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A key challenge lies in implementing agile across organizational levels, not only at the project layer but also through the surrounding tools, culture, norms, and policies that shape project execution. 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Though generally viewed as an aid to productivity, there are a number of barriers to experiencing their full benefit. One such barrier pertains to the implementation of agile methods across the range of organizational levels from the use of tools to culture, norms, and policies creating the context within which projects are performed. This essay examines in detail the experiences of one expert at integrating agile technique, approach, and philosophy into the broader organizational setting. Numerous particular lessons and prescriptions result from this discussion. Turning around the grounded theory approach where numerous individuals are interrogated mildly in regard to a particular phenomenon, the discussion surfaced in this paper results from repeated interviews with one domain expert. Lessons and comments are organized into four sections: individual team member, organization, transitioning, and tools and techniques.  \nKeywords:  \nagile methods; software development; project management; portfolio management; agile mindset; SAFe.  \nDOI: 10.12821/ijispm090301  \nManuscript received: 19 August 2021  \nManuscript accepted: 7 September 2021  \nCopyright © 2021 , SciKA . General permission to republish in print or electronic forms, but not for profit , all or part of this material is gran ted, provided that the International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management copyright notice is given and that reference made to the publication, to its date of issue, and to the fact that reprinting privileges were granted by permission of SciKA - Association for Promotion and Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge.  \n1. Introduction  \nMany organizations have moved from solely using a traditional plan-based to either a mix of plan-based and agile approaches or solely to agile. As Birkinshaw [1] states: “Most Information Technology (IT) departments in large companies today are adopting agile techniques to some extent, although with varying degrees of success (p. 39)”. At the level of individual projects, it is widely held that agile methods provide net benefits relative to traditional Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) plan-based methods, and some evidence points to this (e.g., Lee and Xia [2]) . However, converting the possibility of benefit from management of individual projects to fully realizing them may require more than shifting the practices of individual projects. However, for firms moving from a traditional to an agile organizational approach to IT projects, the transition is often difficult. As Hobbs and Petit [3] state:  \n“During preliminary interviews prior to undertaking this research, the authors discovered several large organizations that had been experimenting with agile methods over a period of five years or more and that these organizations are struggling to scalefrom a few agile teams to an organization-wide implementation of agile methods (p. 3).”  \nWhere numerous templates exist, such as SAFe, for describing how agile methods at the project level may be integrated within organizational systems (technical and non-technical), the actual implementation and institutionalized is often not fully realized. The purpose of this discussion is to provide insights into the problems and potential solutions to shifting toward greater use of agile and acquisition of its benefits.  \nThe writing of this viewpoint paper has been an educational process for both a","cbCaij07TbU9Svmi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij07TbU9Svmi","pdf",411983,"English","# Introduction\n## Agile adoption beyond project level\n## Agile mindset as a transition theme\n## From traditional SDLC to organizational agility","[{\"question\":\"Why are agile benefits sometimes not fully realized in organizations?\",\"answer\":\"Agile can face barriers that extend beyond individual projects, including tools, culture, norms, and policies that create the context for project work.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the central theme emphasized in the discussion?\",\"answer\":\"The paper highlights “agile mindset” as an understanding and commitment to agile practices at a deep level, including everyday details.\"},{\"question\":\"How are the lessons and prescriptions organized in the paper?\",\"answer\":\"They are organized into four sections: individual team member, organization, transitioning, and tools and techniques.\"}]","Bringing Templates to Life - Overcoming Obstacles to the Organizational Implementation of Agile Methods | PDF",1789179579,6]