How many organizations succeed at transforming to Agile?
Andrew SoswaTechnology leader| Leading global financial institutionElk Grove Village, Il, United States
I believe that only a few org structures will allow Agile where it will thrive; (1) startup, (2) small business (below 20 employees), (3) innovative org (where leaders drive it to be innovative).
All other organizations, that were in the market for a while, will try Agile. They realize that they are out-innovated or want increased collaboration, decreased stage-gate processes, faster product delivery, happier teams, etc. etc.
The "try" phase is where the Hybrid falls in. The firms will implement parts of Agile where it fits their existing model (organizational, SDLC, product delivery, etc).
In your opinion, how many firms successfully:
A. transition from "try" phase to Agile throughout organization
B. stay in Hybrid form for a long time
Is there any data or research on the numbers? Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Agree with Marcus. Just add concepts labeled agile to the bunch of capabilities of the organization and implement projects selecting the best ways. Like Scrum, Kanban, XP..
If you want to change the whole organization, top-down, there are concepts like SAFe, DA, Spotify available, that say they are agile, but I believe the best way to look at this is in a broader way. Such a transformation may not be a core topic for project managers though, but rather for strategists and BPM people.
A 2020 study 'Status Quo (scaled) Agile' of the University of Koblenz, Germany, says that only 15% of surveyed organizations use agile approaches consequently. The majority are somewhere in a mixed state (I avoid the term hybrid), and maybe agile is not a solution like 42. Saving Changes...
