The magic behind the Agile manifesto is in the question they asked. The 17 people assembling in Snowbird spend their time figuring out how they were similar, not what way of working was best. And in the course of those two days, they discovered the deeper truths in what worked.
So what happens when we look what the different Agile Scaling frameworks have in common? A move away from projects towards product development and teams as the fundamental building blocks?
In this talk, we will be exploring how these two shifts impact the way we scale Agile. Looking back on all the Agile Transformations I have done all of them have succeeded (or failed) when we have (not) focussed on these two things.
3. “THE ONLY SUSTAINABLE
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE
21ST CENTURY IS ADAPTABILITY”
Everyone who read anything by Drucker or Deming
WHAT ARE WE SCALING?
19. “PROJECTS IS THE PATH TO THE DARK SIDE.
PROJECTS LEAD TO PORTFOLIOS. PORTFOLIOS
LEAD TO MASSIVELY DELAYED FEEDBACK.
DELAYED FEEDBACK LEADS TO SUFFERING..”
Yoda or something
PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
20. ORGANISE AROUND PRODUCTS
PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
FUND CAPABILITIES
INVESTING IS ASSIGNING
CAPABILITY TO A PRODUCT (AREA)
29. “THE IOS SQUAD IS STAFFED WITH
THE MISSION TO ENABLE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF
THE SPOTIFY IOS CLIENT, WHICH IS
KEY TO THE COMPANY’S SUCCESS"
AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS
30. “SIMPLY PUT, THIS SQUAD IS BUILDING
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS
DEVELOPERS TO QUICKLY UNDERSTAND
THE IMPACT OF THEIR CODE CHANGES
AND DELIVER VALUE TO OUR END-USERS
IN A RELIABLE AND TIMELY MANNER.”
AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS
33. CAN IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE?!
BUT BUT ERWIN.. ‘BEING’ AGILE!
34. “IF YOU THINK YOU NEED
COMPLICATED METHODS TO DEAL
WITH COMPLEXITY YOU ARE
OBVIOUSLY HEADED TO CHAOS.. ”
Dave Snowden?
CAN IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE?!
35. “IF YOU THINK YOU NEED
COMPLICATED METHODS TO DEAL
WITH COMPLEXITY YOU ARE
OBVIOUSLY HEADED TO CHAOS.. ”
Me
CAN IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE?!