1. A change of enterprise habits and culture takes time and effort
2. Invest in the effort:
- Pursue formal training for all project leaders (not just ‘train the trainer’)
- Pursue consulting help from experts with Enterprise experience
- Dedicate internal staff to process definition and rollout
3. Pilot first – gain local expertise
4. Start with well-defined process & rules
5. Pursue a prioritized backlog from the start – get highest priority to “Done”.
6. Don’t jump immediately into use of a tool
- Embrace the process first, understand it well before transition to a tool
- Don’t let the tool dictate your process
7. Don’t cut corners on the process
- Don’t skip retrospectives; they keep people bought in and accountable for their results
- Plan time for demo prep
8. 10% of team time for backlog grooming and sprint prep
9. Keep revisiting the process – identify issues and tweak as you go
- There is a new opportunity to adjust every sprint
10. Use cross-functional “Customer Teams” to help develop high level requirements
