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Agile TransformationFaye HallAgile Transformation, American Express Technology

Personal Contact Info: faye.l.hall@aexp.com

DISCLAIMER: While American Express has agreed to share its name, experience and/or results in this presentation, this does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement. Results may vary.

WHO ARE WE?

We're a global services company that provides customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success

WHY TRANSFORM?

30-50% reduced time to market for new minimum viable products with more

frequent releases

Higher levels of innovation that will be needed for

tomorrow’s consumer and business landscape

Measured by customer experience, e.g. compelling

and innovative products

Aiming for 20%+ ($300M) run rate savings at the

company level through end to end delivery efficiency

and productivity

Quicker Time-to-Market Innovation Mindset, Skill-set, and Toolsets

Higher ConsumerValue & Quality

Decreased Development Costs

Technology Moving at Fast Pace

How agile supports theTechnology Strategy

Changing Competitive Landscape

OUR JOURNEY

Nov5Agileofficiallyintroduced

2011 2012 2013 2014 20152010

FebLaunchedForumsandCommunitiesofPractice

AprilDeliveryTransformation

Launched

Nov5DeployedEnterprise

Agiletool

JuneCentralizedAgileEnablement

JanMovetoCommonEnterpriseSprint

Calendar

Jan- SepTeamspilotingAgile

Prove It Enable It

Scale It

Institutionalize It

Increase Maturity

PocketsofAdoption

EARLY DAYS 2010 - 2012

qStrong Grass Roots Movement

qAgile was introduced into the SLDC in Nov 2011

qIn 2012 we were 18% agile adoption

qEarly adopters uncovered impediments

qThe CoE did not exist

q5+ Development Days was introduced

2013 - DT DESIGN PILLARS

Real Estate(co location) RolesHiring and Recruitment

Agile transformation Automation Metrics

The Delivery Transformation strategy aims to shift to a product centric model to drive speed to innovation through increasing productivity and development cycle

time.

MOVE GROUPS

A vertical slice of an organization

qCo-location

qRoles, talent and team design

qTraining

qProduct transformation and product definition

qTools

ACCELERATION - IN 2015 OUR GOAL WAS 50 % AGILE ADOPTION

• Established the CoE focused on agile coaching

• Developed and deployed measuring agile maturity

• Deployed enterprise-wide agile tool

• Launched a global quarterly 5 day awareness and training program known as Campus20

• Created internal hackathon events to showcase engineering and functional expertise, disruptive thinking and collaboration

Business Technology

• Established software product management organization liaising between marketing and technology teams focusing on portfolio level prioritization of critical and complex initiatives

• Created innovative mobile and commerce initiatives achieving an 85% customer satisfaction rate, doubled the number of monthly actives users for Amex mobile, and quadrupled the number of Card members viewing our offers

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

qTraining Curriculaq Forumsq Newslettersq Clinics

qRoles and Career Framework for agile roles

qCoaches for top initiatives

qScrum Master Community Of Practice

qClosely linked with the automation office

qPartnering with DT Contacts

DT SUCCESS

qAgile Forums - servicing 1000 people.

qTraining

qTotal Hires: Over 18 months, hired 1,500+ engineers while reducing contractors from 80% to 40%

qAgile Adoption at 83% with approx 850 Teams.

qAgile Maturity increasing by 20%

qTool Chain Automation: Achieved 100% regression test automation based on selected areas

CHALLENGES

qLegacy Platforms

qCulture

qContext

qLeadership

qProduct Ownership

qMetrics

HOW DO WE CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT?

Obstacle Removal Team Jedi Council

2013 2016

LEARNINGS q Measure outcome vs activity

q Impact of Enterprise Changeq Risk Management concernsq Gaps in skills & competenciesq Outdated IT-Business interaction modelq Legacy complexity

q Product transformation

q Balancing risks associated with an innovative culture against our proven historical successes with our traditional business

q Understanding the digital landscape

q The need to optimize enterprise activities and processes

q Accelerate automation

q Digital priorities, enterprise architecture and design

Business

Technology

AGILE AT SCALE

qSome pockets of success

qMake the system sprint

qCreate programs

qPrioritization at the portfolio

MOVING FORWARD

qIncreasing our Agile Proficiency → Business Agility

qAdvancing an Agile Culture and Mindset

qCelebrating Successes

qScaling with a solid foundation

qCreating an agile practitioner capability

IT’S NO LONGER JUST AN AGILE TRANSFORMATION

This is the new way of doing business

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