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How does Agile work at scale? And what business benefits can Agile project management methodologies provide within large organisations? Matt Cheung, Director at Clarasys, a global consultancy firm, shares his Agile expertise and experience.
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Scaling agile effectively in business systems
Matt Cheung
Outcomes
RegionalCoGlobal releases every 3 months
Back toSquare one
GlobalCoGlobal releases every 7 weeks
Business objectives & benefits achieved
RegionalCo locations
Company: $1.4bn turnover3,500 staff
Project: 1,200 business users15 countries
GlobalCo locations
Company: $14bn turnover53,000 staff
Project: 4,000 business users42 countries
RegionalCo – History and architecture
• Country specific architecture developed through acquisition
• Sunk cost of £12m
• Yearly budget of £8m
• 6 standard systems • 10 slightly different
instances of a invoicing system
GlobalCo – History and architecture
• Architecture developed through acquisition
• Sunk cost of £100m
• Yearly budget of
£40m
• 11 standard systems • 42 slightly different
instances of a mainframe system
So?
Team distribution andvendor responsibilities
• 3 key locations/countries• Time difference +2 hours• c. 70 staff• Three vendors, 20+ contractors• Independent management• No accountability with vendors for individual phases/technologies
Team distribution and vendor responsibilities
•7 key locations across 5 countries•Time difference +/- 7hours•c. 250 staff•5 vendors, 20 contractors•Independent management•Each vendor accountable for a technology or a phase
Bus routes = Business areas
Stops = Releases
Commuters = Business users
Sunshine path
Example
Conclusions
Three critical success factors
• Roadmap & incremental deployment
• Sunshine path and process map – story relationship
• Governance structure and team accountabilities
What could we have done better?
• A really early small release
Questions?
