06. April 2021

Agil? Was ist das?Agile? What’s That Suppose To Mean?

„Es ist schon alles gesagt, nur noch nicht von allen.“

Karl Valentin

Sind Sie dazu verdonnert worden, agil zu arbeiten? Vielleicht möchten Sie es sogar selbst? Jetzt es stellen sich ein paar Fragen? Sie sind nicht allein. Zum Beispiel bin ich kürzlich gefragt worden:

Wie ist Agilität definiert?

Diese Frage ist natürlich ein Brett.

Sehr viele, sehr schlaue Menschen haben dazu auch sehr viele schlaue Dinge gesagt. Eine einfache Internetrecherche lässt auch erahnen, dass eine ganze Industrie davon lebt. (Ok, ich bin auch ein Teil dieser Industrie.)

Deshalb hier nur das, was ich sage, wenn ich Agilität SEHR kurz erkläre:

Agilität = Organisatorisches Lernen

Für alle, denen diese Antwort nicht ausreicht und verstehen wollen, was Agilität bzw. Agile GRUNDSÄTZLICH will und wie das ganze IM DETAIL funktioniert, empfehle ich fürs Erste und eine laaaaaange Zeit danach den (kostenlosen) Scrum-Guide.

Der reicht auch aus, um ein sehr solides Gespür dafür zu entwickeln, was ALLE anderen agilen Arbeitsformen grundsätzlich umtreibt, also Kanban, Design Thinking, DevOps…

A propos Agile und Lernen

Dazu gibt es diesen supersupersupertollen Vortrag „Velocity City„, den Jeff Patton („User Story Mapping“) auf dem Scrum Day 2017 gehalten hat:

Was mir sonst noch dazu einfällt

„Everything’s been said. Just not yet by everyone.“

Karl Valentin

Have you been ordered to work in an Agile way? Maybe you even want to do it yourself? Now you’ve got a few questions? You are not alone. I, for example, have recently been asked:

What’s the definition of Agile?

This question is NOT easy. In fact, of course, it’s HUGE!

A lot of very smart people have said a lot of smart things about this. Do a quick and simple internet research and you will find out that an entire industry makes a living from answering questions like this. (Ok, I’m part of that industry).

No need for me to try to outsmart all these people. Let me just say, what I usually say when I explain agility VERY briefly:

Agility = Organisational Learning

If you find this not satisfying and you want to know more about how Agile works in DETAIL, I recommend the (free) Scrum-Guide. It gets you up and running and that lasts for a looooong time.

The read is also enough to get the idea of what drives ALL Agile ways of working, like Kanban, Design Thinking, DevOps…

Speaking of Agile and learning

There’s this super-super great talk on this topic: „Velocity City“ by Jeff Patton at Scrum Day 2017:

What Else Comes to My Mind

„Everything’s been said. Just not yet by everyone.“

Karl Valentin

Have you been ordered to work in an Agile way? Maybe you even want to do it yourself? Now you’ve got a few questions? You are not alone. I, for example, have recently been asked:

What’s the definition of Agile?

This question is NOT easy. In fact, of course, it’s HUGE!

A lot of very smart people have said a lot of smart things about this. Do a quick and simple internet research and you will find out that an entire industry makes a living from answering questions like this. (Ok, I’m part of that industry).

No need for me to try to outsmart all these people. Let me just say, what I usually say when I explain agility VERY briefly:

Agility = Organisational Learning

If you find this not satisfying and you want to know more about how Agile works in DETAIL, I recommend the (free) Scrum-Guide. It gets you up and running and that lasts for a looooong time.

The read is also enough to get the idea of what drives ALL Agile ways of working, like Kanban, Design Thinking, DevOps…

Speaking of Agile and learning

There’s this super-super great talk on this topic: „Velocity City“ by Jeff Patton at Scrum Day 2017:

What Else Comes to My Mind