Agile Transformation
Business Unit
TRANSFORMISE IT
Developing a mindset based on
value rather than effort
A leading oil and gas company transformed its business by applying agile methodologies to all major operations. The initiative aimed to change the structure to become a fully agile company. Since the company was previously relatively traditional, the challenge was to train and integrate agility in a natural and cultural way.
One of the biggest challenges was getting the organization to think in terms of products rather than projects, and to develop a mindset based on value rather than effort. Our client’s trading department needed to become more agile, increase speed, and improve its ability to respond to changing priorities.
What we did
After establishing transformation goals and a transformation roadmap, we were engaged early on to fine-tune implementation efforts with the initial business department, providing agile coaching for the key roles in the organisation.
We worked with the change- and project management functions early on to create an integrated plan that included team structures, product and sprint cycles, specific training for newly appointed staff, and transformation workshops for ongoing technical projects that used Agile. From a tooling perspective, we helped with the integration and sprint management based on MS Azure Dev Ops. together with various development and process control tools. Additionally, we co-developed with the change management function the relevant Agile trainings – which were digitalised for a number of online trainings as part of the agile learning journey.
This provided a sound basis for the process oriented part of agility, shifting the focus to the agile mindset. Key of our approach was the actual doing for requirements engineering with Products Managers and Product Owners, supported by trainings in the teams, regarding agile mindset, incremental value and continuous improvement. We embedded the specific actions through scrum master coaching in retrospectives and direct implementation in subsequent Sprints.
What we accomplished
Teams were empowered to incorporate Agile principles and values into their daily work. We did this through a series of workshops and on-the-job coaching by experienced scrum masters for the groups of product owners, delivery teams, and key stakeholders.
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