Planning a Transformation
Why organizations go agile, readiness, choosing where to start and building a realistic roadmap.
What an Agile Transformation Is, and Isn't: A Leader's Definition
A plain definition of agile transformation for leaders, grounded in GAO's Agile Assessment Guide, plus the governance myths that most often send planning off course.
Read · 6 min read →Planning a TransformationAgile Readiness Assessment: What to Check Before You Commit
Use GAO's readiness indicators and federal lessons to judge whether your organization and its programs are ready for agile, and to decide what to fix first.
Read · 5 min read →Planning a TransformationAgile Pilots vs. Organization-Wide Rollout: How to Choose
How leaders can decide between piloting agile and rolling it out broadly, what a pilot needs to prove, and when to expand, drawing on GAO, LeSS and SAFe guidance.
Read · 5 min read →Planning a TransformationAgile in Government: What GAO Reviews Keep Finding
What more than a decade of GAO reviews of federal agile programs shows about sponsorship, contracts, oversight, training and metrics, and how leaders can apply it.
Read · 5 min read →Planning a TransformationBuilding an Agile Transformation Roadmap That Can Change
How to build an agile transformation roadmap that sequences change by learning and risk, borrows agile planning levels, and stays adaptable instead of becoming a fixed Gantt chart.
Read · 5 min read →Planning a TransformationMaking the Case for Agile Without Invented ROI Numbers
How to win leadership support for an agile transformation with honest framing, your own baseline and testable hypotheses instead of borrowed or made-up return figures.
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