5. Goal is Business Agility
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware_Business_Agility_and_the_True_Economics_of_Cloud_Computing_White_Paper.pdf
6. Level of IT Agility
Business IT Alignment
DevOps
Agile
Delivery
7. Agile ERP Delivery
10 and above product owners
Implementation teams are not programmers
Minimum viable product is a monster
No out-of-box unit testing
No practical way to wrap implementation with new test
No continues integration
10. Achieving Agility
Split your organization –
small, cross-functional, self-organizing teams
Split your work –
small list, ranked together with customer,
effort relatively estimated
Split time –
fixed length iterations deliver potentially shippable
increments, fast feedback from customer
Centralized Control Distribution of Responsibilities
12. Case of Real Project
ERP Evolution Colmobil
IT Foundation Self manage project
Work with Valire to
Alignment
clean business leaks
Continues
Yet to be seen ...
Improvement
13. Automatic Business Fault Detection
ERP Evolution Valire
IT Foundation QA
Detecting Business
Alignment
Leaks in Production
Continues Centralized Live
Improvement Business Knowledge
14. Testing Pyramid
User's
Acceptance
System
Tests
Business Process
Validation
15. Closing the Feedback Loop
Business Feedback
Requirements
Usage
Validation
Requirements Validator
ERP
Implementation
IT Feedback
16. Take A Way
IT agility is about Business IT alignment
ERP Agility is easier to start at the alignment
phase
Provide separation of micro-projects
Valire help maintain control while distribution of
power
About myself About Valire About the discussion Meaning of opening video Relevant environment in consideration
The translation of “storm” into numbers
Look at the growth The significant news is the fact they are changing the large enterprise
Is Agile and cloud the same thing? No if you are IT person Yes if your business guy Is cloud SaaS is the answer to agility?
Describe three levels of agility It is agreed that ultimate goal is the business – the difference is where you assume is your main challenge Agile delivery requires new methods for packaged application DevOps addressed in SAP (if we ignore integrations) Main emphasize should be on Business-IT
Enterprise ERP usage time is measured by many years Most of the IT focus is on the implementation. Misalignment usually come later. Misalignment is experienced by: Gaps in existing process Inability to adapt Slow IT response time
I like to use this evolution diagram because it provide business perspective on the ERP Three stages IT Infrastructure – Initial project Alignment - “Stabilization” Improvements – note the split/breakdown
Taken from SAP Emphasize business involvement in the teams and activity CIO moves gauge agility means to push further left
IT management's objections
Lean Startup is an example of Business IT alignment method Things to take Looking at interrelations of business agility and IT agility Things to skip Small company → corporate strategy level Key goal is maximize pivot