Empowering Agile Transformation

Al Goerner (Valtech)

Vendor Talks · Process Improvement

Tuesday, 15:00, 30 minutes | Meeting Room 3

Empowering Agile Transformation The irony of Agile development is that – although it is a demonstrably more effective and efficient way to develop software systems – it is not always a lasting success. An Agile team living and working in a traditional, Waterfall environment will struggle for survival … and many have succumbed to the mismatch of expectations and values with its business customers and executive management. Agile transformation is a challenging process: Agile adoption is culture change. Valtech has many years of experience helping organizations to adopt new technologies, methodologies, and processes. Through these experiences we have learned several secrets to making lasting, successful change. One such secret is the Wheel of Habit: Language shapes Thought, Thought changes Values, Values shape Behavior, and Behavior creates new Language. These four factors shape our habits, both as individuals and as organizations. To change habits, then, we must turn the Wheel. There are four forces that act on these four aspects of the Wheel: Evangelism, Training, Mentoring, and Facilitation. No one or two of these forces are sufficient to turn the Wheel. It takes all four forces, in careful concert, to make lasting change in an organization. Valtech Transformation Partnerships™ embody this and other hard-won insights. We manage our Transformation Partnerships™ as change programs – with clear goal structures, integral evaluation of progress-to-goal, active multi-modal learning, project and business value focus, and a variety of service formats that address unique needs at different stages of advancement. If you are interested in learning more about how Agile adoption can fail and even more about the secrets to Agile adoption success, then plan to attend Valtech’s presentation Empowering Agile Transformation.