The 'Only' 2 Things Needed to Scale Agile

THE ‘ONLY’ 2 THINGS NEEDED TO SCALE AGILE

ERWIN VAN DER KOOGH FOUNDER BITGENICS

SCALING?OH RLY?

“THE ONLY SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY IS ADAPTABILITY”

Everyone who read anything by Drucker or Deming

WHAT ARE WE SCALING?

DON’T SCALE THE AGILE PROCESS®

THE POWER OF THE AGILE MANIFESTO WAS IN THE QUESTION

WHAT ARE WE SCALING?

WHAT ARE WE SCALING?

1) PRODUCT FUNDING IS OUT

WHAT ARE WE SCALING?

2) TEAMS ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCKS

WHAT ARE WE SCALING?

1) PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

WHAT ARE WE SCALING?

2) AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

WHAT ARE WE SCALING?

PORTFOLIOSPRODUCT BASED

2 QUESTIONS FOR THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER IN YOUR LIFE

PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

1WHAT IS MORE VALUABLE?

PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

AINCREASE CONVERSIONS BY 10%

PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

OR

BTHE FEATURE YOU ARE BUILDING NOW

PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

2WHY ARE YOU BUILDING THE FEATURE?

PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

MN=2N - 1PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

“PROJECTS IS THE PATH TO THE DARK SIDE. PROJECTS LEAD TO PORTFOLIOS. PORTFOLIOS LEAD TO MASSIVELY DELAYED FEEDBACK. DELAYED FEEDBACK LEADS TO SUFFERING..”

Yoda or something

PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

ORGANISE AROUND PRODUCTS

PRODUCT BASED PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

FUND CAPABILITIES

INVESTING IS ASSIGNING CAPABILITY TO A PRODUCT (AREA)

TEAMSAUTONOMOUS FEATURE

ADAPTABILITY REQUIRES DECENTRALISED DECISION MAKING

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

PRODUCT OWNERSHIP IS (PART OF) PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

TEAMS DECIDE THE HOW

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

COMPONENTS TEAMS ARE NOT AGILE

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

WORKING SOFTWARE OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

WORKING SOFTWARE OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

VALUABLE

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

BUT BUT ERWIN..

“THE IOS SQUAD IS STAFFED WITH THE MISSION TO ENABLE RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF THE SPOTIFY IOS CLIENT, WHICH IS KEY TO THE COMPANY’S SUCCESS"

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

“SIMPLY PUT, THIS SQUAD IS BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO QUICKLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THEIR CODE CHANGES AND DELIVER VALUE TO OUR END-USERS IN A RELIABLE AND TIMELY MANNER.”

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

AUTONOMOUS FEATURE TEAMS

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

SIMPLE?!SURELY IT CAN’T BE THAT

CAN IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE?!

BUT BUT ERWIN.. ‘BEING’ AGILE!

“IF YOU THINK YOU NEED COMPLICATED METHODS TO DEAL WITH COMPLEXITY YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY HEADED TO CHAOS.. ”

Dave Snowden?

CAN IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE?!

“IF YOU THINK YOU NEED COMPLICATED METHODS TO DEAL WITH COMPLEXITY YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY HEADED TO CHAOS.. ”

Me

CAN IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE?!

CAN IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE?!

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