Scaling Agile
AGENDA
• Lean - Agile Mindset
• Core Values
• Scaled Agile Framework 4.0
• How could we benefit
The Agile paradigm shift..
INCREMENTAL VALUE DELIVERY
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AGILE VALUE DELIVERY
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Waterfall Development Agile Development
THE FUTURE
• Number of users are growing
• Popularity of Scrum
• Practitioners are expanding globally
• Growing organizations
COMMON FAILURES
• Lack of experience
• Company philosophy and culture doesn’t fit with Agile
• Lack of Management support
Need for Scaling
THE SCALED AGILE FRAMEWORK
A framework designed by Dean Leffingwell and team at Scaled
Agile, Inc. out of Boulder, Colorado
“A proven publicly available framework for applying Lean|Agile
practices at enterprise scale – Template for scaling agile principles
and tools for larger organizations”
Scrum is to Agile Team
as
SAFe is to Agile Enterprise
SAFe - BIG PICTURE
SAFe HOUSE OF LEAN
SAFe CORE VALUES
SAFe 4.0
4 Levels:
• Portfolio
• Value Stream
• Program
• Team
SAFe - BIG PICTURE
TEAM
Roles:
• Product Owner
• Scrum Master
• Agile team - Empowered, Self-organizing, Self-managing, Cross-functional
Fully tested software increment every two weeks
Operates under program vision
Value delivery: User stories from the Team Backlog
PROGRAM
Roles:
• Product Manager
• Release Train Engineer – Program Manager
• System Architects
Multiple teams working towards to deliver a large system.
• Program Increments (PIs) : 8-12 weeks
• Agile Release Train (ART)
• Business owners
• Shared Services
VALUE STREAM
Roles:
• Value Stream Engineer
• Solutions Manager
• Solutions Architect
Program alignment in terms of;
• Requirements
• Architectural decisions
Multiple ARTs
PORTFOLIO
Roles:
• Program Portfolio Management
• Epic owners
• Enterprise Architect
Whole 3 layers explained earlier are driven by priorities;
• Strategic Themes
• Allocating funds to values streams
INFORMATION FLOW
Portfolio Backlog
Program Backlog
Value Stream Backlog
Team Backlog
Epics
Capabilities
Features
Stories
RELEASE/ PI PLANNING
Vision
Team Objectives
Top 10
Features
Release
Planning
PI Objectives
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Team B
Objectives
Team A
Objectives
Team C
Objectives
WEIGHTED SHORTED JOB FIRST (WSJF)
WSJF = Cost of Delay/ Duration
RELEASE/ PI PLANNING
Vision
Team Objectives
Top 10
Features
Release
Planning
PI Objectives
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Team B
Objectives
Team A
Objectives
Team C
Objectives
RELEASE/ PI PLANNING
RELEASE/ PI PLANNING
EXECUTION
Program Increment
Team Sprints
Sprint
DemosSystem
Demos
Scrum of Scrums
Scrum
Scrum
Scrum
Agile Release Train (ART)
Agile Release Train (ART)
Value
Stream
Customer
SAFe - BIG PICTURE
BENEFITS
• Publicly available and free to use
• It is lightweight
• It is practical – not a process, a guideline for process
improvement
• Offers a complete picture of software development
BENEFITS
• Alignment: Alignment of enterprise level strategy to team level
execution
Portfolio-> Program-> Project
• Increases Transparency and Trust
• Early identification and to minimize obstacles, delays, and
failures when the teams are dependent
• Faster value delivery
• High Quality Software
REFERENCE
http://www.scaledagileframework.com
Questions?
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