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TheWhy, Howand Whatof Agile Transformations Rini vanSolingen Abstract Agile can be compared to fitness. It means being fit enough as a team, department or organisation to be able to deal with all circumstances. Being able to reactrapidlyandnimblywhenthesituationdemandsit.Andthat isaveryimportant skill in a time of digitalisation, disruption and rapid change. In this chapter, we explain the why, how and what of agile transformations, introduce a step-wise approach to undertake such transformations and discuss the most common pitfalls observedinpractice. Keywords Agile methods · Agilemanagement · Agileprojectmanagement · Agile transformation 1 Introduction Agile is a mindset that embraces change, and is about delivering results quickly and learning from that. Agile working is about giving autonomy to people and teams, with clear room for decision-making and a great deal of self-organisation. Continuous improvement is paramount, as well as making gradual efforts to generate even higher customer value and surpass existing performance. Learning step by step and improving by doing. Delivering results and learning how to improve, togetherasa team.That is agile. Agileworksbest in situationswherea lot is changingandstill beingdiscovered. Ideas may have been formulated in advance, but a great deal still needs to be reflected upon, learnedand changed.Making a plan in such a situation only makes limitedsense,becausethingsalwaysturnoutdifferentlythanexpected.Acleargoal Translated from the Dutch Original book: “AGILE”, © 2018, Rini van Solingen & Management Impact - translation by tolingo GmbH,© 2019, Rinivan Solingen. R.van Solingen Prowareness, Delft, The Netherlands ©The Author(s) 2020 S.Goericke (ed.), The Future of Software QualityAssurance, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29509-7_17 217