Creating Agile Organizations (CAO) Circle overview

design for strategic agility

Key principles of Creating Agile Organizations

Context-Driven Design
Tailor organizational design to your unique context and strategic goals.

Dual-Level Adaptability
Enable flexibility at both organizational and product group levels.

Autonomy and Alignment
Balance team independence with overall strategic alignment.

Flow Efficiency Focus
Minimize delays to deliver value faster and improve adaptability.

Systemic Thinking
Optimize the whole system rather than focusing on individual parts.

Design To Eliminiate Dependencies
Align teams based on shared, sequential, or reciprocal dependencies.

Authority with Responsibility
Align decision-making power with accountability to enhance ownership.

executive overview

Explore how to develop an operating model grounded in the realities of your unique challenges and opportunities.

In collaboration with Scrum.org, Cesario Ramos & Dave West (CEO of Scrum.org) wrote this executive summary to explore key concepts for designing and creating agile organizations using a systems-inspired approach. 

Don’t miss out on this essential guide for modern business leaders looking to stay ahead of the curve.

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product director SARA’s Case Study

Curious about creating your own agile organization? Read the story below: “evolving your agile organization model.” Broken into four short posts, you’ll follow product director Sara and Agile Coach Kim as they create their model.

Part 1

“Breaking Free: A Product Director’s Quest for Change and New Capabilities“ Sara explores the impact adaptability has on current thinking and organization design.

Part 2

“Ditch your framework and evolve your own“ Sara learns practical tips about ditching her current framework and adopting a systemic approach to evolve her own.

Part 3

“What are the detailed steps for building my framework? – the structure” tackles the challenge of defining your group, and its relationships with other departments. You’ll find tips on how to incorporate middle management roles.

Part 4

“Middle Management’s role in Appraisals?” explores the details of how to do appraisals and the role of management.

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the cao approach overview

Watch the 3 min overview of the Creating Agile Organizations approach by Cesario Ramos.

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