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10 Tips to Facilitate Enterprise Agility

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Ali Cox

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Session Roadmap1. Why Agile?2. Agile is Not Just for Developers

Anymore3. Business Analysis is

NOT Dead4. 10 Actionable Tips to

Enable Agility

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The world is under

Disruption

“It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.”

- Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

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VUCA

??Volatile AmbiguousUncertain Complex

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Why Agile?

“Walking on water and developing solutions from a specification are easy if both are frozen.”

Edward V. Berard’s Law

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What IS Agile?

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What is Agile?

Agile is a mindset, a way to approach challenges defined by

4 values and 12 principles (being Agile).

It is also the implementation of frameworks, methods and

techniques (doing Agile)

DOING AGILE BEING AGILE

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customer collaboration over contract negotiation

individuals and interactions over processes and tools

responding to change over following a plan

working software over comprehensive documentation

4 Agile Values

DOING AGILE BEING AGILE

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Agile Principles – In a Nutshell

Customer Satisfaction

Harness Change

Iterate / Increment Collaborate

Motivated People Communicate Working

ProductSustainable

Pace

Excellence Simplicity Self-organization Kaizen

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Extreme Programming

Scrum

SAFe

Kanban

Doing Agile Means…

DOING AGILE BEING AGILE

… …

Value Oriented

Iterative

Incremental

Collaborative

Continuous Improvement

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Being Agile Means…

DOING AGILE BEING AGILE Value Oriented

Iterative

Incremental

Collaborative

Continuous Improvement

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The 3rd Wave is About Enterprise Agility

https://www.solutionsiq.com/resource/blog-post/the-third-wave-of-agile/

Agile Teams

ScaledAgile

Business Agility

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The Building Blocks of Enterprise Agility

Agile Development

Agile Continuous

Delivery

Continuous Learning

Enterprise Agility

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So…Agile is not just for IT

hospitals, marketing, training, HR…

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Enterprise Agility Ecosystem

Design Thinking

Lean Practices

Scrum & Lean

KanbanDevOps

Solve the Right Problem

Solve the Problem The Right Way

Realize Value Quickly

Change Management – Portfolio Management – Scaling Framework

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Design Thinking

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Lean Practices = Light Weight

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Scrum

SprintAnalysis

Just-in-Time!

SprintBacklog

Sprint

Sprint Demo / Review

SprintRetrospective

SprintPlanning

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DevOps

Development

Quality Assurance

IT Operations

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Business Analysis Role in Agility

Business Analysis Is Not

Dead!

Business Analysis Core Concept Model™ (BACCM™)

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Benefits of Good Analysis

*Findings from McKinsey Global Survey 2017

Goals*

Excellent Requirements

Satisfied CustomersFaster to Market

Managing Change

Reduction of Project Defects

Increase IT operational efficiency

Improve employeeexperience

Increase business efficiency

Improve customerexperience

Introduce newproducts faster

Smooth Implementation

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What enables enterprise agility?

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Agile Leadership

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“culture eats strategy for breakfast”

Peter Drucker

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“culture eats strategyfor breakfast”

Peter Drucker

Management 3.0

everything

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Benefits of Adopting Agile

Benefits realized by companies adopting agile:

Source: The 13th annual State of Agile Survey

Ability to Manage Changing PrioritiesProject Visibility

Business / IT AlignmentTeam Morale

Delivery Speed / Time to MarketIncreased Team Productivity

Project PredictabilityProject Risk Reduction

Software QualityEngineering Discipline

Managing Distributed TeamsSoftware MaintainabilityProject Cost Reduction

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Keys:• Transparency• Focus on value• Awareness• Knowledge-sharing• Collaboration• Mindfulness

Implement Good Practices

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Keys:• Common Tools• Tool Training• Sharing

Mindfully Select Appropriate Tools

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Keys:• Transparency• Coordination• Involvement early• Understand impacts• Mindfulness

Understand Your Business + Stakeholders

8

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Keys:• Data model• Homogenous data• Data analytics• Valuable metrics

Know Your Data + Tell Stories With It

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Keys:• Transparent rules• Documented rules• Awareness of

Scenarios

Hone Business Rules for Good Decisions

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Keys:• Measure outcomes• Constant

prioritization• Eye on strategy

Focus on Value

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Keys:• Learning mindset• Be voracious!• Celebrate failures• Regular retrospectives• Improve as a team• Feedback loops

Adopt a Kaizen Mindset

4

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Keys:• Cross-train• Help each other• Make policies explicit• Visualization

Encourage Knowledge-Sharing + Transparency

3

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Keys:• A common goal• Transparency• Face-to-face and

frequent conversations• Laugh together!

Support and Encourage Collaboration

2

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Keys:• Empathy• Constant observation• Listen!• Adjust quickly

Understand Your Customer

1

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Any big endeavor starts with the right mindsetand the journey to achieving company agility is no exception.

The right environment needs to be created, where employeesare able to experiment and continuously learn how to improve their business processes.

Bonus Tips!

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Enterprise Transformation Methodology

work withChange Team

work withProject Teams

work withBoard Team

Maturity

Scale

Methodology Development

Culture Transformation

Methodology Vision

PilotWorkshopStart-Up

culture Workstream

adoption WorkstreamMentoringWorkshop Mentoring

Course Based ImprovementCourse

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Wrap up…

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