Agile Transition Planning

To drive a transformation effectively and build your Agile capabilities and skills, you need to set out a strategy and plan that align with your goals and drive the changes. To realize this, you need a strategy map, transformation framework, and change backlog.

The agileXL Transition Framework helps to drive the Agile journey activities iteratively. In each wave, a limited set of changes are prioritized, designed, and rolled out iteratively.

Learning and coaching facilitate the changes, experiments validate new hypotheses. This systematic but pragmatic approach achieves impressive results at a sustainable pace.

Strategy mapping and agile capability design

Agile capabilities link the strategic priorities with the operating model — structure, processes, governance, technology. These capabilities also drive the culture, skills, and talents that are needed.

To plan and drive the change actions, we suggest to take an Agile approach with a Transition Backlog that prioritizes all planned changes.

Concretely, the backlog is constructed as follows:

• Themes reflect the business objectives that we want to target

• Epics represent Agile capabilities or skill areas that we need to develop

• Stories represent specific changes to accomplish in one iteration

• Story Mapping and OKRs strategize a roadmap with priorities

• Kanban Backlog plans, shares and tracks activities.

Cultural transformation starts with leadership engagement. We coach the leadership team with the knowledge and skills to initiate these changes. And during the execution, all work remains visible through the transparent change backlog and outcome calendar.

To support change agents, internal coaches and teams, training and coaching is available to support the development and roll-out of changes.