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[Narrator] Your company is scaling agile.

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Yet it feels like work is still focused on milestones

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and deliverables rather than actual outcomes.

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Teams spend too much time justifying their work

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in order to get projects funded or reprioritizing

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because of conflicting feedback,

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or it feels like agile theater with new bureaucracy

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in place of the old.

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Scaling agile and adopting new ways of working

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to meet the needs of a large organization

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can be challenging.

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Think of it as putting together a big jigsaw puzzle.

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Everyone who contributes needs to know

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what the bigger picture will look like and how to get there.

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Effective governance brings the pieces

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of the puzzle together.

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Annual and quarterly business reviews, where stakeholders

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and teams come together, allow for faster alignment

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on priorities and work while reducing bureaucracy

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and conflicts.

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It helps to make sure that team members are engaged

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and develop better solutions because they understand

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how their work fits into the overall picture.

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Business reviews ensure this constant clarity

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between the strategic priorities and the work done

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on the ground.

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That's what we call the unbroken chain of why.

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It takes the form of strategy, themes, initiatives, epics,

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and stories that link together to provide teams

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and stakeholders with a shared understanding

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on the desired outcomes and work to be done.

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Creating and maintaining the unbroken chain of why

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increases the odds of success.

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This is achieved by clear guardrails

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that ensure the individual pieces fit together,

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aligning on strategic priorities and future work,

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and consistently staying true to agile principles

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while fostering innovation and engagement

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among all stakeholders.

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This results in better outcomes, improved transparency,

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and more engaged employees.