- The document discusses strategies for applying agile at scale, including adding additional roles, artifacts, ceremonies, and controls as projects grow larger and more complex. - Key elements for applying agile at scale include establishing a Scrum of Scrums structure, release planning, upstream ceremonies to coordinate work, and establishing an architectural runway. - Successful agile at scale also requires supporting teams through functions like a system team, product management councils, architecture councils, and infrastructure/tooling teams, as well as portfolio management practices.

1. Growing Up
- Strategies for applying agile at scale
Isaac Montgomery
Agile Coach
Rally Software

2. Isaac Montgomery
Agile Coach, Rally Software
imontgomery@rallydev.com
513.460.8730 (cell)

3. Agile “Commando” Team

4. Big & Complex Efforts

5. More logistics & support
• Additional roles
• Additional artifacts
• Additional ceremonies
• Additional controls
* and just enough….

6. FLOW
FEEDBACK

7. Basic Building Block
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8. Adding Blocks
Release Planning
I-1 I-2 I-3 I-N
RELEASE

9. Multiplying and Coordinating
Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum
PO of Scrums of Scrums
of Scrums of Scrums
Council
Mid-Range
Planning
I-1 I-2 I-3 I-4

10. Upstream Ceremonies
Steering
Committee
PO FEED
Council ACK
LOO
PS
Initiatives Kanban
Ideas Backlog Analysis Ready
(no limit) (WIP-10) (WIP-2) (WIP-3) Mid-Range
Planning
E X P E D I T E

11. Architectural Runway
Architecture
Council
Steering FEED
Committee ACK
LOO
PS
PO
Council
Initiatives Kanban
Ideas Backlog Analysis Ready
(no limit) (WIP-10) (WIP-2) (WIP-3) Mid-Range
Planning
E X P E D I T E
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12. Steer rather than Aim
Roadmap
Shippable
Increment SI SI Architectural Element
Shippable Shippable
Architectural Element
Increment Increment
SI Shippable Increment SI SI
Mid-Range Mid-Range Mid-Range
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3

13. Supporting the teams
Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum
PO Council of Scrums of Scrums
of Scrums of Scrums
Mid-Range
Planning
System Team

14. Supporting from the Organization
Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum
PO Council of Scrums of Scrums
of Scrums of Scrums
Mid-Range
Planning
Infrastructure & Functional Specialist
Tooling CoE’s Teams

15. Bringing it all together
Mid-Range Period
Steering PO Architecture
Committee Council Council SoS SoS SoS SoS
Mid-Range
Initiatives Kanban Planning
Ideas Backlog Analysis Ready
E X P E D I T E Mid-Range
Backlog
Steering Roadmap
Shippable
Shippa
ble I1 I2 I3 I4
increment SI Shippable increment
increm
ent
System Specialist Infrastructure &
CoE’s
Shippable increment
Shippable Shippable Team Teams Tooling Team
increment increment

16. And then there’s Portfolio Mgmt
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Budgets Constraints E X P E D I T E

17. Thank you!