Cisco’s Agile Journey

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Cisco’s Agile Journey
Robbie Rivera - Agile Coach & Practitioner - Cisco Systems
AMT40S
AGILE MANAGEMENT

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Abstract
How do you transform an enterprise like Cisco Systems, with 70,000+ employees, hundreds of
application and system development teams and thousands of applications? How do you make a
company like that more Lean and Agile? In order to maintain its market leadership and continue
to innovate and attract the best talent, Cisco knows it needs to become a learning organization
and better adapt to change.
Robbie Rivera, an Agile Coach and Practitioner at Cisco Systems shared his Agile Transformation
Journey. Robbie will share how Cisco uses CA Project & Portfolio Management and CA Agile
Central with Agile best practices, such as managing and prioritizing the enterprise portfolio and
enabling Agile teams with Scrum, Kanban or SAFe©
.
Robbie
Rivera
Cisco Systems
Agile Coach &
Practitioner

Purpose: Informational
Share my experiences as an Agile Coach & Practitioner in Cisco IT,
specifically where and how we used CA Agile Central during Cisco’s Agile
Transformation Journey

Agenda
INTRODUCTION
SETTING CONTEXT
EXECUTION & DIGITIZATION
LEARNINGS & SUCCESS FACTORS
QUESTIONS
1
2
3
4
5

Setting Context

Introduction
Robbie is an Agile Coach and Practitioner with the Cisco IT team. He has led Cisco global teams
for the past 17yrs developing platforms, web-based and mobile applications using both Agile &
Waterfall methodologies. Starting in Mar 2015, Robbie was the Agile Coach for Cisco IT’s
Continuous Delivery initiative with the mission to transform Cisco IT to adopt a more agile &
adaptive mindset.
Robbie led the Agile Coaching & Training track and developed the strategies and execution,
including the design of CA Agile Central and CA Project & Portfolio Management to enable Agile
practices and digitize program/project workflows to faster business outcomes.
Robbie has a Computer Science degree from George Mason University, masters in Project
Management from PMI/George Washington University. His Industry certifications includes: SAFe
Program Consultant (SPC), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM),
Certified Product Owner (CPO) and PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
Robbie likes to play tennis, golf and coaches recreational youth basketball.
Robbie
Rivera
Cisco Systems
Agile Coach &
Practitioner

Continuous Delivery Transformation
Transform the Process of Delivering IT Services
Improve Software
Quality & Security
Optimize
Cost-of-Delivery
§ Testing Automation
§ Embed SMEs
§ Fail Fast / Recover
§ Dedicated Teams
§ Adaptive Infrastructure
§ Self-Service Tools
§ Small & Mighty Teams
§ Active Stakeholders
§ Iterative Approach
Culture Mindset PerceptionChange the of IT
Accelerate
Time-to-Capability

Pulse Check
How many are about to start or just started their agile journey?
How many are well under way in their agile journey?
How many practice or plan to do Scrum or Kanban or Scrumban?
How many practice or plan to do Scaled Agile Framework©?

• Tools for Fast
Development
• Always Available
Environment
• Adaptable and
Scalable
• Agile
Methodology
• Digitization &
Automated
Testing
• Continuous
Delivery
People
Proce
ssPlatform
Evolving Cisco for the future
Continuous
Delivery
• Skills Evolution
• Invest in
People
• Engaged
Workforce

Execution & Digitization

Integrated
Roadmaps
Portfolio
Managers
Define
Outcomes
Formulate
Strategies
Vision
Business Objectives
Strategic Priorities
Business
Sponsors
Product and
Service Owners
Requirements Management
Product Owner
Rapid Prototypes, UX
Visualization
Scrum Team
Business Process
Design & Analysis
Prioritize
Investments
Plan Capabilities Explore
Solutions
Deliver
Outcomes
Architects
Business Value Realization
Investment
Commit
Platform: Optimization, Digitization & Automation

Platform: Software Development as a Service
Plan Develop Automated
Testing
Continuous
Build
Deploy &
Release
Adapt & Scale
TBD
Prioritized Sprint
Product
Owner
Scrum
Master
Developers
Source Code Management Application
Snapshot
Release Control
Gates
Development
Staging
Production
Quality
Assurance

Outcomes
CA Agile Central Enables Scrum Teams
Agile Execution with Dashboards, Metrics & Reports
Powered by
Agile/Scrum

Highlights:
• Q3FY16 Total Releases: 403;
Q4FY16 Total Releases: 421
• Use Q3FY16 and Q4FY16 for
baseline
• Total Average Target is 25%
improvement by end of FY17
48
38
31
29
51
51
48
41
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Q3FY16 Q4FY16
Speed to Deploy
(avg days)
Waterfall
Iterative
Agile
Total Avg
Speed Outcomes

Learnings & Success Factors

CA Agile Central: When Most Effective & More Value Add
Geographical & Time Zone
Non-Dedicated Team Members
Interdependent Teams
Scaled Agile Practitioners
ISO Compliance
Scaled Application Development
Program Management

• Self-Service
• Automated
• Digitized
• Integrated
• Build for Ops
• Business
Engagement
• Minimum Viable
Product
• Simple
• End to End
People
Proce
ssPlatform
Learnings: Key Success Factors
Continuous
Delivery
• Executive
Support
• Training
• Dedicated Team
• Communication

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