Sprinting to digital transformation : a time boxed, Agile approach

Purpose: The Transformation Sprint methodology provides a customer-focused analysis process in which leaders can learn about how their digital operating model should and can evolve. Design/methodology/approach: Agile transformation processes are a learning journey to produce a generative (learning) model. In an Agile setting, the plan should unfold along with experience. Findings: Sprints with specific time spans are intended to circumvent scope-creep or other insidious ways that a project can overrun. Practical implications: In Agile practice, showing and talking about work is a crucial part of the process. Transformation Sprints visualize Issues, Priorities and Points for Debate in notes posted on meeting room walls. Originality/value: This article describes the Agile concepts that make a digital Transformation Sprint a potent addition to innovation practice.