All adoption of Agile is 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 business outcomes.  Without this all else is moot.

That’s not the same as “delivery at all costs,” however.  If we ignore those costs – things like internal efficiency, low re-work, innovation opportunity and morale – then they will eventually cause significant damage to the organisation.

Of course, sometimes the need for delivery of a particular thing on a particular date will make the way it’s delivered a secondary concern.  As long any negative impact of that is not too great, that’s OK.  Missing a genuine market opportunity because we were too focused on ‘ways of working’ won’t benefit anyone.

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

I work as a hands-on guide in this space, either as a consulting partner with a bespoke statement of work or embedded in your team 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 organisation 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 most appropriate interventions for you from the vast selection of agile practices.