RIVER ROAD CONSULTING AGILE TRANSFORMATION, TRAINING & COACHING

focus on agile for business

Simon has successfully leveraged Agile for very large operations, infrastructure, data transformation, and business process engagements. He focuses on “Agile for Business” which is to say I want to leverage Agile to deliver business value, whether it is for innovation, product development, operations, finance, audit, or software development groups. Any business unit can leverage Agile to succeed. But, it’s also important to note that it’s not important how many groups “use” Agile, or how many certified scrum masters your organization has, it’s how many valuable stories you deliver. Focus on success not just metrics. A great video by Dr. Mik Kersten points out the failures of enterprises that just count agile groups. It is critical to gain leadership buy-in, form great teams, and make the cultural shifts for agile to succeed.

There is no one implementation of Agile. Every organization needs to fit Agile into its operating model. I work with firms to implement Agile methodology and lead Agile training which leads to Change Management and adapting cultural attitudes. I work with executives to show them the advantages, and the changes that will be required in moving to Agile. I perform analysis of current state workflows, train and coach resources in Agile project management. I frequently build Agile Maturity models for leadership to show them how their teams improve in using agile and delivering success to the enterprise.

Simon has configured and led many engagements using enterprise agile tools such as Atlassian JIRA and Microsoft Azure DevOps

In today's agile prototype and development world we are often challenged between robust documentation and quick entry into the prototype and development process. I find that some people who have always practiced in a waterfall environment are still entrenched in complete documentation before configuration and dev begin. Then again those that are very focused on agile development sometimes want every component documented in agile platforms such as MS Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, Slack, and others.

I am a CERTIFIED Scrum Master and Product Owner by Scrum Inc.

I am available for short and long term Agile training and coaching engagements

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