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Welcome to

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Introduction to

Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)

Scott W. Ambler

Senior Consulting Partner

scott [at] scottambler.com

@scottwambler

http://disciplinedagiledelivery.com/

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We’re going to

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Agenda

• Defining Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)

• Hybrid framework

• Lifecycles

• What does it mean to scale?

• Roles

• Process goal driven

• Enterprise awareness

• Governance

• What does it mean to be disciplined?

Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) is a

process decision framework

The key characteristics of DAD:

– People-first

– Goal-driven

– Hybrid agile

– Learning-oriented

– Full delivery lifecycle

– Solution focused

– Risk-value lifecycle

– Enterprise aware


Scrum

Extreme

Programming

Lean Kanban

DAD is a Hybrid Framework


Unified Process Agile Modeling

Agile Data “Traditional” Outside In Dev.

DevOps …and more

DAD leverages proven strategies from several sources,

providing a decision framework to guide your adoption and

tailoring of them in a context-driven manner.

SAFe

A High Level Lifecycle


Scrum Construction Lifecycle


A good start…

A Scrum Delivery Lifecycle


…but this is how agile teams actually work…

Unbranded Agile Delivery Lifecycle


…and it’s time to abandon the branding.

Governed Delivery Lifecycle


Disciplined agile teams are guided by senior management…

Disciplined Agile Delivery: Basic Lifecycle


…and realize they work in an organizational ecosystem.

Disciplined Agile Delivery: Lean Lifecycle


DAD doesn’t prescribe a single lifecycle…

The Phases Disappear Over Time


First release: Inception Construction Transition

Second release: I Construction T

Third release: I Construction T

Nth+ releases: C C T C C T T T

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…and promotes continuous learning and improvement.

Disciplined Agile Delivery: Lean Continuous

Delivery Lifecycle


A good

end goal

What Does it Mean to Scale Agile Delivery?


http://disciplinedagiledelivery.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/sdcf/

Team Size

Two Hundreds

Geographic Distribution

Co-located Global

Organizational Distribution

Single division Outsourcing

Compliance

None Life critical

Domain Complexity

Straightforward Very complex

Technical Complexity

Straightforward Very complex

• Team Lead

– Agile process expert, keeps team focused on

achievement of goals, removes impediments

• Product Owner

– Owns the product vision, scope and priorities of

the solution

• Architecture Owner

– Owns the architecture decisions and technical

priorities, mitigates key technical risks

• Team Member

– Cross-functional team members that deliver the

solution

• Stakeholder

– Includes the customer but also other stakeholders

such as Project Sponsor, DevOps, architecture,

database groups, governance bodies


Roles on DAD Teams

DAD is Process Goal-Driven


Disciplined Agilists Take a Goal Driven Approach


Goal Issue

Advantages

Disadvantages

Considerations

* Option

Default Option *

Explore the Initial

Scope

Form the

Initial Team

Address

Changing

Stakeholder

Needs

Source

Team size

Team structure

Team members

Geographic distribution

Supporting the team

Availability

Co-located

Partially dispersed

Fully dispersed

Distributed subteams

Goal: Secure Funding


Goal: Align With Enterprise Direction


Goal: Explore the Initial Scope


DAD Teams Are Enterprise Aware

• DAD teams strive to

leverage and enhance the

existing organizational

eco system wherever

possible

• Implications:

– Work closely with

enterprise groups

– Follow existing

roadmap(s) where

appropriate

– Leverage existing assets

– Enhance existing assets



Governance is Built Into DAD

• Governance strategies built into DAD:

– Risk-value lifecycle

– Light-weight milestone reviews

– “Standard” opportunities for increased visibility and to steer the team

provided by agile

– Enterprise awareness

– Robust stakeholder definition

What Does it Mean to

Be Disciplined?

• In general, it requires discipline

to follow many agile practices

and philosophies

• But, it also requires discipline to:

– Reduce the feedback cycle

– Learn continuously

– Deliver solutions incrementally

– Be goal driven

– Enterprise aware

– Streamline Inception and

Transition efforts

– Adopt agile governance

strategies

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Thank You for Joining

scott [at] scottambler.com

@scottwambler

AgileModeling.com

AgileData.org

Ambysoft.com

DisciplinedAgileConsortium.org

DisciplinedAgileDelivery.com

ScottAmbler.com

Disciplined Agile Delivery

Disciplined Agile Delivery

DAD Certification: DisciplinedAgileConsortium.org Disciplined Agile Yellow Belt

– Indication that the person is new to disciplined agile but eager to learn

– Validate basic knowledge via a test

Disciplined Agile Green Belt

– Indication that the person is striving to be a professional

– Potential to be a junior coach

– Difficult test and several years of proven experience

Disciplined Agile Black Belt

– Indication that the person is an expert

– Often a senior coach, instructor, or agile transformation lead

– Board-level certification


Recommended Resources


http://www.ambysoft.com/books/managingAgileProjects.html

http://agilemodeling.com/

http://www.ambysoft.com/unifiedprocess/agileUP.html

http://disciplinedagiledelivery.com/

http://enterpriseunifiedprocess.com/

http://agiledata.org/

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