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Agile Advisory Services

Cardinal’s Agile Advisory Services (AAS) enable organizations to successfully adopt an Agile approach to project delivery, and integrate Agile methods into their enterprise delivery systems. Our approach to Agile adoption ensures that you begin realizing the business benefits of Agile as early in the implementation cycle as possible.

Agile is not a “one size fits all” cookbook of processes and techniques to be blindly taught and implemented. Cardinal understands the need for flexibility and adaptation of Agile principles to meet the unique needs of the client. Our Agile Coaches work with your organization to understand your unique needs and to develop an Agile approach and iterative implementation plan that fits the needs of your personnel, culture and business climate.

Through our expertise and unique approach to assessing organizational agility, designing lean business processes, developing and delivering customized agile education, coaching and mentoring organizations through an Agile evolution, and leading organizational change management (OCM), Cardinal’s Agile Coaches work with your IT leadership, project and business sponsors, and project teams to develop shared ownership and a common definition of Agile for your organization. Combining industry best practices with our practical expertise, Cardinal’s Agile Advisory Services toolkit includes:

  • Agile Assessment
  • Customized Agile Process Design
  • Incremental Adoption Roadmap
  • Education and Training
    • Agile Introduction and Overview
    • Agile Project Estimation and Planning
    • Agile Requirements
    • Agile Development
    • Agile Testing
    • Agile Project Management
    • Agile in the Enterprise
    • Coaching and Organization Change Leadership
  • Team resource augmentation

Cardinal’s Agile Advisory Services mitigate the risk to your Agile implementation by moving your organization up the learning curve, leveraging the experience and expertise of our Agile Coaches to accelerate business value realization.

Agile Advisory Services

 

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

SPONSORSHIP

  • Shared vision
  • Behavior
  • Reinforcement alignment
  • Cascading commitment

EXPERT GUIDANCE

  • Have experienced leaders
  • Leverage best practices
  • Make coaches accessible to all levels
  • Coaches coach, doers do – grow new experts

ORGANIZATIONAL AWARENESS

  • Assessment of current project delivery
    processes
  • Understanding of organizational needs and
    objectives
  • Understanding of cultural opportunities and
    barriers

PROCESS CUSTOMIZATION

  • Target process changes for maximum value
  • Leverage appropriate Agile best practices
  • Integrate with existing processes and
    structures
  • Don’t fix what isn’t broken / Fix what is

INCREMENTAL IMPLEMETATION

  • Reduce risk
  • Increase learning

COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION

  • Involve all levels of organization
  • Touch each employee
  • Believe in word of mouth
  • Communicate with right frequency
  • Educate to right frame
  • Utilize multiple vehicles for education
    and communication

EMPIRICAL MEASURES

  • Measure success in terms important to your organization
  • Baseline perceptions
  • Keep metrics visible