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Scaling Agile With SAFe August 13, 2013


Time

Perf

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ance

2nd Wave of Agile

Source: Based on claytonchristensen.com – Innovator’s Dilemma

To show how 5 to 10 Agile teams work towards common delivery objectives using the Scaled Agile Framework® or SAFe.

Purpose

To show how 5 to 10 Agile teams work towards common delivery objectives using the Scaled Agile Framework® or SAFe. To show how you can launch an Agile Release Train.

Purpose


The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe)…

is a proven, publicly-facing framework...

for applying Lean and Agile practices…

at enterprise scale.

From Leffingwell LLC and Scaled Agile Inc.

Scrum

SAFe

is to team

is to enterprise

as


SAFe


Scaled Agile Framework™ Big Picture


Program

Team

Portfolio

3 Levels


TEAMS Scale


5 to 9 Members


50 to 125 People

5 to 10 teams


Product Manager

Program Roles

Permission of Leffingwell LLC and Scaled Agile Inc.


Program Roles

System Architect



Program Roles

UX



Program Roles

Release Train

Engineer



Program Roles

Traditional (PMI)

Project Manager



Program Roles

System Team

Release Management



TIMEBO

X

Scale

Iteration (Sprint)

Agile ReleaseTrain

is to team

is to program

as


product backlog

sprint backlog

Sprint

2 weeks

Daily

scrum

2 WEEKS 2 Weeks

product increment


H

I

P

10 Weeks

Based on Leffingwell LLC and Scaled Agile Inc.


10 Weeks

H I

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ase P

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De

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PS

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10 Weeks

H I

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Program Backlog



Program Backlog

Feature Grain



Program Backlog

Feature Grain

Product Manager System Architect



…

Program Backlog Feeds Team Backlogs



10 WEEKS

Align Iteration Boundaries

…



10 WEEKS

Align Iteration Boundaries

Normalize Velocity

…



10 WEEKS

System Team

…



10 WEEKS

System Team

…

System always runs!



10 WEEKS

System Team

…

System always runs!

System demo


10 Weeks

H

I

P



H

I

P

10 Weeks

PSI



Develop on Cadence. Deliver on Demand. Deliver on Demand

Develop on Cadence

Customer Upgrade

QA-Release to Market- Governance Firewall

Major

Release Feature Release

Major

Release

PSI PSI PSI PSI PSI PSI

Customer preview Docs and

certs Docs and

certs

© 2008-2013 Leffingwell, LLC and Scaled Agile, Inc. All rights reserved.


Get Better

WSJF

10 Weeks

H

I

P



Make Planning Routine and Lower Cost

Program Level Calendar

• Release Planning

Meetings

• PSI Demos

• Inspect & Adapt

Workshops

Team Level Calendar

• Sprint Planning Meetings

• Sprint Demos

• Sprint Retrospectives

Reprinted by Permission of Discount Tire Company

The planning calendar can be set a year in advance


ITEMS Backlog


Investment Theme

Epic

Feature

Story Story

Feature

Story Story

Epic

Feature

Story Story Stories fit in iterations, implemented by tasks

Features fit in releases

Epics span releases

Budget/Capacity Allocation Decision

Cycles match grain


Portfolio

Epics

Feature

Story

Task

Investment Themes

Program

Team


Portfolio

Program

Team

Investment Themes

Architecture

Epics

Feature

Story

Task


[Feature Timeline]


Launch Your Train


“ No one has to change,

survival is optional.

— W. Edwards Deming

”


Kotter: Leading Change

1. Increase urgency

2. Build guiding teams

3. Get the vision right

4. Communication for buy-in

5. Enable action

6. Create short-term wins

7. Don’t let up

8. Make it stick

Creating a

climate for

change

Engaging and

enabling the

organization

Implementing &

sustaining the

change

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