Agile Transformation: A Summary and Research Agenda from the First International Workshop

TL;DR

This paper summarizes discussions from the first international workshop on agile transformation, highlighting definitions, experiences, and challenges, and proposing a research agenda to address key issues in scaling agile practices.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current practices and challenges in agile transformation and outlines a research agenda for future studies in this evolving field.

Findings

Diverse definitions of agile transformation among practitioners.

Common challenges include organizational resistance and scaling issues.

Identified need for empirical research on effective transformation strategies.

Abstract

Organisations are upscaling their use of agile. Agile ways of working are used in larger projects and also in organisational units outside IT. This paper reports on the results of the first international workshop on agile transformation, which aimed to focus research on practice in a field which currently receives great attention. We report on participants definitions of agile transformation, summaries of experiences from such transformations, and the challenges that require research attention