Choice can be a wonderful thing—when you’re buying a car and research abounds to help you decide. But when selecting the best agile scaling framework for your organization, choice can be downright intimidating and costly. SAFe, Scrum of Scrums, DAD, LeSS, or SSwS? There is a lot at stake. With many scaling frameworks to choose from, you’re probably questioning what each brings to the table. How can we assess which will result in the best outcome? What selection criteria should we use? Join Tom Weinberger as he shares expert insights, comparing and contrasting the capabilities of the most popular scaling frameworks and their evolution. Tom discusses the benefits and challenges of adopting and transforming using a scaled framework. He examines the training and vendor support available from both process and tool vendors to assist in the transformation. Tom brings practical advice about “hybrid” frameworks, helping you assess their benefits when one specific model doesn’t fit all your needs. Armed with this knowledge, you as transformation leaders can reduce the stress and costs involved in choosing the best framework for your organization.

1. AT5
Session
6/9/16 11:30 AM
Which Agile Scaling Framework Is Best?
Presented by:
Tom Weinberger
Blue Agility, LLC
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2. Tom Weinberger
Blue Agility, LLC
Tom Weinberger is a change agent wherever he goes. In his role as agile coach at
Blue Agility, Tom brings more than eighteen years of experience as a process and
tools transformation architect, and eighteen additional years in many other IT
roles from programming to general management. Tom excels at defining
strategic adoption plans and leading transformation teams on both the business
and technology sides of large corporations—in highly competitive, time critical
software environments. Through mentoring and coaching at all levels, he helps
optimize the adoption of agile methods, practices, and collaborative lifecycle
tools. Tom is a Vietnam veteran who raises a domesticated wolf-breed dog.

3. 6/2/16
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BLUEAGILITYEmpower the Enterprise
Is DAD More or LeSS SAFe?
Or
Which Method is Right for My Company?
BLUEAGILITYEmpower the Enterprise
Tom Weinberger – Process and Tools Architect
SPC4, CSM, DAD, LSS
Join me: linkedin.com/in/tomweinberger
312-805-0470
tweinberger@blue-agility.com

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Bigger Topic Than We Have Time For…
This topic is as big as the Enterprise…
For addiIonal informaIon, check out the Agile Enterprise TransformaIon Series at:
hNps://blue-agility.com/content-hub/
The blog Itles available are:
1. The Agile TransformaIon Game - Organizing for Stability
2. Picking the Right One, the Right Way - What Scaled Method is Right for My
OrganizaIon?
3. Are We There Yet? - When Does an Agile TransformaIon Hit CriIcal Mass?
4. "INCOMING" Agile AdopIon Perils; Land Mines, Hand Grenades and Shell Shock
along the Road to Agile AdopIon
5. "The Man Behind the Curtain" - Mentors and Their Role in an Agile AdopIon
Agenda
• Sebng Context for an Enterprise TransformaIon
• Why would I want one?
• What Choices are there?
• Comparing the different Scaling Methods available
• Which is right for me and my Company?
• OK, I picked one, what’s next?

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Setting the Context of Enterprise Agile Transformation
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MobilizaIon The “BakeOff”
Early
AdopIon
Major
AdopIon
Sustainability
SelecIon
EvaluaIon
Picking a “Winner”
CustomizaIon
Training
Roll out
“PiloIng (Early Adopters)”
Measuring
Publishing Success Stories
Our “Sweet Spot” for Today’s Talk
A Holistic Approach
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The Core:
• People Crosscubng the Org
• Processes “Workable SelecIon”
• Tools “Enterprise or Local SelecIons”
• Requires strong leadership
• “Personnel is Policy” to misquote Elizabeth
Warren
• AcceptanceHighly dependent on
• Change Management Plan
• CommunicaIons Management Plan
People
Process
Tools
Leadership
CommunicaIon Plan
Change Management Plan

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Why Would I Want One?
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• SCRUM or KANBAN is not enough
• Regulatory Compliance needs
• Audit Compliance
• Major New IniIaIves requiring Speed to Market
• Enterprise PMO looking for more accountability
• Tighter / More effecIve connecIon to the business needs
What are My Choices?
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Here are the most popular, in alphabeIc order, showing No
favorites:
• DAD – Disciplined Agile Delivery
• Hybrid – Mix of best pracIces from two or more
• LeSS – Large Scale Scrum
• SAFe – Scaled Agile Framework

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Disciplined Agile 2.0
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Impressions:
Good for Regulated
Companies
Maturing to include
Program and Poroolio
levels
More Technology
direcIon than other
two
Recognizes DevOPS
challenges
Large Scale Scrum
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Impressions:
A Scrum of Scrums
Very IdealisIc Scrum of
Scrums ImplementaIon
Requires Discipline and
Rigor
Not really a Method, more
a set of Procedures
Least adopted of the three
proposed

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Scaled Agile Framework
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Impressions:
Most adopted of the three
LEAN Based
Business centric based (lots of
business collaboraIon)
Sweet spot 150 to 400 parIcipants
Whole OrganizaIon parIcipaIon
Even balance of Tech and Business
focus
TradiIonal KANBAN and SCRUM
support
Sync and Cadence points
This is the
expanded
Four Level
View
What’s A Hybrid?
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Hybrids are your own structure
• They borrow ideas from anywhere
• A hybrid is built and managed by you
• How does your Hybrid stack up to the selecIon criteria?
• Important consideraIon: You broke it, you bought it

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Comparison Criteria
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Each Enterprise has different needs and characterisIcs that would inform
your decision making
Here are some common criteria to use if they apply to you:
• RegulaIon
• Geographic DistribuIon
• Offshore contracIng / Vendors and Suppliers inside the firewall
• Size of teams
• Audit Requirements
• Internal Need for Command and Control (poliIcs,cultural resistance to
change)
Selection Criteria
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Disclaimer:
These sample criteria
represent my opinions
and no other org or
business
Hybrids are not
represented as it would
not be possible to
determine value for
individual Hybrids, I’ll
leave that to you…
SAMPLE Selection Criteria DAD LeSS SAFe
Training YES YES YES
Books 2 1 2
YOUTUBE / Downloads Many Many Many
Certifications YES - 5 levels YES YES - Many different
Tool Support IMPLICIT ANY SCRUM SEVERAL
Customizable YES Unnecessary, Simple SCRUM OF
SCRUMS approach
YES
Transformation Support Website, Classes, books, youtube,
downloads, certifications
Website, Classes, Books, youtube Website, Classes books
youtube, downloads,
certifications
Tranined and experienced outside consultants Certified CONSULTANTS from
Disciplined Agile Consorium and
external sources
External CONSULTANTS, no
domestic partner companies
identified
Certified SPCs, Gold, Silver
and Bronze partners
Long term viability YES YES YES
Incremental Adoption YES YES YES
Multi-Level SIMPLE YES YES
Organizational Support STRONG YES STRONG
Interfaces with Waterfall Projects IMPLICIT YES IMPLICIT
SCRUM Support IMPLICIT YES EXPLICIT
KANBAN Support IMPLICIT YES EXPLICIT
XP Support IMPLICIT YES EXPLICIT
Project YES YES EXPLICIT
Program SIMPLE YES EXPLICIT
Portfolio SIMPLE YES SIMPLE
Geographic Distribution EXPLICIT AND STRONG IMPLICIT IMPLICIT
Team Size 50 - 150 AND UP 150 - 400 AND UP 150 - 400 AND UP
Culture / Temperment for accepting Change ? ? ?

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Final Answer…
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Which one should I pick?
IT DEPENDS…
What works for one org may not work for the next
What works in one porIon of an org may not work in another
What works for you?
Recommendations
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• SIck with Popular Methods (DAD, LeSS, SAFe)
• Only scale for the right reasons
• Look for commonly supported methods
• Do not expect to adopt a Method Out of the Box
• Get a close a fit as possible then tailor to your need
• Get a Sherpa guide, you will be surprised during the journey
what you discover you did not know and did not consider…

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OK, Now What?
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I picked one, now what do I do?
• CustomizaIon
• Training
• Roll out
• “PiloIng (Early Adopters)”
• Measuring Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
• CriIcal Mass and sustainability
• Publishing Success Stories
• Who does this work? - Enterprise ATT and Coaching
Parallel Processes
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• Create / customize training materials
• Configure tools templates
• Create new outcomes and outputs from
new processes
• Create new metrics to measure new /
different ways of doing work
• Define new roles
• Cras messaging for change management
plan
• Cobble together news sources to publish
events and news about the new method
and success stories

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Picking Early Adopters
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“Don’t use the word “Pilot”
Choose early adopters selecIvely
Look for potenIal successes
Choose 8 or 10 , you are likely to end with 1 – 3
Expect that you’ll need to run these experiments for a while 3 – 6
months to determine actual success
Getting Help with all this work
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Enterprise Coaches and Mentors
• Certs are nice but experience counts
• Look for success and failures – both are important
• Select someone compaIble, you’ll be with them for a long Ime
• Don’t cheap out – you get what you pay for
• Interview a lot of candidates
• Technology and business savvy are key

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Next Steps
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What’s next?
• CriIcal Mass
• Sustainability
• These topics are covered in the blogs…
That’s All Folks!
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Please take the Ime to find me on Linkedin
at:
hNps://www.linkedin.com/in/tomweinberger
Please look for addiIonal work on this topic
at:
hNps://blue-agility.com/content-hub/
for the rest of the Series on Enterprise Agile
TransformaIons