What I deliver
Senior agile expertise, where and when you need it
As an independent Agile Consultant and Scrum Master Consultant with over 15 years leading agile transformation across enterprise and global programmes, I bring the experience to help your organisation move faster, collaborate better, and deliver with confidence.
Agile Coaching
One-to-one and team coaching that builds real agile capability. From Scrum fundamentals to scaled delivery across complex enterprise programmes.
Learn moreAgile Transformation
Structured programmes to change how your organisation plans, delivers, and responds. Built on genuine large-scale transformation experience at enterprise level.
Learn moreLeadership Coaching
Supporting delivery leads, programme managers, and product owners to develop the mindset and habits that make agile transformation last.
Learn moreScrum Master Services
Embedded or fractional Scrum Master support. Effective ceremonies, blockers removed, teams and stakeholders kept aligned and moving.
Learn moreDelivery Assurance
Independent review of delivery practices. I identify where teams are losing pace and provide a clear, practical path to recovery.
Learn moreTraining and Workshops
Practical, facilitated sessions tailored to your teams. Sprint ceremonies, backlog refinement, and agile principles in practice. No generic slide decks.
Learn moreSix ways to work together. One conversation to find out which is right for your organisation.
Start a conversationMy approach
Honest Agile
The framework serves the outcome. Not the other way around.
I founded Ellis Agile Consultancy because I believe Agile has become too focused on framework adoption, and not focused enough on business outcomes. Across 15 years in enterprise transformation, one pattern holds true: organisations don't struggle because they lack Scrum or Kanban. They struggle because delivery becomes disconnected from the outcome the business is trying to achieve.
I don't start with a framework. I start by understanding what success looks like for your organisation, then design a delivery approach that fits your people, your constraints, and your objectives.
"I don't measure success by how closely a team follows a framework. I measure success by whether the organisation delivers valuable outcomes predictably, sustainably and with confidence."
Lloyd Ellis, Founder · Ellis Agile ConsultancyBusiness outcomes first
Every engagement starts with one question: what outcome are we trying to achieve? Everything else follows from that answer.
Frameworks fit the business
Scrum, Kanban, Lean, where they genuinely help. The framework adapts to the business. Not the other way around.
Transparency builds trust
Meaningful information leaders can trust to make better decisions. No vanity metrics, no status theatre.
Sustainable change
I leave behind stronger teams and delivery systems, not consultant dependency. My goal is to make myself unnecessary.
Proven results
What good looks like in practice
I have led transformation across enterprise programmes, global teams, and platform-critical delivery. Here is one example of what that looks like.
Salesforce Hyperforce Migration
Challenge
A fourteen-organisation enterprise migration had stalled for four months with no measurable progress and growing executive concern.
My approach
Aligned the CIO, General Counsel, Directors and engineering leadership around a pragmatic recovery plan with clear accountability and transparent governance.
Outcome
Single-day enterprise cutover completed within three months, roughly half the expected timeframe, with zero post-migration issues. Now a Salesforce reference case for European rollout.
~£2M
Annual cost saving from redesigned integration architecture
3 months
Half the expected timeframe for full enterprise cutover
Zero
Post-migration issues on go-live day
56%
Improvement in operational performance through agile adoption in a non-software environment
National
Scale achieved on BT's AI customer contact platform from pilot to full deployment
4
Colleagues coached into senior delivery roles in a single year
Zero
Go-live issues across a complex multi-org enterprise cutover
Agile never mentioned a framework.
Just working software.
These certifications exist to deepen delivery thinking, not to validate methodology adoption. Every one of them is applied in service of outcomes.
PSM II
Professional Scrum Master II
Only 7% of Scrum Masters worldwide hold PSM II. It requires demonstrating advanced application of Scrum in complex, real-world environments.
ICP-ACC
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching
Focused on coaching mindset and presence rather than framework knowledge. One of the most rigorous agile coaching credentials available.
CAL-O
Certified Agile Leadership
Designed for those leading agile transformation at an organisational level, not just within teams.
ICP-PDM
ICAgile Certified in Product and Delivery Management
Bridges the gap between product thinking and delivery execution, covering prioritisation, roadmapping, and outcome-based planning.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Process Excellence and Operational Improvement
Black Belt is the highest operational level of Lean Six Sigma, requiring demonstrated project leadership and measurable business impact.
PSM I
Professional Scrum Master I
The foundation. Validates deep understanding of the Scrum framework and its practical application in team delivery environments.
Introducing
The Honest Agile
Framework
A consultancy framework built from first principles. Not a repackaged methodology, but a practical system for embedding agile thinking at every level of an organisation. The Honest Agile Framework is being developed by EAC and launches alongside the full site.
Register your interestLet's talk about your organisation
Whether you are starting an agile transformation, need Scrum Master support, or want to be first to hear about the Honest Agile Framework, the conversation starts with a free 30-minute call. No obligation, no pitch. Just an honest conversation about where you are and where you want to be.
Start a conversationLocation
London and nationwide · Remote and on-site