What is the correlation between the agility level and the performance? Would it be possible to draw causal connections and use the business agility as a predictor for future performance?

 

Research lead: Xavier P.F. Bronlet [SUPSI University]
Status: in progress

Through the lived experience of some people with diverse attributes, the recent trend towards agility has resulted in the introduction of ways of working and associated cultures that have made inclusion worse for them. For others, it may have improved the situation.

 

Research lead: Mark Green
Status: final analysis (report due May, 2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to examine practices and approaches that either increased or decreased Psychological Safety during a period of crisis. Through phenomenological inquiry we hope to uncover patterns that will inform organisational and team leadership.

 

Research lead: John Dobbin
Status: survey open

Agile revolutionized the way development teams build software and produce knowledge assets. Now it is time to understand the role of managers in developing organizations of the digital age and what we can do to help them.

 

Research lead: Russ Lewis
Status: in progress

This research aims to become a potential backbone (high-level study) for future additional specific researches. These future researches could deep-dive into several - and more specific – Leadership researches (Recruitment, Learning, etc). This research approach was guided by the User Story Mapping process.

 

Research lead: Stavros Papadeas
Status: in progress

As with the private sector, agility is being used in the public sector to improve the delivery and quality of services to citizens. Agility is being adopted at a slower rate than in the private sector and this research is being done to uncover the unique environment and conditions that exist that may make adoption more difficult and perhaps suggest ways in which this can made be made easier.

 

Research lead: Michael Rembach
Status: research approach design

The State of Agile Coaching is a report published in partnership between Scrum Alliance and the Business Agility Institute. The purpose of this report is to share a point-in-time synopsis of the agile coaching industry for agile coaches.

 

Research lead: Evan Leybourn
Status: survey open

A new triple constraint for business is forcing the hands of organizational leaders, demanding they abandon once reliable approach and practice, and pause to take a critically important moment to reset business thinking, business strategy and business culture. These new changes make the likelihood of a faltering or failing business all the more real unless decisive action is taken immediately to recognize and effectively address them.

 

Research lead: Eric Norman [Georgia Tech]
Status: survey open

There is a paradigm shift in understanding modern enterprises, where focus is on people and their interactions while they conduct their daily works. This research lays down ground for Organizational Agility as well as Business Agility and Enterprise Agility.

 

Research lead: Gervais Johnson, Joseph Barjis, Colleen Kirkland [San Jose State University + IEM]
Status: research approach design

This research aims to identify correlations (and cause-effect relationships, if any) between agility and sustainability in different regions across the globe.

 

Research lead: Stavros Papadeas, Katie Taylor, Amanda Gregory, Helen Sharp, Leonor Barroca [Agile Research Network]

Status: survey open

Hypothesis: Approaches enabling business agility change based on the size of the company. We will be investigating 3 characteristics of organizations (governance, structure, process) in companies across a variety of size ranges (15, 50, 150, 500, 1500, 5000, 15000, 50000, 150000) to understand the differences and similarities involved in their transformations.

 

Research lead: Dana Malcova
Status: in progress

Recently, 433 respondents from 359 organizations around the world took part in the 2020 Business Agility Report. Compared to last year, we have seen more organizations commencing their business agility journey and those on the journey report greater progress. Year-on-year, overall maturity has increased by 8%.

 

Research lead: Evan Leybourn
Status: survey open

The survey contains a mixture of likert-scale, multiple-choice and open-ended questions aimed at gaining insight into the frequency, quality and attributes of meetings attended by the respondents.

 

Research lead: Dov Tsal
Status: final report