About AgileSHIFT

Discover AgileSHIFT – your solution for enterprise agility!

AgileSHIFT™ continues where SCRUM ends. It is a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand solution for Enterprise Agility. The methodology can be used for individual departments as well as for the entire organization to achieve agile transformation.

Our guidance, training, and accredited certification program are designed to prepare every employee in your organization for transformational change. With AgileSHIFT, your team will gain the skills and knowledge needed to understand, engage with, and influence change through agile and lean working methods.

This lightweight and adaptable framework focuses on overcoming known barriers to successful transformation, providing practical and accessible guidance that is solution-oriented.

AgileSHIFT offers a comprehensive approach that will turn your organization into leaders of change, enabling your business to thrive in an increasingly competitive and dynamic work environment. Become champions of change with AgileSHIFT and pave the way to success!

Most organizations know they need to transform and work in a more agile way. Yet, they often face the problem of isolated agile teams unsupported by a broader organizational initiative. These teams need to collaborate with departments such as Finance, HR, Operations, Sales & Marketing, and Legal. Often, they do not know why an agile approach is being used, what the benefits are, or how best to implement it. Additionally, traditional working processes are not designed to support agility. This is where current approaches to organizational agility are failing.

AgileSHIFT offers a solution for the entire organization, regardless of role, function, or seniority. It enables all employees to understand the value and benefits of agility and discover where and how to best implement it. With AgileSHIFT, your organization can start a genuine transformation and thrive in today's dynamic business environment. Take the lead with AgileSHIFT and transform your organization into champions of change!

In many companies, there is a tendency to implement transformational change using the traditional 'waterfall' approach. This means, for example, treating it as a thoroughly pre-planned project or program.

However, this approach is not suitable for a dynamically changing environment, and it is necessary to apply an agile approach based on concepts such as the Agile Manifesto, PRINCE2 Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.

In addition to an agile approach to transformational change ('change the business'), it is necessary to carefully set the relationship to the standard operations of the organization ('run the business') in a way that does not jeopardize existing functions and services. Every company has an individual capacity for absorption and pace of change.

Typical barriers to transforming towards agility:

• Lack of interest in change

• Established, long-term culture

• Outdated, obsolete processes, tools, and practices

• Excessive pressure on short-term goals (e.g., monthly revenue targets)

• Power structures (vertical political 'silos' with barriers to communication with other departments)

AgileSHIFT Principles

AgileSHIFT introduces 5 core principles on which transformational change should be based:

• Change will come, let’s welcome it.

• Don't settle for the status quo.

• Adapt our approach to change appropriately.

• Co-create high added value for our customers.

• Create an environment where everyone can contribute to increasing added value.

AgileSHIFT Practices

To effectively implement transformational changes, AgileSHIFT defines 5 key practices that should be part of the change process:

• Collaborative teams

• Flexible planning

• Measuring added value

• Incremental and iterative changes

• Engaging stakeholders in the change process

AgileSHIFT Processes

AgileSHIFT processes are effectively a response to the current dynamic conditions in many fields. New technologies, outsourcing possibilities, remote work, online marketing, and more create an environment where traditional companies are at risk.

• Start-up

• Iteration planning

• Daily stand-ups

• Demo

• Retrospective

AgileSHIFT Roles

AgileSHIFT defines a simple structure with clearly defined basic roles and responsibilities.

• AgileSHIFT team

• AgileSHIFT coach

• AgileSHIFT sponsor

Agile Transformation

AgileSHIFT is the latest solution for transforming organizations towards an agile approach, not just in IT and projects. The methodology enables a change in the environment and culture across the entire organization, aiming to better and more efficiently respond to customer demands. This includes sales, marketing, HR, and other departments.

Guidance and Training

AgileSHIFT offers practical guidance for coaching and training (including certification options) for all stakeholders. You will master the effective management of transformational changes in organizations with a best-practices approach that encompasses necessary knowledge, practices, roles, and especially principles.

Developed for Any Environment

AgileSHIFT is a simple and adaptable framework that can be applied in any environment. Successful transformation cannot be achieved in just one department or area (e.g., project management). A comprehensive view of the organization is required for successful transformation.

Structured Tool and Methodology

The AgileSHIFT framework is a useful and structured tool for change leaders within an organization who want to prepare their organization to survive in dynamic markets full of unexpected changes.