It’s been nearly two decades since the Agile Manifesto was signed. From that day, it quickly spread — from in-the-know development teams to organizations worldwide. Today, some wield Agility as a market differentiator. Others fumble. Many middle somewhere between… So, where are we now? How did we get here? And what’s the best path forward? We’ll assess the current state of Agile, then explore a framework-agnostic approach that’ll help you steer your organization in the right direction. What You’ll Learn -What’s Driving Enterprise Agile -Why Bad Agile Happens (& How to Avoid It) -Vanity Metrics & What to Replace Them With -4 Principles of Successful Agile at Scale Who Should Watch? This webinar is for anyone: -Considering implementing Agile in the enterprise. -Troubleshooting a large-scale Agile implementation. -Wanting to add value to their organization’s Agile discourse.

1. The New Fundamentals
of Agile at Scale
September 20, 2018

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Presenter
Johan Karlsson
jkarlsson@perforce.com
Senior Consultant, Hansoft
Perforce Software

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Agenda
1. The State of Agile
2. Bad Agile: An Example to Avoid
3. Good Agile: The New Fundamentals

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Let’s Focus on Complex Contexts

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• Differentiation and rapid delivery required to beat competition.
• Distribution of development teams expands talent pool.
• Digitization & new tech enables innovation in all industries.
The State of Agile
An Agile mindset is a must. Agile practices? Optional.

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The State of Agile Practices
Emerging Current Hype Hype Over
Team-Level Scrum only
Disciplined Agile Delivery
Large-Scale Kanban
“The Spotify Model”
SAFe: Scaled Agile Framework
Agile Beyond Software

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The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

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Bad Agile — A Common Example That SAFe Fixes
See for example: https://www.scaledagileframework.com/wp-content/uploads/delightful-downloads/2017/09/LEGO_update.pdf
Portfolio
Program
Agile Teams TEAM
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Long-Term Planning (budgets, resources, strategic direction, etc.)
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Excel 1
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Excel Y
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What Makes SAFe So Popular?
First Wave
Implement Agile practices in one
team or department:
• Boosts team motivation.
• Local productivity gains.
• Removes outdated practices.
First Setback
Limits reached. No more low-
hanging fruits! Maybe first
‘failure’ in Agile transformation:
• Realize entire organization
requires agility.
• Fails to scale team-level
practices (lack of structure).
Second Wave
SAFe enables organizational change.
Improvements expand from local
level to entire organization.
But what’s next?

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Good Agile Is…
Solid Product Backlog Management

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Where Push Meets Pull
PUSH PULL
Backlog
Unlimited Output
• Investors
• Customers
• Sales
• Competitors
• Analysts
Limited Capacity
• Skills
• Time
• Scope
• Cost
• TalentStructure drives
strategy & vision.
Visibility & transparency for
cross-team communication.
Decision-Making artifact
maximizes work not done and
sets limits.

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• Better decision-making
• Less development time
• Definition of Ready
• Definition of Done-Done
• Acceptance Criteria
• More clarity & team alignment (DEEP backlog)
• Detailed Appropriately
• Estimated (can be automated)
• Emergent
• Prioritized (cannot be automated)
Benefits of Product Backlog Management
See Roman Pichler: https://www.romanpichler.com/blog/make-the-product-backlog-deep/

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Good Agile Is…
Proper Longer-Term Planning

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Planning Horizons
1-4 weeks
1-12 months
1y+
Why would Agility
here be a problem?

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• Continuous Delivery enables always-shippable products.
• Planning events on cadence (and collaboratively)
mitigates risks from integration points and lack of alignment.
• Teams pull work at capacity from the release plan.
Release Planning, Reinvented

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• Value Streams as a main organizational driver instead of
functions or projects.
• Lean Budgeting enables dynamic budgeting instead of static,
locked, annual budgets.
• Rolling-Wave Planning with real-time metrics to support
decisions to find a balance between agility and stability.
Budgeting, Reinvented

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Good Agile Is…
About Business Outcomes

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Avoid Vanity Metrics
• Trial Users
• Page Views
• Marketing Spend
• Customers Acquired
Use Actionable Metrics
• Converting Users
• Conversion Rate
• Return on Marketing
Investment
• Customer Acquisition Cost
Agile Metrics
Actionable Metrics = Feedback = Agility!

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Demand ImpactStatus
Measure Your Entire Product Lifecycle

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Good Agile Is…
Evolution (Not Revolution)

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Use Team Experiences to Scale Agile
Performance
1st Team on Scrum
Time
2nd Team on Kanban
Joint Release Planning
These shifts will test your organizational
resilience and patience.
Continuous
Improvement

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1. No silver bullet for large-scale Agile.
2. Frameworks are starting points — not destinations.
3. Key components? Longer-term planning, metrics, step-by-
step improvements, clear decision-making structures.
4. Success = business results. Not burndown rates.
4 Things to Remember…

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• Acquired Hansoft — backlog tool with P4 integration.
How Perforce Fits
Flexible Planning
Scrum, Kanban, (even Gantt)
Better Backlogs
One true product backlog
Custom Metrics
Measure what matters

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