In becoming an Agile and DevOps organization, it is broadly recognized that autonomous teams shape the fundamentals of true business agility. Therefore, a great deal of focus is given to fostering team maturity by measuring the subsequent aspects of Agile and DevOps within the teams. There is one key element often overlooked: Leadership.
The roles for management have changed fundamentally, but they are still essential to guiding the enterprise towards the holy grail: A better, faster, and cheaper response to changing circumstances than your competitors. Therefore, leadership is the differentiator for organizations to effectively organize, and improve the delivery of customer value on a sound economic basis.
As Sumantra Ghosal would say, the challenge is to create the right ‘smell of the place’.
Hans Smorenburg is a Principal Consultant at Quint Wellington Redwood. He brings extensive experience in the areas of Agile, DevOps and Lean IT. His life’s work is his involvement with transformational projects to help organizations become more agile.