Sprinting to SuccessThe Agile Transformation at Lifesize

AMY WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DELIVERY | LIFESIZE

HOLLY TOMPKINS | ENTERPRISE ADVOCATE | ATLASSIAN

Meet Amy & Holly

INTRODUCTION

YOU can make a difference in driving your culture!

ACT WITH INTEGRITY AND AUTHENTICITY

Journey to sprinting to success at Lifesize

MAKE EVERY DAY MATTER

Why Transform?

The Challenge

The ChallengeLean engineering organization with agile business priorities to support market demands

Lack of transparency and viewed as under-delivering without understanding root cause

Why Transform?

Getting Started

Getting Started1. Educational awareness – the why and guidelines for how to operate

2. Picked a team who was willing and able –Proof of Concept

3. Light coaching – you want the team to learn in retrospectives versus always telling them the ‘got-cha’s’

TRANSFORMATION TIMELINE

1st Team Started Practicing

Next Team Started

5 Teams Transformed

All 8 Teams Transformed

Scaling Agile. Program

Increments Started

Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Summer 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2017

First Quarterly Program Increment

Completed

Summer 2017

Why Transform?

Now Go!

Now Go!3 to 5 sprints completed: Transparency, Collaboration, Communication!

After PoC scrum team was moving along –picked another team who was excited

Focus on the end goal - Scale!

SPRINT SCHEDULE IN CONFLUENCE

MOBILE SCRUM TEAM: TRANSPARENCY USING METRICS IN JIRA

MOBILE SCRUM TEAM: RELEASE BURNDOWN EXAMPLE IN JIRA

TRANSFORMATION TIMELINE

1st Team Started Practicing

Next Team Started

5 Teams Transformed

All 8 Teams Transformed

Scaling Agile. Program

Increments Started

Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Summer 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2017

First Quarterly Program Increment

Completed

Summer 2017

Checkpoint: Keep Going

Why Tranform?

Keep Going

Keep GoingAll hands meeting: retrospective of scrum transformation of first 5 teams

Influence without authority

Inflection point: Leadership committed to Agile

Continuous improvement

SCALING TO SUCCESS

TRANSFORMATION TIMELINE

1st Team Started Practicing

Next Team Started

5 Teams Transformed

All 8 Teams Transformed

Scaling Agile -Program

Increments Started

Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Summer 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2017

First Quarterly Program Increment

Completed

Summer 2017

1st PI Planning (Q2)

PLANNING INITIATIVES AT PROGRAM INCREMENT PLANNING

TRANSFORMATION TIMELINE

1st Team Started Practicing

Next Team Started

5 Teams Transformed

All 8 Teams Transformed

Scaling Agile. Program

Increments Started

Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Summer 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2017

First Quarterly Program Increment

Completed

Summer 2017

Atlassian’s Team Playbookswww.atlassian.com/team-playbook

Exercises to turn any sick

areas into healthy ones

Process for rating team

health against 8 attributes

HEALTH MONITORS PLAYS

Health Monitor

Set the stage

Rate attributes

Discuss ratings

Agree on focus areas

Run plays

5 “Whys” Analysis PlayTools: White board, sticky notes, colored dots

Duration: 25 minutes Why? Useful for root cause exploration

www.atlassian.com/team-playbook

Be Flexible Within Your Boundaries

Key Takeaways

Influence Without Authority

Get Started

Thank You

AMY WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DELIVERY | LIFESIZE

HOLLY TOMPKINS | ENTERPRISE ADVOCATE | ATLASSIAN