Balanced Scorecards | Glossary

Definition:

Balance Scorecard provides multiple perspectives on Performance. The idea of providing a balanced view into an organization led by Robert Kaplan and David Norton who created Balanced Scorecard. Their idea is that to fully understand the performance of the business, necessary to look beyond the income statement and balance sheet.

Business should be looked from four perspectives: financial, customer, business processes and learning and growth which make up the balance sheet. Balanced scorecard takes the focus off strictly becoming agile and places it on achieving whatever goals have led the organisation to try to become agile.

Further Reading:

Book:SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn

 

ADAPT | Glossary

Definition:

ADAPT is an acronym for 5 activities Awareness, Desire, Ability, Promotion and Transfer.

Lori an application development manager for a large manufacturing company realized that development process has become so formalized which will become hindrance to their ability to remain flexible for the business. Lory encapsulated 5 common activities necessary for successful and lasting Scrum adoption.

Awareness about current process is not delivering acceptable results, Desire to adopt Scrum as a way to address current problems, Ability to succeed with Scrum, Promotion of Scrum through sharing experiences so that we remember and others can see success & Transfer of the implications of using Scrum throughout the company.

Further Reading:
Book: SUCCEEDING WITH AGILE Software Development Using Scrum by Mike Cohn