Agile & Lean Principles at the Portfolio LevelCase Study & Workshop

William Baxter @sstweb

May 26, 2016 Accelerate Agility

Case Study Constraints

Context▪ Digital group at Major TV network in NYC▪ Have product vision▪ 9 dev teams

▪Create 4 work quadrants on your table▪Indicate the North direction

Work Area

▪ Industry disruption▪ Cross-team dependencies

Pain Points

▪ Shared resources▪ Unpredictable lead times

Pain Points

▪What are your top portfolio management pain points?▪Label the NE quadrant “Pain Points”▪Write out your top 1—3 pain points, one per sticky, and discuss with your table.▪Rank the pain points for your table.▪Take 2 minutes.

Pain Points

Transparency

AlignmentPrioritization

Key Concepts

Transparency

Pain Points

▪Where does lack of transparency hurt you?▪Label the SE quadrant “Transparency”.▪Write out your examples, one per sticky, and discuss with your table.▪Associate with a pain point if possible.▪Take 2 minutes.

Transparency

Pain Points

▪What would improved transparency look like?▪Write out your ideas, one per sticky, and associate with your examples of lack of transparency.▪Take 2 minutes.

Transparency

▪Key maintenance factor▪Provides focus▪Supports culling

Prioritization

Pain Points

▪What methods of prioritization do you know?▪Stand up and shout out your method, one at a time.▪Take 1 minute.

Prioritization

Pain Points

▪Label the SW quadrant “Prioritization”.▪Choose a method with your table, and write it on an large sticky.▪Write out the information you need to support the chosen method.▪Take 2 minutes.

Prioritization

▪Alignment is a practice, not a state▪Establish reliable maintenance rhythm

Alignment

Pain Points

▪Where do you lack alignment?▪Label the NW quadrant “Alignment”.▪Write ideas, one per sticky, and discuss with table.▪Rank items for your table.▪Take 2 minutes.

Alignment

Pain Points

▪Write an agenda for an alignment meeting on an large sticky with your table.▪Take 2 minutes.

Alignment

▪Weekly meeting facilitated by the PMO▪POs and stakeholders▪Walk the board and groom▪Highlight blockers, dependencies, resource contention

Alignment - Case Study

Transparency

AlignmentPrioritization

Key Concepts

Pain Points

▪What prevents you from adopting portfolio kanban?▪Label a new area on your table “Impediments”.▪Write top 1—3 impediments, one per sticky, and discuss with your table.▪Rank the impediments for your table.▪Take 2 minutes.

Transparency, Prioritization, Alignment

Pain Points

▪How will you establish your TPA?▪Label a new area on the table “Todo”.▪Write top 1—3 todo items, one per sticky, and discuss with your table.▪Rank the todo items for your table.▪Take 2 minutes.

Transparency, Prioritization, Alignment

▪Customers > Products > Teams▪Find the right level of detail▪Drop the right work

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