Agile Organization Design: Moving Beyond Size Logic by Cesario Ramos. Historically, many companies adhered to the 150-person rule for organizational units, a concept based on “Dunbar’s number.” This rule suggested that 150 is the cognitive limit to...
Redefining Agility: Evolving Our Operating Model as a Scrum Master By Cesario Ramos. In our relentless pursuit of excellence and efficiency, Scrum Masters play an important role in guiding organizations through the adoption of agile frameworks. However, it’s...
Don’t confuse Product-Level and Organizational Adaptability in Agile Organizations By Cesario Ramos. Adaptability is a key component of any successful organization. It’s important not to confuse product-level adaptability with organizational...
Cesario Ramos explains the Creating Agile Organizations approach in this short video. Creating Agile Organizations is a systemic approach to designing and coaching agile organizations. It’s based on principles, guidelines, and axioms. Cesario Ramos, founder of CAO and...
Measure Transformation, Not Conformation By Cesario Ramos. The core of agile isn’t conforming to some framework but the ability to adapt, respond, and deliver value efficiently. Hence, when measuring agile transformation, focus on the newly developed capabilities of...
Usefull Differences Between CAO and LeSS To Understand The Creating Agile Organizations (CAO) approach is about creating agile organizations that can easily be adapted, it is not about (de)scaling Agile and it is not the same as LeSS. I love LeSS, it is a great...