This document discusses how to combine scaled agile frameworks like SAFe and LeSS with distributed teams. It addresses the challenges of distributed teams like different cultures and lack of communication. It provides high-level solutions like self-organization, empathy, and engaged product owners. Hands-on solutions include using tools for collaboration, specifying roles and responsibilities, managing culture differences, and ensuring knowledge transfer. The overall goal is to help distributed teams implement scaled agile frameworks effectively.

1. How to combine scaled
frameworks with distributed
teams
By
Hugo Messer & Ebin John
Poovathany

2. 1. About Hugo & Ebin
2. SaFe
3. LeSS
4. Hybrid
5. Distributed challenges
6. High level solutions
7. Hands on solutions
8. Wrap up

3. About
Hugo

7. 2004: TRIP TO INDIA

8. bridge-global.com

9. 2008
INDIA

10. Ekipa.co/ebooks

11. Ekipa.co

12. ekipa.co.id

13. About
Ebin

14. Agile Addict

15. Interests

16. •Agile Addict
•Interested in
–Agile and Lean Philosophy
–Social psychology
–Neuro Linguistic Programming
–Cognitive psychology
–Organization behaviour
•Profession
–Story Telling
–Agile Coaching
–Life Coaching
•Hobbies
–Learning
–Blogging
–Meeting people
–Running, Badminton
https://in.linkedin.com/in/ebinjp
ebinjp@hotmail.com
@ebinjohnp

17. Scaling
frameworks

18. LeSS

19. Pros & Cons

21. Pros & Cons

22. Work In Progress

23. Distributed
teams

24. What is distributed?

26. The European
Market
The
challenges

27. US versus THEM
# 1

28. Teams are in the dark
# 2

30. Culture is a mystery
# 3

31. Global vs Local
Collaborative vs Competitive
Consultative vs Decisive
Task-oriented vs Relationship-oriented
Keeping opinions to yourself vs Voicing your opinion
Agreeable vs Willing to disagree
Question authority vs Do as you’re told
Culture affects teamwork

33. 43% of teams with 16+
locations report they never
have issues because of culture!
Survey

34. We stop communicating
# 4

35. #5: The black box

36. The European
Market
High level
solutions

37. 1. Self organisation

38. Fewer rules

39. Less hierarchy

40. More freedom

41. Let teams figure out stuff

42. 2. Empathy

43. Stimulate empathy on 4 levels

44. 3. Engaged product
owners with time

45. Hands on
solutions

46. Agile collaboration: distributed team canvas

47. Roles & responsibilities
Who does what & where?
Meddlers
game
Process
manager
Proxy
Product
Owner
Intercultura
l
ambassador

48. culture
How to manage cultural differences?
Culture
canvas
Travel
budget

49. The culture Canvas

50. tools
Conference
software
A-sync
chatvideo!
Project
Man
tool
Doc
sharing
What tools do we use and how?
Good
audio
Version
control

51. tools

52. Knowledge transfer
How do we make everyone familiar with our product?
Product
videos
Online
wiki
User
talks
Trips
onshore

53. When and how will we meet?
Communication rhythm
Meeting
facilitator
Use
agenda’s
Do the
daily
standup
Retro:
Board +
actions

54. Wrap up
1. Aaaa
2. Bbb
3. Ccc
4. ddd

55. get in touch
www.hugomesser.com
hugo@ekipa.co
+31654230708
https://in.linkedin.com/in/ebinjp
ebinjp@hotmail.com
@ebinjohnp