Scaling Agile - what, how and when : Presented by Nilesh Kulkarni

Scaling agile – what, how, when

Nilesh Kulkarni,Program Manager and agile coachCSM, CSPO, CSP, PMP, PMI-ACP,SAFe and LeSS Practitioner

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According to you:• What is agile?• What is scaling?• What is scaling agile?


Driving principles• Deliver value quickly• Simplicity• Keep scaling implementation itself

agile. • Don’t make it waterfall! You can

implement it over time.• Scaling can include descaling some

practices


Where to start• What is organization need?• Where do we start?• Which framework we can use?• What about tools?• What about organizational aspects?


Which Framework should I select?SAFe LeSS Nexus Spotify

DAD Scrum at scale

Enterprise

scrum


Which Framework should I select?• What else is needed?

– Lean thinking– System thinking– Kanban

• Making best use of all that is out there and what suits your need.


Scaled agile framework http://scaledagileframework.com/

http://scaledagileframework.com/


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LeSS framework http://less.works/


Organizational structure changes

– Workspace design – Team structure

• Co-located teams• Group them at same location based on functional area• How to scale with distributed teams


Role of managers?• What is the role of traditional

managers in scaling agile?– Scrum masters– Product owners– Architects– Agile project managers– Engage managers throughout scaling

implementation


Scaling communication• Scrum of scrum• Scaling backlog refinements• Scaling planning sessions• Scaling demos, • Retrospectives


Scaling engineering practices• All teams work on same codebase• CI• CD• Automation• Delivering value continuously needs

continuous integration beyond technology.


Scaling Product Management role• Agile Product roadmap• Product management role need to be

scaled appropriately• Area PO concept from LeSS


Roll out plan• Training• Coaching• Readiness plan• Selecting a pilot program• Putting structure in place• Scaling roles

– Keep it simple and straight


Implement the plan• How do we know if we are scaling in

right direction?– Measures– Metrics– Trends– Surveys– Retrospectives– Fail early, fail fast


Grow and evolve• How to spread it within the

organization• Program level • Portfolio level• Enterprise level


Questions


References• Scaled agile framework http

://scaledagileframework.com/• LeSS http://less.works/• ASK metrics http://www.agilescaling.org/ask-

matrix.html





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Scaling Agile - what, how and when : Presented by Nilesh Kulkarni