Agile has become a business buzzword, and agile organizations are being lauded for their work. But what goes into becoming an agile organization, and how do you know if applying agile transformation is the right fit? If you’re skeptical or have tried Agile before without success, our experts can help you design and follow a custom-fit strategy that’s right for you. It’s not just another organizational transformation framework—agile transformation is a solution that endures.
Agile transformation is a strategy-driven approach that promotes progress while continuously delivering tangible results. This is made possible by sprint cycles: short, objective-specific cycles that include defining the objective, developing an implementation strategy, executing the strategy, then integrating solutions and applying the findings to the overall plan. These cycles are laid out in an agile roadmap, a living document that defines objectives, required capabilities, and, of course, sprints.
In applying agile transformation, you’re able to constantly push towards your objectives while continuously improving, building more sustainable results, and benefiting from tangible impacts along the way.
Our agile transformation approach uses a dynamic strategy that delivers results for sustainable change, all at a reduced risk. In close partnership, we’ll guide you throughout the iteration process and provide the stability to help you see your transformation through completion.
It may seem easier to follow a traditional transformation method with a more rigid process. However, agile transformation has a more flexible approach that, once embraced, can have faster results and enduring progress.
Our work within the U.S. Air Force’s Armament Directorate is just one example of how we’re partnering with organizations to access their agility and make progress that endures. As an Air Force leader in weapons development, our clients sought to reinvigorate their strategy after previous attempts to transform the organization neglected to yield desired outcomes.
Using an agile transformation approach framed with an agile roadmap and implemented through sprint cycles, we addressed the organization’s challenges holistically. Objectives focused on agile acquisition, communication, collaboration, workforce development, resource allocation, and infrastructure development. As a result, the Air Force:
Whether you need a partner to hone key objectives or to scale transformation across your organization at large, Booz Allen is there every step of the way to facilitate, integrate, and support your transformation.
Contributors to the piece include Fiona Bloom, Raechel Banks, and Jenny Lewis.
