Three of the Biggest Agile Marketing Challenges

“Be relevant and timely, but follow the legal guidelines when tweeting.”

“Personalize everything to me individually, but do not come off as a digital stalker.”

“Maintain work-life balance. However, be sure to respond to social media 24-7.”

“Don’t chase after every shiny new tool; instead, keep up with the most important innovations.”

I believe Agile Marketing is the best solution to many marketing problems.

Agile, however, could be better. Each project has its challenges. It is essential to approach an Agile transformation with open minds, knowing it won’t be easy.

Each team will face its unique mix of problems, but we’ll focus on three of the most common.

Inhospitable culture, uncommitted higher-ups

Team-related problems

Superficial change

It’s not you; it’s them.

It would be best to have high-level buy-in, regardless of whether you are in marketing, software, project management, or human resources. Agile can work with small teams.

Emanuele Passera is a project manager and software engineering engineer. He says that immature companies are his biggest obstacle. He says it is difficult for the business side to engage with a company and adds that agile project management only works in some organizations.

Mario Lucero is an agile coach and change agent. It’s all about culture. “If a company wishes to adopt agile, they must create a culture supporting agile principles.”

Although Silicon Valley is a place where innovation seems to reign supreme, Tanner Wortham encounters resistance every time he attempts Scrum. He reminds us that Scrum often contradicts an organization’s culture.

Practitioners and coaches need to see both the positive aspects of the process. However, they must remember the human side of the equation. Tanner states that Scrum is simple. “People are difficult.”

Agile is a Team Sport

Teams are more complicated than people. There are many challenges that Agile marketing teams face, from fear of failure and trust issues to insufficient understanding to trust issues.

Scrum, in particular, has felt like a loss in my achievements. My contribution to the ebook, which contains all the sage advice, suggested that the “Superman Complex” many marketers have can hinder a team-centric approach and cause friction.

Martin Wickman knows many teams can get stuck in the forming phase without guidance.

(For those unfamiliar with the concept, there is a four-step process of group development described by Bruce Tuckman, a psychologist: forming and storming, norming, norming, performing.

Because everything is innovative and new, the process of forming is fascinating. Martin states that power and control are at stake in the storming phase. People can show distrust and disagreement and even form alliances. It can even be hazardous.