfall with silos and very formal communication. The project had ambitious goals for time to market and product features. Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) was chosen.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
Indiana Farm Bureau
Shortly after completing their Agile transition, a large project with impacts to every business-critical application was initiated. This meant they had to scale adopting the SAFe framework but were struggling to implement such a large amount of change. Teams were change-saturated and struggling with mixed messages, leading to under-performance. Business executives were excited about the flexibility Agile development promised, but were not ready to give up certainty they felt they had with Waterfall metrics.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
Ascension Health
Ascension Health was breaking into the Robotics Processing Automation (RPA) world with six teams. They were using a traditional planning method to implement the changes. The technology and processes were changing so fast that it caused a delay in overall delivery. The challenge was to introduce Agile, increase delivery, initiate the transformation, continually coach, and adjust to RPA processes at the same time.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
New Management Services
New Management Services (NMS), a financial services company located in Jacksonville, was struggling with slow delivery speed and a lack of clear direction on what should be delivered and why. Their teams and leadership were experiencing a high number of dependencies across specialized teams, a lack of vision, unclear team responsibilities, and poor communication channels.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
Liberty Mutual
Three of the Scrum teams needed a replacement Scrum Master due to unforeseen medical circumstances. These teams were in the middle of a SAFe transformation with a culture of job-loss related fear. The client was also utilizing testing component type teams even further demoralizing the mindset of the developers on all three teams.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
Large Telecom
The telecom company had recently acquired a cable TV service provider. The methodology was waterfall with silos and very formal communication. The project had ambitious goals for time to market and product features. Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) was chosen.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
Indiana Farm Bureau
Shortly after completing their Agile transition, a large project with impacts to every business-critical application was initiated. This meant they had to scale adopting the SAFe framework but were struggling to implement such a large amount of change. Teams were change-saturated and struggling with mixed messages, leading to under-performance. Business executives were excited about the flexibility Agile development promised, but were not ready to give up certainty they felt they had with Waterfall metrics.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
Ascension Health
Ascension Health was breaking into the Robotics Processing Automation (RPA) world with six teams. They were using a traditional planning method to implement the changes. The technology and processes were changing so fast that it caused a delay in overall delivery. The challenge was to introduce Agile, increase delivery, initiate the transformation, continually coach, and adjust to RPA processes at the same time.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
New Management Services
New Management Services (NMS), a financial services company located in Jacksonville, was struggling with slow delivery speed and a lack of clear direction on what should be delivered and why. Their teams and leadership were experiencing a high number of dependencies across specialized teams, a lack of vision, unclear team responsibilities, and poor communication channels.
Case Study
- July 13, 2023
South State Bank
South State Bank, South Carolina’s largest bank with over $15.7 billion in assets, was experiencing issues with prioritizing changes, allocating resources and utilizing their internal IT teams which led to slow delivery times and significant communication gaps with respect to organizational and project changes.
Press Release
- August 2, 2023
Agility Consulting Expands Support to US Government with GSA MAS Prime Contract Award with Contract Award Potential $39B
Agility Consulting, LLC (Agility), a Woman Owned Small Business, announced today that it was awarded a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Prime Contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) with a potential value totaling $39 billion annually. This contract (47QTCA23D00BW) expands Agility’s training and software development support to the US Federal Government and US Military for the next two decades.
Press Release
- March 28, 2023
Agility Consulting Expands Support to U.S. Space Force with Contract Award Totaling $900 Million
Agility Consulting, LLC (Agility), a Woman Owned Small Business, announced
today that it was awarded a Prime Contract totaling $900 million by the United States Space
Force (Space Force). This contract expands Agility’s Data–as–a–Service (DaaS) and software
development support to the US Federal Government and US Military.
Blog
- August 3, 2023
Continuous Learning for Business Agility: Leveraging Adult Learning Theory in Lean Agile & DevOps
Applying first principles to Agile initiatives can help large organizations overcome some of the challenges they face when trying to adopt Agile methodologies. By understanding the underlying philosophy of Agile, establishing the 'why' before the 'how', valuing interactions over processes, empowering teams, and embracing change, organizations can set the stage for a successful Agile transformation. This approach fosters an environment that is more receptive to Agile methodologies and enables teams to adapt and innovate in the face of complexity and change.
Blog
- August 3, 2023
Applying First Principles to Agile Initiatives in Large Organizations
Applying first principles to Agile initiatives can help large organizations overcome some of the challenges they face when trying to adopt Agile methodologies. By understanding the underlying philosophy of Agile, establishing the 'why' before the 'how', valuing interactions over processes, empowering teams, and embracing change, organizations can set the stage for a successful Agile transformation. This approach fosters an environment that is more receptive to Agile methodologies and enables teams to adapt and innovate in the face of complexity and change.
Blog
- March 12, 2023
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Assist in Decision Making
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we work and live, and its potential applications are vast. In the Lean Agile domain, AI can be particularly powerful, helping organizations to streamline their processes, improve their efficiency, and make data-driven decisions.
Blog
- October 27, 2022
Normalized Capacity instead of Velocity
Regardless of the technique you use to apply a ‘cone of uncertainty’ approach to predictability, remember that velocity and story points are preliminary, and are intended to prevent teams from overcommitting to work, increasing the likelihood that they will achieve their goals. The true measurement that builds and maintains trust with our customers and stakeholders is being customer-centric and aligning around business value.
Blog
- August 11, 2021
Digital transformation Series Part 3: Agile Business Transformation
Welcome to the part 3 of the original series on digital transformation and in this article, we focus on the agile business transformation as an essential phase of digital transformation.
In the figure below, there are three distinct phases of innovation and disruption. In the Installation Period, many entrepreneurs compete, but few reach a turning point to deploy their product and capture the market. Now in the digital era, unicorns like Amazon and Netflix lead the market. We need to learn their lessons so we can survive the turning point!
Blog
- July 14, 2021
Digital Transformation Series – What, Why, and How to be a Digital Enterprise
As transformation consultant, I see one bandwagon that every business big and small wants to embark is the “Digital Transformation”. As I see a lot of misunderstanding about the digital transformation (“it’s internet right? ““It means go paperless, isn’t it?”) , I am hereby taking an effort to share a series of posts starting with this one on some basic history and how you can steer your organization to be more digital over time. The key aspects we will touch upon will be as follows