agile methods quickly began to be used by larger projects, laterexpanded to entire department processes and, in some cases, to the entire organization(Conforto et al., 2014; Denning, 2015; Dikert et al., 2016)

They oversaw the development of playbooks and operating models and revamped corporate processes around such principles as agile funding and mission-oriented initiatives. At that point, everyone on a mission shared the same targets and worked collaboratively in two-week sprints. The organization began to deliver results much faster.

Second, the leaders must drive agile behaviors broadly into the organization. This requires authentic belief in the behavioral changes required, as well as playbooks, processes, and support to enable the organization to work in a cross-functional, mission-oriented way.