does agile scale to the portfolio?

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Does Agile Scale to the Portfolio?Evening Meet-up 7th July 2015


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Introduction


We believe in challenging the status quo and in the innate ability of people to rise to the challenges of

their organisation

One-stop agile shop

Culture Consultancy TrainingTalent

Est.

1998


Real Life #1

“Worst Management: Poor productivity compensated by starting more projects.

Result: 150 people working simultaneously on 400 projects.”


Real Life #2

“I can beat yours, I met a client that had 18 people and 95 projects when I

arrived.”


Scaled Agile Framework™ Big Picture


Scaled Agile Framework™ Portfolio Kanban

Ideas not aligned to Strategy

Desktop analysis of hypothesis

GovernanceProgram

Management

Strategy &Investment Funding

Don’t close the loop on Benefits Realistaion

No concept of Team WIP

Projects too big


Corporate Strategy

1.

Grown new business

6.

Protect existing revenue

5.

Attention to quality

4.

People go the extra mile

2.

Improve core business

3.

The customer is our passion

4.

Employees are our passion


Corporate Strategy

1.

Grown new business

6.

Protect existing revenue

5.

Attention to quality

2.

Improve core business

3.

The customer is our passion

4.

Employees are our passion


Corporate Strategy

30%

30%

15%

15%

5%

5%


A Real Business Case!

£10m £7,302k

Benefits Costs

£30m

SWAG Number – some wild arsed guess


Business Case


Sausage Machine


Tel Aviv

We know this?

Being able to take needless work out of the system is more

important then being able to put more in!


Constrain local WIP Pools

No WIP


Roadmap

The Roadmap guides the delivery of Features over time AND incremental funding!

Q1 Q2 Q3

Features Road Rage Completed (single user) Brickyard Ported (single

user) Road Rage multiuser

demonstrable First multiuser game

feature for Road Rage–- Stretch Objectives –- New features (see

prioritized list) Beemer game in Alpha

Features Multiuser Road Rage first

release Brickyard Ported

multiuser demo New features for both

games (see prioritized list)

–- Stretch Objectives –- Beemer game to E3

Tradeshow?

Features Road Rage Ported

(part I) Brickyard port started

(stretch obj. to complete) Distributed platform

demo ALL GUIs for both games

demonstrable New features (see

prioritized list)–- Stretch Objectives –- Demo of Beemer game

High Confidence Medium Confidence Low Confidence

Features TBA–- Stretch Objectives –- TBA

Lets Talk

Q4


PPM Responsibilities

Allocate and assure funding to strategy

Drive, assist or support program execution

Close the loop on funding and program execution, measures and reporting, compliance

ç

GovernanceProgram

Management


Central role in Strategy and Investment Funding, Program Management and Governance


Iceberg


Iceberg - misaligned

• Satisfy the customer• Harness Change• Encourage Incremental

Implementation• Get business and Tech

people working together• Create trust through

Leadership• Encourage f2f conversations• Set targets and reward real

progress to working solution• Give your team the space

they need to excel• Pursue simplicity, not

complexity


Scaled Agile Framework™ Portfolio Kanban

Ideas not aligned to Strategy

Desktop analysis of hypothesis

GovernanceProgram

Management


Don’t close the loop on Benefits Realistaion

No concept of Team WIP

Projects too big


Visual Summary


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practices.

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does agile scale to the portfolio?

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