Blog posts, customer case studies, and press releases from the ACI team — covering Agile transformation, SAFe® at scale, DevOps practice, and lessons from the field with our Fortune 500 and federal clients.
In the world of Agile methodologies, we often emphasize the importance of “inspecting and adapting”. However, if we aim to truly leverage the power of Agile in large organizations, we should not overlook the principle of…
Read moreHello, readers! I’ve seen firsthand how vital a culture of continuous learning is to achieving and sustaining business agility. The rapid pace of change in today’s business environment means that organizations must conti…
Read moreAgility Consulting, LLC (Agility), a Woman Owned Small Business, announced today that it was awarded a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Prime Contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) with a potential value tota…
Read moreACI Proudly presented on July 24th, 2023 how infrastructure and operations integrates with Agile as well as all of the antipatterns currently in the global industry. Integrating Agile with Infrastructure and Operations
Read more“Amazing coaching firm – Emily is excellent! I have firsthand experience of how easy and fun (ACI) makes training, while serving as an ally through a difficult transformation. Highly recommend this firm.” – Tyson Tiede A…
Read moreThe telecom company had recently acquired a cable TV service provider. The methodology was waterfall with silos and very formal communication. The project had ambitious goals for time to market and product features. Scal…
Read moreShortly after completing their Agile transition, a large project with impacts to every businesscritical application was initiated. This meant they had to scale adopting the SAFe framework but were struggling to implement…
Read more“Emily (Agility Consulting Founder) is an exceptional leader and Agilest. She brings a wealth of knowledge from her years of agile practice and coaching. This experience allows her to provide comprehensive strategies whi…
Read more“We have never had this level of collaboration.” “The time spent with each team was invaluable. I couldn’t imagine the amount of time and meetings it would have taken to complete what we did in one and half days.” “Havin…
Read more“(Agility Consulting) was able to provide a succinct and an easily digestible view of our pain points through her assessment. These were things like capacity and prioritization that we knew plagued our organization and w…
Read moreAgility Consulting, LLC (Agility), a Woman Owned Small Business, announced today that it was awarded a Prime Contract totaling $900 million by the United States Space Force (Space Force). This contract expands Agility’s…
Read moreArtificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we work and live, and its potential applications are vast. In the Lean Agile domain, AI can be particularly powerful, helping organizations to streamline their proc…
Read moreRegardless of the technique you use to apply a ‘cone of uncertainty’ approach to predictability, remember that velocity and story points are preliminary, and are intended to prevent teams from overcommitting to work, inc…
Read moreWelcome to the part 3 of the original series on digital transformation and in this article, we focus on the agile business transformation as an essential phase of digital transformation. In the figure below, there are th…
Read moreWelcome to the next session on the Digital Transformation. We saw in the previous article the importance of organizations needing to be digitally capable in the era of digital disruptions. Digital transformation presents…
Read moreAs transformation consultant, I see one bandwagon that every business big and small wants to embark is the “Digital Transformation”.As I see a lot of misunderstanding about the digital transformation (“it’s internet righ…
Read moreI am the first to admit that there is a whole lot of publications and formal certifications on agile coaching but I feel it always helps to hear some reallife stories and insights and hence sharing my own insights as an…
Read moreIn my experience it is the tolerance of organizations to embrace failures as opportunities for growth and learning, which hold equal or more weight than the successes that we also need to sustain. I have had the pleasure…
Read moreBusiness Agility is today a term that is fast becoming the need of the hour to survive in the disruptions caused by technology like broadband or natural like pandemic! Now we all know a lot about why we need Business Agi…
Read moreBusiness Agility can be defined as the capability of an organization to compete and be successful in the digital age by rapid response to changes and new opportunities with creative business solutions. Some major industr…
Read moreIn these days of pandemic, lot of jobs are lost and many tenured folks are seeking career changes in areas that are in demand and turn to agile as one obvious choice. Typical concerns of anyone who is stepping into a new…
Read morePer the Agile Manifesto “Working software is the primary measure of progress” and in order to measure progress we need metrics. As an agile coach and practitioner, I respect the relevance of metrics at all levels from te…
Read moreWhether it’s cloud computing, big data, outsourcing, or the internet of things, keeping up with IT consulting trends and practices can seem daunting. The same goes for business consulting, how do you know which trends an…
Read moreAs a leader, the decision to become agile and how to get started is often overwhelming as this is a major change that needs to be well planned and executed. Please remember that agile is by definition an exploratory appr…
Read moreAgile has had significant adoption across many organizations; it may be that we have reached the point where Agile is now an innovation for late majority adopters1. There are many organizations who have already adopted A…
Read moreBy Ram Krishnan This is one of the most common questions from the agile community whether it is leaders championing agile transformation or a wannabe agile coaches aspiring to up their game, so sharing some thoughts from…
Read moreAgility Consulting International announced today that it has joined the Scaled Agile Partner Network as a Silver Partner. This worldwide network includes transformation and platform providers who help enterprises facilit…
Read moreWhy do we need business agility? Let’s ask some basic questions in the light of the recent pandemic impact Were you able to continue your business with no impact even though you had to close down the work place and all t…
Read moreHow can sustainable be viewed from a leanagile context? On occasion, during early discussions with leaders that I’ve started to work with as part of agile coaching, when the subject of sustainability for how their team(s…
Read moreEverything can be an opportunity if you make it one. In the past three weeks everything from sports events to schools and anything nonessential has been cancelled in support of social distancing. Your Agile teams and all…
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