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...
Tracy Briscoe
Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market executive director Tracy Briscoe is responsible for guiding teams that develop and support business intelligence and enterprise data warehouse, financial systems, and team member systems. Tracy is an advocate for agile practices across the technology team. She works to evangelize the senior leaders in the technology and business teams—up to the C-level—on the importance of value prioritization, transparency, and self-directed teams.