How to NOT adopt Agile/SAFe and what to do instead, a real-life story | Nick Nielsen
Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches
English - March 09, 2022 11:05 - 11 minutes - 16 MB - ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsTech News News Technology projectmanager agile kanban lean oikosofy projectmanagement scrum scrummaster team teamdynamics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, we hear about a company that was going through a long, 3.5 year journey of Agile transformation. When Nick joined, they had just decided to adopt SAFe, as a way to scale their use of Agile methods. Unfortunately, this is not a story of complete success, as we hear about how a traditional consultancy tried to impose SAFe on the organization, with a top-down, linear (aka Waterfall) plan of adoption. Fortunately, however, the Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters in that organization were able to turn the adoption around, and make it succeed! Listen in to learn about how NOT TO adopt Agile/SAFe.
In this episode, we refer to the 1-2-4-all technique from Liberating Structures, and the Lean Change Management approach to change and transformation.
About Nick Nielsen
Nick completed his education at Aarhus University in Denmark and currently works in the Digital Organisation at Grundfos, the worlds biggest pump manufacturer. He views him self as a pragmatic Agile Handyman.
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