Adapto: the operating system for the Agile Enterprise
Adapto™ is a Business & Enterprise Agility framework. A lightweight, agile approach that helps leaders build adaptive organizations connecting strategy to execution, innovation and continuous improvement.
Adapto™ Framework in a Nutshell
A simple, repeatable path helping you structure, lead and deliver your business goals and improvement initiatives
Adapto Bootstrap Phase
Define the Goal
What are we improving and why is it important?
Plan the Change
Who is going to lead the improvement, and how?
Create the Metrics
How are we going to measure success?
Build a Maturity Model
What are the behaviours and milestones we want to achieve?
Baseline your start
What is our initial Maturity level and where do we stand today with our metrics?
Adapto Improvement Loop
Refine the Improvements Backlog
What initiatives or experiments will we run in order to improve?
Execute with Vima or Scrum
Implement your improvement initiatives while running your daily business operations and projects.
Learn / Acquire Skills (if needed)
Fill any existing capability gaps with focused learning.
Review & Gather Feedback
Review outcomes and learnings, generate feedback and insights.
(Re)Assess & Update
Refresh metrics and maturity; keep or adjust improvement initiatives.
Adapto Differentiators
What makes Adapto™ unique in the enterprise agility landscape.
Maturity model for behaviors
Central and unique to Adapto is the use of a behavioral maturity model to drive change
Integrated Change Management
Leading change in a structured way is an integral part of the framework
Leadership Focus
Designed to help leaders structure and sustain improvement and delivery across the entire organization, from strategy to execution.
OKRs on steroids
Anything you can do with OKRs you can do with Adapto - and Adapto excels where OKRs struggle (guiding execution).
Rapid adoption & backwards compatible
Straightforward adoption model allows for incremental steps and is backward compatible with other approaches such as OKRs.
No vendor lock in
Adapto is free to use, licensed under a Creative Commons license and open to contributions from the Agile community.
Key Benefits
Real outcomes that drive organizational transformation.
Accelerate agility and organizational delivery capabilities across all areas of the business
Directly impact core business KPIs with data-driven improvements
Enable a culture of continuous improvement throughout the organization
Reduce operational risks with phased, incremental adoption
Align strategy with execution through a unified framework
Empower teams with clarity on metrics, behaviors, and outcomes
Scale successful initiatives across the organization efficiently
Minimize investment compared to heavy enterprise frameworks
About the Author
Adapto was created by Xavier Quesada-Allué, using experience and intellectual property gathered at Agilar and assisted by ChatGPT 5 and his colleagues in a consulting & coaching role. Xavier is an industry veteran Agile Coach and Trainer and Managing Partner at Agilar (www.agilar.com). Actively involved in the international Agile community for more than 15 years, Xavier is a Certified Scrum Trainer, Certified Enterprise Agile Coach, Agile Leadership Journey Guide and The Agile Network founding expert. A founder and former president of Agile Spain, Xavier has more than 10 years of experience bringing Agile and Scrum to business and operational environments, leading first to the publication of the Vima (www.vima.cc) team-level agile framework in 2023 and now Adapto as a general purpose improvement and organizational design Agile framework.