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Agile Transformation
Starting with exploring clients’ status quo on Agile Maturity to training their staff, assisting with hands-on support, or taking responsibility for the full rollout management of new operating models we help ready organizations for the continuous evolution of business. This includes developing the skills, processes and governance structures that enable the successful deployment of AI.
150%
higher project success
>200
successful transformations completed
>2500
employees trained
Our Agile Transformation Consulting Services
Initial Agile Assessments: Your Starting Point
Key Challenge: How to know where to begin the agile journey
We initiate our clients’ transformation journey with our proprietary “Agile Maturity Assessment” and eye-opening workshops on Agile methodologies. This provides a comprehensive landscape of the current organizational status, enabling us to identify focus areas for agile transformation initiatives. In addition, AI-supported evaluations can reveal patterns and potential for improvement at an early stage without fundamentally changing the approach.
- Agile Maturity Assessment: A detailed diagnostic tool that evaluates your existing agile processes and capabilities, offering actionable insights to foster improvement.
- Eye-Opening Workshops: Engaging sessions that immerse key stakeholders in the agile mindset, elucidating its core principles and practices.
What We Deliver: A well-defined roadmap underpinned by objective metrics to guide the transformation process.
Skill Building: Laying the Foundation
Key Challenge: What frameworks and methodologies suit the organization the best
We ensure that our clients’ teams are well-versed in Agile frameworks best suited for their organization and processes covering the entire spectrum from Scrum and Kanban to SAFe and LeSS. On request, we integrate AI-supported learning and simulation tools that support upskilling and make training even more individualized and sustainable.
- Introduction and Training: Comprehensive initial training sessions for teams, focused on Scrum, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), Kanban, and Scrumban methodologies.
- Continuous Coaching: Long-term engagement to provide consistent and ongoing guidance, ensuring that teams are always operating at peak efficiency.
What We Deliver: A workforce equipped with agile skills, ready to adapt and drive change effectively.
Continuous Support: Guiding the Agile Transformation
Key Challenge: How to ensure seamless execution during the agile transformation
Our interim support in roles such as Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, and Product Owner is geared to facilitate a seamless transition to agile.
- Interim Role Support: Providing short-term experts to fill essential roles, ensuring no interruption in operations.
- Lean-Agile Center of Excellence: Establishing a hub within the organization for ongoing agile best practices, learning, and leadership.
What We Deliver: Operational excellence through effective role execution and a centralized hub for continuous learning.
Rollout Management: Implementing the Agile Paradigm
Key Challenge: How to scale agile practices across the organization
We manage the rollout of new operating and organizational models using established frameworks such as Nexus and Spotify to ensure uniformity and efficiency.
- New Operating Models: Implementing fresh operational paradigms that are agile and responsive, aiming to meet your set OKRs (Objectives and Key Results).
- Organizational Restructuring: Aiding in the seamless transition to an agile organizational model designed for sustained excellence and growth.
What We Deliver: A robust and scalable agile model specifically tailored to meet and exceed your organizational goals.
Industry-Specific Expertise in Agile Transformation
Agile transformation is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Different industries come with their unique challenges, complexities, and opportunities. At valantic, we employ a sector-specific approach to agile transformation rooted in deep domain expertise. Below are examples of our competencies across four key industries.
Challenge: How can we foster innovation in an industry burdened by legacy systems and stringent regulations?
Integrating agile transformation is like retrofitting an old machine with new technology in the automotive industry. It’s complex but crucial for keeping pace with evolving consumer demands and emerging technologies.
Nexus for R&D: Implementing the Nexus framework to manage complex research and development projects, bringing products to market faster.
LeSS in Manufacturing: Introducing LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) to simplify the manufacturing process, enabling quicker iterations and market responsiveness.
The automotive industry’s production line can be considered a well-coordinated ballet. Introducing LeSS can turn it into an improv dance where each dancer knows precisely when to make their move, resulting in a more dynamic and responsive performance.
Challenge: How can we manage the sheer scale and complexity of telecommunication networks with agility?
Large-scale infrastructural projects and immense data flows characterize the telecommunications sector. Agile transformation, therefore, demands a more nuanced approach.
- SAFe for Infrastructure Projects: Implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) to manage large projects, from network upgrades to new rollouts.
- Spotify Model for Cross-Functional Collaboration: Promoting inter-departmental collaboration for quicker decision-making and problem-solving.
The complexity of telecommunications networks resembles a neural grid. Adapting the Spotify model fosters quick reflexes, enabling faster responses to market demands and challenges.
Challenge: How do we improve time-to-market without compromising quality?
In the rapidly evolving software industry, speed is of the essence, but not at the cost of quality. Our approach to agile transformation in this sector centers around optimizing software development lifecycles.
- Scrum for Development Teams: We implement Scrum methodologies to streamline development processes, thereby reducing time-to-market while maintaining high-quality output.
- Kanban for Maintenance: We introduce Kanban methods to manage workflow and allocate resources effectively for software maintenance and continuous improvement.
Custom software development is similar to modular building construction; changes should be manageable and non-disruptive. Agile methodologies such as Scrum facilitate this flexibility.
Agile transformation is becoming increasingly specialized in emerging areas such as AI in the pharmaceutical industry.
AI platforms for new antidotes: Using agile methodologies to develop AI-powered platforms that can identify and formulate new antidotes more quickly. Agility ensures short iteration cycles, while AI efficiently evaluates large amounts of data from research, testing, and clinical trials.
Here, as in other specialized areas, agile transformation acts like a particle accelerator, boosting the discovery and adoption of groundbreaking solutions. AI can intensify this effect by supporting decision-making processes and making scientific findings visible earlier.
As shown, valantic’s agile transformation services are not only comprehensive but also deeply rooted in industry-specific expertise. Whether you are a software firm looking to optimize your development cycles, a telecom giant struggling with scale, an automotive enterprise aiming for innovation, or a specialized field seeking groundbreaking solutions, valantic has the expertise and the approach to guide your successful agile transformation.
Why work with valantic on Agile Transformation?
Regarding the path to Agile Transformation, there are no cookie-cutter solutions. Instead, our experts help their clients establish and internalize those methods and organizational structures they need to excel at sustainable innovation, speed, and employee satisfaction.
>350 Certified Experts
Our consultants are proven and certified specialists in various relevant Agile Transformation frameworks and methods, such as Scrum, Scrumban, SAFe, and LeSS.
Robust implementation that will last
We implement agile methods in our client organizations with robustness beyond our consulting assignments.
Tailored Approach
No company is the same. Therefore, it is natural for us to consider the individual corporate culture of our clients when introducing agile methods and structures.
Aligned Processes
We support our clients with the seamless integration of agile processes with their suppliers.
Bridging “both worlds”
During the transition phase, we ensure that “pre-agile” and agile workflows are integrated for the best possible results.
Your contacts for Agile Transformation
David B. Hofmann
Partner & Managing Director
valantic Division Digital Strategy & Analytics
- Strategy
- Innovation
- Digital transformation
- Agile Transformation
