These are the English slides for 'Apertem os Cintos... Escalamos os Silos!', a talk given in Portuguese at Agile Trends 2017 (Sao Paulo). When scaling agile be careful not to create a system that generates undesired behaviour. In order to have collaboration you need to bring everyone together as much as you can. Create real teams with meaning and means to innovate. Ideally you should have #TrueCrossFrunctionalTeams

1. STOP SCALING SILOS!
Gercel Silva
English slides for ‘Apertem os Cintos... Escalamos os Silos!’ presented in Portuguese at Agile Trends 2017

4. In Love
With Agile
Gercel Silva Agile Coach
➔ Gestão Proibida
➔ SAFe Scrum Master
➔ Management 3.0 Workout
➔ Agile Coaching Professional
➔ Advanced DAD
Some things I
learned so far
Small and Big
Companies

7. This is OUR job! We can do this!
High Performing Teams

8. Create tension by giving the team
GREAT FREEDOM
to carry out a project of strategic importance
to the company and by setting
VERY CHALLENGING GOALS

14. ?

15. Is Agile collaboration possible in a system like this?

17. UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAMSCRUM TEAM
Agile often starts in “development”
...User Research | Design | Prioritization | Architecture | Coding | Quality Assurance | Deployment | Monitoring...

18. UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAMSCRUM TEAM
Agile often starts in “development”
Also know as
Water – SCRUM – Fall
But, Hey! Let’s scale it!

19. Scaling Silos Scaling Silos
UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAM

20. My Team
Their Team
Their Team
Their Team
Their Work
Their Metrics
Their Deadlines
Their
Process
Their Team

22. VISION
PEOPLE
SUPPORT
Creating a #system for high performance #behaviour:

23. Define a clear and challenging vision including the
expected results and how they contribute to the
overall company strategy.
Identify every skill needed to achieve the vision and
assemble a cross-functional, self-organized and
customer-focused team to get the job done.
Support the team and let them go. Provide tools,
resources and feedback along the way. Create a
learning environment where people can grow.
Creating a #system for high performance #behaviour:

26. 63% Company culture at odds with core agile values
47%
45%
Lack of experience with agile methods
Lack of management support
Top 3 Causes of Failed Agile Projects

27. Silo behaviour: Stay away from MY territory!

28. What are the
PEOPLE AND INTERACTIONS
that may help you build
systems to enhance collaboration?

29. Find, Hire and Grow these People
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30. And bring everyone in your
Value Stream to these Interactions
In the beginning... ...and on checkpoints along the way

31. Communities of PracticeIndividual Learning Goals
Support learning by mapping skills,
setting goals and sharing knowledge

32. Training
Reviews
Pairing
Skill growth
Recruitment support
General technical consultant
* Does not own work. Instead, enables teams to own their work
From Specialists to Specialized Mentors

33. Vision and Strategy
Support prioritization
Enabling empowered self-organized teams
Removing impediments
Skill mapping and competence growth
Career support
Continuous improvement at management level
From Functional to Cross-Functional Managers

34. How much is the
Cost of Delay for you?

35. Thank You!
Gercel Silva
Agile Coach
#TrueCrossFunctionalTeams
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