Adopting agile? DON'T start with the agile manifesto
Amanda Colpoys
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Amanda Colpoys
Business Agility Coach & Consultant I Lean I Agile I Growth I Scaling I Agile Training I Fractional Support
Despite the controversial title, I'm not out to trash the agile manifesto. I don't disagree with anything it says and I'm grateful for the positive movement it's inspired. However, I have learned - through bitter experience - that when it comes to agile adoption it just isn't terribly helpful. As a tool to communicate, market and sell agile, it can hinder as much as help.
In this article I discuss the limitations of the manifesto and suggest an alternative way to engage different audiences with the benefits of agile working.
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Enterprise Agile Coach and AI@Scale operating model creator
2 年I totally agree with your statement and article. I have shared it with my internal TCS community. In my view, if the basics are not there the manifesto does not help to build an agile WoW mindset. As an example, for most of the times, we start using google maps before we get used to the surrounding. We follow directions before we get comfortable to innovate. However, in orgs we jump to be self-organized without knowing the team dynamic, just as one of the examples.
Product and Technology Leader | Digital Strategy | Business Transformation. I help ambitious organisations change the way they work and get stuff done.
2 年It's always worth listening to what Amanda has to say.
Managing Director and Board Trustee
2 年Like it Amanda, the manifesto does put a lot of people off in my experience especially as it’s software focused not business outcome focused in how it’s written.