This session brings out the key learnings of an engineering team at Harman when they adopted Agile Project Management Principles. The team had prior exposure to Waterfall Methodology but relatively new to Agile. Although commitment, support from stakeholders along with training was provided to teams during Phase -1 of the adoption, real learning was in Phase – 2 when they started practicing the principles by owning complete agile lifecycle from iteration planning to retrospective. This presentation talks about five simple yet profound lessons learnt by the team during the journey and cultural change which enabled the team to innovate.

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RUDRESHA T. SHETTY, Director, Professional Division
HARMAN India
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Agenda
•Introduction to HARMAN India & Team
•Why Agile Migration?
•Key Lessons Learnt
•Agile Innovation: Harnessing Cultural Shift
–Open Ideation
–PoC Building Challenges
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KEY TAKEAWAY
BUILDING CULTURE CONDUCIVE FOR INNOVATION

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HARMAN & Pro Engineering Team
•HARMAN provides solutions for the automotive, consumer, and professional audio markets.
•Known for it’s legendary brands:
•Engineering Team focused on developing on-board & off-board software for Professional Audio Devices.
Leaping from Waterfall to Agility

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#1 Trigger For Migration: Scope Flexibility
•Two-thirds of the features built are rarely or never used*!
–Universal 80-20 Rule
•Clear need to build only features needed & reduce waste.
•Too much emphasis on Project Scope & Lack of Flexibility.
•Need for a model which supports dynamic engagement with customer.
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20%
16%
19%
45%
Always or often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Valuable Features
Waste
Source: The Standish Group

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#2 Trigger: Degrees of Uncertainty
Leaping from Waterfall to Agility
Waterfall
Agile
Kanban
Lean Startup
known
unknown
known
unknown
Problem
Solution
Source: iQ3 Group

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Agile: Scrum Framework
Leaping from Waterfall to Agility
Source: Neon Rain Interactive – Agile For All

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Leaping from Waterfall to Agility
UNLEARN WATERFALL
GET A MENTOR WHO UNDERSTANDS YOUR BUSINESS!
LESSON #1
EXECUTION
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Leaping from Waterfall to Agility
EMPOWER TEAM FOCUS ON AGILE VALUES: COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, FEEDBACK, TRUST AND PASSION.
LESSON #2
DECISION
MAKING
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TEAM > INDIVIDUAL EMPHASIS ON VALUE-BASED TEAM-LEVEL METRICS
LESSON #3
METRICS
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Leaping from Waterfall to Agility
AUTOMATION & TEAM INTEGRATION DIFFERENT BREED OF DEVELOPERS & TESTERS
LESSON #4
TEST
STRATEGY
Image Credit: Safe Baby Handling Tips by David Sopp

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DOING AGILE VS. BEING AGILE HARNESS THE FULL POTENTIAL OF AGILE TEAMS
LESSON #5
CULTURAL CHANGE
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Shift in Thought Process
FLAWLESS PLANNING
RISK
AVERSE
PERIODIC
ENLIGHTNED EXPERIMENTS
SMART
RISK
CONTINUOUS
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Unlocking Full Potential: Agile Innovation
Leaping from Waterfall to Agility
IDEA
IDEA
IDEA
!
IDEA
DECMOCRATIZED IDEATION
COLLABORATIVE SELECTION
RAPID EXPERIMENTATION
BUILDING PROOF OF CONCEPTS
PATENTS
PRODUCTIZATION
FEATURE INTEGRATION

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Summary
Leaping from Waterfall to Agility
•Agile Migration
•Lessons Learnt
–Unlearn Waterfall
–Empower Team
–Value-based Metrics
–Test Strategy
–Cultural Change
•Harnessing Agile Teams for Rapid Innovation
RESULT: HARMAN India in Top #3 Contributors to Patent Portfolio

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Questions?

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Reference
•CHAOS Manifesto - 2013
•Common Pitfall When Moving to Agile - Robert McGeachy
•The XP 2002 Conference Report
•K. Conboy, et al. “People Over Process: Key People Challenges in Agile Development”
•Nerur, S., R. Mahapatra, et al. (2005). "Challenges of Migrating to Agile Methodologies.“
•Top 10 Mistakes Made by New Agile Teams
•The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
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