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agile doesn’t involve an easy-to-follow recipe. You
hen top tennis stars like need to adjust your implementation using the tools,
Novak Djokovic or Roger methods and techniques that best fit your situation.
Federer play, they always Organizational culture enables change. You
seem to be in the right need to create an adaptable structure that can be
place at the right time. It’s changed when needed as easily as a child changes
as if the ball is hit directly to them. Part of this a Lego creation. The organizational culture will
is obviously due to the players’ quickness and enable the right change at the right time. In my
fitness level. But what is not always obvious is last initiative, we helped create an environment
that the players are applying their knowledge that contributes to organizational agility with
to create their future. By anticipating where the Franklin Covey’s Speed of Trust method, which
opponent will hit the ball, they can be perfectly aims to make trust between co-workers a strategic
positioned to respond. advantage for an organization.
Organizational agility has the same goal: using Consider the business analyst. The role of busi-
knowledge and organizational structures to get ness analyst could help to create the transforma-
in position to respond quickly to the changing tion you’re seeking. Business analysts identify
environment and even to create changes in the business needs and recommend relevant solu-
environment. But working toward organizational tions—and the implementation of agility is cer-
agility takes effort. Here are some tips to help orga- tainly a business need. PM
nizations beginning to explore the process.
Understand what agility is. There’s a lot of mis-
Sergio Luis Conte, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMP,
understanding in the market; agility is not only is a senior program supervisor at PepsiCo.,
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
related to software or IT. Agility is not a method