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Isaac Montgomery Managing Consultant, SPCT

The Scaled Agile Framework Thriving in a world of uncertainty & risk

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Year 1994

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Year 2000

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Intelligence Speed Violence

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A world of uncertainty & risk

Intelligence Speed Violence

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What is SAFe?

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Intelligence

• Design thinking

• Collective ownership

• Test first

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Intelligence - Design Thinking

• Discover

• Define

• Develop

• Deliver

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Intelligence – Collective Ownership

• Plan together

• Integrate together

• Deploy together

• Learn together

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Intelligence – Test First

A mindset of: • Quality First

• Security First

• Risks First

• Operations First

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Speed

• Smaller batches

• Reduced WIP

• DevOps

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Speed – Small Batches

• Faster learning

• Simpler testing

• More recoverable

• More manageable

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Speed – Reduced WIP

• Improves focus

• Exposes bottlenecks

• Reduces complexity

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Speed – DevOps

• Optimize the value stream

• Instrument everything

• Automation & standards

• Recoverability

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Violence

• Organize around value

• Continuous delivery

• Relentless

improvement

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Violence – Organize around Value

• Dedicated

• Cross-functional

• Independent

• Empowered

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Violence – Continuous Delivery

• Validate

• Adapt

• Recover

• Initiate

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Violence – Relentless Improvement

• Constant sense of danger

• Optimize the whole

• Problem solving culture

• Reflect at key milestones

• Fact-based improvement

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A world of uncertainty & risk

Intelligence Speed Violence

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