Principles, frameworks, and best practices

At this point, the IT strategy should be clear, and the corresponding mission embraced. So, what’s next? It’s time to think about how to corral the troops. It’s beyond 2020 and we do Agile development. We just don’t want to dive in. I can assure you that you will want to conform to a clear Agile manifesto for your company. Senior business leaders have not yet drunk the Agile Kool-Aid. They set a budget and expectations and then want to know when it’s done.

Tip

We suggest that you build 20% slack into your waterfall execution plan and create the OKRs for your teams with the business but without that extra 20%.

Drive toward the implementation of the IT strategy using your Agile processes. You will need slack time to not blow out the strategic business expectations. To make sure your troops (Agile-enabled and trained) develop toward the goal, you need to be concerned about the following:

• People...