Collaboration at Scale: Budgeting & Portfolio Management8-November-2017

Collaboration at Scale

Designed for Scrum-centric organizations with more than 10 Scrum Teams, the Collaboration at Scale webinar series provides focused, outcome-driven solutions to collaboration problems faced by Product Owners, ScrumMasters, and Development Teams.

Produced by the Scrum Alliance and Conteneo, Inc., we’re proud of the many distinguished experts who share their wisdom in our series.

Laura Richardson

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Audrey McLaughlin

2-4 WEEK SPRINT

DAILY SCRUM MEETING

(EVERY 24 HOURS)

POTENTIALLY SHIPABLE PRODUCT INCREMENT

SPRINT BACKLOGPRODUCT BACKLOG

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Common Scrum Challenges

Tech Debt

Release Planning

Roadmap

Retros

Liftoffs

Refining

Value-Based

Backlogs

Priorities

Dependencies

Done, Done

CI/CD

TODAY:Budget & Portfolio

Management

December 2017:Prioritizing Backlogs

How is your budget being allocated today?

• Top down decision by leader/leaders• Same budget as last year with small changes• Start from scratch each year aligning

resources to priorities• I don’t know

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POLL QUESTION

Agenda

1 Cisco Corporate Affairs2 The way you allocate budget

matters3 It’s all about prioritizing4 Sharing the decision making

process

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Overwhelming Global Problems to Solve

197.1 million people 71 million young people

Global sea levels rose about 17 centimeters in the last century

1.8 billion people worldwide lack access to safe water

767 million people live on less than US$1.90/day

Unemployment Climate Change Water Scarcity Economic Inequality

Enabling people to reach their full potential in a digital economy.

Advancing environmentally sustainable growth in a digital economy.

People Society Planet

We accelerate global problem solving through our technology and expertise to positively impact people, society, and the planet.

Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility

Partnering to scale inclusive social and economic impact in countries around the world.

Networking Academy

Sources: European Commission (2015), ILO (2015), Manpower (2015), Gartner (2014), Cisco Corporate Affairs Student Outcomes Survey (2016)

Investment Situation Impact

28%projected growth of digital security and privacy jobs through 2020

71Myouth unemployed globally

90% of all jobs will require digital skills

Partnering with 9,600learning institutions in 170+ countries to develop the entry-level talent needed to power the digital economy.

38%of global employers have difficulty filling jobs

1.4M

students have received a new job opportunity due to Cisco Networking Academy since 2005

of students use the skills they learned in their daily lives

94%

170

Countries

6.7M

Students

9,600

Academies

Supporting Global Problem Solvers Access to Education

Economic Empowerment

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Critical Human Needs & Disaster Response

100% of Cisco’s key manufacturing and logistics suppliers set goals to cut GHG emissions.

The Way you allocate budget matters!Are you having the right discussions….

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The type of alignment matters as well

Alignment on a set of desired outcomes provides an important foundation for your investment decisions

Internal AlignmentYou and I agree on the goal & what we are working to achieve

External AlignmentWe accurately understand each others perspectives & priorities

Driving Alignment

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What is the level of alignment between priorities and budget allocation in your organization?• Well Aligned• Somewhat Aligned• Moderately Aligned• I have no way to tell • There’s a budget? ;-)

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POLL QUESTION

It’s All About Prioritizing

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Order = function_of(Value, Effort, other attributes)

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Business Value

Effort / Cost

Impact Effort Matrixhttp://bit.ly/2sTMxMW

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FY#1

FY#2

FY#3

3Yr Roadmap

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Sharing the Decision Making ProcessMoving from “my” budget to “our” budget

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20Deloitte - Zero-Based Budgeting: Zero or Hero?

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Summary

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Some Summary

Agile teams focus on desired outcomes

Internal Alignment is when we all agree on those outcomes

Zero-Based Budgeting democratizes investment decisions

Budgeting and Portfolio Management can be a collaborative sport!

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What do you want for the January 2018 webinar?• Distributed Team Liftoffs / Kickoffs• Managing Technical Architectures• Buyer and User Personas• Facilitating Online Meetings• How To Implement Lean Coffee at Scale• Analyzing Retrospective Data at Scale• My desired topic isn’t listed – email luke.hohmann@conteneo.co

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POLL QUESTION

Discussions

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Thank you for attending.

Our next webinar is on:How to Prioritize a Backlog

Laura Richardsonconteneo.co

Audrey McLaughlinCisco.com