Planning, scaling and flowing within your agile organization

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Planning, Scaling and Flowing within your Agile

Organization


About Dimitri PonomareffDimitri Ponomareff (www.linkedin.com/in/dimka5) is a Coach. Whether it's a sports team, software products or entire organizations, Dimitri has that ability to relate and energize people. He is consistently recognized as a very passionate and successful change agent, with an overwhelming capacity to motivate and mobilize teams on their path to continuous improvements. He is a master facilitator, as well as a captivating speaker with consistent, positive feedback regarding his ability to engage an audience.

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Organizational agility...

is the ability of an organization to effectively sense and adapt in complex, rapidly changing conditions so that it can thrive as an organization.

Plan to achieve your goals

Scale to increase your productivity

Flow to gain the most efficiencies


It’s all about communication

People who want IT must communicate with people who can

build IT.


The Third Wave of Agile

http://www.solutionsiq.com/the-third-wave-of-agile/




Plan

● The 5 levels of planning● Planning traceability● Let’s play Plinko!


The 5 levels of Planning in Agile


Planning Traceability

Vision

Roadmap

R1 R2 R3 Rn

Release 1

SP1

Iteration 1

ST1 STnST3ST2

Iteration n

ST1 STnST3ST2

Story 1

T1 TnT3T2

Story n

T1 TnT3T2

SPnSP3SP2

Release n

SP1 SPnSP3SP2


Let’s play Plinko...


Scale

● Scrum of Scrums● Scrum at Scale● Large Scale Scrum (LeSS)● Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) ● Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)


Scaling Scrum

“Scaling Scrum means getting rid of stuff because everything in Scrum is just in time, just enough,…and because any extra weight slows you down and increases cost. ” – Jeff Sutherland

Sutherland, Jeff. “Scaling Scrum – What People Are Not Talking About!”http://www.scruminc.com/scaling-Scrum-what-people-are-not/

http://www.scruminc.com/scaling-Scrum-what-people-are-not/

http://www.scruminc.com/scaling-Scrum-what-people-are-not/


Scrum of Scrums

Each Scrum team identifies one person who attends the Scrum of Scrums meeting to coordinate the work of multiple Scrum teams.


Scrum at Scale framework

● It’s a minimal extension of the core Scrum framework● Modularity is the key, by allowing context-driven

solutions and processes○ Modularity allows versatility○ Scrum is modular○ Deploying incrementally is easier○ Modularity supports a pattern library


Modular Framework for Scrum at Scale


Large Scale Scrum (LeSS)


Large Scale Scrum (LeSS)

LeSS is a scaled up version of one-team Scrum, and it maintains many of the practices and ideas of one-team Scrum.

https://less.works

https://less.works

https://less.works


Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework

DAD is goal driven and relies on hybrid Agile.

DAD provides guidance for adoption of an Agile framework.

Scaling factors

● Team size 2 < > 1000● Geographic distribution co-located < > global● Organizational distribution single division < > outsourcing● Compliance none < > life critical● Domain Complexity straightforward < > very complex● Technical Complexity straightforward < > very complex

http://www.disciplinedagiledelivery.com/




Disciplined Agile 2.0


Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

SAFe is an online, freely revealed knowledge base of proven success patterns for implementing Lean-Agile software and systems development at enterprise scale.

SAFe Principles

1. Take an economic view2. Apply systems thinking3. Assume variability; preserve options4. Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles5. Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems6. Visualize and limit the WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths7. Apply cadence, synchronize with cross domain planning8. Unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers9. Decentralize decision-making

http://scaledagileframework.com/




SAFe Evolution (v1 to v4)

1 2

3 4


Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)


Flow

● Flow in psychology● Flow in the workplace● Lean Thinking● Kanban

Practical flows...● Why, What & How● Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)● Feature Driven Development (FDD)● Product, Epics & Stories


Flow in psychology

Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

being in the zone


Flow in the workplace

Flow has been used in the software world as being "wired in", “hack mode”, or simply “The Zone”.

The 3 conditions to achieve Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s

1. Goals are clear 2. Feedback is immediate 3. A balance between opportunity and capacity

Group Flow or group cohesion can be achieved through● Creative spatial arrangements● Playground design● Parallel, organized working● Target group focus

● Advancement of existing one with prototyping● Increase in efficiency through visualization● Using differences among participants as an

opportunity, rather than an obstacle


Lean thinking

Coined by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones, it describes how to organize

human activities to deliver more benefits to society and value to individuals

while eliminating waste, by focusing on these concepts:

● Value

● Value streams

● Flow

● Pull

● Perfection


Toyota Production System (TPS)

http://www.toyota-global.com/company/vision_philosophy/toyota_production_system/




Kanban

4 Principles1. Start with what you do now2. Agree to pursue incremental,

evolutionary change 3. Respect the current process,

roles, responsibilities and titles4. Encourage acts of leadership at

all levels

5 Properties1. Visualize the workflow2. Limit work-in-progress (WIP)3. Measure and Manage the flow4. Make process policies explicit5. Improve collaboratively using

models and empirical evidence


Cumulative Flow Diagram

A great way to read the data behind a Kanban board is to use a cumulative flow diagram.

● Backlog size● Lead time● Cycle time● Work in progress● Work remaining

http://wall-skills.com/2013/cumulative-flow-diagram/




Why, What & How

●WHY are we doing this?Voice of the stakeholder (Stakeholders)

●WHAT needs to be done?Voice of the user (Product Owner, Subject Matter Expert)

●HOW do we build it?Voice of the developer (Scrum Team)


PDCA - Plan, Do, Check, Act

ACT

PLAN DO

PDCACycle

CHECK

Continuous Improvements


Feature Driven Development (FDD)

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Product, Epics & Stories

Story Story Story

Story Story Story

Story Story Story

Story Story Story

Story Story Story

Story Story Story

Product

Epics

Stories

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Plan to achieve your goals

Scale to increase your productivity

Flow to gain the most efficiencies


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