12 RESPONDING TO CHANGE OVER FOLLOWING A PLAN

12.1 EMBRACE CHANGE

In this section we will look at how change can be embraced in an Agile environment and describe a few change management models that are useful in supporting change on an organisational level.

12.1.1 Embracing change whilst delivering a product

It was Heraclitus who said ‘The only thing that is constant is change’; this is particularly true in complicated and complex environments. Therefore, in Agile deliveries, teams need to adopt practices that enable a knowledge–discovery process and allow them to take corrective action as they identify detailed requirements and technology needs.

This means that teams need to embrace change and make it a core part of the process rather than ...

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