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Fluency

On September 16, 2018 in notes • 1 minutes read

According to the Agile Fluency Model teams follow a typical progression in their understanding of agile approaches and the benefits their organization receives.

The progression groups the fluency into four zone characterized by unique benefits and distinct challenges to adoption.

Focusing

This zone requires a team to learn to work together to focus on creating business value rather than merely finishing technical tasks. In return, the organization gains greater insight into the team’s work and has more opportunities to influence that work in positive directions. This zone reflects agile fundamentals.

Delivering

This zone requires a team to invest in learning a wide array of software development skills. This zone reflects agile sustainability. The skills don’t come easily, but with time and adequate organizational support, the team gains the ability to create and ship low-defect software as frequently as the market will accept it, which gives the organization new opportunities for achieving return on their software development investment.

Optimizing

This zone represents the promise of agile: a team that dances and turns in response to changing market conditions, and collectively takes responsibility for building the best product your investment can buy. Achieving fluency in this zone means business experts must join the team as full-time contributors, and while this change to organizational structure can be challenging, it pays off in the team’s improved ability to serve your business.

Strengthening

This zone represents Agile’s future. Strengthening teams collaborate with other teams to improve their whole organization. Reaching this zone requires innovative thinking and a willingness to experiment.

Use this model to assess where your team currently is, understand what investment is needed to reach the next zone, and have realistic conversations about the organizational support required for each level of fluency.