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Presentation from ScrumDay Twin Cities 2014
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Change Takes Guts
Scrum Day Twin Cities
September 16, 2014
Monica Kleve
2
Our structure
Thrivent
Investments
Front Office
Private Equity
Middle Office
Back Office Operations
Front Office Support
Middle Office
Support
Back Office Support
Planning
Thrivent
Agile Adoption
Office
3
Change Curve
4
Agile was a BIG change
From To
Daily priorities decided by individual Priorities set by product owner
Individuals assigned to projects/work Work assigned to teams
Part of many teams (fractionalized) Dedicated to a single team
Independent work Team work (Pairing, partnering)
Deadlines were random or regulatory 2 week commitments
Little credit for great work being done Visibility every two weeks and more
with customers in the room
Priorities change before completing
things
Focus on small deliverables and
finishing to get to value add
Focus on hours (estimating) Focus on results (definition of done)
5
The insider’s view
Division
Team
Me
Company
6
Is it worth it?
• Increased throughput - leading to increase value add
• Improved employee satisfaction
• Increased visibility/transparency within and outside the
teams
• Reduction/Removal of key person dependencies
• Higher business satisfaction
7
Investment Agile Teams in action