For Agility's Sake
Amway is on an agile journey, working to improve how it delivers value to YOU. Hear from the practitioners, leaders and everyone involved in making the transformation a reality.
For Agility's Sake
Lessons from 15 Years of Transformation - Marty Bradley
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Kyle Spitzley / Marty Bradley
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Season 2
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Episode 1
Marty Bradley, Sr VP at LeadingAgile, says Agile Transformation is NOT about Agile; it's a way of achieving your companies goals. Here are some of the other topics we discussed.
- It's not about Agile. It's a way of achieving your goals.
- Companies have to get better de-risking their investments.
- Example: Increasing Sky Atmosphere sales with fast feedback loops.
- 3 elements of agility: teams, backlog, working tested software
- Teams: a stable cross-functional team has all of the members it needs to ship a product.
- Backlog: a healthy backlog of clearly defined work increases predictability.
- Working tested software: deliver something that a user can try - it's ok if it's rudimentary, but it has to "work")
- Face to face collaboration is ALWAYS faster.
- Deciding what to work on based on data
- Managing an Agile Team
- Step out of the Project Management elements.
- Identify ways to make your team more effective / efficient - be a coach.
- Lead your people: develop them, not the product/tech.
- Stop solutioning - support the delivery system by trusting your team
Learn about the System of Transformation we use to improve the organization (currently only available to Amway Employees).
Send questions/comments to the Agile Transformation Office.