Enterprise Business Agility℠ Strategist with EBAS Certification

Foundations

Enterprise Business Agility (EBA)

The ability of an entire organization to sense and respond to change, adapting strategy, structure, and execution to thrive.

EBA Strategist

A leader or change agent who designs and drives enterprise-wide agility, connecting strategy to execution and culture.

Holistic Agility

Extending agility beyond software to all parts of the enterprise, treating it as an interconnected system.

Sense and Respond

Continuously perceiving change and adapting quickly, the core capability EBA builds.

Dimensions

Dimensions of Business Agility

Interconnected areas — leadership, strategy, organizational structure, customer, and technical agility — that enable enterprise agility.

Leadership Agility

Developing leaders who model adaptability, empower teams, and lead change effectively.

Organizational Structure

Designing structures and funding around value so the enterprise can reconfigure as needed.

Customer Agility

Keeping the enterprise deeply connected to customer needs and outcomes.

Technical Agility

Building engineering and technology capabilities for fast, reliable change.

Strategy

Strategy to Execution

Aligning enterprise strategy with the work of teams so priorities flow and adapt coherently.

Lean Portfolio Management

Steering investment and value streams flexibly to align funding with strategy and learning.

OKRs

Objectives and key results linking strategic intent to measurable enterprise outcomes.

Adaptive Planning

Planning that is continuous and adjusts as conditions and learning change.

Leading Change

Leading Adaptive Change

Guiding change that requires new mindsets and behaviors across the enterprise.

Culture Change

Shaping values and behaviors deliberately, since culture underpins lasting agility.

Change Coalition

Building a coalition of leaders with the authority and energy to drive enterprise change.

Managing Resistance

Understanding and addressing the fears and losses behind resistance to transformation.

Execution

Value Streams

Organizing and optimizing the end-to-end flows that deliver value to customers.

Outcomes over Outputs

Focusing on customer and business results rather than volume of work.

Continuous Learning Culture

Building capability to learn and adapt continuously as an enterprise.

Roadmap

Business Agility Assessment

Evaluating the enterprise across the dimensions to find gaps and priorities.

Transformation Roadmap

A prioritized, evolving plan to build enterprise agility across all dimensions.

Measuring Business Agility

Using outcome and health metrics to track progress and guide the transformation.

Sustaining Agility

Embedding new ways of working in leadership, structure, and culture so agility endures.