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How Standardization and Agile Frameworks Can Harm Your Organizational Agility

Find out why attempting to standardize a single method of Agile practice across your organization could be slowing everyone down.

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Jun 14, 2018 • 9 min read
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Summary

Knowing the power of self-organization, frameworks, and best practices can be very useful. But staying open to solutions that are different is more important than standardizing one framework in the organization. An Agile framework that works for one department may not automatically work for all other departments. As such, rather than having a universal process for all departments within the organization, allow tailored processes for each department(s) as required. Check the article to find out more about the risk of adopting a one-size-fits-all approach and the role of leadership when implementing Agile frameworks.

Takeaways

  • An Agile process that works for one department may not automatically work for all other departments. As such, rather than having a universal process for all departments within the organization, allow tailored processes for each department(s) as required.
  • In extra-large organizations, making effective Agile transformations is a bit complex. Therefore, try not to scale up, rather try to scale down to remove organizational complexity.
  • There are several Agile processes that support organization agility and standardizing only one method for your organization does not solve every problem across the organization.

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