A Deep Dive into
Org Topologies™ Mapping
Master the Language
Org Topologies™ is a profound subject that will take time to understand and master. So, a reasonable question is, "Where do I start?"
We recommend getting familiar with the seven organizational archetypes. This is a shared language you can easily master and start using to assess and design your agile ecosystem.
Continue with the articles and movies below.
Benefits of Org Topologies™
We believe that every organization needs to discover its own scaled Agile adoption goal and then lay down a path toward it. Developing an in- depth understanding and context- driven transformation journey is vital to create ownership and with that, a real change. This will create an organization that can remain relevant for its customers in the long run.
When applying Org Topologies™, you will:
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Understand how Agile adoptions are a journey and that the adoption of a scaling framework is not an end-state.
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Understand the prevalent Org Topologies™ archetypes of Agile organization design, and what a starting point of minimal agility is.
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Understand the key drivers for high adaptability.
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Be able to identify which Org Topologies™ configuration matches your current Agile adoption.
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Get an in-depth understanding of your ecosystem dynamics creating Org Topologies™ Scans.
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Learn how to navigate Agile transformations to improve your product development performance.
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Understand how to (gradually) grow toward a business-oriented R&D using Elevating Structures™.
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Be able to continuously monitor your Agile transformation steps.
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![[Deutsch] Aha-Erlebnis mit Org Topologies: Warum wir ohne „Second Agile Wave” nicht wirklich agil arbeiten.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d9ef88_8f618110ed2948f18684c16b4c6e7422~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_211,h_211,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/d9ef88_8f618110ed2948f18684c16b4c6e7422~mv2.png)
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The era of the DIY-frameworks
Org Topologies and agile scaling frameworks?
Alexey Krivitsky & Roland Flemm - The value of Org Topologies in the era of DIY-frameworks
Discovering Org Topologies (a meetup for Agile Rhein-Main user group)
Stories from the Trenches
Product Owner
"If you are working in an agile environment, Org Topologies™ is a really intuitive tool to get an idea of where you are in your agile journey. And it’s framework-agnostic, too.
We did this as a team exercise last week, gauging where on the map the teams thought they were. And then we were able to share our vision of where we want to go next. The great thing is that this helped us stay away from good/bad discussions and focus on something as simple as ‘we are here’ and ‘this is where we intend to go next’. Which then opens up the floor to everyone to discuss how we wish to get there."
Senior Engineering Manager
"We had three engineering teams who had their disconnected scopes, who owned "features", being at A level - and we had a product team, who structured the goals in the way if we were (almost) at B level.
The Org Topologies™ Map was the key to explaining this gap to both sides, we spent half a year on preparation (building shared context, shared goals, shared backlogs, exchanging knowledge, building communities of practices, launching common sprint review - along with other enablers). This preparation, building all these enablers - it would be much harder to explain without Org Topologies™"
