| dc.description.abstract | [Context] Agile transformation is a growing trend not only in software development
companies, but recently also in traditional corporate environments. Waterfall-based
strategies may no longer keep pace with the current business environment which
may demand for an accelerated software delivery process and the ability to manage
ever-changing customer priorities.
In order to maintain their presence on the market, an increasing number of corporate
environments tend to transition to the agile way of working, which affords
ground for incremental iterative development, ability to respond to change as well
as supporting continuous integration and continuous delivery.
[Objective] The purpose of this study is to explore current trends in implementing
agile transformation in large corporate institutions from a consulting firms’ point
of view. Specifically, the thesis is focused on understanding the approach of the
consultants towards the agile transformation in large corporate institutions as well
as investigating their overall experience with agile transformation and agile transformation
frameworks, which represent the background of the thesis.
[Method] A qualitative exploratory case study was conducted. The research questions
related to the usage of agile transformation frameworks in practice as well as
the challenges that consultants encounter are answered based on 10 semi-structured
interviews with individual consultants. A validation survey was also conducted, to
validate the found results.
[Results/Conclusion] The results show that the agile transformation frameworks,
as presented in literature, are not usually used in practice by consultants, nevertheless
the consultants are often using the transformation elements of the target agile
frameworks that are to-be implemented at the target company, e.g. SAFe. They
further say that every agile transformation needs to be tailor-made for a specific
target company, based on its needs, values and attributes. The consultants do not
usually follow a strict schema when implementing an agile transformation at a large
corporate institution, and they also mentioned several issues with the implementation.
The most prevalent points are related to the topics of (1) Challenges with
People and (2) Challenges with Organizational Structure. | en_US |
