8. Start an Agile Transformation Flashcards
What are the three most common challenges for teams adopting Agile?
- Comfort with uncertainty
- Eliminating handoffs
- Working software as status updates
What is organisational culture?
A way of communicating, set of values and expectations, and collection of meanings that make up how people do work in an organisation.
What is the practical difference between the top-down and the bottom-up approach when adopting Agile?
The top-down approach provides executive support, yet it takes longer, whereas the bottom-up approach makes the adoption quicker but getting executive support might be challenging.
What is the Control Culture?
A way of work based on a clear hierarchy of supervisors that values predictably.
What can be said about the ease of Agile adoption for organisations that are rooted in Control Culture?
That they will have a really hard time embracing some of the radical changes that are part of an Agile mindset?
