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Est.1998
Radtac.com
Power up your Agile
transformation
Sequencing work for maximum benefit using
the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

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•Introductions
•Scaled Agile framework - SAFe
•Case Study
•Strategic Themes
•Epic Hypothesis Statement
•Cost of Delay
•Work sequencing using WSJF
•Summary / recommendations
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Agenda

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Kay Overend
• Radtac Principal Consultant – SPCT
Candidate
• Product Delivery and Transformation
specialist with a significant experience in
leading business and technology
transformations.
• Kay.Overend@Radtac.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-overend-4b68221/
Who are we?
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Neru Obhrai
• Radtac Principal Consultant – SPCT
Candidate
• Neru is an experienced Transformation
Coach, who has led and delivered a
range of large scale, complex business
transformation programmes
• Neru.Obhrai@Radtac.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/neru-obhrai-0961b71b/

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SAFe & Lean Portfolio Management

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Case Study
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Welcome to SAFe Air!
As a new business airline, we want to offer products and services which
will delight our customers so that SAFe Air becomes their business travel
airline of choice.

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Case Study
SAFe Air 2020 Strategic Themes:
1. Offer a range of unique inflight services to business travelers
2. Offer onward travel services to business travelers
3. Build partnerships within the hospitality industry including hotels and cars
4. Offer entertainment options to travelers including restaurants, theatre and
concert tickets
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SAFe Air – Example Epic Hypothesis Statement
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EPIC Hypothesis Statement
Epic Name Post Landing Entertainment options
EPIC Owner Marketing – J Brown
EPIC
Description
For:
Who:
The:
(our solution)
Is a:
That:
Unlike:
Our solution:
the business traveller
wishes to book entertainment/social events
Airline can provide the opportunity and capability during the flight
User friendly booking service experience
Enables the traveller to explore and purchase entertainment options
during the flying time
Our competitors who do not provide this service
Offers entertainment booking services for a frictionless travel experience
Business Outcomes A complete beyond business activity experience

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SAFe Air – Four Ancillary Epics will be prioritised against each other
► Epic 1 - Purchase Hotel accommodation / Car hire
► Epic 2 - Purchase duty free and collect on arrival
► Epic 3 - Purchase post landing entertainment
► Epic 4 - Onboard video-voice and Wi-Fi
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Components of cost of delay
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Relative value to the
customer
• They prefer this over that
• Revenue impact?
• Potential penalty or
negative impact
How user/business value
decays over time
• Is there a fixed deadline?
• Will they wait for us or
move to another solution?
• What is the current effect
on customer satisfaction?
What else does this do for
our business?
• Reduce the risk of this or
future delivery?
• Is there value in the
information we will
receive?
• Enable new business
opportunities?
Risk Reduction
Opportunity Enablement
Time CriticalityBusiness Value

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To calculate WSJF, the teams must estimate the cost of delay and the job size
► For duration, use job size as a quick proxy for duration
► Relative estimating is a quick technique to estimate job size and relative value
Formula for Weighted Shortest Job First
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User Business Time Risk Reduction and/or
WSJF Value Criticality Opportunity Enablement
Job Size
Cost of Delay
WSJF
Job Duration

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Calculate the cost of delay - $$$$
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EPIC Business
Value
Time
Criticality
RR/OE COD Job
Size
WSJF
Hotel / Car
Hire
$5m
Duty free
collect
$2m
Entertainment $4m
Voice / Wi-Fi $24m

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Calculate the cost of delay – using the Fibonacci sequence
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EPIC Business
Value
Time
Criticality
RR/OE COD Job
Size
WSJF
Hotel / Car
Hire
5
Duty free
collect
1
Entertainment 3
Voice / Wi-Fi 20
Fibonacci Sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, . . .

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Calculate the Time Criticality, RR/OE, Job Size?
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EPIC Business
Value
Time
Criticality
RR/OE COD Job
Size
WSJF
Hotel / Car
Hire
5 ? ? ?
Duty free
collect
1 ? ? ?
Entertainment 3 ? ? ?
Voice / Wi-Fi 20 ? ? ?
Fibonacci Sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, . . .

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Calculate the time criticality – using the Fibonacci sequence
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EPIC Business
Value
Time
Criticality
RR/OE COD Job
Size
WSJF
Hotel / Car
Hire
5 8
Duty free
collect
1 13
Entertainment 3 1
Voice / Wi-Fi 20 13
Fibonacci Sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, . . . .

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Calculate the RR/OE – using the Fibonacci sequence
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EPIC Business
Value
Time
Criticality
RR/OE COD Job
Size
WSJF
Hotel / Car
Hire
5 8 8
Duty free
collect
1 13 5
Entertainment 3 1 1
Voice / Wi-Fi 20 13 5
Fibonacci Sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, . . .

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Summarise the COD
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EPIC Business
Value
Time
Criticality
RR/OE COD Job
Size
WSJF
Hotel / Car
Hire
5 8 8 21
Duty free
collect
1 13 5 19
Entertainment 3 1 1 5
Voice / Wi-Fi 20 13 5 38
Fibonacci Sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, . . .

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Identify the relative job size
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EPIC Business
Value
Time
Criticality
RR/OE COD Job
Size
WSJF
Hotel / Car
Hire
5 8 8 21 8
Duty free
collect
1 13 5 19 1
Entertainment 3 1 1 5 3
Voice / Wi-Fi 20 13 5 38 13
Fibonacci Sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, . . .

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Calculate the Weighted Shortest Job First
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EPIC Business
Value
Time
Criticality
RR/OE COD Job
Size
WSJF
Hotel / Car
Hire
5 8 8 21 8 2.6
Duty free
collect
1 13 5 19 1 19
Entertainment 3 1 1 5 3 1.7
Voice / Wi-Fi 20 13 5 38 13 2.9

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WSJF Sequence – reordered
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EPIC WSJF
Hotel / Car Hire 2.6
Duty free collect 19
Entertainment 1.7
Voice / Wi-Fi 2.9
EPIC WSJF
Duty free collect 19
Voice / Wi-Fi 2.9
Hotel / Car Hire 2.6
Entertainment 1.7

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SAFe – the importance of sequencing work
Sequence the flow of
Epics
Sequence the flow of
Capabilities
Sequence the flow of
Features

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Summary
► WSJF is an approach for sequencing jobs to produce maximum economic
benefit
► Proxy values are used to relatively score jobs; remember start with 1, and
use relatively scores
► The biggest impact to the WSJF ranking is job size; try to break things
down into small increments
► Your context will change, WSJF should be revisited at regular intervals
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