Transformation vs adoption agile india 2014 An Experience Report
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Adoption Vs Transformation
Ebin John.
Agenda
• Adoption and Transformation
• Schneider model and organization culture
• Changes we made in our transformation model.
All models are wrong, but some are useful! :George Box
All models are useful, but some fail faster than others :Jurgen Appelo
• Learning how to make a decent cofee is adoption ; Becoming a barista is a transformation.
• Adoption changes only what you do. Transformation changes what you are.
Adoption Vs Transformation
• The Agile community suffers a significant confusion between adoption and transformation.
• Sadly, majority of the change agents talk of adopting Agile and not about transforming the culture of a company to support the Agile mindset.
Why?
• The first step in mitigating a problem is to acknowledge that you have one.
• If you do not manage culture, it manages you.
Where do we start?
Agile is not a Process – it Defines a Culture
• Agile is an idea supported by a set of values and beliefs.
• In other words Agile defines a target culture for successful delivery of software.
Doing Agile isn’t the same as being Agile
• The essential point is that we are “Doing Agile” when we follow practices and we are “Being Agile” when we act with an Agile mindset.
• Adoption is about changing the ‘agile doing’ side of the equation
• Transformation is about changing the ‘agile being’ side of the equation
To be successful, we need to start thinking about Agile as a cultureand not as a product or family of
processes.
The Schneider Culture Model defines four distinct cultures:
• Collaboration culture is about working together
• Control culture is about getting and keeping control
• Competence culture is about being the best• Cultivation culture is about learning and
growing with a sense of purpose.
We changed our transformation Backlog!
Working with Your Culture
Choose your Model
• Schneider Culture Model – an easy-to-use tool for assessing culture in your company.
• You can use the cultural fit model to decide what approach - Agile, Kanban, or Software Craftsmanship - will best fit with your organization if you want to work with the existing culture.
Questions
Thank You
References
• An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide: Working with Organizational Culture : Michael Sahota
• Anderson, David. The Principles of the Kanban Method. Web. 10 Dec.2010. <http://agilemanagement.net/index.php/Blog/the_principles_of_the_kanban_method>.
• Appelo, Jurgen. How to Change the World (slides). Web. 2011.<http://www.noop.nl/2011/09/how-to-change-the-world.html>
• Appelo, Jurgen. How to Change the World. Lulu. eBook. 2012.