#agile #corporate #management #software #industry A study presenting overview for Agile Management it's emerge, and the obstacles it faces when applying it to large scale corporations, also some examples of how big companies succeeded doing the trick.

1. Applying Agile to Large
Scale Corporations
A Study By:
Ramy F. Radwan – Paris ESLSCA MBA candidate
Product and Analytics Manager @Wasla

2. • Introduction: Emerge of Agile.
• What is Agile?
• What is the Agile Manifesto?
• Values
• Principles
• Is Agile only for Software industry? Other Fortune Top 500 succeeded with Agile
to add competitive advantage:
• Ericsson
• Barclays
• Microsoft
• Obstacles that face Agile in Large Scale Corporations.
• Hierarchical Culture vs Agile Squads Culture.
• Planning for transformation and Adapting Transformation.
• Case Study by Muhammad Abd El-Basit at Vodafone.
• Best Practices
• Conclusion
Overview

3. • “In the early 1990s, as PC computing began to proliferate in the
enterprise, software development faced a crisis. At the time, it was
widely referred to as "the application development crisis," or
"application delivery lag." Industry experts estimated that the time
between a validated business need and an actual application in
production was about three years.”
• Agile was made to propose Continuous Delivery process to provide
the adaptability that fills the gap between the lag and Business
needs.
Emerge of Agile

4. • In 2001 at Utah’s Snowbird ski resort, 17 software developers got
together to discuss lightweight software development methods and
produced the Agile Manifesto.
• Agile is a mindset of management to increase performance of
production, adaptability to business needs and being customer
centric.
• According to the Project Management Institute (PMI):
• 70% of organizations have incorporated an Agile approach.
• Agile projects are 28% more successful than other projects.
What is Agile
MindsetAgile
• 4
• Values
• 12
• Principles
• Unlimited
• Practices

5. Agile Manifesto
Core Values
Agile
Core
Values
Customer collaboration over
contract negotiation.
Customer Centric (Strategy)
Product over comprehensive
documentation.
Productivity (Operations)
Individuals and interactions over
processes and tools.
People (Culture)
Responding to change over
following a plan.
Adaptability (Market Focus)

6. Agile Manifesto
Principles
Customer satisfaction by
continuous delivery.
Adaptability to changes.
Sustainable
development, able to
maintain a constant
pace.
Working software is the
primary measure of
progress.
Small time units for delivery
(Sprints)
Close cooperation
between business and
development
Motivated and Trusted
Individuals
Co-location
Face to Face
Communications
Simplicity—the art of
maximizing the
amount of work not
done—is essential
Quality matters most.
Continuous Training
and learning to be
most effective.
Self-organizing teams
that applies best
practices

7. Agile For All
Fortune Top 500 Companies Embraced Agile
Telecom Industry Computer Industry Banking Industry

8. • Some people don’t accept the change because of the removal
of some middle management layers.
• They tend to stand against the transformation and seek its
failure.
• Re-using these resources in other position or releasing them
might be the only solution.
Corporate Obstacles
Hierarchical vs Agile Squads

9. • Preparing:
• Agile Culture Embracement
• Training on concepts (Squad), techniques (Scrum) and Software (JIRA).
• Planning resources and management layers
• Adapting:
• Providing mentorship.
• Continuous measurement of Agility.
• Improving process
Corporate Obstacles
Preparing and Adapting the Transformation

10. Case Study
Muhammad @Vodafone
Real life example at Vodafone Egypt
and how Agile was a game changer
in the slow corporate process.

11. 1. Start with an MVP
2. Create a single product backlog
3. Build a collaborative culture
4. Use a large-scale agile framework
5. Pursue training courses and certifications
Agile Best Practices
For Large Scale Corporations

12. Conclusion

13. This presentation was a project for “Contemporary Management” subject
during my MBA Program. It was presented among my colleagues and our
Prof. Adel Zayed ex. Governor and ex. President of Cairo University.
All the thanks to my MBA group that helped me build and present this
material.
All the Thanks,
Ramy F. Radwan.
Acknowledge

14. • https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2016/11/26/can-big-
organizations-be-agile/#4ba1168c38e7
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2016/11/26/can-big-
organizations-be-agile/#4ba1168c38e7
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
• https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/agility-beyond-history-
legacy-agile-development
• https://dzone.com/articles/best-practices-to-scale-agile-1
• https://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/Agile-Manifesto
• https://blog.capterra.com/definition-of-agile-project-management/
• https://hbr.org/2018/05/agile-at-scale
References and Readings

15. Thank You