Agile is more than a project management method. It’s a culture. The good news is that it solves many of the sticking points with the old waterfall-based approaches to projects. It’s a matter of communication, communication, getting results and communication.

And yet, according to the 8th annual "State of Agile" survey conducted by Analysis.Net Research, when agile projects fail, it’s often because of issues related to culture and change resistance.

Based on our experience with LLAMA (the Lot Like Agile Methods Approach, Agile project management developed specifically for instructional design and development projects) and its implementation with our clients and colleagues around the world, we’ll put the Agile team in the organizational context:  

• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Fears & Motivators
• Accountability

 

Since so many of our colleagues are adopting and adapting Agile for the first time, we’ll help you pick the ideal project to get started with Agile and how to plant seeds for success.

Megan Torrance is the CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, where she leads a team of learning experience designers & engineers in reimagining workplace learning. Her firm has served Fortune 1000 companies, major research universities, global professional associations, and federal agencies for over two decades. Megan brings a strategic vision that helps TorranceLearning bridge vision with execution—delivering innovative, data-informed, and learner-centered solutions.
 
She is the author of Agile for Instructional Designers, Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers, and Making Sense of xAPI and has served as a Facilitator for eCornell’s leadership programs and an adjunct instructor in Penn State’s Learning Design & Technology Master’s program.