how to successfully scale agile in your enterprise

How to Successfully Scale Agile in your Enterprise

May 22, 2014

Isaac HogueEnterprise Agile Coach

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Agenda

• Agile Basics• Agile at Scale• Mapping out the Journey• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast

Agenda

• Agile Basics• Agile at Scale• Mapping out the Journey• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast

Agenda

• Agile Basics

• Agile at Scale• Mapping out the Journey• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast

Agenda

• Agile Basics• Agile at Scale

• Mapping out the Journey• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast

Agenda

• Agile Basics• Agile at Scale• Mapping out the Journey

• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast

Agile Basics

Product Owner

Analyst

TestersDevelopers

ScrumMaster

How Agile Teams Work

Database

Report

Screen

User Story

Database

Report

Screen

User Story

Clarity

Database

Report

Screen

User Story

Clarity Accountability

Database

Report

Screen

User Story

Clarity Accountability Measureable Progress

Managing Scope

Agile Project Management

CostTime

MaximizeValue

& Minimize

Agile at Scale

Different Teams for Different Jobs

TeamServices Teams – These teams support common services across product lines. These teams support the needs of the product teams.

TeamProduct Teams – These teams integrate services and write customer facing features. This is the proto-typical Scrum team.

Services Teams – These teams support common services across product lines. These teams support the needs of the product teams.

TeamPrograms Teams – These teams define requirements, set technical direction, and provide context and coordination.

Product Teams – These teams integrate services and write customer facing features. This is the proto-typical Scrum team.

TeamPortfolio Teams – These teams govern the portfolio and make sure that work is moving through the system.

Programs Teams – These teams define requirements, set technical direction, and provide context and coordination.

Product Teams – These teams integrate services and write customer facing features. This is the proto-typical Scrum team.

Agile Delivery Structure& Conway’s Law

Team TeamTeam

Team Team Team Team

Product & ServicesTeams

Team TeamTeam

Team Team Team Team

Team Team

Team Team Team Team

ProgramTeams

Team Team

Team Team Team Team

ProgramTeams

Kanban

Team Team

Team Team Team Team

ProgramTeams

PortfolioTeams

Kanban

Team Team

Team Team Team Team

ProgramTeams

PortfolioTeams

Kanban

The Strategic Vision is Progressively Elaborated into Epics, Features, and Stories

Agile Governance

DoneDevelop and Test

Ready To Build

Detailed Planning

Release Targeting

FeasibilityStudy

Market Research

New Concept

Governing the flow of work

Feature CompleteFeature

CompleteIntegration

TestingIntegration

TestingDevelopand Test

StoryReviewStory

ReviewStory

MappingStory

MappingFeature

BreakdownFeature

Breakdown

Story Done

TaskDone

Task InProcess

TaskReady

StoryBacklog

KANBAN

Clarity

Accountability

Measurable Progress

Understanding Why Kanban

Kanban creates a Pull System that is limited by your Actual Capacity

Why is this hard?

Its hard when…

We show what it looks like

But Not

How organizations will get there successfully

Finding where to start

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Ad - Hoc

Traditional Agile

Lean StartupAdaptive

Emergent

Convergent

Ad - Hoc

Lean/Agile Agile

Emergent

Convergent

Intent

Ad - Hoc

Lean/Agile Agile

Emergent

Convergent

IntentStart

Ad - Hoc

Lean/Agile Agile

Emergent

Convergent

IntentStart

Predictive & EmergentIrrational• Predictive plans treat all scope as equal• Lots of Expediting• Resource Shifting / Multi-tasking• Heavy Change Control

Ad - Hoc

Become PredictableLean/Agile Agile

Emergent

Convergent

Establish Trust

PhaseI

Ad - Hoc

Become PredictableLean/Agile

Reduce Batch SizeAgile

Emergent

Convergent

Establish Trust

PhaseI

PhaseII

Ad - Hoc

Become PredictableLean/Agile

Reduce Batch SizeAgile

Lean StartupProduct Discovery

AdaptivePr

Emergent

Convergent

Establish Trust

PhaseI

PhaseII

PhaseIII

Up Next… - Mapping out the Journey

Mapping out the Journey

Defining the Roadmap

Change Management& Communication

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

TeachPracticesGuide Culture

•Identify Business Drivers•Identify Gaps in Current

Delivery Processes•Identify Pilot Structure

Define the OperationalFramework

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

• Built around teams• Product focused• Service oriented

Structure

Governance

Metrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

• Portfolio• Program• Project

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

• Return on Investment• Throughput• Capitalization

Transforming through the Phases

Ad - Hoc

Become PredictableLean/Agile Agile

Emergent

Convergent

Establish Trust

PhaseI

Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations

for Fast ROI

Team Team

Team Team Team Team

ProgramTeams

PortfolioTeams

Kanban

Team Team

Team Team Team Team

ProgramTeams

PortfolioTeams

Kanban

Agile Pilot

Introduce ChangeIncrementally

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

• Independent• Small • Entrepreneurial

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

TeachPractices

Guide Culture

• Product definition• Project management• Technical and delivery

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

TeachPractices

Guide Culture

• Trust• Accountability• Adaptability

Measure Improvement

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

• Capability focused• Objectively assessed• Focus on sustainability

Measure Improvement

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

• Training• Workshops• Mentoring

Measure Improvement

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improveme

Form Teams

• Demonstrable progress• Outcomes focused• Map to business drivers

Continue to Incrementally Iterate & Manage Change

Structure

GovernanceMetrics

Assessment

Targeted Coaching

Measure Improvement

Form Teams

•Maintain Safety•Identify champions•Centers of excellence

Isaac HogueEnterprise Agile Coach

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www.leadingagile.comfacebook.com/leadingagile

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