What Is an Agile Assessment Framework?
The Agile Assessment Framework (AAF) toolkit for agile software development helps organizations measure and improve their agility. The AAF is composed of three core components: the Product-Level Agility Assessment (PLAA), the Process Level Agility Assessment (PLAA), and the Team Level Agility Assessment (TLAA).
The PLAA measures how well a product meets the customer’s needs. The PLAA considers five dimensions: functionality, usability, performance, reliability, and maintainability. In addition, the TLAA assesses how well teams can work together to meet customer needs. It evaluates four dimensions: communication, collaboration, the flow of work, and adaptation.
The AAF has been found to be effective in detecting improvement opportunities and helping organizations achieve agility goals.
When evaluating the effectiveness of an Agile project, it is useful to introduce the Agile Assessment framework early in the process. This will allow the team to vote on the most important criteria and focus their time and effort on achieving improvement in that area. In addition, the assessment will highlight any improvements made and help the team to adjust their goals accordingly.
Objectives, Principles, and Practices (OPP) framework
The Objectives, Principles, and Practices (OPP) framework helps organizations evaluate the effectiveness of agile methods. It defines desirable goals for agile projects and links them to the principles that support them. It also identifies indicators of organizational effectiveness. Agile teams can use the OPP framework to assess their teams’ effectiveness and support.
The OPP framework identifies practices associated with people, processes, projects, and products. These practices are defined as a set of observable characteristics. These indicators are the foundation for effective assessment. For example, people indicators are expected behaviors, while process and project indicators are expected results. The OPP framework assesses the effectiveness of different processes and products by linking their characteristics to the principles and practices.
Crawl-Walk-Run-Fly traversal of the linkages
The Crawl-Walk-Run-Switch traversal of the linkages of an agile-assessment framework provides a practical, hands-on guide for agile teams that wants to improve their performance. The methodology includes four stages, with editable slides and attractive illustrations. The template comes with placeholders for each phase and can be used in PowerPoint or Google Slides.
The Crawl-Walk-Run-Switch approach focuses on improving team performance and alignment by identifying and prioritizing small steps toward large goals. In the Run phase, a team implements concrete changes and workflows, while the Fly phase suggests a complete reimagining of the entire approach.
Improvement actions to increase proficiency
An agile assessment framework can help organizations improve their business agility. This type of framework measures the proficiency of individuals and teams in responding to change in an agile manner. This assessment can be conducted by an objective third party or the entire team. Comparing results over time can help teams develop a shared understanding of their agile maturity. In addition, the assessment can be used as a baseline for continuous improvement or as a stepping stone to a more complex transformation.
