A common problem is that Product teams don't deliver what the organisation needs quickly enough. Agile doesn’t appear to be as fast as a company hoped and teams frequently miss dependencies or need lots of clarification from management. It can be very frustrating.

Organisations will often buy into the idea of Agile as the silver bullet to fix issues around missed market opportunities or the wrong things being built. Once implemented, Agile doesn’t seem to change the org that much. Teams might seem to do more, but the same issues like missed deadlines and poor alignment pop up again.

Why isn’t Agile working for you?

We encounter this problem at most clients. Companies buy into an Agile way of working, but do not see results from it. Frequently, companies do not really implement Agile ways of working.  Instead, they adopt approaches that keep a company vertically aligned, while adding unclear processes that seem to create a matrix, but actually leave the teams rudderless and disoriented. When teams seek clarity on what needs to be done, senior management becomes the bottleneck.  If the teams then go on to act on their own best intentions, the outcome can appear random, further hurting trust.

How can New Day help?

New Day has developed a comprehensive toolkit that solves these issues of alignment and immediately highlights where things are breaking down. Often, this dysfunction is because big things, like mission and vision, are not meeting the needs of the product and technology teams.

We work with companies to set up the correct team and org structures for their product and brand. Our approach orients teams around customer value and gives them the focus they need.  We also work with you to define leading KPIs that have a visible impact on your product and an OKR process to align teams around growing the metrics that matter. 

Regardless of company size or maturity, our methodology speeds up product innovation and can help you deliver value more efficiently. 

We take a sustainable approach. We believe that external partners should bring long-term value without making a company dependent on them.  Much of our ‘modus operandi’ relies on teaching the organisation how to work effectively and giving you the tools to scale without us.

If you need a partner to work with, contact us to see how we can help your organisation move forward.