Doing agile software product development in a typical Swiss matrix organisation raise some challenging issues. There are conflicts with previous style of product development, different opinions, trust, fear, questions, opportunities, transparency. This talk presents the state of the agile transition in a Swiss matrix organisation after 4 years, the key issues and benefits, the new management steering possibilities, the KPI and transparency model. It is an example from practice.

1. Agile in the matrix, W&HTH
Agility in matrix organisation, Why and How The Hell!
a practice report from a defence industry company
Christian Délez
@CDelez
christian.delez@ruag.com
www.slideshare.net/ChristianDlez
Romain Zanolla
@RomainZanolla
romain.zanolla@ruag.com

2. WTH* do we do!
*what the hell

3. Train - review

4. Monitor – Analyse – Report

5. Agile benefits @RUAG Defence
• The 100 Mio PM said: I can again sleep well since Scrum!
• I have full visibility on the development state
• New Mindset with engaged people and better result
• The Continuous Integration (build, install, test) is our heartbeat
• A trendy workplace to attract and keep workers from the new
generation Y

6. Why go Agile?
• No more unused features
• We deliver on time, on quality
• SW developers are more motivated and more productive
• We are much quicker to adapt to changing business
• We have trusted dashboards for management
Team pilot

7. Project target outcome dashboard

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9. Organisation
SW delivery pipeline

10. Organisation
translate.PO / Agile PM.ruag.com

11. The project CCB (Change Control Board)
is your friend

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13. KEYs to Agility
• Communicate, communicate, communicate
• Get ready for internal feedback/critics: retrospective
• Get ready for external feedback: demos with the users
• Users will love you and your company -> that’s fine ;-)
• Get a coach to speed up Agile introduction
• Warning, agile is addictive!
• but there are communities for that

14. Inspiration
• Management 3.0 + management 3.0 workout
• Software for your head: product shared vision - focus
• Conferences in Switzerland: ALD, LAS, GOTO
• Who is agile by Yves Hanoulle
• TED talk: why work does not happen at work?
• TED talk: positive psychology
• Hört auf zu arbeiten

15. Agile SW development: some call it chaos,
we call it our workplace
Embrace changes for your advantage and the
happiness of your customers and employees
Complexity made simple,
for happier users

16. Delighting customers