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The Story of Knut - retrospective of an agile transformation in non-agile...

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Talkat Agile meets Architecture Berlin 2023 · 2023-10-05..10-06· [career-development, soft-skills]

speaker

name:Pirita Johnsen
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video:https://youtu.be/r6hhoapuc3c
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summary

A five‑year agile transformation inside a 70‑person IT organization moves a legacy Delphi app to Azure using Azure DevOps and a Scrum framework; teams reorganize from front/back silos toward product divisions but initially keep one‑skill groups, causing handoffs and delays. A small cross‑functional “Dream Team” proves iterative work finishes features on time, raises psychological safety, and wins stakeholder demos, while wider adoption lags until ADKAR is introduced; one experienced developer (Knut) leaves to join a truly agile team and reports the change worked for him.

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chapters (28)

  1. 0:00Introduction and speaker background
  2. 2:17Who is Knut and the team
  3. 3:44The old IT department structure
  4. 6:32The need for change and urgency
  5. 7:14Top-level decision to go agile
  6. 9:03Hiring an agile coach and change agents
  7. 10:53Meeting Knut and starting the project
  8. 11:55Introducing Scrum to the team
  9. 13:03Learning new technologies alongside agile
  10. 14:32Client involvement and demos
  11. 15:17Initial skepticism and resistance
  12. 16:19Interviews with team members
  13. 17:04Bureaucracy and unclear communication
  14. 18:26Lack of motivation and confusion
  15. 19:29Resistance to constant change
  16. 20:33Curiosity and impatience among teams
  17. 21:36Psychological safety and team spirit
  18. 22:17The missing 'why' behind the change
  19. 23:01Lessons from Norwegian mountain code
  20. 25:07Adapting the agile approach to fit
  21. 25:52Resistance from non-agile parts
  22. 26:39Iterating the change plan
  23. 27:49Conserving energy and finding balance
  24. 28:32Knut's progress and new role
  25. 29:15Ongoing transformation and future plans
  26. 30:22Q&A: Agile fit for different teams
  27. 32:31Q&A: Benefits of Scrum over old ways
  28. 33:57Q&A: Change frameworks and resistance

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