Chapter 5

Getting Started: 30-Day Action Plan

Your practical roadmap to begin the Agile 3.0 transformation.

Quick Start Principle:

"Don't overthink it. Start with one task, one agent, one sprint. Learning comes from doing."

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Week 1: Assessment & Education

Objective

Establish baseline understanding and identify starting point.

Day 1-3: Agentic Maturity Assessment

Evaluate current AI literacy across roles

Identify low-hanging fruit for automation

Establish baseline metrics for comparison

Day 4-7: Foundation Training

4-hour workshop: "AI Agents for Non-Technical Roles"

Prompt engineering basics for Product Owners

Agent risk management for Scrum Masters

Week 1 Deliverable:

Maturity assessment report and training completion certificates

Week 2-3: Pilot Implementation

Objective

Execute first agentic sprint and deliver measurable results.

Select Pilot Project:

Choose 2-3 backlog items suitable for agentic completion
Prioritize: High-repetition, low-risk, clear success criteria
Examples: Documentation generation, test writing, simple refactoring

Set Up Tools:

📝

Basic prompt management system

Version control for prompts (Git/GitHub)

💰

Cost tracking spreadsheet

Token consumption and ROI tracking

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Quality validation checklist

DoD 2.0 criteria for agent outputs

Run First Agentic Sprint:

Human Role

Requirements clarification and validation

Agents Role

Implementation and testing

Joint Activity

Integration and deployment

Week 2-3 Deliverable:

First production feature delivered via agentic workflow

Week 4: Review & Scale Planning

Objective

Analyze results and plan for broader implementation.

Retrospective Analysis:

1.What worked well in our first agentic sprint?

2.What barriers emerged during implementation?

3.How did team dynamics change with agents?

4.What unexpected benefits did we discover?

ROI Calculation:

Time Savings

Quantification

Quality Impact

Assessment

Cost Analysis

Detailed breakdown

Scale Planning:

Identify next candidate projects for agentic work
Plan for tool integration (ADO/Jira, CI/CD pipelines)
Define success metrics for Phase 2 implementation
Schedule follow-up training for advanced topics

Week 4 Deliverable:

Retrospective report and Phase 2 implementation plan

Conclusion: The Future of Agile is Hybrid

Final Insight

The transition from Agile 1.0 to Agile 3.0 isn't optional—it's inevitable for organizations that want to remain competitive in software delivery.

Key Takeaways:

1.Roles Must Evolve: Product Owners become Prompt Architects, Scrum Masters become AI Risk Managers, Developers become Agent Supervisors.

2.Processes Must Adapt: Backlog management, sprint planning, and Definition of Done all require significant modification for hybrid teams.

3.Tools Must Integrate: The disconnect between traditional Agile tools and agentic frameworks creates overhead that undermines benefits.

4.Metrics Must Expand: Cost per token, hallucination rates, and agent efficiency become critical alongside traditional velocity and quality measures.

5.Culture Must Shift: From fear of replacement to embrace of augmentation, from control to orchestration, from individual contribution to hybrid collaboration.

Final Thought:

The organizations that thrive in this new paradigm won't be those with the most advanced AI technology, but those with the most adaptive Agile processes. The true value of agentic AI isn't in replacing humans, but in creating new forms of collaboration that leverage the unique strengths of both.

Ready to Begin?

Your 30-day action plan starts now. Begin with the assessment, proceed through the training, and execute your first agentic sprint. The transformation begins with a single step—and that step doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be taken.

Next Actions:

1
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2
Take the Agentic Maturity Assessment in Appendix A
3
Share this whitepaper with your team leadership
4
Contact us for a personalized implementation workshop

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