EXECUTING ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE, THE AGILE WAY
With the speed of change and innovation increasing more and more organizations are looking at how to remain competitive. Many of them have turned to Agile to do that but tend to use outdated change management approaches and tools. We can help provide you with an in-depth understanding of Lean & Agile practices and we can show you how to use these techniques to facilitate change.
Agile Change Management is a revolutionary approach that takes ideas from SAFe, Lean Startup, Agile, Organisational Development and Change Management to help you figure out the best approach to the change you’re faced with.
What is Agile Change Management?
A basic definition of agile change management is the management, creation, and execution of changes in processes, team dynamics and mindset.
The methodology is a modern idea and has tremendous advantages for those interested in organisational transformation. By integrating working software development processes with best practices for improving management, businesses get the best of both worlds.
Agile change management is ideally suited to digital transformations and IT organisational change and varies from general organisational change. As an approach, it’s proved to be an incredibly fitting solution when there are small or large changes.
Regardless the scale of processes, agile thinking can be used to handle change. Following the agile mindset and agile methodology keeps your development lifecycle lean and agile and whatever software is created can adapt to changes when they occur.
An iterative approach underlies each change and version release. With an agile mindset in place your team adapts to changes more rapidly because your developers embrace changing requirements for client benefit while always aligning to a strategic roadmap.
What Do Agile Teams Get From Adopting Agile Change Management Practices?
Remaining open to the benefits of agile change management will ensure you have a lean and responsive change process. This is the foundation for the agile approach in change management. If you don’t have a framework to change your processes, your team is not even agile, they are simply performing task management.
Think of “change quality” rather than “change power.” Transformation is natural for agile but if transformation for its own sake is your end goal then you will reach an impasse. Rather, focus on the quality of the changes the agile mindset introduces into your company, as these will be more beneficial and long-lasting. This shift in perspective is one of the most critical in making the change management process more effective.
Set regulatory procedures on a regular basis for all the above. There is a reason why scrum is held every day — it works. Setting up routines, behaviours, and processes ensures that that every relevant stakeholder internalises the agile mindset.
Why Do Companies Use Agile Change?
An agile strategy means working more collaboratively, getting reviews quicker and releasing early. It allows big organizations to streamline their operations and respond to changes which occur as companies scale.
The reason major companies want their operations to be simplified is that they are huge corporations with a lot of moving parts. It’s easy for processes to be inefficient or sometimes completely counterproductive.
To achieve true scale, agile systems must be built with an Agile change approach. When processes are created, they need to meet certain criteria such as being repeatable, and able to be done by anyone with the correct training. Creating an agile environment allows these multinational businesses to scale continually and enact successful change.
Why Is The Agile Change Model Considered The Best?
- Agile is cost efficient and more flexible. It saves money, which allows you to spend money on other revenue-generating processes.
- Agile is people-focused and collaborative. The approach relies heavily on people and teamwork, giving the development team multiple ways to collaborate with stakeholders and to consider their vision.
- Agile reduces risks by making your teams deal with small, manageable increments instead of large-scale product output. This can help you find challenges faster.
- Agile processes include useful features such as user-stories, which describe product features in detail before they are even developed. This allows product owners to communicate directly with development teams, reducing barriers to communication, and building accuracy and efficiency.
- Speedy decisions will require development teams to work on their toes in real-time within some time constraints and schedules. This helps team members to internalise agile change management as a daily process and simply theory.
- Popular businesses using Agile include Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Procter & Gamble.
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