The document outlines a process for successfully scaling agile in an enterprise. It discusses establishing an agile delivery structure based around product teams and establishing different teams for different roles. It then describes mapping out the journey through defining the roadmap, operational framework, and transforming incrementally through phases like establishing trust and predictability before reducing batch size. Finally, it discusses running an agile pilot with independent, entrepreneurial teams to introduce changes incrementally and measure improvements.

1. How to Successfully Scale
Agile in your Enterprise
May 22, 2014

2. Isaac Hogue
Enterprise Agile Coach
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3. Agenda
• Agile Basics
• Agile at Scale
• Mapping out the Journey
• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast ROI

4. Agenda
• Agile Basics
• Agile at Scale
• Mapping out the Journey
• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast ROI

5. Agenda
• Agile Basics
• Agile at Scale
• Mapping out the Journey
• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast ROI

6. Agenda
• Agile Basics
• Agile at Scale
• Mapping out the Journey
• Agile Pilot – Incremental Iterations for Fast ROI

7. Agenda
• Agile Basics
• Agile at Scale
• Mapping out the Journey
• Agile Pilot –
Incremental Iterations for Fast ROI

8. Agile Basics

9. Product Owner
Analyst
Testers
Developers
ScrumMaster

10. How Agile TeamsWork

11. Team
Database
Report
Screen
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story

12. Team
Database
Report
Screen
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
Clarity

13. Team
Database
Report
Screen
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
Clarity Accountability

14. Team
Database
Report
Screen
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
User Story
Clarity Accountability Measureable Progress

15. Managing Scope

16. Agile Project Management
Scope
CostTime

17. Agile Project Management
Scope
CostTime

18. Agile Project Management
Scope
CostTime
Maximize
Value
&
Minimize
Risk

19. Agile at Scale

20. Different Teams for
Different Jobs

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

22. Team
Team
Product 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.

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

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

25. Agile Delivery Structure
& Conway’s Law

26. Team
Team TeamTeam
Team Team Team Team
Product &
Services
Teams

27. Team
Team TeamTeam
Team Team Team Team
Product &
Services
Teams
Scrum

28. Team
Team Team
Team Team
Team
Team
Team Team Team Team
Product &
Services
Teams
Program
Teams
Scrum

29. Team
Team Team
Team Team
Team
Team
Team Team Team Team
Product &
Services
Teams
Program
Teams
Scrum
Kanban

30. Team
Team
Team
Team
Team Team
Team
Team
Team Team Team Team
Product &
Services
Teams
Program
Teams
Portfolio
Teams
Scrum
Kanban

31. Team
Team
Team
Team
Team Team
Team
Team
Team Team Team Team
Product &
Services
Teams
Program
Teams
Portfolio
Teams
Scrum
Kanban
Kanban

32. The StrategicVision is Progressively
Elaborated into Epics, Features, and Stories

33. Agile Governance

34. Done
Develop
and Test
Ready To
Build
Detailed
Planning
Release
Targeting
Feasibility
Study
Market
Research
New
Concept
Governing the flow of work
Feature
Complete
Integration
Testing
Develop
and Test
Story
Review
Story
Mapping
Feature
Breakdown
Story
Done
Task
Done
Task In
Process
Task
Ready
Story
Backlog
KANBAN
FEATURE
STORY
EPICS
KANBAN
SCRUM
Clarity
Accountability
Measurable
Progress

35. Understanding
Why Kanban

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

37. Why is this hard?

38. Its hard when…
We show what it looks like
But Not
How organizations will get there successfully

39. Finding where to start

40. –CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE -
Ad - Hoc
Traditional Agile
Lean Startup
Adaptive
Predictive
Emergent
Convergent
PE
PC AC
AE

41. –CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE -
Ad - Hoc
Lean/Agile Agile
Lean Startup
Adaptive
Predictive
Emergent
Convergent
Intent
PE
PC AC
AE

42. –CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE -
Ad - Hoc
Lean/Agile Agile
Lean Startup
Adaptive
Predictive
Emergent
Convergent
IntentStart
PE
PC AC
AE

43. –CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE -
Ad - Hoc
Lean/Agile Agile
Lean Startup
Adaptive
Predictive
Emergent
Convergent
IntentStart
PE
PC AC
AE
Predictive & Emergent
Irrational
• Predictive plans treat all scope as equal
• Lots of Expediting
• Resource Shifting / Multi-tasking
• Heavy Change Control

44. –CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE -
Ad - Hoc
Become Predictable
Lean/Agile Agile
Lean Startup
Adaptive
Predictive
Emergent
Convergent
Start
Establish Trust
Phase
I
PE
PC AC
AE

45. –CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE -
Ad - Hoc
Become Predictable
Lean/Agile
Reduce Batch Size
Agile
Lean Startup
Adaptive
Predictive
Emergent
Convergent
Start
Establish Trust
Phase
I
Phase
II
PE
PC AC
AE

46. –CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE -
Ad - Hoc
Become Predictable
Lean/Agile
Reduce Batch Size
Agile
Lean Startup
Product Discovery
Adaptive
Predictive
Emergent
Convergent
Start
Establish Trust
Phase
I
Phase
II
Phase
III
PE
PC AC
AE

47. Up Next…
- Mapping out the Journey

48. Mapping out the Journey

49. Defining the
Roadmap
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
•Identify Business Drivers
•Identify Gaps in Current
Delivery Processes
•Identify Pilot Structure

50. Define the Operational
Framework
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Built around teams
• Product focused
• Service oriented
Change Management
& Communication

51. Define the Operational
Framework
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Portfolio
• Program
• Project

52. Define the Operational
Framework
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Return on Investment
• Throughput
• Capitalization

53. Transforming through the
Phases

54. –CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE -
Ad - Hoc
Become Predictable
Lean/Agile Agile
Lean Startup
Adaptive
Predictive
Emergent
Convergent
Start
Establish Trust
Phase
I
PE
PC AC
AE

55. Agile Pilot – Incremental
Iterations for Fast ROI

56. Team
Team
Team
Team
Team Team
Team
Team
Team Team Team Team
Product &
Services
Teams
Program
Teams
Portfolio
Teams
Scrum
Kanban
Kanban

57. Team
Team
Team
Team
Team Team
Team
Team
Team Team Team Team
Product &
Services
Teams
Program
Teams
Portfolio
Teams
Scrum
Kanban
Kanban
Agile Pilot

58. Introduce Change
Incrementally
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Independent
• Small
• Entrepreneurial

59. Introduce Change
Incrementally
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Product definition
• Project management
• Technical and delivery

60. Introduce Change
Incrementally
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Trust
• Accountability
• Adaptability

61. Measure
Improvement
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Capability focused
• Objectively assessed
• Focus on sustainability

62. Measure
Improvement
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Training
• Workshops
• Mentoring

63. Measure
Improvement
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
• Demonstrable progress
• Outcomes focused
• Map to business drivers

64. Continue to Incrementally Iterate &
Manage Change
Change Management
& Communication
Structure
GovernanceMetrics
Assessment
Targeted
Coaching
Measure
Improvement
Form Teams
Teach
Practices
Guide Culture
•Maintain Safety
•Identify champions
•Centers of excellence

66. Isaac Hogue
Enterprise Agile Coach
twitter.com/isaachogue
linkedin.com/in/isaachogue
www.leadingagile.com
facebook.com/leadingagile