by Jason Little | Nov 28, 2016 | Agile Transformation, Change Management
In a recent post, I wrote about how to apply Agile techniques to change readiness assessments by using Perspective Mapping. What happens when there is the desire for change, but the organization isn’t ready? Further, what if the perception that the organization...
by Jason Little | Aug 29, 2016 | Change Management
During my first Agile consulting gig, I was working with a pilot team that had 5 developers, 2 testers, and me, as the Scrum Master. We had another external technical coach who was working with us as well. We were using a technique called planning poker to size up 3...
by Jason Little | Jul 27, 2016 | Agile Transformation, Change Management
There are easily 40 change methods out there. If there was a best practice, shouldn’t there just be one? Throughout the last few decades where change managers roamed the world, haven’t we figured out the one process that works? I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it...
by Jason Little | Jun 29, 2016 | Agile Transformation, Blast Radius, Change Management, Videos
If you’ve worked in a large organization, you know how slow and difficult it is for them to change. The thing with Enterprise Agile (or any other large organizational change), is they tend to follow the same pattern: Appoint a centralized department to devise an...
by Jason Little | Apr 15, 2016 | Agile Transformation, Change Management
I’ve worked with enough large organizations to see patterns in how they typically approach Agile Transformation: Someone gets excited about Agile for some reason, and people who get agile, run with it. Someone in the existing hierarchical structure becomes...
by Jason Little | Mar 14, 2016 | Change Management, Featured, Stories
“What’s the urgency for change?” My experience tells me when people talk about urgency for change, they are asking for a few things…and what they’re asking for is a matter of perspective. The people who have the agile mindset, want their...
