This document provides an overview of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and its adoption in government contexts. It discusses how SAFe is a proven framework for scaling lean-agile practices to the enterprise level through alignment, collaboration, and synchronized deliveries. Examples are given of large government programs in the US Air Force, General Services Administration, State Department, and others that have benefited from adopting SAFe through increased on-time delivery, lower costs, higher quality, and improved employee satisfaction.
Agile Mindset : The Paradigm Shift..! - Agile Tour Algiers 2017Taoufik Fekhar
Agile is about mindset, this mindset is established through 4 values, grounded by 12 principles, and manifested through many different practices. Agile is a transformation from “fixed mindset” to “growth mindset”. Agile is a shift of thinking for the way of how we run a knowledge work from “defined process” to “empirical process”, Agile is a paradigm shift of how we manage work (specially knowledge work) from “coordination & control” to “inspect & adapt”. So, Agile is all about mindset, and it’s very important to understand this mindset in order to succeed the transformation to Agility that allows us to deal with complexity and uncertainty by established set of attitudes and habits toward a work like: failing early, learning through discovery, welcoming change, continuous delivery and continuous improvement, self-organizing team, collaboration and communication, build in feedback loops...etc, and when we really understand the Agile mindset we can use the Agile practices and tools as “Shu” level of instructions and guidance in the journey from “Doing Agile” to “Being Agile”, this journey that requires a lot of education and learning.
These case studies can help readers to practices many simulated scenarios. These are case studies will be asked in Transformation related interviews.
All these case studies are from my 4 books, The Agilis's Guidebook, The Scrum Master Guidebook, Personal Leadership & Self-Coaching Guidebook, and A Guidebook of Coaching High-Performance team.
Grab the first 150 pages of all these books from here
1. https://www.slideshare.net/patarychandan/the-agilists-guidebook-first-150-pages
2. https://www.slideshare.net/patarychandan/the-scrum-master-guidebook-150-pages
3. https://www.slideshare.net/patarychandan/we-can-lead-a-guidebook-of-personal-leadership-and-selfcoaching
4. https://www.slideshare.net/patarychandan/a-guidebook-of-coaching-high-performance-team-200-pages
PLEASE DOWNLOAD FROM HERE:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vHAmAU4x-hH7X1SaZwIpudeIbR6kfvmB/view?usp=sharing
This presentation introduces agile methodology, talks about scrum and the pros and cons of agile from a various perspectives. It also talks about cost of an agile project
Construct the structure for your business change management with our exclusive presentation design named as change management framework PowerPoint presentation slides. This PPT image will help in defining your change management strategy which will be used by your business teams to develop your business model as per your business change management approach. Further enhance the value of change by building the change plans for the organization with this CM framework presentation layout which helps in depicting your idea toward your potential audiences. In addition to the above objective, this PPT slide image will also help you to describe the various benefits arises to the management through the concept such as how it will help in increasing your business market share, competitive edge, how to effectively utilize the business resources and many more. So, download this change management ppt template to create an exceptional presentation for your management and audiences. Enthrall folks with accounts of courage with our Change Management Framework PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Inspire them to be heroic.
Empirical Study: 9 incumbent firms (Switzerland, Gernany, Austria); 31 interviewed innovation executives; current practices and challenges analyzed via the Activity Theory Framework (methods and tools governance, rules and norms - community - team structure); 5 use case descriptions of next generation Mobile Business projects.
Agile Mindset : The Paradigm Shift..! - Agile Tour Algiers 2017Taoufik Fekhar
Agile is about mindset, this mindset is established through 4 values, grounded by 12 principles, and manifested through many different practices. Agile is a transformation from “fixed mindset” to “growth mindset”. Agile is a shift of thinking for the way of how we run a knowledge work from “defined process” to “empirical process”, Agile is a paradigm shift of how we manage work (specially knowledge work) from “coordination & control” to “inspect & adapt”. So, Agile is all about mindset, and it’s very important to understand this mindset in order to succeed the transformation to Agility that allows us to deal with complexity and uncertainty by established set of attitudes and habits toward a work like: failing early, learning through discovery, welcoming change, continuous delivery and continuous improvement, self-organizing team, collaboration and communication, build in feedback loops...etc, and when we really understand the Agile mindset we can use the Agile practices and tools as “Shu” level of instructions and guidance in the journey from “Doing Agile” to “Being Agile”, this journey that requires a lot of education and learning.
These case studies can help readers to practices many simulated scenarios. These are case studies will be asked in Transformation related interviews.
All these case studies are from my 4 books, The Agilis's Guidebook, The Scrum Master Guidebook, Personal Leadership & Self-Coaching Guidebook, and A Guidebook of Coaching High-Performance team.
Grab the first 150 pages of all these books from here
1. https://www.slideshare.net/patarychandan/the-agilists-guidebook-first-150-pages
2. https://www.slideshare.net/patarychandan/the-scrum-master-guidebook-150-pages
3. https://www.slideshare.net/patarychandan/we-can-lead-a-guidebook-of-personal-leadership-and-selfcoaching
4. https://www.slideshare.net/patarychandan/a-guidebook-of-coaching-high-performance-team-200-pages
PLEASE DOWNLOAD FROM HERE:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vHAmAU4x-hH7X1SaZwIpudeIbR6kfvmB/view?usp=sharing
This presentation introduces agile methodology, talks about scrum and the pros and cons of agile from a various perspectives. It also talks about cost of an agile project
Construct the structure for your business change management with our exclusive presentation design named as change management framework PowerPoint presentation slides. This PPT image will help in defining your change management strategy which will be used by your business teams to develop your business model as per your business change management approach. Further enhance the value of change by building the change plans for the organization with this CM framework presentation layout which helps in depicting your idea toward your potential audiences. In addition to the above objective, this PPT slide image will also help you to describe the various benefits arises to the management through the concept such as how it will help in increasing your business market share, competitive edge, how to effectively utilize the business resources and many more. So, download this change management ppt template to create an exceptional presentation for your management and audiences. Enthrall folks with accounts of courage with our Change Management Framework PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Inspire them to be heroic.
Empirical Study: 9 incumbent firms (Switzerland, Gernany, Austria); 31 interviewed innovation executives; current practices and challenges analyzed via the Activity Theory Framework (methods and tools governance, rules and norms - community - team structure); 5 use case descriptions of next generation Mobile Business projects.
While most organization seek increased agility, many struggle. Studies indicate leadership is a key barrier. These slides provide an overview of Agile Leadership and how to develop it.
For a voiceover version webinar - visit http://agileleadershipjourney.com/resources
An Executive Insider's Guide to Enterprise Agile TransformationScott Richardson
Gain insights and learn real-world strategies and techniques for leading an enterprise or divisional Agile transformation as an executive or senior leader of a large organization.
Agile teams operate in the context of an organization, whether it's a small start-up or a global corporation. Organizations that are clear about why they are in business will have a mission identified that expresses what they're all about. A great mission can provide the spice that transforms a team from one that delivers features and projects, to one that passionately delivers business value with fire-breathing intensity. This session will explore how you can utilize the mission of an organization to spice up a team's work, and how a team with a great mission behind it can influence agility throughout an organization.
The Business Process Management overview presentation is a comprehensive walkthrough of what Business Process Management is and how you implement it at your company or your customer company. for more detail keep updating here : http//www.wesrch.com
10 steps to a successsful enterprise agile transformation global scrum 2018Agile Velocity
Presented at Scrum Gathering Minneapolis, Senior Agile Coach and Trainer Mike Hall provides leaders and managers 10 steps to a successful enterprise Agile transformation.
What changes are needed in management and leadership to move towards the new lean culture of creative and knowledge work?
My presentation from Agile Finland's Modern Agile Breakfast.
The current definition of Business Agility is as nebulous as DevOps was only a few years ago. Some schools of thought focus on different parts of the business employing agile techniques. While an important step, it proves insufficient to allow the overall business to achieve true agility.
In this session, we will explore the emerging thinking on what is Business Agility and provide concrete examples of organizations who have taken steps to successfully achieve it.
Learning Objectives:
*Define Enterprise Business Agility in a holistic fashion
*Articulate real-world examples of Business Agility
*Begin to implement aspects of Business Agility within your organization
Our Product Development Playbook is a planning methodology that highlights our premium tool-kit of tools & templates to develop a comprehensive product development strategy & plan.
Using SAFe to Manage U.S. Government Agencies, Portfolios, & Acquisition Prog...David Rico
Highly-practical overview of the growth of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 4.5 for managing multi-billion dollar U.S. Government portfolios of Petabyte-Scale Cloud-Computing Data Center-based Repositories. Starts with a brief definition and overview of portfolio management, agile timelines, government adoption, sample of competing lean and agile frameworks, and then goes into a deep-dive and cross examination of SAFe 4.5's major anatomical elements. Focuses on principles of lean and agile portfolio management, leadership, business value, and, more importantly the lean and agile value system itself. Clears up nagging misconceptions concerning SAFe, like it’s undeserved reputation as a heavy, unproven WIP-intensive traditional framework (by focusing on lean and agile thinking, practical real-world business value, and the softer principles of the agile manifesto like conversations, visualizations, flexibility, simplicity, and continuous improvement).
Growth of SAFe in Government Acquisitions, Contracts, & PortfoliosDavid Rico
Highly-practical 20-minute overview of the growth of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 4.5 for managing multi-billion dollar U.S. Government portfolios of Petabyte-Scale Cloud-Computing Data Center-based Repositories. Starts with a brief definition and overview of portfolio management, agile timelines, government adoption, sample of competing lean and agile frameworks, and then goes into a deep-dive and cross examination of SAFe 4.5's major anatomical elements. Focuses on principles of lean and agile portfolio management, leadership, business value, and, more importantly the lean and agile value system itself. Clears up nagging misconceptions concerning SAFe, like it’s undeserved reputation as a heavy, unproven WIP-intensive traditional framework (by focusing on lean and agile thinking, practical real-world business value, and the softer principles of the agile manifesto like conversations, visualizations, flexibility, simplicity, and continuous improvement).
While most organization seek increased agility, many struggle. Studies indicate leadership is a key barrier. These slides provide an overview of Agile Leadership and how to develop it.
For a voiceover version webinar - visit http://agileleadershipjourney.com/resources
An Executive Insider's Guide to Enterprise Agile TransformationScott Richardson
Gain insights and learn real-world strategies and techniques for leading an enterprise or divisional Agile transformation as an executive or senior leader of a large organization.
Agile teams operate in the context of an organization, whether it's a small start-up or a global corporation. Organizations that are clear about why they are in business will have a mission identified that expresses what they're all about. A great mission can provide the spice that transforms a team from one that delivers features and projects, to one that passionately delivers business value with fire-breathing intensity. This session will explore how you can utilize the mission of an organization to spice up a team's work, and how a team with a great mission behind it can influence agility throughout an organization.
The Business Process Management overview presentation is a comprehensive walkthrough of what Business Process Management is and how you implement it at your company or your customer company. for more detail keep updating here : http//www.wesrch.com
10 steps to a successsful enterprise agile transformation global scrum 2018Agile Velocity
Presented at Scrum Gathering Minneapolis, Senior Agile Coach and Trainer Mike Hall provides leaders and managers 10 steps to a successful enterprise Agile transformation.
What changes are needed in management and leadership to move towards the new lean culture of creative and knowledge work?
My presentation from Agile Finland's Modern Agile Breakfast.
The current definition of Business Agility is as nebulous as DevOps was only a few years ago. Some schools of thought focus on different parts of the business employing agile techniques. While an important step, it proves insufficient to allow the overall business to achieve true agility.
In this session, we will explore the emerging thinking on what is Business Agility and provide concrete examples of organizations who have taken steps to successfully achieve it.
Learning Objectives:
*Define Enterprise Business Agility in a holistic fashion
*Articulate real-world examples of Business Agility
*Begin to implement aspects of Business Agility within your organization
Our Product Development Playbook is a planning methodology that highlights our premium tool-kit of tools & templates to develop a comprehensive product development strategy & plan.
Using SAFe to Manage U.S. Government Agencies, Portfolios, & Acquisition Prog...David Rico
Highly-practical overview of the growth of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 4.5 for managing multi-billion dollar U.S. Government portfolios of Petabyte-Scale Cloud-Computing Data Center-based Repositories. Starts with a brief definition and overview of portfolio management, agile timelines, government adoption, sample of competing lean and agile frameworks, and then goes into a deep-dive and cross examination of SAFe 4.5's major anatomical elements. Focuses on principles of lean and agile portfolio management, leadership, business value, and, more importantly the lean and agile value system itself. Clears up nagging misconceptions concerning SAFe, like it’s undeserved reputation as a heavy, unproven WIP-intensive traditional framework (by focusing on lean and agile thinking, practical real-world business value, and the softer principles of the agile manifesto like conversations, visualizations, flexibility, simplicity, and continuous improvement).
Growth of SAFe in Government Acquisitions, Contracts, & PortfoliosDavid Rico
Highly-practical 20-minute overview of the growth of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 4.5 for managing multi-billion dollar U.S. Government portfolios of Petabyte-Scale Cloud-Computing Data Center-based Repositories. Starts with a brief definition and overview of portfolio management, agile timelines, government adoption, sample of competing lean and agile frameworks, and then goes into a deep-dive and cross examination of SAFe 4.5's major anatomical elements. Focuses on principles of lean and agile portfolio management, leadership, business value, and, more importantly the lean and agile value system itself. Clears up nagging misconceptions concerning SAFe, like it’s undeserved reputation as a heavy, unproven WIP-intensive traditional framework (by focusing on lean and agile thinking, practical real-world business value, and the softer principles of the agile manifesto like conversations, visualizations, flexibility, simplicity, and continuous improvement).
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Lean & Agile Enterprise Frameworks: For Managing Large U.S. Government Cloud ...David Rico
This is a presentation on "Lean & Agile Enterprise Frameworks: For Managing Large U.S. Government Cloud Computing Projects," which are emerging models for managing high-risk, time-sensitive R&D-oriented new product development (NPD) projects with demanding customers and fast-changing market conditions (at the enterprise, portfolio, and program levels). It establishes the context, provide a definition, and describe the value-system for lean and agile program and project management. It provides a brief survey and comparative analysis of the pros and cons of emerging lean and agile frameworks such as Enterprise Scrum, LeSS, DaD, SAFe, and RAGE. Then it describes the Scaled Agile Academy's Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in greater detail (which is the de facto international standard for scaling the use of agile methods to the enterprise, portfolio, and program levels for both systems and software development). SAFe is hybrid model best known for "blending" megatrends such as lean and agile principles into a single unified framework, establishing an authoritative foundation for scaling agile methods to large-scale private and public sector programs, and unifying East (lean) and West (agile) into a common language for systems and software development that is both lean "and" agile. In addition to SAFe case studies, late-breaking developments on the use of "Continuous Delivery," "DevOps," and bleeding-edge "Unstructured Web Databases" at Google and Amazon to automate large sections of the enterprise value stream will be discussed (which has been successfully used by some of the world's largest firms to boost organizational productivity by one or two orders of magnitude). This briefing has been warmly received by multiple U.S. government agencies, contractors, and PMI audiences throughout Baltimore-Washington, DC.
Return on Investment (ROI) of Lean & Agile MethodsDavid Rico
Quick overview of the Return on Investment of (ROI) of using Lean & Agile Methods for managing the development of high-technology products and services. Begins with the impetus for using lean and agile vs. traditional methods and techniques, an overview of why traditional projects fail, a definition of lean and agile methods, and a quick overview of its value system, principles, and organizational context. Then, provides a quick survey of major competing lean and agile methods, techniques, paradigms, their evolution, and history. Then, it provides a broad survey of the costs, benefits, return on investment, and business performance of using lean and agile methods at the project, program, portfolio, organization, industry, and national levels. Wraps up with a few high-profile case studies, and a summary of lean and agile project management principles.
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Intro to Agile Methods for Execs, Leaders, and ManagersDavid Rico
Quick, overview of an Introduction to Agile Methods for Business Executives, Technical Leaders, and Systems Developers. Begins with the impetus for using agile vs. traditional methods and techniques, an overview of why traditional projects fail, a definition of agile methods, and a quick overview of its value system, principles, and organizational context. Then, provides a quick survey of major competing lean and agile methods, techniques, paradigms, their evolution, and history. Provides a quick snapshot of the predominant agile methodology Scrum and its major ceremonies. Then, it provides a broad survey of the costs, benefits, return on investment, and business performance of using lean and agile methods at the project, program, portfolio, organization, industry, and national levels. Wraps up with a few high-profile case studies, and a summary of agile project management principles.
Business Value of Agile Organizations: Strategies, Models, & Principles for E...David Rico
Agile Organizations, Enterprises, and Businesses are emerging models for successfully managing 21st century human-capital, knowledge, and Internet technology-intensive global businesses. Dr. Rico will establish the context, provide a definition, and describe the value-system for lean and agile organizational strategies. He'll provide an overview and comparative analysis of major lean and agile frameworks, models, principles, and practices. He’ll then introduce a meta-model for achieving business-level agility based upon best-of-breed values, principles, and practices discussed herein. He'll also provide a brief survey of the costs, benefits, and performance results achieved by lean and agile organizations. Finally, he'll close with a summary of tips, tricks, technique, and common pitfalls of the lean and agile business paradigm. This briefing has been warmly received by multiple government agencies, businesses, and Fortune 500 firms throughout the U.S.
Quick overview of Metrics, Models, and Measures for successfully measuring and managing the performance of Lean & Agile portfolios, programs, projects, and teams. Begins with the impetus for using lean and agile vs. traditional methods and techniques, an overview of why traditional projects fail, a definition of lean and agile metrics, and a quick overview how metrics support its basic value system, principles, and organizational context. Then presents a broad taxonomy of product, project, tracking, testing, business value, health, and portfolio metrics, models, and measures. Then, it provides a broad survey of the costs, benefits, return on investment, and business performance of using lean and agile methods at the project, program, portfolio, organization, industry, and national levels. Wraps up with a few high-profile case studies, and a summary of lean and agile project measurement principles.
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Understanding the Relationship Between Agile, Lean and DevOps LeanKit
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Business Value of Agile Human Resources (AHR)David Rico
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Opportunities for Project Managers in the Lean-Agile Enterprise with SAFeRichard Knaster
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Scope management
Time management
Cost management
Quality management
Risk management
Watch the video: tp://bit.ly/2n4T211
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The shift towards Lean-Agile approaches for software and systems development continues to grow at an accelerated rate. As a result, the opportunities for Project Managers in the midst of this transition have never been greater. Over 70% of the Fortune 100 are using the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) to implement Lean-Agile practices. In this webinar, SAFe Fellow Richard Knaster (PMP, PMI-ACP) and SAFe Senior Program Consultant Trainer Dr. Steve Mayner (PMP, PMI-ACP) will outline the opportunities for Project Managers within the context of SAFe, as well as how SAFe addresses core PMI knowledge areas such as: - Scope management - Time management - Cost management - Quality management - Risk management There will be an opportunity for Q&A at the end of the presentation.
Keynote: Know the Way, Show the Way, Go the Way: Scaling Agile DevelopmentTechWell
Tired of the claims that Scrum, XP, and kanban don’t scale beyond a few teams? Overwhelmed by management’s resistance to the organizational changes needed to really follow agile principles? Concerned with the lack of proven practices required to scale agile methods to the next level? Exploring the Scaled Agile Framework™, Dean Leffingwell dispels these claims and answers these questions—and more. A publicly available set of practices for agile teams, projects, architectures, programs, and portfolios, this framework helps organizations scale lean and agile development from several small teams to hundreds—and even thousands—of practitioners. Working at companies including BMC Corporation and John Deere, Dean has discovered what works and what doesn’t work. He focuses on the critical role software development managers, leaders, and executives play in implementing and supporting the framework to achieve the full business benefits of enterprise agility.
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Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 4.6 in U.S. Government
1. Lean & Agile
Enterprise Frameworks
Using SAFe 4.6 to Manage U.S. Gov’t
Agencies, Portfolios & Acquisitions
Twitter: @dr_david_f_rico
Website: http://www.davidfrico.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfrico
Agile Capabilities: http://davidfrico.com/rico-capability-agile.pdf
Agile Cost of Quality: http://www.davidfrico.com/agile-vs-trad-coq.pdf
DevOps Return on Investment (ROI): http://davidfrico.com/rico-devops-roi.pdf
Dave’s NEW Business Agility Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTvtsAkL8xU
Dave’s NEWER Scaled Agile Framework SAFe 4.5 Video: http://youtu.be/1TAuCRq5a34
Dave’s NEWEST Development Operations Security Video: http://youtu.be/X22kJAvx44A
DoD Fighter Jets versus Amazon Web Services: http://davidfrico.com/dod-agile-principles.pdf
Principles of Collaborative Contracting: http://davidfrico.com/collaborative-contract-principles.pdf
DR. DAVID F. RICO, PMP, CSEP, EBAS, BAF, FCP, FCT, ACP, CSM, SAFE, DEVOPS
2. Author Background
Gov’t contractor with 36+ years of IT experience
B.S. Comp. Sci., M.S. Soft. Eng., & D.M. Info. Sys.
Large gov’t projects in U.S., Far/Mid-East, & Europe
2
Career systems & software engineering methodologist
Lean-Agile, Six Sigma, CMMI, ISO 9001, DoD 5000
NASA, USAF, Navy, Army, DISA, & DARPA projects
Published seven books & numerous journal articles
Intn’l keynote speaker, 260 talks to 105,000 people
Specializes in metrics, models, & cost engineering
Cloud Computing, SOA, Web Services, FOSS, etc.
Professor at 7 Washington, DC-area universities
4. 4
Portfolio. Subportfolio, program, project, operations
Portfolio Mgt. Manage these to achieve strategic obj.
Objectives. Includes efficiency, effectiveness, & value
Definition of PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
VISION
MISSION
STRATEGY & OBJECTIVES
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS PROGRAMS & PROJECTS
ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES
Skrabak, J. L. (2013). The standard for portfolio management (Third Edition). Newtown Square: PA: Project Management Institute.
5. Lean & Agile FRAMEWORK?
Frame-work (frām'wûrk') A support structure, skeletal
enclosure, or scaffolding platform; Hypothetical model
A multi-tiered framework for using lean & agile methods
at the enterprise, portfolio, program, & project levels
An approach embracing values and principles of lean
thinking, product development flow, & agile methods
Adaptable framework for collaboration, teamwork,
iterative development, & responding to change
Tools for agile scaling, rigorous and disciplined planning
& architecture, and a sharp focus on product quality
Maximizes BUSINESS VALUE of organizations, programs,
& projects with lean-agile values, principles, & practices
Leffingwell, D. (2011). Agile software requirements: Lean requirements practices for teams, programs, and the enterprise. Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
5
6. 6
Time-centric way to compete on speed & time
Customer-centric model to optimize cost & quality
Pull-centric alternative to wasteful mass production
Leffingwell, D. (2017). The SAFe house of lean. Retrieved February 19, 2018, from http://www.scaledagileframework.com
What are Lean Values?
Respectfor
People&Culture
Flow
Innovation
Relentless
Improvement
Value
Leadership
7. Agile GOVERNMENT Timeline
7Mayner, S. (2018). Growing adoption of SAFe in government. Boulder, CO: Scaled Agile Academy.
Viechnicki, P., & Kelkar, M. (2017). Agile by the numbers: A data analysis of agile development in the US federal government. Washington, DC: Deloitte, LLC.
80% of U.S.
Gov’t Projects
Use Agile
Methods
8. Viechnicki, P., & Kelkar, M. (2017). Agile by the numbers: A data analysis of agile development in the US federal government. Washington, DC: Deloitte, LLC. 8
Cost
Agility
Length
Agile GOVERNMENT Adoption
Stress on
Lean-Agile
Collaboration
9. Factor eScrum SAFe LeSS DaD RAGE SPS
Simple
Well-Defined
Web Portal
Books
Measurable
Results
Training & Cert
Consultants
Tools
Popularity
International
Fortune 500
Government
Lean-Kanban
Numerous lean-agile enterprise frameworks emerging
eScrum & LeSS were 1st (but SAFe & DaD dominate)
SAFe is the most widely-used (with ample resources)
9Rico, D. F. (2014). Scaled agile framework (SAFe) comparison. Retrieved June 4, 2014 from http://davidfrico.com/safe-comparison.xls
Models of AGILE FRAMEWORKS
10. Mayner, S. (2018). Growing adoption of SAFe in government. Boulder, CO: Scaled Agile Academy.
SAFe GOVERNMENT Adoption
SAFE ADOPTERS 10
11. 11Mayner, S. (2018). Growing adoption of SAFe in government. Boulder, CO: Scaled Agile Academy.
SAFe GOVERNMENT EXAMPLES
Moving SAFe sped adoption of new system capabilities and avoided $600
million in expenditures
Wes Haga, Chief, U.S. Air Force Research Lab, Information Directorate, U.S. Air Force,
Distributed Common Ground System Program (DCGS)
SAFe at GSA enabled 100% on-time delivery, 25% less cost, 96.7% defect free,
and 99.82% data migration
Elizabeth Reed, Techflow, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Billing and
Accounts Receivable Program
IV&V Testing is completed within SAFe Sprints on the most mature Agile
Release Train (ARTs) was a big win for us
Mike O’Shea, Accenture Federal Services, U.S. State Department, Bureau of Consular
Affairs Program
We turned around a failing U.S. DoD Warfighter program
Within 10 months using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Scott Keenan, JLVC PM, Joint Staff, Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Program for Joint
Training Exercises
SAFe at CMS increased employee satisfaction by 27%, reduced trouble tickets
by 55%, and reduced system operations and maintenance costs by 60%
Brent Weaver, CMS Director of Systems Implementation, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS), Center of Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ)
13. Proven, public well-defined F/W for scaling Lean-Agile
Synchronizes alignment, collaboration, and deliveries
Quality, execution, alignment, & transparency focus
Leffingwell, D. (2018). Scaled agile framework (SAFe). Retrieved March 15, 2019 from http://www.scaledagileframework.com
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE)
13
14.
Leffingwell, D. (2018). Scaled agile framework (SAFe). Retrieved March 15, 2019 from http://www.scaledagileframework.com
Scrum created to address Agile team mgt.
SAFe created to address Agile program mgt.
PfMp created to address Portfolio management
14
PfMP vs. SAFE vs. Scrum
SCALED AGILE
FRAMEWORK
PMI PFMP
SCRUM
15. SAFe GOLDILOCKS Zone
15
Traditional project management is scope-based
Agile project management is primarily time-based
Batchsize, capacity, & time key to market response
Rico, D. F. (2017). Lean triangle: Triple constraints. Retrieved December 17, 2017, from http://davidfrico.com/lean-triangle.pdf
Sylvester, T. (2013). Waterfall, agile, and the triple constraint. Retrieved December 16, 2017, from http://tom-sylvester.com/lean-agile/waterfall-agile-the-triple-constraint
Pound, E. S., Bell, J. H., Spearman, M. L. (2014). Factory physics: How leaders improve performance in a post-lean six sigma world. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
WATERFALL LEANAGILE
Scope
Cost Time
CostTime
Scope
Batchsize
Capacity Time
Scope Drives
Resources
Batchsize Drives
Lead/Cycle Time
Time Drives
Scope
RESOURCE
PERFORMANCE
BUSINESS
VALUE
MARKET
RESPONSE
CONSTRAINTS
ESTIMATES
16. SAFe ANTI-PATTERNS
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SAFe is NOT a U.S. Government Hierarchy
SAFE is NOT a Contract Hierarchy/Bureaucracy
SAFe is DEFINITELY NOT a Waterfall Life Cycle
Rico, D. F. (2017). Scaled agile framework (SAFe) arguments: Point vs. counterpoint. Retrieved December 17, 2017, from http://davidfrico.com/safe-arguments.pdf
PORT-
FOLIO
LARGE
SOLUTION
PROGRAM
TEAM
LARGE
SOLUTION
PROGRAM
TEAM
PORTFOLIO Portfolio
Large
Solution
Team
Program
17. 17
SAFe EPIC-MVP Teams
SAFe cross functional teams cut across levels
Inc. portfolio, solution, program, & team functions
Purpose is to shepherd epics through value streams
Epic-MVP
Teams
Rico, D. F. (2017). A short scaled agile framework (SAFe) case study. Retrieved December 17, 2017, from http://davidfrico.com/safe-case-study.pdf
18. SAFe CROSS FUNCTIONAL Teams
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SAFe Epic-MVP teams consist of diverse personnel
Teams range from Epic owners through development
Include scoping, analysis, planning, & implementation
Rico, D. F. (2017). A short scaled agile framework (SAFe) case study. Retrieved December 17, 2017, from http://davidfrico.com/safe-case-study.pdf
System
Arch/Eng
Product
Mgmt
RTE
Solution
Arch/Eng
Solution
Mgmt
STE
Epic
Owners
Enterprise
Architect
Lean
Portfolio Mgt
Dev
Team
Product
Owner
Scrum
Master
● ONE TEAM VS. HIERARCHY
● ALIGNMENT OF WHOLE TEAM
● BOTTOM UP DECISION MAKING
PREFERRED BY U.S. GOVERNMENT
● LEAN, JUST-IN-TIME, FRICTION-FREE
● CODIFIES LEAN-AGILE BEST PRACTICES
● FULL TRANSPARENCY & COMMUNICATION
USAF, USA, CDC, CIA, CMS, USC, USCG, DOD, DFAS, DHS,
FAA, FBI, GSA, HHS, DOJ, USMC, NASA, NGA, NIH, NNSA,
NRO, NSA, USN, SSA, DOS, USPTO, USPS, VA, ETC.
19.
19
Portfolio & program epics begin at top levels
Epics scoped, analyzed, & split by tech. architects
Narrow epics are built, tested, deployed, & evaluated
Epic-MVP
Evolution
SAFe EPIC Evolution
Leffingwell, D. (2018). Scaled agile framework (SAFe). Retrieved March 15, 2019 from http://www.scaledagileframework.com
20. 20
Late big bang integration increases WIP backlog
Agile testing early and often reduces WIP backlog
CI/CD/DevOps lower WIP, Cycle Time, & Lead Time
Nightingale, C. (2015). Seven lean metrics to improve flow. Franklin, TN: LeanKit.
KANBAN BOARD CUMULATIVE FLOW DIAGRAM
LEAD TIME & CYCLE TIME PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
SAFe METRICS
21. 21Leffingwell, D. (2015). Scaled agile framework (SAFe). Retrieved June 12, 2015 from http://www.scaledagileframework.com
SAFe METRICS—Cont’d
22. SAFe BENEFITS
22Leffingwell, D. (2014). Scaled agile framework (SAFe) case studies. Denver, CO: Leffingwell, LLC.
Rico, D. F. (2014). Scaled agile framework (SAFe) benefits. Retrieved June 2, 2014, from http://davidfrico.com/safe-benefits.txt
Cycle time and quality are most notable improvement
Productivity on par with Scrum at 10X above normal
Data shows SAFe scales to teams of 1,000+ people
Benefit Nokia SEI Telstra BMC
Trade
Station
Discount
Tire
Valpak Mitchell
John
Deere
Spotify Comcast Average
App Maps Trading DW IT Trading Retail Market Insurance Agricult. Cable PoS
Weeks 95.3 2 52 52 52 52 51
People 520 400 75 300 100 90 300 800 150 120 286
Teams 66 30 9 10 10 9 60 80 15 12 30
Satis 25% 29% 15% 23%
Costs 50% 10% 30%
Product 2000% 25% 10% 678%
Quality 95% 44% 50% 50% 60%
Cycle 600% 600% 300% 50% 300% 370%
ROI 2500% 200% 1350%
Morale 43% 63% 10% 39%
23. 23
Leffingwell, D. (2019). Scaled agile framework (SAFe). Retrieved June 12, 2019 from http://www.scaledagileframework.com
Roadmap necessary for successful SAFe introduction
Traditional big-bang—story maps & incrementalism okay
Keys are top-down commitment, training, & resources
SAFe ROADMAP—Top-Down (Big Bang)
24. SAFe Assessments
24
SAFe health radar tools rapidly emerging
Captures most SAFe dimensions and variables
Includes portfolio, solution, program, & team level
Elatta, S. (2015). Agility health radar. Omaha, NE: Agile Transformation, Inc.
26. SAFe ADOPTION
Over 450,000 SAFe professionals globally (& growing)
Over 70% of U.S. firms have SAFe certified people
50% prefer SAFe for scaling lean-agile principles
26
Irani, Z. (2017). Scaling agile report: The first annual edition. Foster City, CA: CPrime, Inc.
Leffingwell, D. (2019). Scaled agile framework (SAFe): Scaled Agile Story. Retrieved June 12, 2019 from https://www.scaledagile.com/about/about-us
50% ACCORDING TO NEW CPRIME SURVEY
450,000 SAFE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS IN 2019
450,000
50%
70%
110+
3.0
13th
30%
16% for Scrum of Scrums
230
50
27. SAFe SUMMARY
27
SAFe is overarching framework for Lean-Agile thinking
SAFe like US Digital Service Playbook/Agile Manifesto
SAFe used by over 450,000 people in 70% of IT firms
SAFe is preferred approach for U.S. gov’t IT contracts
SAFe supports CI, CD, DevOps, AppSec, UX, and DoE
SAFe is extremely well-defined in books and Internet
SAFe has ample training, certification, consulting, etc.
SAFe leads to increased productivity and quality
SAFe supported by dozens of automated ALM tools
SAFe based on soft-skills—visualization, conversation,
cooperation, collaboration, transparency, trust, etc.
29. SAFe RESOURCES
Guides to lean systems & software development
Illustrates key principles, concepts, and practices
Keys to applying lean ideas systems development
29
Leffingwell, D. (2007). Scaling software agility: Best practices for large enterprises. Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Leffingwell, D. (2011). Agile software requirements: Lean requirements practices for teams, programs, and the enterprise. Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Yakyma, A. (2016). The rollout: A novel about leadership and building a lean-agile enterprise with safe. Boulder, CO: Yakyma Press.
Leffingwell, D. (2018). SAFe reference guide: Scaled agile framework for lean enterprises. Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Knaster, R., & Leffingwell, D. (2018). SAFe distilled: Applying the scaled agile framework for lean enterprises. Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
30. Lean-Thinking RESOURCES
Guides to lean economics, science, and thinking
Illustrate key principles of just-in-time supply chains
Keys to apply lean-thinking at strategic-tactical levels
30
Hopp, W. J. (2008). Supply chain science. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
Hopp, W. J., & Spearman, M. L. (2008). Factory physics. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
Reinertsen, D. G. (2009). The principles of product development flow: Second generation lean product development. New York, NY: Celeritas.
Pound, E. S., Bell, J. H., Spearman, M. L. (2014). Factory physics: How leaders improve performance in a post-lean six sigma world. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
Schrage, M. (2014). The innovator's hypothesis: How cheap experiments are worth more than good ideas. Boston, MA: MIT Press.
LEAN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (LPM) RESOURCES
• http://youtu.be/gMS_5akjEBs (video)
• http://kanbanize.com/kanban-resources/portfolio-kanban (whitepaper)
31. Lean-Agile VIDEOS & WHITEPAPERS
31
Rico, D. F., Sayani, H. H., & Sone, S. (2009). The business value of agile methods: Maximizing ROI with right-
sized processes and documentation. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: J. Ross, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604270314
Rico, D. F. (2014). 18 reasons why agile cost of quality (CoQ) is a fraction of traditional methods. Retrieved
June 25, 2014, from http://davidfrico.com/agile-vs-trad-coq.pdf
Rico, D. F. (2017). U.S. DoD vs. Amazon: 18 architectural principles to build fighter jets like Amazon Web
Services using DevOps. Retrieved January 26, 2017, from http://davidfrico.com/dod-agile-principles.pdf
Rico, D. F. (2018). Agile project management fundamentals: Challenges of scaling agile methods. Retrieved
December 14, 2018, from http://1drv.ms/u/s!AqQaUHVF8mpO-DGDl_Nm8tHLV0BX
Rico, D. F. (2018). Lean & agile contracts: 21 principles of collaborative contracts and relationships.
Retrieved June 29, 2018, from http://davidfrico.com/collaborative-contract-principles.pdf
Rico, D. F. (2018). Using SAFe 4.5 to transform a $200 million U.S. healthcare portfolio. Retrieved November
19, 2018 from http://davidfrico.com/safe-case-study-ii.pdf
Rico, D. F. (2019). Business value of lean leadership: 22 Attributes of successful business executives,
directors, and managers. Retrieved April 27, 2019, from http://davidfrico.com/rico19a.pdf
Rico, D. F. (2019). Dave's 20-minute lean and agile YouTube videos. Retrieved April 4, 2019, from
http://davidfrico.com/daves-videos.htm
Rico, D. F. (2019). Top lean videos. Retrieved April 25, 2019, from http://davidfrico.com/top-lean-videos.htm
Rico, D. F. (2019). Top SAFe videos. Retrieved April 7, 2019, from http://davidfrico.com/top-safe-videos.htm