Lean-agile management at Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
The document presents an overview of the implementation of lean-agile management at the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, focusing on changes in web and mobile services. It outlines the transition to a large-scale agile framework since 2012, detailing the organization's strategy, goals, and management approaches, as well as their experiences and lessons learned in enhancing customer-driven development and collaboration. Key components include a portfolio kanban system, agile roadmap, and continuous feedback mechanisms to ensure adaptive, effective operations.
Lean-agile management at Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle
1.
LEAN-AGILE MANAGEMENT
AT FINNISHBROADCASTING COMPANY YLE
How the web and mobile areas were changed?
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2.
CONTENTS
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• Web and mobile services at Yle
large scale agile
• The Lean vision in the beginning
• Organizationmodel
• portfolio kanban
• roadmap
• lean-agile budgeting
• Visionary leadership
• Experiences
• What next?
3.
WEB AND MOBILESERVICES AT YLE
(web, mobile, terminals)
MAIN SERVICES
• Yle Areena and Archives
• Yle News
• Svenska.yle.fi
OTHER SERVICES
• Children
• Learning
• Other web journalism
• Buu.yle.fi
• Vetamix
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4.
How could Ylebenefit
from Large Scale Agile
at company level?
Discussion started
in autumn 2012.
The discussion was
based on Scaled Agile
Framework (SAFe).
SCALED AGILE FRAMEWORK™ BIG PICTURE
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5.
Transformation to Leanand Agile Way of Working was
started in Spring 2013 at Yle Operations Unit
Guidance and
monitoring on
individual
level
Pilot A
Training new
way of
working
model
Pilot B
Lean +
agile way
of working
Guidance
and
monitoring
with
business
unitsCommon
goals and
roadmap Pilot C
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6.
THE LEAN VISIONIN THE BEGINNING
Current
state
Business
case
Vision
statement
How to reach
the vision?
Which measures
to follow?
How to track the
progress?
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7.
THE GOALS FORIMPROVING WAY-OF-WORKING
CUSTOMER
VALUE
CYCLE
TIME
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8.
INTERNET AND MOBILEROADMAP
Short – and long term epics for all service areas
NEW BLUEPRINT FOR INVESTMENT PLANNING
STEERING GROUP
Defines the strategy and focus areas
WEB AND
MOBILE
PORTFOLIO
KANBAN
PORTFOLIO
BACKLOG 3 m 3 months 3 months 3 months
Portfolio level goals
and needs
described
HIGH LEVEL GOALS
MEA-
SURE
LEARN
BUILD
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WEB AND MOBILEAREA ROADMAP TO AGILE 2014-2015
• Lean and agile portfolio- and
program model
• Web and mobile roadmap
• Application- and infrastructure
team co-operation and DevOps
culture
• High-level current and future
state descriptions
• Preparing leaders for the agile
change
• Preparing use of agile release
train
INCREMENT 1
• Lean and agiledddd
portfolio- and program
model
• Web and mobile
roadmap
• Application- and
• High-level current and
future state
• Preparing leaders for
the agile change
• Preparing use of agile
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INC 2
MEA-
SURE
LEARN
BUILD
INC 2 INC 2
• Lean and agiledddd
portfolio- and
• Web and mobile
roadmap
• Application- and
• High-level current and
future state
• Preparing leaders for
the agile change
• High-level current and
future state
• Preparing leaders for
the agile change
• Preparing use of agile
release train f ffffff
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WEB AND MOBILEAREA HIGH-LEVEL ROADMAP AT YLE
Short (3 months) and long-term (12 months) Epics
Implementation of strategy, focus and roadmap
Company portfolio kanban prioritization
LEAN-AGILE WEB DEVELOPMENT AND
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT @YLE
Head of Roadmap
-group
TEAM
Focus Area Leads
Portfolio Manager
Web Analyzer
UX Lead
(+Virtual Design teams)
Architecture Lead
(+Virtual Architecture
teams)
Lead Dev
( + Virtual Dev teams)
Lead Lean-Agile
CEO & EXECUTIVE TEAM
Decides on vision, high level resource allocation,
budget and focus area customer coals.
Portfolio Lead presents the portfolio and allocation proposal.
Update 1 x month
Portfolio and allocation proposal 4 x year
Focus Area:
NEWS &
CURRENT
AFFAIRS
Focus Area:
CREATIVE
CONTENT
(drama, factual,
children, docus etc)
Focus Area:
SWEDISH YLE
Focus Area:
MEDIA
(TV/Radio player,
channels, archive
service)
PORTFOLIO KANBAN Web & Mobile Media
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12.
ROADMAP AND PORTFOLIO
DEVELOPMENT
TEAMS
HEADOF ROADMAP-GROUP
FOCUS AREA INTERNET-MANAGERS
AGILE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
PORTFOLIO-MANAGER
LEAD ARCHITECT
LEAD DEVELOPER
WEB ANALYZER
LEAD UX-DESIGNER
WEB AND MOBILE AREA HIGH-LEVEL ROADMAP AT YLE
Short (3moths) and long-term (12 months) Epics
Implementation of strategy, focus and roadmap
WEB AND MOBILE AREA PORTFOLIO:
UPDATE EVERY SECOND WEEK
ORGANIZATION CEO & EXECUTIVE TEAM
Decides vision, strategy, focus areas, funding and resources on annual level. Follow-
up and ensure vision implementation. Provided with a company-level real-time
updated roadmap to ensure transparency.
IDEAS POP-UP
ANALYSIS
EPIC
ANALYSIS
IMPLEMEN-
TATION
READY
CREATIVE CONTENT
NEWS & CURRENT
AFFAIRS
SWEDISH YLE
MEDIA
(TV/RADIO PLAYER) API
TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORMS
• Focus area Epics inc. Customer Analysis
• Architecture and technical platform
• Budget allocations and actuals
FOCUS AREAS AND TEAMS
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PRINCIPLES OF INTERNETDEVELOPMENT
• Distributed operations in
web and mobile services
enabling nimble steering by
company strategy
• Way of working is agile,
transparent and customer-
driven
• Flexible and efficient
common technology
platforms
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14.
Agile development offered
supportfor
• defining and taking into use
the new principles and model
• key roles
• epics
• customer analysis
• architecture- and technology
development
• budget allocation
• follow-up of funding for
technology area
across organizations.
THE ACTUAL PORTFOLIO KANBAN WALL
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15.
ROOM FOR USE
OFKANBAN
(the wall)
DIGITAL TOOLS
(Jira and dashboards)
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AGILE AND LEANINVESTMENT PROCESS
–TECHNOLOGY FUND ALLOCATION
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REAL TIME DASHBOARDSONLINE
#roadmap
#portfolio kanban
#needs for technology fund
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THE IMPACT OFAGILE PORTFOLIO
development
feedback
feedback
decision making
decision making
development
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20.
#visionary leadership
#agile mindset
#lean-agilethinking
• Creating and enabling environment for
continuous development
• Customer-driven; taking customer viewpoint to
evaluate the success
• Agile way of working creates strong personnel
commitment
• Value-based management
• Balancing: real-time information on impact of
development activities, when transparency exists
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21.
Based on theexperience that Lean-Agile Management
and Portfolio leads to
1. A “Lean” portfolio – more standard solutions, less “half-
baked” solutions with the help of joined backlog
2. Alignment
3. Focus on the work, not on approvals
4. Better control on spends
5. Options thinking: systematically nurture successes
6. Creates tight learning loop
7. Moves the focus to internal coordination, co-operation and
competing against the external offering
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EXPERIENCES
1. Autonomy
2. Humble& frank
3. The principles of agile and lean
4. Responding to change, values
5. Competences
6. Fail – learning by doing
7. Common language?
8. Leaders support and commitment to
change
9. Transparency is not easy
10. Management has a feeling of a controlled
change
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SCALING AGILE DEVELOPMENT
• Broadcast programme and media planning
• Strategic breakthrough initiatives
• …
• …
• …
• …
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25.
“Most companies thinkthey don´t have the right people to
innovate. The problem is the structure and systems around them.
Entrepreneurs are already there. See them as corporate function.”
– Eric Ries #SXSW (Austin, Texas)16.3.2015
@JariLah
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