Getting Your Leaders On Board With Agile Transformation

This week’s video podcast was created as a response to a question we were recently asked by some of our CSM/CSPO course students. This one is for all the team members and Scrum Masters, the people on the ground who see why Agile could make a huge difference in their entire organization but just don’t have the title or agency to sign the contracts to make it happen.

What they wanted to know is: How does someone who isn’t at contract-signing level create a conversation where they can get the leaders above them to be open to Agile Transformation?

Dave and Mike will unpack the answer, including discussion on how to hone in on what executives care about and value, and some important questions to ask yourself about the organization and its goals before you start the conversation. They’ll share tips on how to craft the right kind of conversation to get leaders to understand why Agile Transformation is worth doing.

Highlights:

00:37 How can lower-level employees start a conversation to get leaders to do an Agile Transformation in their organization?
02:00 Need to know: What do the executives care about?
05:10 What if management doesn’t know why they want Agile?
06:39 Understanding what problem management wants to solve
07:03 Example: Greater predictability
09:54 Example: Greater predictability in a waterfall environment
14:06 So you want to do Agile – what would change?
20:50 What if people only see the majesty of Agile?
28:11 How do you get all teams on board about how solving problems benefits the entire organization?
35:27 Understanding business goals
40:23 Metrics toward goals
42:12 Training isn’t enough
45:15 Bonus question: Does Mike have a practice to maintain his creativity?

Relevant Resources -

Article: Who is Responsible in Agile Transformation?
https://go.leadingagile.com/mou

Podcast: An Executive Walks into a Daily Scrum
https://go.leadingagile.com/98e

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