How to combine scaled frameworks with distributed teams

How to combine scaled frameworks

with distributed teamsBy

Hugo Messer & Ebin John Poovathany

1.About Hugo & Ebin2.SaFe3.LeSS4.Hybrid5.Distributed challenges6.High level solutions7.Hands on solutions8.Wrap up

About Hugo

2004: TRIP TO INDIA

bridge-global.com

2008

INDIA

Ekipa.co/ebooks

Ekipa.co

ekipa.co.id

About Ebin

Agile Addict

Interests

•Agile Addict•Interested in

–Agile and Lean Philosophy–Social psychology–Neuro Linguistic Programming–Cognitive psychology–Organization behaviour

•Profession–Story Telling–Agile Coaching–Life Coaching

•Hobbies–Learning–Blogging–Meeting people–Running, Badminton

https://in.linkedin.com/in/ebinjpebinjp@hotmail.com@ebinjohnp

Scaling framewor

ks

LeSS

Pros & Cons

Pros & Cons

Work In Progress

Distributed

teams

What is distributed?

The European Market

The challeng

es

US versus THEM

# 1

Teams are in the dark

# 2

Culture is a mystery

# 3

Global vs Local

Collaborative vs CompetitiveConsultative vs Decisive

Task-oriented vs Relationship-oriented

Keeping opinions to yourself vs Voicing your opinionAgreeable vs Willing to disagree

Question authority vs Do as you’re told

Culture affects teamwork

43% of teams with 16+ locations report

they never have issues because of

culture!

Survey

We stop communicating

# 4

#5: The black box

The European Market

High level

solutions

1.Self organisation

Fewer rules

Less hierarchy

More freedom

Let teams figure out stuff

2. Empathy

Stimulate empathy on 4 levels

3. Engaged product owners

with time

Hands on solutions

Agile collaboration: distributed team canvas

Roles & responsibilitiesWho does what & where?

Meddlers

game

Process

manager

Proxy Produc

t Owner

Intercultural

ambassador

cultureHow to manage cultural differences?

Culture canvas

Travel budget

The culture Canvas

tools

Conference

software

A-syncchatvideo!

ProjectMantool

Docsharing

What tools do we use and how?Good

audio Versioncontrol

tools

Knowledge transferHow do we make everyone familiar with our product?

Productvideos

Online wiki

User talks

Tripsonshore

When and how will we meet?

Communication rhythm

Meeting facilitat

or

Useagenda’

s

Do the daily

standupRetro: Board

+ actions

Wrap up

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