#throwbackthursday

Back in 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense published its guide for detecting Agile BS. Within their guide, they included a graphic that I thought was so inspiring back then. I ran into this again now in 2023 and wondered why companies and organizations are still having issues with being agile…

Below are some points to understand what is an Agile team:

Program Leadership
Are teams delivering working software to at least some subset of real users every iteration (including the first) and gathering feedback? (alt: every two weeks)
Is there a product charter that lays out the mission and strategic goals? Do all team members understand both, and can they see how their work contributes to both?
Is feedback from users turned into concrete work items for sprint teams on timelines shorter than one month?
Are teams empowered to change the requirements based on user feedback?
Are teams empowered to change their process based on what they learn?
Is the full ecosystem of your project agile? For a team working on agile, the answer to all of these questions should be “yes.”

#mindsetchange #agile

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