Siemens LCS Adopting SAFe with Polarion - PLM Europe · Scaled Agile Partners in 50 countries...

Siemens LCS Adopting SAFe

with PolarionJim Dehmlow

Teamcenter Product Management

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Agenda

Introduction

Why SAFe?

LCS Experience

Demo

Summary

Q&A



Introduction

Setting the Context – LCS Business Segment

Brands

• Teamcenter

• Polarion

• Rulestream

Size

• ~1200 employees

• Global distributed

Process

• 100% Agile

• Rapidly adopting SAFe

Tool

• MyPolarion

Siemens

Digital Factory

Product Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Collaboration

Software

Cloud

Application

Services

Mentor

Graphics

Product

Engineering

Software

…



Introduction

Presentation Perspective

Yes, Siemens PLM sells the Polarion product, but…

This presentation is from customer perspective

• Key questions from process transformation point-of-view:

• How do we optimize scaled Agile with SAFe?

• Focus on closed-loop value…

• What content should we model in our implementation?

• Streamline for simplicity…

• Where should we invest in configuration?

• PI Planning, Reporting, System Integrations, …

• When do we move to the next level of maturity?

• Solution Intent, Kanban, …


2018.08.07 Siemens PLM Software

Why SAFe?

Introduction – Scaled Agile Framework for lean enterprises

Why do businesses need SAFe?

• To drive business results

SAFe helps address the significant

challenges of developing and

delivering enterprise-class software in

shortest sustainable lead time



See ScaledAgileFramework.com/case-studies

Financial Services / Electronics / Software / Telecom / Retail & Distribution / Government / Healthcare / Insurance / Medical

Technology / Pharmaceutical / Media / Manufacturing / COTS Software / Customer Care & Billing / Outsourcing


2018.08.07 Siemens PLM Software1.7© Scaled Agile, Inc.

SAFe is a knowledge base of proven,

integrated principles and practices for

Lean, Agile, and DevOps.

SAFe is the world’s

leading framework for enterprise agility

scaledagileframework.com

http://scaledagileframework.com/



70% US Fortune 100 enterprises have

SAFe-trained professionals

2 millionAnnual visitors to SAFe

and Scaled Agile websites

30 - 75%

Faster

Time-to-Market

25 - 75%

Increase in

Productivity

20 - 50%

Improvements

in Quality

10 - 50%

Increased Employee

Engagement

180Scaled Agile Partners

in 50 countries

250,000SAFe-trained

professionals

in 110+ countries

SAFe cited as preferred solution for scaling Agile:

• 2017 Agile in the Enterprise survey by Gartner Research

• 12th Annual State of Agile Report by VersionOne

• 2017 Scaling Agile Report by cPrime

Configurable

SAFe is able to accommodate enterprises of all

sizes and industriesA comprehensive

role-based curriculum

for successfully

implementing SAFe

and skills validation

through professional

certification.

Why SAFe?

Pledged 1%

Scaled Agile stock equity

& employee time to

Pledge 1% campaign

Freely Available

SAFe’s knowledge base is freely available at

scaledagileframework.com

S A F e C A S E S T U D I E S

Fastest Growing Method

Training

© Scaled Agile, Inc.

Articles

Guidance

Presentations

White papers

Videos

Case studies

Start your journey:

explore SAFescaledagileframework.com

Explore the SAFe knowledge base and

find free resources:



Why SAFe?

LCS Motivations



LCS Experience

Our Journey

Recommended best

practice for

implementing SAFe

Initial Focus

for FY18 Plan

ExecutionTraining is an

integral component

Ramp up for FY19 Planning

Including Coarse-to-Fine Flow

2017 Feb 2018 Mar 2018

May 2018

12 ARTs Launched

~850 People

Jan 2018

Apr 2018

MyPolarion Go-Live

Nov 2017



LCS Experience

Big Picture

Features

prioritized to focus

teams

Coarse to Fine

Planning Flow

is an inherent

aspect of SAFe

Strategic Themes

driven by business &

technical inputs

Portfolio Epics

prioritized based on

lean business case

Capabilities

aligned with

solution/release

delivery

PI Objectives

guided by business

value

Value Stream

investments managed

by budgets

Stories

managed during

Iterations

Roadmap

based on

Capability

release delivery

(supported by

underlying

Features)

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Itera

tion

Pla

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LCS Experience

Aligning with SAFe (v4.5) in MyPolarion

Portfolio Epic(1-N Years, 1-N ARTS)

Capability(Release or PI, 1-N ARTs)

Feature(1 PI, 1-N Teams in ART)

Story(1 Iteration, 1 Team)

Legend

Main Hierarchy

MyPolarion Implementation

Guide Investment

Decisions

Drive Roadmap

PI Planning

&

Agile

Execution

Tra

ce

ab

ilit

y



LCS Experience

About Post-It Notes & String…

Instead of this “physical” PI Planning… …We created the “digital twin” in MyPolarion



LCS Experience

Data Migrations & Integrations

Embracing ALM

• Consolidate disparate tools

• Streamline planning & execution

• Drive traceability & transparency

• Integrate where needed

• Single system of truth

Legend

• Data Migration

• System Integration

Agile Data

(VersionOne)

Test Tracking

(QART)

Planning Info

(SharePoint)

Defect System

(TAC)

Source Code

(DMS)

Release Mgmt

(MyPLM)

(MyPolarion)



LCS Experience

Key Metrics

Users

• 2300+ active users (LCS + other segments)

• 600-700 concurrent user max each day

• 1000-1400 unique users each day

Cadence

• 3 PI cycles so far (13 weeks = quarterly)

• 7 Iterations per PI (5+IP=2 weeks, 6th=1 week)

Content

• 500+ Releases managed to-date

• 16 ARTs (LCS core range = 36 – 123 people)

• 170+ Agile teams (scaled with SAFe)

• 2500+ Stories created in recent 30 day window



Demo

Quick Tour Flow

Finding Content

• Organized by level (Portfolio, Program, Team)

• Searching & Filtering (including column configurations)

• Live Docs

Understanding Relationships

• Navigation

• Table versus tree mode

Editing

• Changing property values

• Bulk edits

• Creating new content

Reports

• Strategic Planning & Roadmaps

• PI Planning

• Progress (Release content, Agile Teams, …)

• Test Execution



Summary

Key Takeaways

Polarion allows us to manage Agile at scale

• Streamlined disparate systems into single master of truth

• Traceability from investment decisions through Agile execution

• Holistic contribution from all Agile teams to meet business objectives

• Transparency for internal PL segments and roadmap for customers

Focus on continuous process improvement

• Deliver value incrementally with Agile approach

• DevOps aligned with SAFe (not just product delivery ARTs)

Partner with IT

• Critical success factor IT must understand your processes and rate of change

Usability + Performance = Fun

• Need both for compelling user experience

• Accelerates adoption rates

Starting on your SAFe Journey

• Once Scaled Agile Inc. partnership complete…SAFe solution available on Polarion Extension Portal

• Highly configurable SAFe solution to meet your business process needs

http://extensions.polarion.com/



Q&A



Contacts

Jim Dehmlow

Teamcenter Product Management

Lifecycle Collaboration Software

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.

13810 SE Eastgate Way, Building 1, Suite 400

Bellevue, WA 98005

United States

Phone: +1 425 507-1903

E-mail:

[email protected]

siemens.com

mailto:[email protected]

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