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Agile Scaling without Blueprints

Goto, Berlin, 04-dec-2015 Stefan Roock stefan.roock@it-agile.de @StefanRoock Track: On the Boundaries of Agile

Scaling in the „good old days“™ (∼2005)

4 teams, 20-25 developers from 3 companies 13 teams, 65 developers from 3 companies

Sprint Backlog Product Owner Vision Scrum Master Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Planning Product Backlog Sprint Product Increment Sprint Retro- spective

Development Team

Just Scrum?

Sprint Backlog Product Owner Vision Scrum Master Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Planning Product Backlog Sprint Product Increment Sprint Retro- spective

Development Team

Just Scrum+XP

Pair Programming Continuous Integration Test Driven Development On-site Customer On-site Team Collective Ownership

Scaling today

Agile in the

• ld days

Deliver useful software every few weeks with Scrum & XP.

At least we suck less.

Agile nowadays t 2000-2005 2 1 5

I have the greatest job ever.

SAFe DAD LeSS …

Agile in the

• ld days

Deliver useful software every few weeks.

At least we suck less.

Agile nowadays t 2000-2005 2 1 5

I have the greatest job ever.

W T F ?

SAFe DAD LeSS …

Insanity?

Cargo Cult

Agile in the

• ld days

Deliver useful software every few weeks.

At least we suck less.

Agile nowadays t 2000-2005 2 1 5

I have the greatest job ever.

C a r g

• C

u l t

SAFe DAD LeSS …

Culture and principles are more important than practices.

After years of research we discovered the secret ingredient for successfully scaling agile!

Secret ingredient for successful scaling Blueprint

Emergent structures with 
 the Agile Scaling Cycle

Coordinate teams Reduce dependencies Develop the

• rganization

Values and principles

Agile Scaling Cycle

Coordinate teams Reduce dependencies Develop the

• rganization

Agile: Autonomous business focused teams that own their process.

Values and principles

X - Teams

Some practices for dependency reduction

Autonomy

Cross functional Teams Team Missions Open Allocation Verticals Sandboxing Product Definition Definition of Done Definition of Ready Modularization Extend team responsibility up-/ downstram synchronized Sprints Release Train Continuous Delivery Release Cadence Product Owner Beta Codex

low high

Market Company Teams Technology

Agile Scaling Cycle

Coordinate teams Reduce dependencies Develop the

• rganization

Values and principles

Communities of Practice Goal#1

Coordination practices

Time horizon Number of teams

Team Verløtung Portfolio/Program Kanban shared Sprint Planning shared Sprint Review Continuous Integration shared Release Planning Visit Daily Scrums Scrum of Scrums consultative individual decision Task-Forces Open Prio Meeting

Hours Days Weeks Months

Launch Pate

Number of coordination practices that aren’t needed (any longer)

Stefans Agile Scaling Maturity Model

Agile Scaling Cycle

Coordinate teams Reduce dependencies Develop the

• rganization

Values and principles

Practices for organizational development

Transition team / Agile Center Transition Backlog Successful teams in agile organization

• rganizational

impediments

Practices for organizational development

PDCA

Transition team / Agile Center Transition Backlog

Theory of Constraints Lean Thinking Systems Thinking

North Star

Successful teams in agile organization

• rganizational

impediments

Open Spaces … Gemba Walks Operations Review shared Retrospectives

Find structures matching your business

…

see also: scaledprinciples.org

Summary

• Cultural change
• Emergent structures
• Inspect & adapt
• Self organization
• Team autonomy
• Process ownership

see also: scaledprinciples.org

Summary

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More information

Thank you for your attention!

Stefan Roock stefan.roock@it-agile.de Twitter: @StefanRoock Feel free to contact me: