MÉTHODE · TIRÉE DE 10X ORG
Elevating
Katas.
Des routines d’amélioration structurées et répétables qui transforment l’intention de design organisationnel en comportement vécu.
LE KATA COMME TERME
Une séquence pratiquée, pas une transformation ponctuelle
Le terme kata vient des arts martiaux, où il désigne une séquence pratiquée pour développer le savoir-faire et le jugement par la répétition. En management, il a été popularisé par Toyota : un schéma étudié et répétable d’amélioration disciplinée.
Les principes de 10X Org donnent la direction. Les katas la rendent actionnable. Ils s’appliquent à l’étape Elevate de la méthode MADE, où les enseignements de la cartographie, de l’évaluation et du design deviennent un changement concret.
Chaque kata cible une contrainte concrète, comme les frontières d’équipe, les droits de décision, les interfaces, les politiques ou la gouvernance, et teste si l’élargissement des mandats (Mandate) ou la réduction des frictions rapproche le système de l’état élevé visé.
Les Elevating Katas sont guidés par le problème, pas par la méthodologie.
LE PARCOURS D’ÉLÉVATION
Élevez-vous vers le haut à droite de la carte
Élever, c’est un déplacement délibéré vers la droite et vers le haut de la carte Org Topologies (Org Topologies map) : des compétences plus larges et des mandats de travail plus larges, de la livraison d’outputs à la livraison d’outcomes.
Un menu, pas une séquence
Les katas ne s’appliquent pas de haut en bas. Ils forment un menu de mouvements délibérés. Le bon point de départ dépend de l’endroit où se situent les contraintes de l’organisation sur la carte.
Commencer petit, puis élargir
Les organisations commencent en général par quelques katas qui répondent à leurs défis de design les plus pressants, puis élargissent ou déplacent leur usage à mesure que l’apprentissage s’accumule.
Pas seulement pour le logiciel
Dans les organisations de services, le « produit » correspond à une offre de service, un parcours client, un type de dossier ou une capacité opérationnelle. Les backlogs deviennent des files de service ; les revues deviennent des inspections de service.
GARDER LES KATAS SYSTÉMIQUES
Cinq façons dont les katas font bouger tout le système
Les dirigeants n’ont pas besoin d’un programme de transformation de plus. Choisissez une poignée de katas et veillez à ce qu’ils soient pratiqués fidèlement : à mesure que les routines deviennent des habitudes, l’agilité et la résilience grandissent, et la culture suit le travail.
- Tout le système
- Un kata ne retouche jamais un élément isolément : il touche ensemble la gouvernance, les rôles, les événements, les pratiques et les artefacts, comme le demande le Star Model.
- Stratégie
- Des routines comme le Product Backlog Refinement multi-équipes ou le découpage vertical amènent l’objectif stratégique dans le travail quotidien, si bien que la structure et les processus suivent la stratégie.
- Personnes et rôles
- Des katas comme Elevate Product Ownership étendent les rôles au-delà de leurs anciennes définitions ; la pratique répétée développe les compétences dont le nouveau design a besoin.
- Comportement et culture
- Les programmes de culture échouent sur des valeurs abstraites. Les katas changent le mode de travail lui-même, et le comportement souhaité (collaboration, orientation client, apprentissage) vient avec.
- Récompenses
- Comme un kata se répète, il ferme sa propre boucle de feedback : des temps de cycle plus courts, un meilleur ajustement au produit et des équipes plus engagées récompensent la nouvelle habitude.
Les katas sur le Star Model
Katalog
Le Katalog regroupe les katas selon les cinq éléments du design organisationnel du Star Model™ de Jay Galbraith. Changez un élément et les autres doivent suivre. Chaque kata renvoie à sa description et aux études de cas qui l’appliquent.

Le Star Model™ de Jay Galbraith enseigne qu’une organisation n’est pas seulement son organigramme ni la somme de ses politiques, mais un système de choix de design interconnectés qui doivent être faits délibérément et gardés synchronisés.
Cinq éléments forment l’étoile : les critères de design organisationnel dérivés de la stratégie, la structure, les processus, les récompenses et les personnes. Quand ils sont alignés et se renforcent mutuellement, la performance devient plus fiable et moins accidentelle.
Changez-en un seul et les autres reviennent en arrière. Une entreprise qui adopte Scrum comme un simple ajout de processus, alors que le recrutement, les récompenses et la structure restent ce qu’ils étaient, obtient le résultat prévisible : « l’Agile est mort ». Les katas agissent sur les cinq éléments, de sorte que le changement devient systémique.
“Les gens se comportent selon la façon dont ils sont mesurés, organisés et récompensés.”
1 StratégieDirection et objectifs
Critères de design organisationnel: Les résultats que l’organisation est conçue pour atteindre découlent de la stratégie et servent de référence pour tous les choix de design.
1.1 Élargir la définition du produit8 cas
Élargir délibérément ce que l’organisation considère comme « le produit », pour que les équipes s’orientent vers de vrais résultats clients plutôt que vers des composants ou des tâches étroits.
AppliquéMultipleCase Studies: Org Topologies in Action
Poster aimed for whole-product orientation instead of component focus.
← Retour à Case Studies: Org Topologies in ActionAppliquéFintechCase Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European Fintech
Teams moved from owning components to a whole-product view.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Adopting a Whole-Product Perspective: Repeatedly mapping and reevaluating team scopes from isolated components toward broader product domains. Over time, this sustained focus on holistic ownership helps teams better understand end-to-end customer needs, reducing fragmentation and dependency.
← Retour à Case Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European FintechAppliquéSaaSCase Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
Single-team value areas were dropped; all teams work on the whole product.
← Retour à Case Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org TopologiesProposéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
Planned for months 4-6 of the 2026 roadmap.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesProposéEnergyVUCA-Energy
Long-term vision widens the product to all departments with a shared vision.
← Retour à VUCA-EnergyProposéEnergyFrom Renting Resources to Driving Strategy: A Shift Toward Business-Oriented R&D
Broader product thinking is part of the desired state, not yet confirmed as done.
← Retour à From Renting Resources to Driving Strategy: A Shift Toward Business-Oriented R&DProposéHigh-tech manufacturingIdentifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
Named in the text as part of the elevation.
← Retour à Identifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org TopologiesProposéAviationCase Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
Planned customer-journey roadmap; fit to kata is loose.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Roadmap Based on Customer Journeys: Routinely aligning development efforts with end-to-end customer experiences. By iteratively refining a customer-centric roadmap, teams continuously close gaps between business goals and technical execution.
← Retour à Case Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
1.2 Recentrer le product ownership sur la stratégie et les outcomes18 cas
Placer le product ownership là où l’intention stratégique et la valeur se rencontrent, avec une responsabilité sur les outcomes plutôt que sur la coordination de la livraison au niveau des équipes. Cela suppose d’éviter un product ownership local au niveau de chaque équipe et d’instaurer des structures de product ownership partagées ou unifiées.
AppliquéHealth techFrom domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structure
GM owns vision, strategy and commercial outcomes per big bet, not delivery coordination.
← Retour à From domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structureAppliquéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Planned shift of the PO from tasking to goal-setting.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmAppliquéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
Product ownership elevated and POs trained; feature owner role also recommended.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesAppliquéE-commerceLeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
One PO decides priorities; product managers became subject-matter experts without own backlogs.
← Retour à LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIAAppliquéInsuranceRebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
Product ownership moved to value-stream and overall level; team output owners avoided.
← Retour à Rebuilding for Speed and AdaptivenessAppliquéEnergyFrom Renting Resources to Driving Strategy: A Shift Toward Business-Oriented R&D
Move to one product owner for the product, creating friction in prioritization and mandate.
← Retour à From Renting Resources to Driving Strategy: A Shift Toward Business-Oriented R&DAppliquéSaaSHow Much Adaptivity Is Enough? PandaDoc's Journey with Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
Product owner moved from backlog management to steering investment across areas.
← Retour à How Much Adaptivity Is Enough? PandaDoc's Journey with Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)AppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
One Product Owner per area replaced team-level product managers.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéIndustrial R&DCase Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)
Heads of R&D lines moved to prioritization and stakeholder management.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Head of R&D Lines Transitioning Toward Product Ownership: Rather than top-down control, Heads of R&D lines repeatedly practiced delegating responsibilities and focusing on stakeholder management and strategic prioritization. This shift, repeated and refined over multiple cycles, helped the organization progressively align leadership roles with Agile principles, reinforcing a more responsive and value-oriented governance structure.
← Retour à Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)AppliquéDigital services[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
Un seul PO porte la connaissance client de l'unité.
← Retour à [Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité businessAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
PO shifted from day-to-day coordination to stakeholders and outcomes.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Unifying Product Ownership: Moving from individual team-based product owners to a more unified product ownership structure. This elevates product strategy and ensures that the product vision is collectively understood, prioritized, and managed. Instead of each team interpreting the product direction in isolation, a unified product ownership model helps maintain strategic coherence and alignment across the entire product landscape.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéFintechCase Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European Fintech
Recognized holistic product ownership; evidence is awareness, not a clear structural change.
← Retour à Case Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European FintechAppliquéSaaSCase Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
One Product Owner orders the whole-product backlog instead of team-level POs.
← Retour à Case Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org TopologiesProposéAutomotiveStudying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data Exchange
Product Manager and Product Owner shift to outcome framing and shared prioritization.
← Retour à Studying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data ExchangeProposéEnergyVUCA-Energy
Future vision replaces per-team product persons with one accountable PO.
← Retour à VUCA-EnergyProposéHigh-tech manufacturingIdentifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
Fewer POs aligned to strategic markets; product managers lose priority authority.
← Retour à Identifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org TopologiesProposéAviationCase Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
Planned step 3: CPO anchors product direction; business and tech programs joined.
← Retour à Case Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation ProgramProposéBankingCase Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch Bank
Proposed single HR backlog owned by the director; HR managers chose separate backlogs instead.
← Retour à Case Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch Bank
1.3 Adopter un backlog stratégique, fondé sur les outcomes3 cas
Passer d’éléments de backlog qui sont des engagements d’outputs à des hypothèses d’outcomes explicites, pour rendre l’apprentissage et l’impact visibles dans la priorisation quotidienne. Dans les organisations de services : adopter des files de services construites autour des résultats pour le client, et non des types de demandes.
AppliquéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Planned move from team-level feature lists to measurable outcomes.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Backlog reframed around adoption and impact.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéBankingCase Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de Volksbank
Backlogs moved from operational requests to customer-journey features.
← Retour à Case Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de Volksbank
1.4 Fusionner les product backlogs12 cas
Réduire la fragmentation en regroupant des backlogs concurrents en un plus petit nombre de backlogs partagés, ce qui force une vraie priorisation là où la valeur est créée.
AppliquéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
Three directions' backlogs consolidated into shared backlogs.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesAppliquéE-commerceLeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
All managers' separate backlogs merged into one Product Backlog.
← Retour à LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIAAppliquéInsuranceRebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
Hierarchy of backlogs with reporting across levels; most work still on team backlogs, merge planned.
← Retour à Rebuilding for Speed and AdaptivenessAppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
One backlog per product area replaced per-component backlogs.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Merging Product Backlogs: Instead of multiple, disconnected backlogs, the organization merges them into a single, shared backlog. This structure forces transparency, reduces competing priorities, and keeps all teams focused on the same highest-value opportunities. Similar to the “Merge Product Backlogs” kata, this elevates the entire organization’s workflow by ensuring that work items are consistently prioritized at a product (rather than team) level.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéSaaSCase Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
Team-level backlogs were replaced by one common product backlog for all feature teams.
← Retour à Case Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org TopologiesAppliquéBankingCase Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch Bank
Task-level team backlogs replaced by one product owner and one backlog across several teams.
← Retour à Case Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch BankProposéHealth techFrom domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structure
Single ranked priority list per big bet named as the structural fix.
← Retour à From domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structureProposéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Listed as a potential future kata.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmProposéAutomotiveStudying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data Exchange
One unified backlog per value stream instead of separate Product, Design, Engineering and Infra backlogs.
← Retour à Studying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data ExchangeProposéPublic sectorOrg Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."
Recommended next step; one backlog per team still existed.
← Retour à Org Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."ProposéHigh-tech manufacturingIdentifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
Each team-of-teams works from one backlog.
← Retour à Identifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
1.5 S’organiser autour de produits, pas de projets2 cas
Remplacer les tranches de projet temporaires par une responsabilité durable sur des produits, afin de préserver l’apprentissage et la redevabilité dans le temps.
AppliquéSaaSHow Much Adaptivity Is Enough? PandaDoc's Journey with Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
Long-lived stable teams as the core organizational unit.
← Retour à How Much Adaptivity Is Enough? PandaDoc's Journey with Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)AppliquéMultipleStudying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO
Units are formed around product lines, not projects.
← Retour à Studying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO
1.6 Réduire la distance aux clients9 cas
Créer un contact régulier et direct entre les équipes et les clients, pour que les décisions s’appuient sur la réalité plutôt que sur des hypothèses ou des intermédiaires.
AppliquéMultipleStudying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO
Micro-enterprises and Bayer's squads work directly with users instead of through layers.
← Retour à Studying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSOAppliquéDigital services[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
Analytique produit, entretiens et tests utilisateurs intégrés au flux.
← Retour à [Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité businessAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Stated aim; pursued via outward-facing PO and goal metrics.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéDigital servicesBusiness Agility with Org Topologies and Kanban
User tests, analytics and in-team UX practice.
← Retour à Business Agility with Org Topologies and KanbanAppliquéFintechCase Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European Fintech
Forgotten-PW team talked directly to customers.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Increasing Direct Customer Interaction: Embedding routines where teams regularly engage with customers or user feedback. Over time, these habitual feedback loops guide more precise product choices, strengthen customer alignment, and improve the speed and relevance of delivered solutions.
← Retour à Case Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European FintechProposéAutomotiveStudying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data Exchange
Engineers and designers talk to customers directly for faster feedback.
← Retour à Studying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data ExchangeProposéEnergyVUCA-Energy
Engineers to work directly on real customer problems rather than receive handed-over stories.
← Retour à VUCA-EnergyProposéEnergyFrom Renting Resources to Driving Strategy: A Shift Toward Business-Oriented R&D
Teams working directly with customers is part of the target vision.
← Retour à From Renting Resources to Driving Strategy: A Shift Toward Business-Oriented R&DProposéAviationCase Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
Planned pilot with an end-user inside a team.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Pilot End-User Integration: Regularly involving actual users or domain experts directly within teams. Over time, this deepens customer empathy, guides product decisions, and ensures solutions better match real-world needs.
← Retour à Case Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
2 StructurePouvoir, autorité, organisation
La façon dont le pouvoir et l’autorité sont répartis : rôles, unités, lignes hiérarchiques et architecture de base de qui rend compte à qui.
2.1 Élargir les unités vers une responsabilité de bout en bout sur les outcomes23 cas
Élargir les mandats des équipes pour qu’elles puissent mener le travail de l’intention jusqu’à la valeur réalisée. En pratique, cela révèle souvent la nécessité de simplifier l’organisation en supprimant les unités distinctes chargées de « préparer » ou de « finaliser » le travail, ce qui donne un design organisationnel plus cohérent et plus adaptatif.
AppliquéE-commerceDescriptive Study of an e-retail Transformation Program Organization
Front-end and integration people moved into Content, Order and Payment teams, making them cross-functional.
← Retour à Descriptive Study of an e-retail Transformation Program OrganizationAppliquéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Target: PART-3 teams that include business staff and Ops.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmAppliquéEnergyVUCA-Energy
Developers freed from fixed sales channels to deliver end-to-end wherever needed.
← Retour à VUCA-EnergyAppliquéPublic sectorOrg Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."
Release and acceptance units folded into teams; implementation stayed separate for now.
← Retour à Org Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."AppliquéMultipleCase Studies: Org Topologies in Action
De Volksbank hubs combine business, IT and operations under one outcome responsibility.
← Retour à Case Studies: Org Topologies in ActionAppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
Component teams became end-to-end teams.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéMultipleStudying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO
Haier's micro-enterprises own a whole product line, from R&D to service, as their own profit-and-loss center.
← Retour à Studying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSOAppliquéIndustrial R&DCase Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)
R&D lines became complete end-to-end teams.
← Retour à Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)AppliquéDigital services[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
Analystes, testeurs, développeurs et prestataire fusionnés en une équipe.
← Retour à [Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité businessAppliquéBankingExperience Report: Towards Business-Oriented Org Design at Raiffeisen Bank
Eleven speedboat teams took end-to-end ownership of features.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Introducing “SpeedBoat” End-to-End Teams: Instead of building teams around technical domains or components, the organization starts to form “SpeedBoat” teams capable of delivering customer-facing features end-to-end. This repeated approach of creating and refining multi-component, customer-focused teams works as a kata: each newly formed SpeedBoat team reinforces the pattern of aligning delivery structures with value streams, reduces dependencies, and cultivates adaptability.
← Retour à Experience Report: Towards Business-Oriented Org Design at Raiffeisen BankAppliquéDigital servicesBusiness Agility with Org Topologies and Kanban
BA, QA and developers merged; external dev force joined the team.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Forming Cross-Functional, Customer-Oriented Teams: Transitioning from separate specialist units (BAs, QA, Dev) to more integrated teams capable of handling end-to-end work. Repeatedly merging previously siloed roles encourages shared understanding, reduces handoffs, and aligns everyone around a common goal—improving flow and predictability.
← Retour à Business Agility with Org Topologies and KanbanAppliquéFintechCase Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European Fintech
Forgotten-PW team's mandate broadened to a product part.
← Retour à Case Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European FintechAppliquéR&DCase Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST Agile
Component teams became stream-aligned teams shipping features end-to-end.
← Retour à Case Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST AgileAppliquéBankingCase Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de Volksbank
Teams added developers and took over product duties from the brands.
← Retour à Case Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de VolksbankAppliquéBankingCase Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch Bank
IT component teams merged with business specialists into cross-functional teams.
← Retour à Case Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch BankProposéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
Listed as a long-term strategy.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesProposéAutomotiveStudying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data Exchange
Move teams from CAPS to PART-3 with end-to-end ownership, starting with self-onboarding.
← Retour à Studying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data ExchangeProposéE-commerceLeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
Design and analytics, still outside teams, named as the next step.
← Retour à LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIAProposé[Français] Initier l’alignement de son organisation et de sa stratégie avec Org Topologies™
Hypothetical merge of analysis, development and production into one team.
← Retour à [Français] Initier l’alignement de son organisation et de sa stratégie avec Org Topologies™ProposéBanking[Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologies
Broader scope of responsibility and autonomy was the stated direction; Ops team to be split up.
← Retour à [Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologiesProposéInitiate the alignment of your organization and strategy with Org Topologies™
Analysis and production skills merged into one team (illustrative case); time-to-market fell 20%.
← Retour à Initiate the alignment of your organization and strategy with Org Topologies™ProposéAviationCase Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
Planned step 2: fold separate spec, test, sim and architect units into teams.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Integrating Cross-Functional Expertise Into Teams: Incrementally merging roles (e.g., spec, test, architect) into development teams. Repeated application of this practice eliminates external dependencies, improves flow, and enhances adaptability to changing requirements.
← Retour à Case Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation ProgramProposéBankingFacilitating a Mapping Workshop with Org Topologies™
Participants proposed grouping BA, programmers and Ops into multi-functional teams with broader responsibility.
← Retour à Facilitating a Mapping Workshop with Org Topologies™
2.2 Former une équipe d’équipes13 cas
Créer une structure légère où les équipes s’alignent sur des objectifs communs tout en gardant leur autonomie dans l’exécution.
AppliquéHealth techFrom domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structure
Virtual core team aligns several domain teams around one initiative while they keep autonomy.
← Retour à From domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structureAppliquéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Target: three partial-solution teams coordinating themselves.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmAppliquéInsuranceRebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
Teams grouped under two value streams, later shown as a team-of-teams.
← Retour à Rebuilding for Speed and AdaptivenessAppliquéEnergyDoing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org Topologies
Teams were grouped into three customer-segment areas.
← Retour à Doing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org TopologiesAppliquéSaaSHow Much Adaptivity Is Enough? PandaDoc's Journey with Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
Teams grouped into customer-focused requirement areas within one product.
← Retour à How Much Adaptivity Is Enough? PandaDoc's Journey with Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)AppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
Each product area works as a team of cross-functional teams.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéPublic sectorAnalyzing The Transformation Of A SAP Group At A Large Public Authority (Deloitte)
Teams were grouped into three release trains, a team-of-teams structure.
← Retour à Analyzing The Transformation Of A SAP Group At A Large Public Authority (Deloitte)AppliquéR&DCase Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST Agile
Seven coupled teams merged into one collective.
← Retour à Case Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST AgileProposéAutomotiveStudying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data Exchange
Onboarding, Buying and Selling teams-of-teams with product, design and delivery roles.
← Retour à Studying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data ExchangeProposéHigh-tech manufacturingIdentifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
Design target: two end-to-end teams-of-teams.
← Retour à Identifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org TopologiesProposéBanking[Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologies
Workshop sketched grouping three teams, three times, into multi-functional teams of teams.
← Retour à [Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologiesProposéBankingExperience Report: Towards Business-Oriented Org Design at Raiffeisen Bank
Tribes group speedboat teams per business area, rolled out one by one.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Transitioning to Business-Oriented Tribes: Moving from domain-based units towards Tribes organized around clear business areas, each with end-to-end responsibility, represents another kata. As the organization repeatedly applies this structural shift, each Tribe formation and refinement cycle solidifies a focus on customer outcomes. Over time, this recurring pattern continuously elevates the organizational design toward greater clarity, accountability, and responsiveness to changing priorities.
← Retour à Experience Report: Towards Business-Oriented Org Design at Raiffeisen BankProposéSaaSCase-Study: Loglass Using Org Topologies to Set Target Org Design
Target is B-level teams of teams, via FAST collectives.
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2.3 Évoluer vers un management de ligne multi-équipes et pluridisciplinaire1 case
Déplacer le focus du management des équipes isolées vers des domaines de valeur multi-équipes, pour permettre la coordination et l’apprentissage au-delà des frontières.
AppliquéBankingCase Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de Volksbank
Hubs with business, IT and operations replaced departmental management.
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2.4 Redéfinir le rôle du manager autour du développement des capacités et de l’intendance du système3 cas
Faire passer les managers de la distribution d’instructions à la croissance des personnes et à l’élargissement des mandats : développer les capacités et le jugement nécessaires à une responsabilité plus large, de bout en bout, tout en veillant sur le système qui entoure le travail.
AppliquéMultipleStudying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO
Middle management gives way to autonomous units supported by shared platforms.
← Retour à Studying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSOAppliquéIndustrial R&DCase Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)
The unit head shifted from controlling to delegating.
← Retour à Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)ProposéBankingCase Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de Volksbank
Pilot learning calls for repurposing middle managers to serve teams.
← Retour à Case Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de Volksbank
2.5 Permettre l’auto-design des équipes4 cas
Permettre aux équipes de redessiner leur propre composition et leurs frontières dans des contraintes stratégiques et de mandat claires, pour renforcer l’appropriation et l’adéquation à la finalité.
AppliquéEnergyDoing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org Topologies
Teams designed themselves on flip day.
← Retour à Doing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org TopologiesAppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
Teams took part in forming the new teams at the flip.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéR&DCase Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST Agile
The FaST Collective reshapes its own teams regularly.
← Retour à Case Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST AgileProposéSaaSCase-Study: Loglass Using Org Topologies to Set Target Org Design
FAST's Value Cycle is the planned self-organizing mechanism.
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2.6 Décentraliser les préoccupations transverses via des communautés4 cas
Décentraliser la responsabilité des préoccupations transverses (comme les lignes directrices d’architecture, les standards et les politiques) en permettant à des communautés auto-organisées de faire évoluer les pratiques ensemble, ce qui réduit la dépendance à une coordination centralisée.
AppliquéE-commerceDescriptive Study of an e-retail Transformation Program Organization
Architecture partly moved into regional teams; communities of practice were also started per tech stack (doubtful fit).
← Retour à Descriptive Study of an e-retail Transformation Program OrganizationProposéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
Technical communities of practice recommended to spread knowledge.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesProposéHigh-tech manufacturingIdentifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
Suggested enabler for shared components.
← Retour à Identifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org TopologiesProposéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
Listed among post-flip experiments.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
3 ProcessusFlux d’information et de décision
La façon dont le travail et l’information circulent : routines de gouvernance, cycles de planification et de budgétisation, processus de décision.
3.1 Élargir et partager la Definition of Done entre les équipes12 cas
Élargir en continu la Definition of Done pour inclure une vraie complétude et une vraie qualité, et réduire ainsi le travail caché, les passages de relais et les mauvaises surprises tardives.
AppliquéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Planned DoD that covers operations.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmAppliquéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
A shared Definition of Done was established across teams.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesAppliquéE-commerceLeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
Team Definitions of Done unified, then raised through a shared improvement list.
← Retour à LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIAAppliquéEnergyDoing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org Topologies
A shared Definition of Done was defined on flip day.
← Retour à Doing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org TopologiesAppliquéPublic sectorOrg Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."
Shared Definition of Done to integrate release and user acceptance teams horizontally.
← Retour à Org Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."AppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
A shared, broader Definition of Done was set at the flip.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéDigital services[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
La fin du flux est repoussée jusqu'au retour d'usage.
← Retour à [Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité businessAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
DoD workshops and visible undone work.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéDigital servicesBusiness Agility with Org Topologies and Kanban
Done extended to collecting usage feedback.
← Retour à Business Agility with Org Topologies and KanbanAppliquéSaaSCase Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
A feature counts as done only after first customers use it.
← Retour à Case Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org TopologiesProposéHigh-tech manufacturingIdentifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
Named in the text as part of the elevation.
← Retour à Identifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org TopologiesProposéAviationCase Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
Planned shared DoD across teams.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Unified Definition of Done (DoD): Regularly revisiting and refining a standardized DoD ensures consistency and quality. By embedding this kata, all teams continuously align on clear completion criteria, speeding delivery and improving handoffs.
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3.3 Se porter volontaire pour le travail5 cas
Permettre aux individus et aux équipes de tirer le travail là où la valeur est la plus forte, au lieu de dépendre d’affectations prédéfinies. Ce kata augmente la flexibilité de l’organisation et la responsabilité partagée, et peut passer par des mécanismes d’auto-sélection délibérés (par ex. des sessions de type Open Space).
AppliquéE-commerceLeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
Teams choose which backlog items to take in Sprint Planning.
← Retour à LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIAAppliquéEnergyDoing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org Topologies
People volunteered for the new setup during the flip.
← Retour à Doing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org TopologiesAppliquéR&DCase Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST Agile
Open Space self-selection of work each FaST cycle.
← Retour à Case Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST AgileAppliquéSaaSCase Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
Teams pull items from the common backlog, including work that stretches their skills.
← Retour à Case Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org TopologiesProposéSaaSCase-Study: Loglass Using Org Topologies to Set Target Org Design
Open Space style self-selection is part of the planned FAST adoption.
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3.4 Tenir un affinage du product backlog multi-équipes9 cas
Réunir régulièrement plusieurs équipes pour construire une compréhension commune du travail à venir, des risques et de la coordination avant l’exécution.
AppliquéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Planned joint refinement across the three teams.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmAppliquéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
Teams began refining work together across teams.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesAppliquéE-commerceLeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
Initial and regular multi-team refinement in mixed groups.
← Retour à LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIAAppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
Teams in an area refined the shared backlog together.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Holding Multi-Team Product Backlog Refinement: Establishing regular, multi-team product backlog refinement events. During these sessions, all involved teams align their understanding of upcoming work, dependencies, and priorities. This structure ensures that each increment of work is clearly understood and synchronized, preventing silos and misalignments before development starts.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéSaaSCase Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
Weekly refinement with feature teams, customers, support, designers and onboarding.
← Retour à Case Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org TopologiesProposéAutomotiveStudying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data Exchange
Refinement becomes a cross-functional activity, not only the Product Owner's.
← Retour à Studying Elevation Opportunities in Automotive Data ExchangeProposéPublic sectorOrg Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."
Recommended next step; each team still refined alone.
← Retour à Org Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."ProposéHigh-tech manufacturingIdentifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
Joint refinement for earlier expertise and feedback.
← Retour à Identifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
3.5 Tenir des revues au niveau du produit4 cas
Inspecter les outcomes intégrés du produit plutôt que les outputs isolés des équipes, pour garder l’apprentissage au bon niveau. Dans les organisations de services : passer en revue les résultats de service de bout en bout, pas les indicateurs de chaque département. Ce kata prend souvent la forme de formats tels que les Sprint Review Bazaars, où parties prenantes et clients explorent activement des solutions qui fonctionnent et donnent un retour direct, au lieu de consommer passivement des présentations.
AppliquéE-commerceLeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
Teams demonstrate increments together in one Sprint Review led by the PO, replacing manager slide reports.
← Retour à LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIAAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Sprint Reviews opened to stakeholders, later held on-site.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéBankingCase Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch Bank
HR started a joint Sprint Review across its teams after pulling work out of management meetings.
← Retour à Case Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch BankProposéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Listed as a potential future kata.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
3.6 Découper le travail verticalement3 cas
S’exercer à découper le travail en incréments de bout en bout qui apportent apprentissage et valeur, et non un simple avancement partiel.
AppliquéE-commerceLeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
Vertical slicing and decomposition workshops after large items failed to finish.
← Retour à LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIAAppliquéDigital services[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
Découpage en petits incréments livrables.
← Retour à [Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité businessAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Story mapping used to slice valuable increments.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
3.7 Intégrer le travail en continu entre les équipes
Réduire les risques et les retards d’intégration en intégrant le travail en continu entre toutes les équipes et tous les agents contributeurs, plutôt que de le regrouper en lots réconciliés tardivement. Dans les contextes logiciels, cela passe couramment par des pratiques comme le trunk-based development, les monorepos et l’intégration continue comme pratique (pas comme outil).
Aucune étude de cas publiée ne mentionne encore ce kata.
3.8 Utiliser l’Obeya pour faire évoluer la topologie d’organisation5 cas
Utiliser un espace de décision partagé pour relier la stratégie, les preuves et les contraintes de design organisationnel, afin de faire évoluer la topologie de façon délibérée plutôt que de simplement suivre la livraison.
AppliquéProfessional servicesCase Study: Implementing Obeya at Organization X. A retrospective-experience report with Org Topologies.
Management group built an Obeya with strategy, performance, problems and plan-to-value walls.
← Retour à Case Study: Implementing Obeya at Organization X. A retrospective-experience report with Org Topologies.AppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Using Obeya for Org Topology Evolution: While not explicitly called “Obeya,” the case study implies the use of dedicated forums or physical/virtual spaces where stakeholders (including product owners, coaches, and team representatives) gather to review strategic metrics, progress indicators, and customer feedback. This structure leads to better-informed decisions and quicker action. Over time, these regular strategic gatherings elevate governance and leadership practices.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéBankingCase Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de Volksbank
Obeya aligns teams in a hub; cross-hub use is still immature.
← Retour à Case Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de VolksbankProposéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
Obeya planned for the first horizon of 2026.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesProposéAviationCase Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
Planned Obeya room for shared visibility.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Visual Management (Obeya Room): Consistently maintaining a visual, transparent workspace where teams track progress and highlight impediments. This continuous improvement routine builds shared understanding, faster decision-making, and quicker response to issues.
← Retour à Case Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
3.9 Appliquer l’Evidence-Based Management (EBM) au développement des capacités5 cas
Utiliser un petit nombre de mesures pertinentes lors de revues régulières pour guider l’apprentissage et l’amélioration, plutôt que de manager par objectifs.
AppliquéInsuranceRebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
Velocity, variation and queue-length metrics at team, capability and value-stream level guide org design.
← Retour à Rebuilding for Speed and AdaptivenessAppliquéDigital services[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
Temps de cycle, SLE et âge des éléments guident l'amélioration.
← Retour à [Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité businessAppliquéDigital servicesBusiness Agility with Org Topologies and Kanban
Cycle time, item age and SLE guided improvement; loose fit to EBM.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Data-Driven Continuous Improvement: Routinely measuring cycle time, variability, and throughput to guide improvements. Using product analytics, user feedback, and metrics-based decision-making becomes a kata—repeated cycles of gathering data, reflecting, and refining the approach. This ensures that changes aren’t based on guesswork but on evidence and measurable outcomes.
← Retour à Business Agility with Org Topologies and KanbanProposé[Français] Initier l’alignement de son organisation et de sa stratégie avec Org Topologies™
EBM key value areas recommended to balance measures after the change.
← Retour à [Français] Initier l’alignement de son organisation et de sa stratégie avec Org Topologies™ProposéInitiate the alignment of your organization and strategy with Org Topologies™
EBM key value areas recommended to balance indicators when measuring the change.
← Retour à Initiate the alignment of your organization and strategy with Org Topologies™
4 RétributionsIncitations et motivation
La façon dont les personnes sont motivées et orientées : rémunération, promotions, reconnaissance et autres incitations formelles et informelles.
4.1 Réduire le poids des incitations à la performance individuelle
Réduire les structures d’incitation qui poussent à l’optimisation locale au détriment de la performance du système.
Aucune étude de cas publiée ne mentionne encore ce kata.
4.2 Concevoir des parcours de carrière « vent arrière »6 cas
Créer des systèmes de carrière qui récompensent le développement des capacités et le multi-learning, pour soutenir la contribution des collaborateurs à des résultats de valeur.
AppliquéInsuranceRebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
Career ladders rewritten with clearer expectations and fewer specialist roles.
← Retour à Rebuilding for Speed and AdaptivenessAppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
A single product-developer role replaced component specialties.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Designing Tailwind Career Paths: Encouraging roles to evolve beyond traditional job titles or hierarchical tracks into more fluid, capability-driven pathways. Instead of fixed roles defined by narrow functions, individuals grow in breadth and depth of skill areas aligned with organizational goals. This provides a structure that consistently nudges people towards multi-skilled growth and adaptability.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesProposéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Listed as a potential future kata.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmProposéR&DRedesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
Development plans planned for horizon 3.
← Retour à Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org TopologiesProposéPublic sectorOrg Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."
Advised to align HR promotions with T-shaped skill growth.
← Retour à Org Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."
4.3 Mettre en œuvre le Beyond Budgeting
Assouplir les contraintes rigides de la planification annuelle pour que les ressources puissent se déplacer au rythme des apprentissages et des priorités.
Aucune étude de cas publiée ne mentionne encore ce kata.
5 PersonnesCompétences, états d’esprit, capacités
Les compétences, états d’esprit et capacités nécessaires : la façon dont l’organisation recrute, développe et fait grandir ses personnes pour répondre à ses besoins stratégiques.
5.1 Ancrer le multi-learning (assisté par l’IA) dans le travail quotidien2 cas
Utiliser l’IA pour réduire le coût d’apprentissage de nouvelles compétences tout en livrant, et élargir ce que les équipes peuvent assumer de façon responsable.
AppliquéFintechCase Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European Fintech
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Expanding Multi-Learning Within Teams: Encouraging team members to continuously broaden their skill sets and product understanding. Repeatedly filling skill gaps and addressing recurring dependencies shifts teams from narrow specialization to more complete, customer-focused capabilities.
← Retour à Case Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European FintechProposéInsuranceRebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
Planned in second iteration to broaden Software Product Managers' skills.
← Retour à Rebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
5.2 Utiliser le travail d’équipe synchrone pour élargir les capacités et la responsabilité11 cas
Pratiquer le pairing, le mobbing et d’autres formes de vrai travail synchrone au-delà des frontières de rôle, d’équipe et de fonction, pour développer délibérément les compétences et réduire la dépendance aux spécialistes ou aux passages de relais.
AppliquéHigh-tech manufacturingDesigning for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
Planned pairing and mobbing across business and IT.
← Retour à Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech FirmAppliquéEnergyElevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
Pair and mob programming followed the flip.
← Retour à Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org TopologiesAppliquéIndustrial R&DCase Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)
Swarming replaced one-researcher-per-initiative work.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Evolving from Individual Assignments to Collaborative “Swarming”: Teams moved from isolated, researcher-specific initiatives toward collective responsibility and collaboration. By regularly practicing “swarming”—where team members co-own tasks—R&D lines elevated teamwork, increased knowledge sharing, and reduced risk. Repeatedly applying this approach reinforced a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Sharing Specialized Knowledge Across Teams: The Transversal Team began mentoring and pairing with R&D team members, transferring knowledge and reducing bottlenecks. This routine of pairing and skill-sharing evolved over time, establishing a kata for capability-building and enabling more resilient, multi-skilled teams.
← Retour à Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)AppliquéDigital services[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
Binômes fonctionnel-technique et tests automatisés appris par les fonctionnels.
← Retour à [Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité businessAppliquéHR techCase Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Mobbing and pairing across front-end and back-end.
← Retour à Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org TopologiesAppliquéDigital servicesBusiness Agility with Org Topologies and Kanban
Functional and technical people paired regularly.
← Retour à Business Agility with Org Topologies and KanbanProposéHealth techFrom domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structure
Engineering to join discovery from day zero (loose fit).
← Retour à From domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structureProposéInsuranceRebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
Planned travelling DBAs to work hands-on and build DBA skills in teams.
← Retour à Rebuilding for Speed and AdaptivenessProposéHigh-tech manufacturingIdentifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org Topologies
Suggested enabler for shared work.
← Retour à Identifying Shared Skills to Elevate a Complex Product Org with Org TopologiesProposéAviationCase Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation Program
Planned peer mentoring to spread feature knowledge; loose fit.
Note de Alexey Krivitsky, 2024-12 : Peer Mentoring for Skill and Feature Knowledge: Establishing ongoing, internal mentorship routines that break down silos and elevate shared understanding. Over time, this fosters broader skill sets, enabling multi-skilled teams that more effectively deliver complex features.
← Retour à Case Study: Introducing Org Topologies in an Aviation ProgramProposéSaaSCase Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
Named as the means to keep focus and ownership while working broadly; not confirmed as practised.
← Retour à Case Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
Les définitions des éléments sont citées de 10X ORG, qui présente aussi le Katalog complet.
Études de cas choisies riches en katas
Case Study: Studying LeSS Adoption at Poster POS Inc. with Org Topologies
Poster moved about 50 engineers from a dozen component teams with separate backlogs to LeSS-style feature teams sharing one product backlog across the whole product.
Katas appliqués proposés
Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies
Strobbo's teams moved from mechanical Scrum to goal-oriented backlogs, stakeholder reviews, mobbing and a clearer DoD, with a more outward-facing product owner.
Katas appliqués proposés
Elevating an EV Scale-up with Org Topologies
A scale-up flipped its 50-person R&D from component teams to three product areas in two days, then hit local-optimization pain and moved toward a single backlog.
Katas appliqués proposés
LeSS Transformation in Wartime Ukraine: Building an Adaptive Organization at DIM.RIA
DIM.RIA's 50-person product organization replaced component teams and many manager backlogs with one Product Backlog and three cross-functional feature teams, cutting cycle time by about 80%.
Katas appliqués proposés
Designing for Paradigm: Bringing Business and IT Together at Europe’s Largest Tech Firm
A large high-tech firm's IT is designing mixed business, IT and Ops partial-solution teams for a new planning platform; the design is still in progress.
Katas appliqués proposés
Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business
In a 50-person business unit, analysts, testers and developers merged into one Scrum team with a Product Owner, then moved closer to users and steered by flow data.
Katas appliqués proposés
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Rebuilding for Speed and Adaptiveness
A CTO and coach split three task-focused teams into value-stream teams, replaced Scrum Master and technical PO roles, reworked career ladders, and track metrics showing how shared backlogs speed delivery.
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Case Study: Introduction of Org Topologies™ in European Fintech
After introducing Org Topologies, a European fintech shifted from component to whole-product thinking, split its hotspot app team, and grew team scopes and customer contact.
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Doing a LeSS Flip in Two Months with Org Topologies
A 50-person EV-charging R&D department flipped to Large-Scale Scrum in about two months, with three customer-segment areas and self-designing teams.
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Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)
An R&D unit moved from individual researchers on separate initiatives to real teams that swarm, share product ownership and receive mentoring from a specialist group.
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Business Agility with Org Topologies and Kanban
A business unit merged siloed BAs, testers and developers into one Scrum team, brought in external developers and UX skills, measured flow, and moved closer to users.
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Redesigning an organization with Cynefin Estuarine mapping and Org Topologies
A coach mapped a resource-topology organization with Estuarine Mapping and Org Topologies, then began Elevating Katas: merged backlogs, multi-team refinement, shared Done and trained product owners, with more planned.
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Studying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO
Haier broke itself into thousands of self-managing micro-enterprises that own a product line end to end; Bayer is moving to cross-functional squads with shared ownership. Both moves are mapped with Org Topologies.
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Case Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST Agile
A 42-team component organization moved to stream-aligned full-ownership teams, then one group of seven teams (about 50 developers) became a self-organizing FaST Collective.
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Case Study: Business Banking Transformation Journey at de Volksbank
A Dutch bank's Business Banking Hub replaced one task-driven improvement team with customer-journey R&D teams that gained developers, took over brand product duties and coordinate via Obeya.
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How Much Adaptivity Is Enough? PandaDoc's Journey with Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
PandaDoc grew to 48 teams using LeSS Huge requirement areas and evolved the design, shifting the product owner role to investments and reducing to three areas.
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Org Topologies Case-Study by Koen Siegers >> "It started over dinner ..."
A government product manager integrated release and acceptance into delivery teams and tried shared code ownership, hit resistance from POs, HR and developers, and was advised on backlogs and careers.
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Case Studies: Org Topologies in Action
Roundup of three cases: de Volksbank moved to cross-functional value hubs, Poster POS to customer-focused feature teams, and a fintech used Org Topologies for diagnosis.
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Case Study: Using Org Topologies™ to Analyze the Agile Transformation Journey at a Large Dutch Bank
A 3,000-person bank flipped to a LeSS and Team Topologies mix across 15 value areas, replacing task-level teams with feature teams and shared backlogs.
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From domain silos to strategic ownership: How FloHealth evolved its operating model with the GM structure
Flo Health added general managers as single-threaded owners of cross-domain big bets, supported by virtual core teams and new planning, while domain teams and reporting lines stayed unchanged.
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Descriptive Study of an e-retail Transformation Program Organization
A 150-person e-commerce replatforming program moved from component teams to cross-functional feature teams, then to country-aligned teams with partly decentralized architecture, staying in a delivery topology.
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Analyzing The Transformation Of A SAP Group At A Large Public Authority (Deloitte)
A 500-person SAP department moved from waterfall to 25 agile teams in three SAFe release trains, improving speed locally while structure, budgets and ownership stayed misaligned.
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VUCA-Energy
A ~250-person energy company evolved from siloed departments through consultant-led sales channels to developers free to serve any channel, and targets one empowered product owner and whole-product teams.
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From Renting Resources to Driving Strategy: A Shift Toward Business-Oriented R&D
A maritime and energy firm is moving its R&D from a resource topology toward an adaptive one, with a single product owner and a product-management mindset.
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Case Study: Implementing Obeya at Organization X. A retrospective-experience report with Org Topologies.
Middle management adopted Leading with Obeya and rose from isolated individuals to a unified group, but regressed after sponsors left because the other design elements were unchanged.
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Experience Report: Towards Business-Oriented Org Design at Raiffeisen Bank
A Ukrainian bank moved from domain-based component teams to eleven end-to-end speedboat teams, and is now building business-oriented tribes with shared system ownership.
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