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RUDRESHA T. SHETTY, Director, Professional Division

HARMAN India

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Agenda

• Introduction to HARMAN India & Team

• Why Agile Migration?

• Key Lessons Learnt

• Agile Innovation: Harnessing Cultural Shift

– Open Ideation

– PoC Building Challenges

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KEY TAKEAWAY

BUILDING CULTURE CONDUCIVE FOR INNOVATION

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HARMAN & Pro Engineering Team

• HARMAN provides solutions for the automotive, consumer,

and professional audio markets.

• Known for it’s legendary brands:

• Engineering Team focused on developing on-board &

off-board software for Professional Audio Devices.

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#1 Trigger For Migration: Scope Flexibility

• Two-thirds of the features built

are rarely or never used*!

– Universal 80-20 Rule

• Clear need to build only features

needed & reduce waste.

• Too much emphasis on Project

Scope & Lack of Flexibility.

• Need for a model which

supports dynamic engagement

with customer.

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20%

16%

19%

45%

Always or

often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

Valuable

Features

Waste

Source: The Standish Group

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#2 Trigger: Degrees of Uncertainty

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Waterfall

Agile

Kanban

Lean

Startup

known unknown

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Problem

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Source: iQ3 Group

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Agile: Scrum Framework

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Source: Neon Rain Interactive – Agile For All

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UNLEARN

WATERFALL GET A MENTOR WHO UNDERSTANDS YOUR BUSINESS!

LESSON #1

EXECUTION

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EMPOWER TEAM FOCUS ON AGILE VALUES:

COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, FEEDBACK, TRUST AND

PASSION.

LESSON #2

DECISION

MAKING

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TEAM >

INDIVIDUAL EMPHASIS ON VALUE-BASED TEAM-LEVEL METRICS

LESSON #3

METRICS

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AUTOMATION &

TEAM INTEGRATION DIFFERENT BREED OF DEVELOPERS & TESTERS

LESSON #4

TEST

STRATEGY

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DOING AGILE VS.

BEING AGILE HARNESS THE FULL POTENTIAL OF AGILE TEAMS

LESSON #5

CULTURAL

CHANGE

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Shift in Thought Process

FLAWLESS

PLANNING

RISK

AVERSE

PERIODIC

ENLIGHTNED

EXPERIMENTS

SMART

RISK

CONTINUOUS

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Unlocking Full Potential: Agile Innovation

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IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

!

IDEA

DECMOCRATIZED IDEATION

COLLABORATIVE SELECTION

RAPID EXPERIMENTATION

BUILDING PROOF OF CONCEPTS

PATENTS

PRODUCTIZATION

FEATURE INTEGRATION

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Summary

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• Agile Migration

• Lessons Learnt

– Unlearn Waterfall

– Empower Team

– Value-based Metrics

– Test Strategy

– Cultural Change

• Harnessing Agile Teams for Rapid Innovation

RESULT: HARMAN India in Top #3 Contributors to Patent Portfolio

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Questions?

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Reference

• CHAOS Manifesto - 2013

• Common Pitfall When Moving to Agile - Robert McGeachy

• The XP 2002 Conference Report

• K. Conboy, et al. “People Over Process: Key People Challenges in Agile Development”

• Nerur, S., R. Mahapatra, et al. (2005). "Challenges of Migrating to Agile Methodologies.“

• Top 10 Mistakes Made by New Agile Teams

• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

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