CIO Perspectives: A Conversation on Agile Transformation, Part 2 - 0 views
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Part 2
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The thinking is that IT is mission-critical, so let's not change things without giving it a lot of thought and a lot of consideration
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The really hard part is around the people transformation - getting developers to work side-by-side with testers and users is a completely foreign concept.
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The reason there's been so much turnover of CIOs in the last ten years is because the end users – the CEOs, the CFOs and the division heads – are unhappy with the results. When IT professionals realize this, and realize that something like Agile gives them the opportunity to create better value for their businesses, then they're going to be a lot more willing to adopt it. I hope that development organizations are starting to see around that corner.
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My recommendation would be "try it." Agile doesn't equal risk, but changing development methods does equal some risk
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t can be a big deal to say: "I'm going to change our development methodology." It makes people sit up and want to dive into deep detail before getting on board. The question comes in the form of the old development methodology: "Let me see the high level plan and what the change will be in the deliverables and methodology over the next two years." This is exactly what you're trying to avoid by going to an Agile method.
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try Agile on a few small projects, measure the results, talk to users about their satisfaction, and then readdress
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nitiate the shift in the most change-prone areas first, and then work it backwards through the rest of the organization
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It doesn't happen everywhere at all times, and it doesn't work in all areas. It's good to recognize that up front – that software development projects adapt to this easily, but an infrastructure project would have challenges with this approach. So, select a few areas that would naturally lend themselves to Agile, such as application development, gradually introduce it to these areas that need it most, and then measure results.
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Again I'd say: "Try it." Agile transition is absolutely about organizational change. To win executive support we need to speak in terms of risk management, measurement and the bottom line.