Agile Practice Group System Thinkers, Problem Solvers, Agile Practitioners

1. Agile Practice Group
SystemThinkers, Problem Solvers, Agile Practitioners
Manish Anandani.
Nilesh Naik.
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3. Why APG
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4. • Component BasedTeams (700+ engineers)
• 12+ months waterfall releases
• Limited exposure to business
• 50+ features per release
• Branch based development
• Cross functionalTeams (50+ scrum teams)
• Scrum based quarterly releases
• Dedicated SM and PO Role
• CustomerValidation at the end of each sprint
• Continuous Integration – No branches
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APG | Big Bang …

5. Conflict
Team Demotivated
Mired in Bureaucracy
& Wasted Effort
Energy &
Innovation
Team Trusted
Team Accountable
Leader Freed
Failure
No One Cares
Command &
Control
Team Does as Instructed
No Ownership
Leader / Process
is Bottleneck
HighTeam/Individual Ownership
Control
Trust
Low
Leadership
&BusinessProcess
APG | Once we started our journey …

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Agile Enthusiast’s leap of faith
CreateAgile PracticeGroup
Top leaders’ support
Continuous Support from Sr. Management
Self Motivated SMs
Started team with 3 motivated SMs
Started September 2014
And still going strong
APG | Origins …

7. APG
Learning
Continuous Learning
To Manage Change
• Mindset
• Organizational
• Leadership
Consistency
Consistent Principles
Communication
Shared Understanding
Protection
Independent VoiceAPG |Why do we need APG …

8. APG | Purpose,Values, Philosophy …
Purpose
Embrace Change.
Navigate Change.
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Values
• Integrity
• Transparency
• Trust
• Respect

9. The How andWhat
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10. 10
ScrumTeam
Epic CoreTeam APG Focus Groups
APG | Organization … SM Hats …

11. xx
Weekly
meeting
1 SM 2Teams
Epic CoreTeam SM
Initiatives
Non-negotiable
APG meeting
Quarterly
Planning
Anonymous
Surveys
Learn
Teach
Learn
Focus Groups
APG | Operating Model …

12. Teams missing MVP
Complete Dates
Lack of clarity on
remaining work
Ineffective dependency
tracking
Misaligned Priorities
APG | Challenges, couple of big ones …
Predictability

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Date Ranges
Core 4
APG | Predictability …
Time boxed Discovery
Visualization

14. Misaligned Priorities Non MVP Mindset The big picture view
missing
Ineffective Sprint Reviews
APG | Challenges, couple of big ones …
CustomerValue

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APG | CustomerValue …
MVP Mindset Story Maps
Effective Demos Definition of Done
Alignment on Org Priorities

16. 8% To 42% RegressionTesting Coverage byTest Automation
16000 To 150 Defect Backlog
6+ OnTime/BeforeTime Releases
18 To 6 Weeks Hardening Cycle
1 To 2 ScrumTeams, Span Of Scrum Masters
0 To 100+ Customer Demos
3To 50+ ScrumTeams
APG | How Agility Has ChangedThe Landscape …
67 BranchesTo 1 Mainline
12 To 6 Months Release Cycle

17. KeyTakeaways
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18. Learn Teach Learn Purpose and Values
Experiments Independent Voice
Motivated Scrum Masters
APG | KeyTakeaways …
APG Core

19. Q & A

20. Thank you!
ManishAnandani, manish.anandani@gmail.com
Nilesh Naik, nhnaik@gmail.com