BUSI 504 Case Study 1: Blue Cloud Gets Agile
Case Study 1:
Blue Cloud Gets Agile
BUSI 504
Leading Organizational Change
Liberty University
Spring 2015 – Session B
Abstract
This paper will analyze the implementation process of Agile into a Blue Cloud Development by CEO Shel Skinner. The case discussion will answer what the trigger event was that led Shel Skinner to adopt Agile; evaluate the change implementation steps followed by Skinner; the behavioral changes that are required of Agile; the variation of employee feedback regarding Agile; and what course Skinner should take now.
Keywords: change implementation, Lewin’s Change Model, trigger event, change implementation traps
Blue Cloud Gets Agile In such a competitive and ever changing market, the field of technology, …show more content…
In the Duke’s children hospital example, the CEO was able to directly measure progress – the scorecard. In Blue Cloud’s situation, when the engineers were surveyed there was a mixed consensus of Agile with no concrete measure. The way in which feedback was solicited was inadequate. Additional, he waited a year to solicit feedback. Progress checks should have been more frequent. The final stage of refreezing did not happen for Skinner. He did not make it this far in his process; Skinner’s process lacked stages one and two. According to Spector (2013), refreezing is where a new equilibrium and new patterns of behavior are started as the new status quo. Had Skinner followed the stages correctly, this would be the point to which he reiterated his new motto “Release early, release often!” (Spector, 2013, p. 48). If Skinner had followed Lewin’s model of change implementation, his vision would have been accepted and adapted to the company more successfully. The most important stage in this model is to create “an inclusive change process—one that builds ownership of and commitment to the desired improvements” (p. 34). Key contributor is to have employees involved in the solution.
Required Behavioral Changes of
Blue Cloud Gets Agile
BUSI 504
Leading Organizational Change
Liberty University
Spring 2015 – Session B
Abstract
This paper will analyze the implementation process of Agile into a Blue Cloud Development by CEO Shel Skinner. The case discussion will answer what the trigger event was that led Shel Skinner to adopt Agile; evaluate the change implementation steps followed by Skinner; the behavioral changes that are required of Agile; the variation of employee feedback regarding Agile; and what course Skinner should take now.
Keywords: change implementation, Lewin’s Change Model, trigger event, change implementation traps
Blue Cloud Gets Agile In such a competitive and ever changing market, the field of technology, …show more content…
In the Duke’s children hospital example, the CEO was able to directly measure progress – the scorecard. In Blue Cloud’s situation, when the engineers were surveyed there was a mixed consensus of Agile with no concrete measure. The way in which feedback was solicited was inadequate. Additional, he waited a year to solicit feedback. Progress checks should have been more frequent. The final stage of refreezing did not happen for Skinner. He did not make it this far in his process; Skinner’s process lacked stages one and two. According to Spector (2013), refreezing is where a new equilibrium and new patterns of behavior are started as the new status quo. Had Skinner followed the stages correctly, this would be the point to which he reiterated his new motto “Release early, release often!” (Spector, 2013, p. 48). If Skinner had followed Lewin’s model of change implementation, his vision would have been accepted and adapted to the company more successfully. The most important stage in this model is to create “an inclusive change process—one that builds ownership of and commitment to the desired improvements” (p. 34). Key contributor is to have employees involved in the solution.
Required Behavioral Changes of