SCALING AGILE IN

DISTRIBUTED

ENVIRONMENT

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what is agile –

mind set or methodology

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doing agile vs.

being agile

agile thinking

agile manifest

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Remember – Agile mind set believes that we are ALL

Work in Progress

AGILE IS A MIND SET

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why Scale?

Source: Erik Qualman, Author, Socialnomics

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speed at which innovations can

reach global audience

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customers are driving

innovations PADMA SATYAMURTHY 11

customers are multi-site located

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Way of Working has changed and

now it is greater than

ever before !! PADMA SATYAMURTHY 13

technology & tools keeping pace with the business

needsPADMA SATYAMURTHY 14

Product Development

processes keeping pace? with the business

needsPADMA SATYAMURTHY 15

we know agile is

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but… how do we

scale?PADMA SATYAMURTHY 17

and before we scale

agile….we need to answer

few questions…. PADMA SATYAMURTHY 18

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is agile scalab

le?PADMA SATYAMURTHY 20

beginning is

always tough

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get help,

internal &

externalPADMA SATYAMURTHY 22

communicate &

communicate &

communicate

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challenges

Organization• Management• Senior Leadership

• Stakeholders

Team• People• Org Change Management

• Engaging and Motivating

Process• Existing Framework

• Measuring success

• Building Trust

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Organization

COMPLEX

Structure

Goals

Strategy

Size

Technology

Culture

Environment

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TIME ZONES

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RESISTANCE

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TEAM

WHERE TO START?

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THE CHANGE

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COLLABORATION

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SELF ORGANIZING

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Set overall DIRECTIONDESIGN the team and overall

contextMonitor and Manage PROGRESS

PERFORM and execute

PROCESS

NEW TOOLS

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EXISTING PROCESSES

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SO WHAT WORKS?

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TRAINING and COACHING entire org

Practice AGILE PRINCIPLES all the time

Scale INFRASTRUCTURE As Well

TRANSFORM Entire Organization

Build COMMUNITIES of PRACTICE

Maintain FLAT ORG structure

THE DIFFERENCE?

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Org Structure Pre-Agile Era Post-Agile EraDecision Making Process

Highly Centralized Highly De-centralized

Customers Requirements Driven Highly collaboratedTeam Management Driven Self-organizingMeasurement Metrics Driven Result DrivenPractices Support Function Business Enabler

MEASURE WHILE YOU SCALE

Listen

Assess

EngageMeasure

Improve

SentimentsCompliments & QuestionsFuture state

Goals & ObjectivesRoadmapSkill & Competency

One to oneOne to manyMany to many

Return of InvestmentImpact assessment

Customer Feedback

LearnRefine

Move Forward

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???THANK YOU