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Agile Framework & Mindset


Agile Mindset

https://zenexmachina.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/agile-as-a-mindset-agile-as-behaviour/

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Traditional vs. Agile Mindset

Plan DrivenValue Driven

Big Bang Incremental Delivery

Project Teams Stable Teams

Multi-tasking Focus on

‘Done’

Late Feedback Continuous

Feedback

Avoid Mistakes Experiment

& Learn

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A G I L E T E A M M A T U R I T Y R O A D M A P

MATURITY

STAGE

FORMING

(standup)

STORMING

(stabilize)

NORMING

(optimize)

PERFORMING

(enable)

RADAR

SYMPTOMS

High variance

Clarity Low

Performance Low

Foundation Low

~ 25%

High variance

Culture Low

Clarity Low/Med

Performance Med

Foundation Med

~ 50%

Medium variance

Culture High

Clarity Med>High

Performance Med

Med

~ 70%

Low variance

Performance

High

Culture High

Foundation High(Business value,

roadmap, tech agility

lower)

GOALS

1- Bring clarity to

team vision,

measures for

success, backlog,

plans and roles.

2- Setup teams on

basic Agile

ceremonies and

core practices.

3- Setup foundation

for success

(structure, tools,

infrastructure, skills,

allocation,

standards,..)

1- Remove

organizational

obstacles

2- Strengthen

leadership triangle

roles

3- Begin cultural

journey – Agile

leadership,

collaboration and

conflict mgmt. skills

4- Begin technical

agility and DevOps

maturity

1- Enable self-

organization and

lean processes

2- Address

enterprise obstacles

3- Strengthen

technical agility and

DevOps

4- Mature discovery

1- Enable and

measure business

driven outcomes

2- Enable

experiments and

learning

3- Enable

knowledge transfer

and sharing

4- Build change

agents

5- Share results and

success

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A G I L E T E A M M A T U R I T Y R O A D M A P

MATURITY

STAGE

FORMING

(standup)

STORMING

(stabilize)

NORMING

(optimize)

PERFORMING

(enable)

GROWTH

PLAN

Agile TrainingFor all team members to

learn Agile and gain buy-

in. Start eLearning.

Team Kickoff &

Release PlanningSetup the team charter,

release vision and plan.

Agile CoachingCoach the team through

the first release

Baseline

MeasurementEstablish Team Health and

DevOps baseline

Foundation SetupSetup tools, team

allocation and structure,

leadership triangle,

workspace, standards.

Agile Leadership &

Triangle TrainingBegin leadership training

journey, optimize roles: SM,

PO, Tech Lead

Facilitation &

Collaboration

TrainingTeach the teams soft skills,

collaboration and facilitation

skills.

Agile CoachingTargeted on-demand, short

engagements

Mgmt. Ownership of

Org Obstacle Train managers on how to

use Agile to manage their

org obstacle items in AH.

DevOps Training Train teams on DevOps,

Enable top 8-10 practices.

DevOps health.

Agile Leadership

Cont.Continue Agile leadership

journey for mgmt. and Sr.

leaders.

Ownership of

Enterprise ObstacleTrain Sr leaders on

adopting Agile for

enterprise obstacles.

Agile CoachingTargeted on-demand

MeasurementMeasure TeamHealth

maturity and growth

Lean DiscoveryTeach POs, product mgrs.,

UX, BAs product discovery

skills.

DevOps

EnablementAssess DevOps health,

bring in more practices or

solidify existing.

Agile Leadership

Cont.Continue Agile leadership

journey for mgmt. and Sr.

leaders.

CX EnablementMature teams on CX/UX

and discovery. Drive

towards business

outcomes.

Innovation &

ExperimentsBuild in time for innovation

sprints/releases and

experimentation

Change AgentsBuild internal change

agents & coaches

Share Success,

Enable OthersPerform marketing of

success stories, enable and

mentor other teams

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Agile Business Teams

Use agile principles and practices to reduce time to delivery, increase flexibility and improve outcomes

• Break work down into smaller batches

• Build and prioritize a backlog

• Adopt more collaborative communication techniques

• Stand-up meetings

• Retrospectives

• Create and use a visible task board or Kanban board

• Planning work for short iterations


Agile Business Teams

• Work together as a team rather than a group of individual contributors

• Work incrementally and release deliverables more frequently

• Adapt quickly to changing priorities

• Continuously improve and deliver more value


Sample Sales Kanban Walls

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Agile Practices

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Scaling: Essential SAFeDean Leffingwell

https://www.scaledagileframework.com/an-essential-update-on-essential-safe/

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Scaling: Disciplined Agile Delivery - DAD

Scott Ambler

http://www.disciplinedagiledelivery.com/11

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Scaling: LeSS – Large Scale Scrum

Craig Larman & Bas Voddehttps://less.works/

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• The agile mindset is about doing agile AND being agile

• Doing and being agile is a journey of maturity (Crawl →Fly)

• Business Teams can leverage techniques like Kanban to do agile and begin to be agile

• Use an established framework to scale agile across the enterprise

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Summary


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