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Management Summary
OT helps to overcome those significant change risks by making it possible for people to visualize, discuss, and shape change.
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Teams and Scope of Skills Mandate
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Alexey Krivitsky
Jan 155 min read
235
Org Topologies Podcasts
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[Deutsch] Einführung in Org Topologies™
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Aligned Autonomy at Scale (from Spotify Model)
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Org Topologies™ and Doing Better Scrum
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[Deutsch] Aha-Erlebnis mit Org Topologies: Warum wir ohne „Second Agile Wave” nicht wirklich agil arbeiten.
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The Three Ecosystems
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Sparkling the Second Wave of Agile Revolution
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Nov 5, 20233 min read
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Determining Archetypes and Opportunities for Coaching
Have you read the introductory article Seven Archetypes (the Alphabet) of Org Topologies™? That would help. The big determining factor on...
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A practical approach to improve the performance of your agile teams
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Team coaching with Org Topologies™.
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Set Free the Caged Cheetah: stagnated agile and productization as a way out
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Org Topologies: Key Archetypes
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Elevating Katas
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Org Topologies (OT) with Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
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Elevate Your Organization with Strategic AI Adoption
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Elevating Katas™ as Systemic Levers for Organizational Agility
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Tailwind Career Paths: Encouraging Growth in Multi-Skilled Organizations
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Elevate Product Management to Drive Business Agility
This blog describes how moving up on the Org Topologies™ map shapes Product Management to achieve business agility.
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Avoid Premature Platformization
Mind the gap! In the rush to platformization, organizations often create a chasm between the platform and their core operations.
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Elevate a SAFe Adoption with Team of Teams and eARTS
What is Elevation by Org Topologies? Elevation by Org Topologies refers to the process of enhancing an organization’s design and...
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Cognitive Load And The Product Owner
Product Owners must manage their cognitive load. Adopting Org Topologies Type3 Team of Teams approach fosters agility and reduces complexity
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Elevate Scrum!
Scrum, often limited to the team level, can create silos and hinder cross-team collaboration, impeding true business agility.
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Systemic Reduction of Cognitive Load
Why Cognitive Load Matters * This text is a version of the foreword I wrote for the free e-book Navigating Complexity of Cognitive Load...
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How to Facilitate an Outstanding Sprint Review in “Bazaar Mode”
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Creating Cross-Team Collaboration with Multi-Team Product Backlog Refinement
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Case Studies
Case Studies
Identifying shared skills to elevate a complex product organization with Org Topologies
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Case Studies: Org Topologies in Action
OT’s concepts have been tested and applied across diverse industries, addressing challenges from agile scaling to organizational silos....
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Elevating a Scale-up with Org Topologies
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Analyzing the transformation of a SAP group at a large public authority
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Thomas Karl
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Case Study: Implementing Obeya at Organization X. A retrospective-experience report with Org Topologies.
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Aimé Flemm
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Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)
Eurecat – FPED background Eurecat is the Technology Centre of Catalonia in Spain, dedicated to research and development of technology for...
Raúl Herranz
Nov 18, 20248 min read
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[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
Une série d'articles sur Org Topologies et la Stratégie Kanban aidant progressivement une unité business d'une organisation à devenir de...
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[Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologies
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Olivier Ledru
Aug 13, 20244 min read
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Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
I recently co-authored a case study about our journey at Strobbo over the past few years: ‘Strobbo Adopts Professional Scrum to...
Michael Voorhaen
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Experience Report: Towards Business-Oriented Org Design at Raiffeisen Bank
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Yana Bort
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Harnessing the Power of Org Topologies: A Journey in Designing Agile Organizations
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Initiate the alignment of your organization and strategy with Org Topologies™
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Théo Moussaoui
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Case-Study: Loglass Using Org Topologies to Set Target Org Design
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Case Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
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Jun 14, 20247 min read
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Business Agility with Org Topologies and Kanban
Introduction Any organization can be analyzed using the Org Topologies™ map. On this map, the Holy Grail is at the top right,...
José Coignard
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Facilitating a Mapping Workshop with Org Topologies™
As is often the case, ideas evaporate after training courses. However, I had the opportunity to use this beautiful tool just three weeks ...
Olivier Ledru
Apr 4, 20244 min read
219
Case Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European Fintech
This story took place in a European fintech in 2022. And it is contributed to the catalogue of the case-studies by one of our Champions.
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Nov 24, 202310 min read
295
Experience Report: Org Topologies in HR
Org Topologies™: A brilliant frame to clash "expectations" with "conditioning" and to let them explode. Let me explain. Once upon a...
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Oct 31, 20233 min read
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Experience Report in which Steve introduces Marcus to Org Topologies™
The Engineering Manager’s job includes helping their team become more effective at solving problems, and collaborating with other teams...
Steve Alexander
Oct 26, 202310 min read
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Dive Deeper
Identifying shared skills to elevate a complex product organization with Org Topologies
Introduction An organization with a physical product, including a lot of (embedded and connected) software - internally developed and...
mark Uijen de Klein
Apr 188 min read
12
Case Studies: Org Topologies in Action
OT’s concepts have been tested and applied across diverse industries, addressing challenges from agile scaling to organizational silos....
Alexey Krivitsky
Apr 13 min read
48
Elevating a Scale-up with Org Topologies
This case study shows how Org Topologies can help assessing the transformation results prior to starting it!
Roland Flemm
Mar 308 min read
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Analyzing the transformation of a SAP group at a large public authority
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Org Topologies (OT) with Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
In summary, Org Topologies and Evidence-Based Management are distinct but highly complementary frameworks.
Alexey Krivitsky
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297
Management Summary
OT helps to overcome those significant change risks by making it possible for people to visualize, discuss, and shape change.
Alexey Krivitsky
Feb 243 min read
255
Elevate Your Organization with Strategic AI Adoption
Any management approach that doesn’t include AI as a central part of the future workforce is of the past. We are rapidly entering a world...
Craig Larman
Feb 152 min read
183
Studying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO
Both Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO aim to shift decision‑making to the frontline and foster customer‑centric innovation.
Alexey Krivitsky
Feb 417 min read
368
Case Study: Implementing Obeya at Organization X. A retrospective-experience report with Org Topologies.
Introduction For the past year, I have been working as an Agile consultant at an IT company that manages business-critical IT...
Aimé Flemm
Feb 19 min read
275
Teams and Scope of Skills Mandate
The key question this article addresses is: How do we tell if a team is truly multi-function or just functional, and why does it matter...
Alexey Krivitsky
Jan 155 min read
235
Elevating Katas™ as Systemic Levers for Organizational Agility
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Alexey Krivitsky
Dec 17, 20247 min read
343
Tailwind Career Paths: Encouraging Growth in Multi-Skilled Organizations
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to build adaptive, multi-skilled teams....
Alexey Krivitsky
Dec 17, 20244 min read
347
Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)
Eurecat – FPED background Eurecat is the Technology Centre of Catalonia in Spain, dedicated to research and development of technology for...
Raúl Herranz
Nov 18, 20248 min read
74
How to make value flow without interruptions in SAFe
Introduction In 2022, Andrew Sales (Chief Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.) spoke at Tecnifor SAFe Day about...
Roland Flemm
Sep 2, 20248 min read
169
[Français] Initier l’alignement de son organisation et de sa stratégie avec Org Topologies™
Une organisation choisie ou subie ? Toute entreprise a une organisation (structure) qui a tendance à guider les interactions entre ses...
Théo Moussaoui
Aug 13, 20245 min read
54
[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
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José Coignard
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48
[Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologies
Contexte du cas d'usage J'ai eu la chance de participer début mars 2024 à la toute première formation OrgTopologies en France avec les...
Olivier Ledru
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54
Org Topologies Podcasts
Click on the Podcast logos below to listen: 6 June 2024 by Agile Focus Point: 16 May 2024 by it-agile: 2 Feb 2023 by Zuzi Sochova:
Alexey Krivitsky
Aug 12, 20241 min read
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Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
I recently co-authored a case study about our journey at Strobbo over the past few years: ‘Strobbo Adopts Professional Scrum to...
Michael Voorhaen
Aug 6, 202413 min read
272
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[Deutsch] Einführung in Org Topologies™
In der heutigen schnelllebigen und sich ständig verändernden Geschäftswelt kämpfen viele Unternehmen damit, agile Methoden so zu implementie
Benjamin Igna
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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