Many so-called “agile transformations” are really just business as usual with some new words and a few process changes at the team level. In contrast, the enterprise business systems group at Whole Foods Market has experienced a real and deep transformation in the past few years. Roles are different. Teams self-organize in new ways. Budgeting, forecasting, and reporting now support complexity and learning. Business stakeholders and teams collaborate to find high-value, minimal solutions neither could come up with alone. Part of that transformation is due to new practices and skills at the...
Richard Lawrence
Agile For All
Agile for All’s Richard Lawrence trains and coaches teams and organizations, including Whole Foods Market, to become happier and more productive. Richard draws on a diverse background in software development, engineering, anthropology, and political science. Richard is one of a handful of Certified Scrum Coaches and a certified trainer of the accelerated learning method, Training from the Back of the Room.