The document discusses an operating model for high-performing agile teams that addresses common challenges such as silos, duplication, and lack of innovation. It proposes transforming teams into multi-disciplinary teams that are self-sufficient, flat-structured, and embedded within business areas. Guiding principles include having self-sufficient business and IT teams with a product mindset. The model structure uses scrum and agile project management. Key learnings discussed include starting small, change management, portfolio planning, and using centers of excellence.
RE Capital's Visionary Leadership under Newman Leech
Multi Disciplinary Teams operating model
1. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
An effective operating model for nurturing high
performance Agile teams
2. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Introduction
Jagdish Mehra
•Current: Director, Centres of Excellence at IP Australia
•Previous: Director, Scientific Computing, Geoscience Australia
Experience
•Software Engineering
•Project, Program and Portfolio Management
•Various leadership roles
3. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Common challenges
•Single points of failures
•‘Silo Teams’ culture
•Limited understanding of business value chain
•Fragmented capabilities causing duplication
•Lack of transparency
•Limited on-the-job-learning opportunities
•Lack of innovation
4. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Common causes
•Lack of strategic direction
•Fixed teams, fixed members
•Multiple levels of hierarchy
•Lack of Workforce Planning
•Lack of critical mass to operate core capabilities
•Project vs BAU teams
•Restructure fatigue
5. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Operating Model enabling cultural transformation
Transform into a Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) model where teams
are agile, self-sufficient, empowered, flat-structured and embedded
within the Business Areas they enable. Teams are highly innovative,
responsive to change and enabling speedy delivery of Digital
Products.
6. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Guiding principles
•Self-sufficient teams, business and IT
•‘Product’ over ‘Project’ mindset
•Embedded in business areas
•Lean thinking, identify and reduce waste
•Fixed teams, mobile members
•Agile planning and delivery
•Transparency
•Enable self-service
10. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
‘Agile’ Business Analyst
•Definition?
•Business oriented role
•Focus on problem domain
•User stories articulation with Senior Execs
•Timebox driven
More at Agile Business Analyst LinkedIn group
11. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Project Manager
•Business oriented role
•Adaptive planning
•Focus on Benefits Management
•Change Management
•Timebox driven
17. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Key learning
Plan together
Program Increment (PI) Day: a) Reflection point and b) Next tranche planning
18. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Key learning
Centres of Excellence
•It’s the “glue”, common strategic direction
•Mitigates silo culture between MDTs
•Innovation focused on organizational needs
•Enables “Fixed teams, mobile members”
•Continuous Workforce Planning
20. Robust intellectual property rights delivered efficiently
Transformation outcome
CEO Award- Flying Hellfish MDT
100% uptime for Sentinel (National Bush Fire Monitoring system)