Overview
“A digital organisation requires agile organisation structures”
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, business agility is paramount for organizational success. It entails swiftly adapting, innovating, and responding to market shifts and customer demands, enabled by the adoption of flexible cloud technology and agile organisational structures. ?
True business agility transcends technology adoption, embodying the foundational mindset and values of both Lean and Agile. Redesigning the organization to meet today’s needs for agility is critical, requiring a holistic approach that goes beyond frameworks like Scrum, SAFe, and DevOps. It involves examining critical elements such as strategy, offerings, competitiveness, and challenges, viewing the organisation as a system to optimise. From understanding the current performance of the organisation, the next step is to design the organisations state in which it is build on Lean and Agile principles.?
True agile organizations take a customer-centric approach in aligning development efforts that meet strategic goals. This often entails forming dedicated, cross-functional teams that collaborate seamlessly from end to end, fostering efficiency and synergy. ?
Embracing these principles fosters a culture of adaptability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, positioning organisations to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment. Business agility is indispensable for navigating rapid shifts and seizing emerging opportunities in the digital era.
Activities checklist
Initial:
- Assessing current agile maturity?
- Mapping organisational current state?
- Setting up and identifying roadmap activities for transformation?
- Identify ambassadors for change and change agents?
- Selection of organizational part for first experiment
Recurring:
- Coaching and mentoring teams, individuals and leadership?
- Inspect & adapt workshops for continuous improvement?
- Performance metrics of transformation?
- Setting up community of practices
RASCI
| cloud consultant | consulting | transformation consultant | responsible |
| cloud architect | consulting | cloud partners | |
| cloud security specialist | DevOps team | consulting | |
| cloud developer | business stakeholder | consulting | |
| cloud engineer | architecture | consulting | |
| cloud analyst | security | informed | |
| product owner CCoE | informed | finance | informed |
| management | accountable | procurement |