This is the presentation I gave at Eclipse Con 2012/ Agile ALM Connect. The content is similar to the "Agile XXL: Scaling Agile for Project Teams" webinar presentation, but has been scaled down due to the short time frame of the session (30 min vs 1hr)

1. Agile XXL
Scaling Agile for Project Teams
Alan Bustamante, PMP, PMI - ACP
March
29,
2012

2. Further Reading
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3. The 3 Pillar Model
Scaling Defined
Final Thoughts
Agenda
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4. One or more team members
non collocated
Require 2 or more Sub teams
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5. Agenda
Scaling Defined
Three Pillar Model
Final Thoughts
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6. Success Pillars
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7. Workspaces
Partnerships
Empowerment
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8. Breakout
Room
Wall space for
project schedules,
burn downs or
other charts
Open
Space
Co-located
Production
Support
Co-located
Project
Development
Build/ Release
Management
Workspaces
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9. Planning
Team Coordination
Sub Team Structure
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10. The
Process
Dictates
Executes
Project
Standards
Group
Project
B
Project
C
Project A
Traditional Process Definition
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• Discourage Ownership
• Increase Waste
• Inhibit Innovation

11. Changing Will Not Be Easy
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12. Project
Process
Sub Team D
Evolving set of
project specific
practices
Sub Team A Sub Team B
Sub Team C
Sub
Team C
Process
Evolving
set of sub
team
practices
Feedback
Sub
Team B
Process
Sub
Team A
Process
Sub
Team D
Process
Evolving
set of sub
team
practices
Evolving
set of sub
team
practices
Evolving
set of sub
team
practices
Project
Standards
Group
FeedbackFeedback
Feedback
Update
Agile Process Definition
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13. Product
Owner
Council
Story Map or
prioritized list
of stories
StakeholdersPrioritize
Populate
Tax
Product
Backlog
Settlements
Product
Backlog
Nominations
Product
Backlog
Producer
Services
Product
Backlog
Populate
Stakeholder
Requests
Pull
Negotiate
Planning
Story Map
Tax Producer ServicesSettlements Nominations
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14. Data Layer UI Layer
Testing Engineering
Tax Settlements
Sub Team Structure Types
Components
Function
Feature
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15. A common “Agile” distributed model
Feature 1
Manual SIT
Feature 2
Manual SIT
Based on Waterfall development
Feature 1
Requirements
Architecture
Engineering
Automated SIT
Feature 2
Requirements
Architecture
Engineering
Automated SIT
Report Defect – 11:30pm EST/11am IST (15.5 hr lapse)
Deploy “Good” Build – 8am EST/7:30pm IST
Verify Fix – 11am EST/10:30pm IST (11.5 hr lapse)
Fix Verified – 10:30pm EST/10am IST (11.5 hr lapse)
Mean Time
To Fix (MTTF):
38.5 hours
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16. A better “Agile” distributed model
Feature 1
Requirements
Architecture
Engineering
Automated SIT
Manual SIT
Based on Agile development
Feature 2
Requirements
Architecture
Engineering
Automated SIT
Manual SIT
Deploy Good build
8am
Report Defect
Noon
Verify Fix
3pm
Fix Verified
4pm
MTTF: 7 hrs
Deploy Good build
8am
Report Defect
Noon
Verify Fix
3pm
Fix Verified
4pm
MTTF: 7 hrs
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17. Prioritization
Code Quality
Collaboration
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18. Prioritization
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19. Some Examples
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20. Maximize Collaboration
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21. Source: http://www.zaufishan.co.uk/2010/09/shameless-plug.html

22. Bake In Code Quality
Source CodeSource CodeSource CodeSource Code
RepositoryRepositoryRepositoryRepository
ContinuousContinuousContinuousContinuous
Integration ServerIntegration ServerIntegration ServerIntegration Server
Model OfficeModel OfficeModel OfficeModel Office
ServerServerServerServer
Manual SIT
UAT
Jenkins
TDD, Unit Test, Local Integration Build
Send
Mainline
Changes
Poll RepositoryBad Build
Good Build
Deploy Good Build
Houston, TX Santa Clara, CA Bucharest, Romania
TDD, Unit Test, Local Integration Build TDD, Unit Test, Local Integration Build
Mainline
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23. The 3 Pillar Model
Final Thoughts
Scaling Defined
Agenda
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24. Scaling Truths
• Fight the urge to be “pure Agile”
• Put Agile in industry context
• Put Agile in project “bigness” context
• Mute the zealots
• Focus on continuously improving the
people, the process, and the tools
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