By Daniel Fuller
Many organizations approach Agile transformations with naïve expectations. They don’t understand that training and coaching teams alone won’t be enough to ensure that their Agile initiative succeeds. Agile transformation entails changes in policies, processes, mindset and culture that will be felt throughout the organization. The key to successfully leading change that runs this deep is Organizational Change Management (OCM). The key to leading deep, sustainable change is #OrgChangeManagement (OCM) OCM helps change leaders usher in extensive operational and structural changes. Even more important, it helps leaders facilitate the human aspects of change that occur during Agile transformations. But first let’s look in a little more depth at what Agile transformation entails. Agile is the new normal, it has been around for over 15 years and is becoming the mainstream way of building software. Many organizations have already adopted Agile practices and many are in the process of undertaking an Agile Transformation with the goal of transitioning from a set of values and principles aligned to waterfall and sequential development to Agile values and principles. Some organizations have had trouble making this transformation stick, and we have observed that often this is because very few of these organizations used Organizational Change Management practices as part of their Agile Transformation. Read the rest at link
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ANNE-MARIA YRITYS
Change Leadership, in its very essence, should focus upon improvement and growth. Without an actual purpose, and driving change only for the sake of change, change is a waste of everyone´s time. Well organized is half done, but only very successful plans always have space for modifications. Only geniuses can master chaos, and however much we love agile project management, an essential skill for any change leader is the ability of focusing on key strategic issues, drive change with a dynamic effort, and with the goal in mind. (Green, M. Change Management Masterclass. 2007.) Leading change equals the ability of leading development through enabling continuous growth, and improvement. Leading change is also strategy, and an ability of analyzing the PESTLE environment. In organizational settings, change management programs and projects need to be based upon the organization´s vision, mission, and strategy. Change projects, however narrow or extensive, will be successful when core values, goals, constant work, and communication are well aligned. Depending upon the needs and the breadth of the change initiative, mobilizing everyone involved is of out most importance. In the organizational setting, change has to be led simultaneously and with consistence throughout the whole organization, and on individual level. Traditionally, change has been thought of as something activated and triggered from top management, but in today´s learning organizations change initiatives can come from anyone, and basically anyone in an organization can be a change agent, formally or informally. In any organization, it is important for management to understand, that the needs for change may also be communicated from employees who are in direct customer contact, e.g. based upon feedback from customers. Therefore, in traditional, hierarchical settings, change can very well be initiated from a “lower” organizational level upwards. In democratic, low-hierarchy organizations, change projects can be successfully executed through participation of everyone involved. Successful involvement also increases the level of integrity. The most successful organizations also know how to involve their clients when driving change. “One person can be a change catalyst, a transformer in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader”. (Mike Green. Change Management Masterclass. 2007) Read the rest at link |
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