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The beginning of a SAFe journey – with a perspective on quality

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The brief

About a year ago, management in the digital agency at The LEGO Group decided to scale their agile activities using the Scaled Agile Framework aka SAFe. Learn more about SAFe, how our journey began, where it took us, and what we have learned so far – including observations with a perspective on quality. I aim at providing you with some key takeaways to consider for using the framework in your own organisation.

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Who we are

ConsumerMarke-ngAgencyDenmark’slargestagencywithapprox.300+employeesandcoun<nghandlingLEGOcustomersofallsortswithinmarke<ngcampaigns–posters,tvcommercials,web,appsetc.Alsoworkingoncombiningdigitalandphysicalplayexperiences–e.g.NexoKnightsHeadingupdigitalquality(consumer-facing)andcontentQAteamof10internalQALeads,Engineers,Analysts,12externalsContentteamof3internalcoordinators,2studentworkers,7externals

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What we do

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The agile journey began in 2008

-2008Waterfall-ishmindset,smallporQolio

2008

AgilepilotonLEGOIDproject

2009

FullyagilewithLEGOUniverse

2010

Otherchannelsfollowedtheagiletransi<on

2012

OurITdepartmentstartsadop<ngagile

2015

SAFebeginning,largeporQolio

•  LeadingSAFeAgilistcer<fica<onin2013

•  ProductOwnersSAFecer<fica<oninMarch2014

•  Visi<ngTomTomatPIplanningMay2014

•  Allleadersona2dayLeadingSAFeJanuary2015

•  FirstProgramIncrementplanningJanuary2015

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Why scale agile?

•  Missingguidanceaboveteamlevel•  ComplexporQolio•  Fastertomarket•  Longerplanninghorizon

•  Crossplanningvisibility•  Oursurroundingsmisunderstoodthe

agility–SAFecouldhelpusgetbackontrack

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Scaled Agile Framework – the overview


Source:scaledagileframework.com

OMG!!??

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The principles

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The beginning of SAFe

SystemTeamestablished

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External support

2dayworkshopwithDonReinertsen

Principle#6:VisualizeandlimitWIP,reducebatchsizes,andmanagequeuelengths

Engagedwithacompanyandanagilecoachtosupportthenewprocess

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Weighted shortest job first – or WSJF

•  WSJF–decidingwhattoinvestin

•  DoingtheWSJFmadeusrealizesomethingaboutourreleasetrains….

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An example of a Program Increment planning event…..

Timeelapse1min

2days,20teams,150people–purposeisalignment

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Agenda at PI planning

•  Allhandsmee<ng•  Visionandroadmap•  Planningrequirements–NFRs,QAreq’s•  Teambreakout•  Dragplanfair•  Managementreview

•  Changesfrommanagementreview•  Teambreakout•  Confidencevote

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Draft plan fair

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Management review

Agerday1,managersstaytotalkabout,whattheyhaveobservedduringtheday.Risksarebeingaddressedandgetanowner

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Confidence vote

Istheplanrealis<c?Lookingatavailability,dependencies,risks

FistofFivetechnique

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Inspect and adapt

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Work, work, fun, work and more fun for 8 weeks….

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System demo – at the end of a PI

Productownerspresentwhathasbeenaccomplishedforthepast8weeks•  Bigmee<ngwithallproductownersandeveryoneinterested

•  Evalua<ononpointsdelivered

•  NOTPowerPoints–butrealsogware,preferablyreleasedtousers

Showreel2:30

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Quality considerations


Source:scaledagileframework.com

-QAanalyststes<ng

-QAengineerschecking

-QAleadsgivinges<mates,holis<cview,coachingprojects

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Rewinding the clock, I would have…….

•  Doneitagain!Butstartedoutinasmallerscale–howevernottoosmall…..

•  Definedvaluestreamsbeker–ifpossible

•  Insistedonfixingsomearchitecturaldependencies

•  Focusedevenmoreonquality

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Key take aways/good advice/reflections

•  Checkoutscaledagileframework.com

•  TryoutWSJF

•  Createyourvaluestreams–defineyourARTs(AgileReleaseTrains)

•  Ensureorganiza<onalissuesarebeingaddressed

•  UsewhatisbringingvalueforYOURorganiza<on

•  Haveacollabora<ontoolinplace

•  Getexternalconsultantsinforhelp

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Key take aways/good advice/reflections

•  RememberSAFeisjustaframework–itwillnotfixyourproblems.It’slikequalityassuranceandtes<ng.Itcanshowthelevelofqualitybutnotfixtheissues

•  Focusonquality,eventhoughtheframeworksuggestsitcomesnaturally

andforfree•  Playitunsafe–acknowledgeyoudon’thaveallanswers

•  Ifeverythingelseisimpossible–keepInspec<ngandadap<ng•  Learning/inspectandadapt:NextPIwillbeoneday

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The heart of agile

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