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Agile Transformations Patterns / Guidelines May 04, 2007

What are Agile Transformation Patterns / Guidelines, for transforming an organization into Agile? At the last Agile Philly gathering, this was the topic of discussion.

After an hour and half long, thought-provoking and engrossing discussion, we came up with the following Patterns / Guidelines:

1. Set upfront (Business) goals.

2. Communicate the goals, processes & tools to stakeholders.

3. Have passionate / excited people on project.

4. Have an Agile (Executive) champion.

5. Advertise the point of success.

6. Have a process to align Developer and Customer Goals.

7. Support personal growth of team members.

8. Recognize context, use shared language, e.g. "Velocity" can be easily misunderstood.

9. Maximize the use of Agile, while fulfilling the client's needs. e.g. in addition to burn-down charts, provide the client Gantt charts, if requested.

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