RLCI will reinforce your position as an effective product development leader who is responsive to the needs of your teams.
Does this look or sound familiar?
Your organization has tried to implement "Agile for Hardware Development" but...
- Your team leaders are telling you that using Agile isn't working the way they thought it would.
- The Agile process is consuming more and more of your teams' capacity with unproductive meetings.
- You feel like you're drowning in tools and practices that aren't fit for what you're doing.
- You're afraid that your teams are losing sight of the big picture around what needs to be done to get through commercialization.
- Your teams are feeling dejected, unmotivated, and frustrated by processes that aren't getting them anywhere.
- Your projects are about to come to a screeching halt; or worse, they already have.
You may have tried solutions to make things better...
- Attempted to adapt the Agile tools and practices and found a lot of force-fits.
- Brought in professional Scrum Masters or Agile Coaches only to find that they didn't understand physical product development, or enforced a lot of "rules" so strictly that the teams couldn't adapt.
- Told project leaders to ignore some parts of the Agile system — like the over-reliance on 90 day plans or backlogs — so that they could put together a realistic project schedule.
- Attempted to "burn the boats" to get away from waterfall development only to find waterfall creeping back in because teams don't know what else to do.
How an Agile Rescue Mission Works
We've rescued teams that tried Scrum, Scaled Agile, Modified Agile for Hardware and other flavors/mixes of Agile SW practices. No matter where you've been, this is how we'll bring you back.
LISTEN TO YOUR TEAMS' CONCERNS TO BUILD ENGAGEMENT
We talk to the teams, starting with those that are most frustrated, to affirm their experience and help them find a path forward that acknowledges the journey they have been on.
We give them the opportunity to share their experiences confidentially, and incorporate their feedback into the plans so show that we've heard them.
REBUILD CONFIDENCE BY REINFORCING POSITIVE CHANGES
Groups usually move to Agile because their old system had problems. Agile may even have solved some.
We'll look for opportunities to sustain the positive changes you may have experienced, which help the teams transition out of Agile without losing faith in themselves or in their leadership team.
ELIMINATE KNOWN "WORST PRACTICES" FROM AGILE
We give the teams permission to stop doing the things that often cause problems for physical product teams using Agile software practices.
This provides immediate relief to restore motivation and team empowerment.
RESET THE TEAMS TO GET THEM BACK ON TRACK
We rebuild their plans from the ground up to remove the clutter from the Agile software process.
The reset restores productivity and the team's ability to keep track of the long-term project schedule.
RLCI will reinforce your position as an effective product development leader who is responsive to the needs of your teams.
We've Written the Book on How to Use Agile Principles for Physical Products
Rapid Learning Cycles Founder and CEO Katherine Radeka describes her experiences with what creates a full stop for teams, and how they can get unstuck through an Agile Rescue Mission with an expert consultant.
