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An Agile Transformation; Organizational Design and Elements

An Agile Transformation; Organizational Design and Elements

What is an an Agile Transformation? Craig Larman spells it out.

Dr. Kim W Petersen

September 29, 2023
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  1. Organizational Design w/ Craig Larman Per Craig Larman, “the key

    thing I'd like to share is that LeSS, which implies simplification, but also implies large-scale scrum, is not a process and not a methodology, and I would like to suggest to you that in fact, scrum, when you if you're an organizational design expert, you will understand is not a process, but also an organizational design….” AgileByExample 2022: Craig Larman - Organizational design for L-scale adaptive product development
  2. “…and so, this is important not we're not just playing

    with language here because for example if you were to say to the CEO [CTO] of a company: ‘oh we're going to adopt something new, ‘it's a new process,’ then what does the CEO [CTO] think that their job is? ➢ to support it best case and that's probably the end of it “On the other hand, if you go to a reasonably well-educated CEO [CTO] and you say to him/her, ‘we want to introduce a deep change in the organizational design,’ then what does the CEO understand is his/her responsibility, and the answer is? ➢ ‘oh, I have to be at the center of this,’ “most CEOs [CTOs] would understand that because organizational design is the rai·son d'ê·tre [i.e., the most important reason or purpose for someone or something's existence] of part of the c-suite; they're responsible for defining structures.” ❖ responsible for defining structures ❖ Policies ❖ career paths strategy ❖ and so forth • “…they wouldn't think of delegating something as central to the company as organizational design to middle managers.” AgileByExample 2022: Craig Larman - Organizational design for L-scale adaptive product development
  3. “I'd like to encourage all of you…. “...is not just

    playing with language: …if one incorrectly describes LeSS or other actual approaches as a new way of working or a new process or a new methodology, we've lost because then the c-suite incorrectly thinks it's just something they have to support rather than something that they themselves would have to lead and be in the center of owning and driving because most well- educated senior leaders understand that org design is their job, and so I'd like to encourage all of you to think about shifting your terminology, not just because we're playing with words, but because it's true this is about organizational design.” AgileByExample 2022: Craig Larman - Organizational design for L-scale adaptive product development
  4. Organizational Design Elements w/ Craig Larman …“unless you fix the

    organizational design elements that are consistent with what you want, you're not going to get what you want because it’s far deeper than just behavior and attitude.” AgileByExample 2022: Craig Larman - Organizational design for L-scale adaptive product development