Team Walmart Agile Journey - Silicon Valley Product...
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1 Walmart Global eCommerce Group Confidential Team Walmart Agile Journey Kamal Manglani, Agile Lead, Walmart GeC Walmart Panel: Dawn Marshall, Senior Product Leader, Walmart GeC Sim Dort, Manager Recruiting, Walmart GeC Legal Disclaimer: These materials cannot be possessed and distributed without the expressed written consent of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the author (Kamal Manglani) inclusive of, but not limited to, original and reproduction text, voice, and video.
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1 Walmart Global eCommerce Group Confidential
Team Walmart Agile Journey Kamal Manglani, Agile Lead, Walmart GeC
Walmart Panel: Dawn Marshall, Senior Product Leader, Walmart GeC Sim Dort, Manager Recruiting, Walmart GeC
Legal Disclaimer: These materials cannot be possessed and distributed without the expressed written consent of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and
the author (Kamal Manglani) inclusive of, but not limited to, original and reproduction text, voice, and video.
Individuals don't win, teams do. - Sam Walton
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Rewind.. (# of Agile Teams)
2011
8 130+
2013 2009
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Resistance:
Grassroots
Experiment
First Exec
Confidence
Organization Goal
Setting 2012:
25% Agile Teams
2012
Agile Warp speed
Grassroots change
Exciting but chaotic Inspirational Rip the Band-Aid 3 3
Agile Steering Group
4 4
Process
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Continuous Assessment of Agile Fundamentals
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Cross Team Dependencies Planning
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20% epics deferred
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Improved delivery commitments by over 50%
Demo Days
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Team Space China – A team doing their Daily Stand up
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UX Foundations based on Walmart Design Thinking Principles
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Training and Development
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Founded Walmart Mega Meet up: A Fun way to Learn Cutting edge topics from Thought Leaders
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Global Meet ups ..How we integrate with Broader Community
15 Frequency from once in a month to every week 15
Training Teams in China
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Chris spent 3 weeks in Shanghai to make the teams comfortable in Agile for Infrastructure
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Challenges on our journey?
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X Culture
X Communication
X Environments
X Tools
X Vendors
X Distributed Teams
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Solutions
XCulture
XCommunication
XEnvironments
X Tools
XVendors
XDistributed Teams
Leaders empowered teams to
solve problems
Teams figured out work around
with “can do” attitude
Enabled technology for greater
collaboration on distributed
teams
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What next?
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Agile is now our DAY job...it’s now our Culture!
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Who is driving your Agile Transformation?
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Our driving force:
Agile Steering Group
