Many organisations seek agility. Its promise is faster delivery, higher quality, and lower costs, all with sustainable pace.
71% of organisations adopt agile to reduce project costs - CollabNet VersionOne (2019)
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Agile teams are self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how.
When teams self-manage, they are more effective:
Agile teams are responsible for all product-related activities from stakeholder collaboration, verification, maintenance, operation, experimentation, research and development, and anything else that might be required. They are structured and empowered by the organisation to manage their own work
A manager’s role shifts from task management and being directive on what to do and how to do it to:
Self-management comes at a cost. Agile teams are expected to:
Self-organising teams are more effective than manager-led teams. You can easily achieve 15-20% more productivity this way.
What is a manager's role in agile?
Agility gives you room to improve and to be active in learning and taking time out for experimentation.
Working in a cadence of rapid, short work cycles, is key to receiving fast feedback to learn, innovate, and pivot to change.
CollabNet VersionOne (2019) 13th Annual State of Agile Report.
Sutherland, J. and Schwaber, K. (2020) The Scrum Guide. The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game.