Agile Practices
Doing Agile vs Being Agile
Following Agile practices doesn't guarantee agility-true transformation comes from embracing the mindset, values, and culture that drive adaptability and innovation
Overview
Doing agile is following the principles, policies, techniques, and the framework of agile.
Being agile is about adopting an agile mindset.
Agile Mindset
In order to manage projects using an agile approach, the project manager and the project team need to adopt an agile mindset.
The product owner needs to move from a schedule-driven to business value-driven mindset. And the project manager needs to change the mindset from command-and-control to facilitating / servant leadership style.
Form teams by bringing people with different skills from different functions together.
Educate managers and leaders about the agile mindset and engage them early in the agile transformation.