All adoption of Agile is ultimately about driving better results.

Whether it’s faster time-to-market, higher quality or better alignment with customer needs, the use of any agile framework or practice must translate into real and measurable outcomes. Without this all else is moot.

That’s not the same as “delivery at all costs.” Chances are you’re reading this because those costs are already recognised as being too high in some way.

Yes, sometimes the need for delivery of a particular thing on a particular date will make the way it’s delivered a secondary concern, and as long any negative impact of that is not too great, that’s OK. Missing a genuine market opportunity because the Product Backlog wasn’t ordered nicely won’t benefit anyone.

But overall, using agile practices to improve the way delivery happens will both make successful delivery more likely and increase satisfaction with the way it is done. It can be and should be a positive reinforcing loop.

I work as a consultant and hands-on team member in this space, either as a consulting partner with a bespoke statement of work or in the common roles of:

Scrum Master  Expertise in Scrum and more, the servant leader for positive change starting with the team and extending across the organisatioin as far as the invitation takes it

Agile Delivery Lead  Smoothing the interface between plans and reality for successful product and project delivery through appropriate agile practices

Agile Coach   Results oriented partner for change through blended advice, coaching, consultancy and guidance – tuned for each context.

Trainer  Guided learning and mentoring support on how to implement the right interventions for you from the vast selection of agile practices