Presentation to the Australian Computer Society - Business Intelligence Special Interest Group - May 14th 2014

1. 14
May
2014
Business
Intelligence
SIG:
Scaling
Agile
Delivery
–
Principles
over
PracIces
Presented
by:
Em
Campbell-­‐Pre8y

2. Em Campbell-Pretty
Partner, Context Matters
@PrettyAgile
www.prettyagile.com
au.linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/
em@contextmatters.com.au
SCALING AGILE DELIVERY:
PRINCIPLES OVER PRACTICES

3. BECOMING A PURPLE PERSON
Image source: http://www.vectorloft.com/img/purple-person.jpg

4. WHAT IS AGILE?
XP
SCRUM KANBAN
LEAN & SYSTEMS
THINKING
CULTURE

5. SCALING AGILE
From an agile team…..
…..to an agile team of teams

6. WHERE SHOULD YOU
START?

7. START WHERE YOU ARE…

8. ADAPT & APPLY
http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/09/a-perspective-on-scaled-agile-framework.html
scaledagileframework.com

10. LEAN PRINCIPLES
Respect for
People
Product
Development
Flow
Kaizen

11. “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what
should not be done at all.” – Peter Drucker
THE GOAL: BUILD THE RIGHT THING
http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/09/a-perspective-on-scaled-agile-framework.html

12. Would your employees recommend your company as a
place to work?
PILLAR 1: RESPECT FOR PEOPLE
“Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they
suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from
unhappy employees. “
– Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos
Net Promoter Score
Source: http://www.netpromotersystem.com/
http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/11/measuring-team-happiness.html

13. UNITY DAY: CREATING A ONE TEAM CULTURE
13
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http://www.prettyagile.com/2014/01/unity-day-creating-one-team-culture.html

14. A LITTLE TASTE OF OUR CULTURE
http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/05/the-power-of-haka.html

15. PILLAR 2: KAIZEN
SourceL http://hakanforss.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/are-you-too-busy-to-improve2.png

16. A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVMENT
SourceL http://hakanforss.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/are-you-too-busy-to-improve2.png
Source: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1018963/Articles/SpotifyScaling.pdf http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/10/book-clubs-at-work-are-you-serious.html

17. THE FOUNDATION IS LEADERSHIP
http://www.prettyagile.com/2014/04/being-agile-team-of-agile-leaders.html
http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/06/bubble-up.html
http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/07/leading-through-vulnerability.html

18. 1. Take an economic view
2. Actively manage queues
3. Understand and exploit variability
4. Reduce batch sizes
5. Apply WIP constraints
6. Control flow under uncertainty:
cadence and synchronization
7. Get feedback as fast as possible
8. Decentralize control
The Principles of Product Development Flow

19. TAKE AN ECONOMIC VIEW

20. … QUANTIFY THE COST OF DELAY
IF YOU ONLY QUANTIFY ONE THING…
BUSINESS VALUE
+
TIME CRITICALITY
+
RISK REDUCTION/
OPPORTUNITY
ENABLEMENT

21. ACTIVELY MANAGE QUEUES

22. VISUALISE THE INVISIBLE INVENTORY

23. UNDERSTAND &
EXPLOIT VARIABILITY

24. WIDE PIPES & DATA EXPLORATION

25. REDUCE BATCH SIZES

26. WHAT IS THE SMALLEST, SIMPLEST THING
Source: http://lynnwinterboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Thin-Slicing-Points.gif

27. APPLY WIP CONSTRAINTS

28. THE COST OF CONTEXT SWITCHING

29. CONTROL FLOW UNDER UNCERTAINTY
CADENCE AND SYNCHRONIZATION

30. SYNCHRONIZED COMMUNICATION CADENCE
9:00am 9:15am 930am
9:45am
http://www.prettyagile.com/2014/03/communication-cadence-heartbeat-of.html

31. GET FEEDBACK
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

32. SMALL COLLOCATED TEAMS
http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/09/how-to-grow-agile-release-train.html

33. EXTREME PROGRAMMING
http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/11/switch-in-action-business-change.html

34. DECENTRALIZE CONTROL

35. EPIC
OWNER
FEATURE
OWNER
PRODUCT
OWNER
SCALING THE PRODUCT OWNER

36. WHERE SHOULD YOU
START?

37. START WHERE YOU ARE…

38. Em Campbell-Pretty
Partner, Context Matters
@PrettyAgile
www.prettyagile.com
au.linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/
em@contextmatters.com.au
QUESTIONS?