7. Benefits of an Agile
Approach
Faster time to market
Early ROI
Frequent feedback from customers
Building the right product
8. Early risk reduction
Better product quality
Improved culture and morale
More efficient use of people
Customer satisfaction
Alignment between IT and business
9. Allows for emergent outcomes
Better predictability... greater chance of
doing what we say we are going to do
10. What is Agile... Why
Does it Work?
Foundational Stuff You Need to Know
18. Why Teams Matter?
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
Team Members get to know each other...
how they break down and estimate work
They establish patterns of delivery that
become predictable
19. Agile in the Non-Agile
Enterprise
Running an Agile Project in a Non-Agile
Organization
20. Challenges in Non-
Agile Organizations
Functional Silos
Stage gate governance
Document driven tollgates
Plan driven paradigm
26. Multi-Team Agile
Projects
Scrum of Scrums
Product Owner Teams
Release Teams
Integration Teams
27. Agile Value Prop
More Predictable Delivery
Faster Product Feedback
Ability to Respond to Changing Demand
Reduce Delivery Risk
Better Quality Products
Early ROI
29. What is Enterprise
Agile Anyway?
Doing Agile in a Large Enterprise vs. a Large
Enterprise Doing Agile
30. Same Value... but
Enterprise Level
More Predictable Delivery
Faster Product Feedback
Ability to Respond to Changing Demand
Reduce Delivery Risk
Better Quality Products
Early ROI
31. Scaling the
Agile Metaphor
Smaller Requirements
Continuous Customer Feedback
Early Delivery
Continuous Flow of Value
Rigorous Attention to Product Quality
36. Things to Remember...
Manage the system... not the people
Most folks are doing team or program
based Agile in non-Agile Enterprises
Traditional Orgs will work against agile
Be careful to not just adopt rituals and
words... without getting value
37. Becoming an Agile
Enterprise
Exploring the Differences Between Agile
Adoption and Agile Transformation
39. Organizational
Transformation
Aligning organizational structure, process,
technology architecture, and tools toward
creating business value
Forming teams focused on business
outcomes, not activities
41. Personal
Transformation
Servant leadership
Dealing with uncertainty
Accountability for outcomes, not activities
Trust... collaboration... empowerment
42. Change Management
Act with urgency
Develop a guiding coalition
Develop the change vision
Communicate for buy-in
44. Iterative and
Incremental Change
Teams... Multi-Teams... Programs...
Portfolio... Enterprise
Allow imperfection... have a plan to make
things better
45. Let’s Get This Wrapped
Up!
A Few Parting Thoughts and Then Open It Up
for Questions...
46. Conclusion
Agile is not about doing agile... it’s about
delivering better business outcomes
Understanding how and why agile works is a
critical success factor
47. Conclusion
There is a BIG difference between doing
Agile in an Enterprise, vs. doing Enterprise
Agile
Knowing how to interface an agile team with
a traditional organization will get you
started... make things less threatening for
people
48. Conclusion
Agile at scale is about extending core Agile
concepts into every aspect of the business
This kind of Agile requires a significant
transformation event that should be
approached with caution
