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Scaling Agile
Steve Messenger
Chairman DSDM Consortium
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Agile works
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• Small multi-functional team
• Work together
• Easily Communicate
• Empowered
• Focused on outcome
• Iterative and incremental approach
• Business closely and continuously involved
• Good product results
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Complexity
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• Part of a bigger whole
• Value against other initiatives
• Many more activities have to be done
• Business Processes
• Infrastructure
• Location
• Benefits realisation
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Scaling in Nature
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Scaling
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Scaling
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• Design and Architecture
• Vision and Planning
• Governance and culture
• Communication
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Design and Architecture
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• Enough up-front design
• Desired business structure
• TOPI
• Everyone knows where they are
• Flexible
• Evolves, with the agreement of all stakeholders
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Design and Architecture
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• System Architecture Definition Produced in Project Foundations and evolves through project
• For large, transformational programmes, Business Architecture Model produced in Programme Foundations
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Vision and Planning
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• Everyone understands purpose and business opportunities
• Informed decisions that move towards to vision
• What is important / has to be done before something else?
• How can incremental benefit be achieved?
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Vision and Planning
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• Business Vision, Business Case and Delivery Plan produced in Project Foundations
• For large transformational programmes, Business Vision, Business Case, Benefits Realisation Plan and Roadmap produced in Programme Foundations
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Governance and Culture
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• Clear governance strategy
• Understand business priorities
• Give up projects for greater good
• Decisions at lowest possible level
• Prioritise benefits
• Prioritise requirements
• Fast and efficient
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Gated Review Processes
Typical Gates
1. Permission to investigate an idea
2. Permission to build a Business Case
3. Business Case approval – go ahead
4. Permission to test deliverables
5. Permission to deliver
6. Project closure
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Scaling to Programmes
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Communication
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• Teams take responsibility
• Provide Information
• Get Information
• See Potential Problems
• Leaders Facilitate
• Understand Each Team
• See Potential Problems
• Facilitate Conversations
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Roles incorporating SCRUM
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Summary
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• Scaling Agile is possible – but not how we think
• Learn from natural world
• The four themes
• Design and Architecture
• Vision and Planning
• Governance and Culture
• Communication
This presentation was delivered at an APM event
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