Life Cycle of “Agile Power Tower”. EoL Expectations. Alternatives.

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Synopsis:
What is a typical life cycle of a centralized organizational structure that is responsible for agile transformation?
Sometimes, they are named differently:

• Enterprise Agility Office
• Center of Agile Excellence
• Enterprise Agile Transformation
• <something_big> <something_big> Department

Generalization: "“Agile Power-Tower”

• How do agile transformations start? Who usually spearheads an effort?
• Are there any ways to predict a degree of expansion and duration?
• How a traditional organizational structure influences a tower structure
• Where are agile transformation structures located?
• How do these structures expand: what talent is being used?
• What internal reporting hierarchy is being used in these structures?
• What are these structures focused on?
• How do these structures influence the rest of an organization?
• How are these structures funded? <<<= IMPORTANT

End Of Life (EOL) expectations:

• HOW and WHY do these structures shrink or cease to exist, over time?

• What happens to people in these structures? Do all of them have the same type_of exit?

• What are some of the telltale signs that a structure is about to start shrinking?

• Are there any alternatives to Agile Power-Towers?

Before attending this session, people are encouraged to read the following post: Centralized vs. Decentralized Coaching