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Nancy Van Schooenderwoert

Nancy Van Schooenderwoert
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Nancy Van Schooenderwoert does agile enterprise coaching— everything from launching new agile technical teams to advising executives on how to take agile and lean principles far beyond software development in their drive to deliver more customer value faster. She works with large and small companies. Nancy pioneered agile practices for embedded software development beginning in 1998. Her background in electronics and software development for avionics, factory automation, medical, and defense systems brings a unique perspective to her coaching practice.

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Nancy Van Schooenderwoert

Nancy Van Schooenderwoert does agile enterprise coaching— everything from launching new agile technical teams to advising executives on how to take agile and lean principles far beyond software development in their drive to deliver more customer value faster. She works with large and small companies. Nancy pioneered agile practices for embedded software development beginning in 1998. Her background in electronics and software development for avionics, factory automation, medical, and defense systems brings a unique perspective to her coaching practice.

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The Four Pillars of Agile AdoptionNow that the world has heard of Agile [1], they think–incorrectly–that the pieces of Agile they like best can be cherry-picked and used in isolation. Unless it is combined with Lean Thinking, agile software development can achieve only a fraction of its potential. Agile software teams are not sustainable for very long if they are islands in a sea of waterfall projects. This artcle examines four change processes that must occur simultaneously for agile adoption to succeed.