Transformation Offices Leverage Agile Po
Transformation Offices Leverage Agile Po
Traditional change management needs to change. Powerful transformation offices must rely on flexible project methodologies, i.e. Agile Scrum and
must enable CxOs to make informed decisions by providing information management and data visualisation capabilities, i.e. Power BI and Tableau
1. Establish what good looks like 2. Global coordination from a central hybrid Transformation office
• Mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive epics ▸ stories ▸ actions
• Focus on the present/next sprint
• Encourage self-management, brief daily stand-ups and comprehensive sprint
planning, retrospectives and lessons learnt sessions Epic
Story
3. The sprints
Action
• Limit sprint length to control change, complexity and risk, i.e. one week
• Manage sprint and programme backlog
• Define Scrum roles and responsibilities, burn-down rates, velocity charts
• Programme(s), milestones, KPIs • Consistent and trustworthy PMO check-in on regular cadence
• RAID, interfaces and controls • Agile values — commitment, focus, openness, respect, courage
• Scrum board(s) and PoaPs • 121s, Sprint planning, lessons learnt, retrospective sessions
Change is part of BAU. An organisation becomes powerful when it can reshape at any moment in time, to realign and stand against emerging environmental pressures. I admire
businesses who elevate and provide representation for change management and strategic HRM at the CxO level. In doing so, they embed change and agility within their DNA.
Bogdan Ciocoiu