Agile change management has become an important alternative in today’s organizational landscape. Innovation is constant, markets are always evolving, as are technologies, materials, and consumer profiles.
We no longer have any letters to baptize the generations X, Y, Z etc …
In this frenetic context of change, you need to find a business process solution that allows:
- Quick decision making;
- Fast delivery and
- Excellent results from the level of quality your final customer requires.
The answer to this challenge comes in the very name of the methodology we would like to suggest: Agile Change Management.
Check below, for the characteristics of the Agile methodology and how it can be a great help in managing the changes in your business.
See also: The process of organizational transformation
Characteristics of Agile Change Management
- Uses continuous processes with measurable goals to be achieved in a predetermined time
- Collaborative and integrated workflows
- Focused on team initiatives
- Self-organization and self-management
- Seeks to achieve business goals quickly and without abandoning strict quality criteria
- Constant and transparent feedback
- An attentive “out of the company” look and the perception of the final delivery to the customer
- Accept changes at any time, naturally and as part of the process
You can see more about it by reading the Agile Manifesto.
As you can see, Agile change management enables companies to drive growth while optimizing costs and at the same time improving efficiency and competitiveness with the goal of achieving more business agility with the ability to react quickly to new scenarios.
A Framework widely used to implement the Agile methodology is Scrum.
Discover a little more about it and how it can help with agile change management.
Agile and Scrum, what’s the difference?
Scrum was created to be used in any type of project, but its creators consider that those in which there is the delivery of an end product are the most benefited. Scrum is a way of using the concepts of the Agile Manifesto in your company so that they are not synonymous.
Here are some important elements of the Scrum “Glossary”:
- Product Owner: The person in charge of being the eye of the final customer and ensuring that everything will satisfy them.
- Backlog: A repository of all requirements and steps that must be followed to achieve this customer satisfaction.
- Sprint: A determined period for the team to complete some of the tasks that are in the Backlog.
- Daily Stand-ups: Daily meetings where everyone shares information about the progress of the project.
- Retrospective: At the end of each Sprint everyone meets to discuss learning and legacy for upcoming projects.
Like a process modeling tool or an activity manager application, Scrum is not a magic solution for anyone looking for results in their business.
And more so when it comes to managing change in agile projects, where rules must be followed by the team with enough determination, especially the meetings of Daily Stand-ups and Retrospectives.
Advantages of Agile Change Management
What is becoming clearer each day is that changes take place at ever smaller intervals and involve, in most cases, not just in technological leaps but consumer attitudes.
That’s why managing change in agile projects has faster and more assertive effects.
Always being attentive to the needs and desires of the end customer, not “stressing” over the changes in course and corrections required and having a spirit of collaboration that improves work performance are three characteristics of the Agile methodology that make it very suitable for change management scenarios and innovation.
See more: What is organizational climate?