Adopting Agile

Mike Cottmeyermike.cottmeyer@versionone.com

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Ideal Agile Team

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Ideal Agile Team

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Ideal Agile Team

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Analyst

Testers

Ideal Agile Team

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PMAnalyst

Testers

Ideal Agile Team

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CSMAnalyst

Testers

Ideal Agile Team

Product Owner

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Developers

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A Traditional Team

QADev.

A Traditional Team

QA BADev.

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QA BADev. PM

A Traditional Team

QA BADev. PM PO

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QA BADev. PM PO

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Analysis

Design

Build

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Design

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Analysis

Design

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Design

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Where do I start?

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An Agile Team

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An Agile Team

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An Agile Team

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Trust Velocity

• Build organizations around teams

• Build organizations around teams

• Build small features

• Build organizations around teams

• Build small features

• Garbage in… garbage out

• Build organizations around teams

• Build small features

• Garbage in… garbage out

• Measure progress and get better

Multiple Teams

Multiple Teams

Capability 1

Capability 2

Capability 1

Multiple Teams

Capability 3

Multiple Teams

Capability 2

Capability 1

Multiple Teams

Scrum of Scrums

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Multiple Teams

Product Owner Team

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Multiple Teams

Product Owner Team withArchitects

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Multiple Teams

Integration Team

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Multiple Teams

Capability 2

Capability 1

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Context

Multiple Teams

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Context

Coordination

• Product Owner too big

• Product Owner too big

• Dependencies increase costs

• Product Owner too big

• Dependencies increase costs

• Feature teams break down

• Product Owner too big

• Dependencies increase costs

• Feature teams break down

• Velocity across teams

Multiple Projects

Project A

Multiple Projects

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Refactoring Training

Refactoring Training

• Build organizations around capabilities

• Build organizations around capabilities

• Optimize throughput across teams

• Build organizations around capabilities

• Optimize throughput across teams

• Prioritize for finish…

• Build organizations around capabilities

• Optimize throughput across teams

• Prioritize for finish…

• Smaller projects are better

Agile Enterprise

Agile Enterprise

PMO

Agile Enterprise

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Agile Enterprise

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PO TeamPMO

EnterpriseArchitecture

&Epics

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Agile Enterprise

ProductDelivery

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Agile Enterprise

Product Delivery

Strategy

Support

Agile Enterprise

Product Delivery

Strategy

• Establish direction… give feedback

• Establish direction… give feedback

• Business is made up of capabilities

• Establish direction… give feedback

• Business is made up of capabilities

• The goal is greater profitability

• Establish direction… give feedback

• Business is made up of capabilities

• The goal is greater profitability

• Focus improvements on constraints

Capability Modeling

Capability Modeling

Teams

Capability Modeling

Teams

Identify

Capability Modeling

Define

Teams

Identify

Capability Modeling

Define

Teams

Identify

Assign

Capability Modeling

Define

Teams

Identify

Assign

Optimize

Thoughts?

Adopting Agile

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Mike Cottmeyermike.cottmeyer@versionone.com

www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer www.versionone.comblog.versionone.net

www.leadingagile.com