LitheSpeed — Enterprise in Alexandria, VA
Overview
LitheSpeed, based in Alexandria, specializes in enterprise agility, product operating model transformation, value discovery, lean portfolio management, and Agile VMO design and implementation, having pioneered and written the book on the Agile VMO. As trusted advisors to National Geographic, Nationwide Insurance, and 200-plus enterprises, the firm pairs delivery acceleration coaching with certified Agile and Scrum training, having trained 30,000-plus professionals in Agile, Lean, Kanban, SAFe, and DevOps since 2007, and supports federal missions with a cleared team.
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- Agile / ScrumIterative teamwork methods. What’s this? →
- OKRsObjectives and key results. What’s this? →
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Frequently asked questions
What does LitheSpeed specialize in?
LitheSpeed lists enterprise agility, product operating model transformation, value discovery & innovation, lean portfolio management, agile VMO design & implementation, delivery acceleration coaching, agile & scrum training and scaled agile transformations. The questions below explain these areas in plain terms — every listed area comes from the provider’s own site or profile.
What does a marketing consultant do?
A marketing consultant assesses your market and current efforts, sets a strategy, and helps you execute across positioning, channels, and campaigns. The useful test: they should tie recommendations to results you can measure — leads, pipeline, revenue — not activity alone.
What is a business coach?
A business coach helps owners and operators set goals, stay accountable, and improve how they run and grow their business. Where a consultant advises on what to do, a coach helps you build the clarity and habits to do it.Full explainer →
What does it mean when a coach also offers keynote speaking or workshops?
Speaking and workshops teach at scale — one message to a room — while coaching works depth-first with one person or team over time. A coach who speaks regularly has usually packaged their method into a teachable framework; just note that a great talk and a great months-long engagement are different skills, and check evidence for the one you’re buying.
What is enterprise agility?
Extending agile ways of working — short cycles, fast feedback, adaptive planning — beyond software teams to a whole organization. Consultants help large companies restructure to respond faster to change.
What is product operating model transformation?
This is restructuring how a company builds software — from project-based delivery to durable product teams that own outcomes, common in digital transformations. Consultants redesign teams, funding, and decision-making around products rather than projects.
What is value discovery & innovation?
Structured work to find where new value lies for customers — unmet needs, new offerings, better business models — and turn those insights into innovations. Useful when growth requires more than optimizing what exists.
What is lean portfolio management?
It is a method (from the SAFe agile framework) for deciding how a large organization funds and prioritizes its projects — aligning budgets to strategy continuously rather than through rigid annual planning.
What are scaled agile transformations?
Rolling out agile ways of working across a large organization — many teams, not just one — often using frameworks like SAFe. Relevant when a big company wants faster, more iterative delivery.
What is agile?
A way of managing work — originally software — in short cycles with frequent feedback and adjustment, instead of one long rigid plan. Agile consultants help teams adopt these methods to deliver faster.
What is Scrum?
The most common agile framework for managing work in short cycles called sprints, with defined roles and regular reviews. Practitioners train and coach teams — usually software teams — to adopt it.
What is SAFe?
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is a structured method for applying agile ways of working across large organizations with many teams. Relevant if you are coordinating agile work at scale.
What is Lean?
A methodology from manufacturing for eliminating waste — unnecessary steps, waiting, excess inventory — so work flows faster at lower cost. Now applied to offices, healthcare, and services, not just factories.
What is Kanban?
Kanban is a method for managing work by visualizing tasks on a board and limiting how much is in progress at once. It helps teams spot bottlenecks and deliver work more steadily.
What is DevOps?
A set of practices that combines software development and IT operations so teams release software faster and more reliably—using automation, continuous testing, and deployment pipelines. Relevant to companies that build software.
What does a government focus mean?
The provider works with public-sector agencies or companies that sell to them, where procurement rules, budget cycles, and accountability requirements differ sharply from the private sector.
What does a federal focus mean?
The provider specializes in the U.S. federal government market — either working with federal agencies or helping businesses sell to them under federal procurement rules.
What is a business or management consultant?
A business consultant advises owners and leaders on strategy, operations, and execution — diagnosing what is holding a company back and recommending, and often helping implement, changes to systems, processes, and structure.
What does a business consultant do?
A consultant assesses your business, identifies the highest-leverage improvements, and helps you act on them — from streamlining operations to setting strategy and scaling. Engagements range from a short diagnostic to ongoing advisory.
When should I hire an operations or strategy consultant?
Common triggers are stalled growth, margin or process problems, a major decision such as entering a new market or restructuring, or a need for outside expertise you do not have in-house.
Reputation
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