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Agile Pilot

Questions

Development Challenges@SAPProduct Innovation Lifecycle -Introduction

Agile Pilot

Questions

DevelopmentChallenges@SAP

Product Innovation Lifecycle -Introduction

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SAP Corporate Profile – Facts & Figures

SAP AG*)35.000+ employeesPresence in 50+ countries32.000 customers100.000+ installations12 million users in 120+ countries€ 8,513 billion revenue in 2005

Development Locations

*) data as of March 2006

Hungary

Products/Solutions150+ Products and 40+ SolutionsMore than 25 Industry Solutionsthereof30+ languages supportedApprox. 500 developers work in parallel on a new release of a solution

Agile Pilot

Questions


Product Innovation Lifecycle –Introduction


Product Innovation Lifecycle (PIL): Overview

Invent Define Develop Deploy Optimize

Solution Management

Portfolio ManagementPh

ases

Management of Internal Controls

Decision to Define

QualifiedOpportunities

Phas

e Tr

ansi

tions

Market Strategy

IndustryStrategy

ApplicationStrategy

Opportunity Prioritization

Proc

esse

s

Decision to Develop

Develop-ment

Contract

Requirements Definition

Architecture Definition

High Level Planning

Decision to Deploy

SAP-validated Product

Detailed Planning

Implementation & Unit Test

Integration & Acceptance

Test

Detailed Design

Assembly &Validation

Decision to Volume Ship

Market-validated Product

Ramp-up Planning

Knowledge Transfer

PhasedRamp-up

Decision toRe-Invent

Market acceptedProduct

Correction & Change

Staged Release Transition

Product Transition


How Agile & PIL (Product Innovation Lifecycle) Match

Invent Define Develop Deploy Optimize

Pro

ject

Exe

cuti

on

Classical –Phase-Driven

Scrum – Agile Development

Agile Pilot

Questions


Product Innovation Lifecycle -Introduction

Agile PilotBasicsScrum@SAPResultsKey Concepts


Agile Pilot – Basics

PilotSchedule October 2005 to October 2006

Motivation Agile Benefits… „faster, better, cheaper“!?

KeyTargets

Evaluate how to do Scrum@SAPSupport min. 10 projectsMin. 3 different locationsMin. 3 different development areasBuild SAP Scrum knowledgeFirst process draft (PIL)

SuccessMeasures

Project business goals are met in timeTeam members love to do itManagement is satisfied with results

Set-upExternal TrainersSAP Scrum Coach + Scrum Training

SAP ScrumRules

Max. 2 Project Locations Teams with max. 15 PersonsNO high risk ProjectsAll Team membersmust have participatedin the Scrum trainingbeforehand

Scrum commitments– Do Scrum as proposed

by methodology for at least 3 Sprints

– Stick to Scrum roles– All SAP Standards are

still valid(e.g. legal, reporting ..)


Agile Pilot – Scrum@SAP

ApprovedBusiness Case

Scrum Process Flow



40+ Projects since November 2005at 7 Development Locations

FranceRa‘anna

Sofia China

Japan

Walldorf Budapest

Bangalore

TorontoLA

5 SAPDevelopmentAreas:

October 2006(finished)

ERPSuite

Optimization

IndustrySolutions

Scrum@SAP Pilot Status

Netweaver

SmallBusinessSolutions

~9 single-site

projects

WalldorfRa‘annaBudapestTorontoSofia

Walldorf-BudapestWalldorf-BangaloreWalldorf-SofiaWalldorf-MontrealWalldorf-MinskLA-Karmiel-WalldorfBangalore-Ra‘anna-Walldorf

~32 multi-site

projects

Montreal

37+ (>90%) Projectswere

(very) successful

4 Projects (<10%) stopped (Scrum) …



Enhanced SAP Scrum best practices

Commitments

Project preparation and set-up as usual

Team

Product Owner

Scrum Master

Stakeholders

SAP Standards

Product Backlog

Sprint Backlog

IncrementalDevelopment


ScrumMaster

“Classic I”Product

Owner

Team(<=16)

Agile Pilot – Scrum@SAP Project Variants


Team(<=16)

Team(<=16)

Team(<=16)

Agile Pilot – Scrum@SAP Variants

Scrumof

Scrum

“Classic II”ScrumMaster

ProductOwner



ScrumMaster

ProductOwner

“Classic III - combi”

Team(<=16)

One Person =

+


Team IV Bangalore+WalldorfTeam II Walldorf

Team I Walldorf


“BIG I”

Team V Bangalore

Team IIIBangalore+Walldorf

OverallScrumMaster


“BIG II”


TeamIRa’anna TeamVBangalore

TeamIIRa’anna

Team III Walldorf

TeamVIBangalore

Scrum of Scrum

OverallScrumMaster

5ProductOwner


Agile Pilot – Results

SAP Scrum Benefits

on Project StatusIssues and problems became visible very earlyClear Status for all

Scrum Improvements for Projects

Transparency Communication

Benefits lead to an unexpected high number ofScrum Pilot Projects

of all actors in theprocess

Solution Management and DevelopmentOne Product Owner per teamStakeholders in Sprint Review

increased for mostPilot Projects

High Team motivationSome Teams finished Sprints earlierMost Teams delivered earlier more than was expected

Productivity


Scrum Learnings


SAP-specific adoptions for Scrum (PIL)

Strong key roles

SAP Scrum Rules are key

Team experience +

Team size

Change Management

Product OwnerTraining

Adoption to Agile takes

time …

CommonSAP Scrum „message“

Some keep falling backto old habitsSAP Scrum Coach is key


Keep roles, responsibility, discipline and trustScrum set-up for biggerprojectsA good Product BacklogEstablish a Team learningcultureIntercultural topics

Scrum Challenges


Training

Retro-spectives

CoachingCoachingCoaching



Scrum Pilot Results

Scrum@SAP from 2007 onScrum is part of PILScrum will be an optionSAP Scrum Key ConceptsAgile plans:Scrum@SAP + XP

3 Development Areas decided toexpand Scrum extensively in 2007

Scrum Pilot already changed to anintroduction of Scrum

40+ Pilot Projects at7 SAP Development Locations

500+ trained Scrum Practitioners

Key Targets and SuccessMeasures are met


3Coaching …

Info Session + Discussion

Common Agreement and Commitment

Training + Coaching

SAP Scrum Key Concepts

Scrum BasicsAdvanced Scrum Master

TechniquesProduct Owner Excellence

Diversity/Intercultural

1Preparation forAgile

2Agile Trainingfor all Roles

Coach = Scrum Master Original Scrum Master takes over

Coach steps outFinal Project Retrospective


Local Scrum Coaches

SAP Scrum Key Concepts

France1Ra‘anna

1-2Sofia

China

Japan

1-2Montreal3-5Walldorf

1-2Budapest

2-3Bangalore

LA+Toronto

Enable Locations

Ensure Local Project Support

Education for Local Coaches

Tasks are tobuild local communitiesdo local training + coachingenhance local knowledge andexpertiseact as contact for the world-wide Agile SAPNetwork

Agile Pilot

Questions

Development Challenges @ SAP

Product Innovation Lifecycle - Introduction


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