3. Business
Challenges
Burning Platform
Extrinsic triggers
Accelerating Shorter
Release cycles
Seamless integration
of software, hardware,
data and IT.
Focus Areas
Develop and implement methods and
role models which enable much
stronger focus on customer value and
faster iteration.
Sophisticated Product and
Portfolio Management
Create a living lean culture on all
hierarchy levels in a digitalized Product
Life Cycle Management (PLM) that
massively increases speed and agility
along complete PLM
Modern R&D and
Engineering
Faster Response to
Market needs
4. ?
Nagging
Questions
Intrinsic triggers
01
02
03
04
Where should the coaches/Teams focus their energy across
the organization to help teams where it matters most?
What's the strategic direction for agile transformation going
forward?
How can we embed continuous improvement thinking across
the teams and being more agile today than we were yesterday
?
Does team understand the value of Agile and reflecting it
through the tasks done?
5. Attention
what is occurring in the
present moment
Intention
To cultivate awareness
Attitude
non-judgmental,
curious and openness
.
Key Characteristics of Mindfulness
Mindfulness
7. Lean Agile Maturity Assessment (LAMA)
Framework Evolution
Hardware Lean
5 principles + methods
Software
Agile Manifesto
12 principles
Agile Software Development
12 principles + methods
SCRUM, lean & agile, …
Production Systems
5 principles + methods
TPS, SPS, FPS, xPS …
LDE
Lean in Development
and Engineering
Lean, Agile, LDE … are based on the same root idea – “React fast and flexible on customer requirements”
LAMA Framework
8 principles
+ 14 methods
Manufacturing
Software
Customer
value
Focus
on value
Continuous
improvement
Learning
Organization
8. It builds Learning Organization to be
fast and flexible
LAMA integrates proven Agile and
Lean principles and methods and
also considers Leadership mindset
and behavior
LAMA is the framework for change
for sophisticated Product and
Solution development and
leadership in our organization
Pillars of LAMA
Transition
Learning
Leadership
LAMA
9. LAMA an Integrated framework
LEAN
1
2 3
4
5
6
7
Eliminate
Waste
Create
Knowledge
Build
Quality In
Fast
Delivery
Empower
your team
Optimize
the whole
Delay in
Making decisions
LAMA integrates proven Agile and Lean principles and methods
with inclusion of Leadership mindset and behavior
10. Assess
How we are doing
now and get a
comprehensive view
Into critical dimension
of Teams agility in
methods and
Practices
The assessment data
across the teams and
the insight from the data
helps us to identify
exactly where we need
to improve
On the identified focus
areas where we can get the
most value and implement
the improvement measures
Business agility is not
a destination – a
company is never
done “Being agile”
Gain Insight Compare Take Action Continue Validating
LAMA Implementation steps
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
12. LAMA Methods Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
Method 1
Method 2
Method 3
Method 4
Method 5
Method 6
Method 7
Method 8
Method 9
Method 10
Method 11
Method 12
Method 13
Method 14
LAMA Reflection at various levels
13. LAMA Team Reflections
Partially working
Fully working Not working Up Down
No Change
4
LAMA reflection by the teams
Team A
Mar’21
Assessment
Jun’21
Reassessment
DAILY STANDUP
KANBAN
SCRUM
TIME BOXED DEVELOPMENT
SELF ORGANIZING / CROSS
FUCTIONAL TEAM
HEALTH OF CODEBASE
RETROSPECTIVES
FUN & LEARN
Team B
Mar’21
Assessment
Jun’21
Reassessment
Team C
Mar’21
Assessment
Jun’21
Reassessment
Red Mark Band
15. LAMA Team results
March,2021
3 3
June,2021
Re- Reflection
Reflection
Legend
1 = Working 2 = Partially working 3 = Not working
‘By the Team ‘
‘To The Team’
‘For the Team’
16. Team’s maturity journey and Next steps
LAMA Re-reflection will be a continuous activity conducted at every quarter to comprehend the team's maturity and continuous improvement in Product Lifecycle.
Action
Items
Daily Standup
Health of Code base
Kanban
Fun n Learn
Scrum
• Visual Board in Standup
• Effective Presence and addressing Team
• Constant Refactoring - mindset
• Automated Smoke Test
• Functional and Performance Testing
• Record velocity and Track Trends
• Achieving Takt Goals (DevTest collaboration)
• Effective use of Definition of Done
• Training on SCRUM / Scrum roles / Scrum Events
• Effective breaking down the user stories to smaller independent
chunks
• Innovation time in every few sprints / Release
• Team to start using the Kanban board during the daily stand
up’s
17. Key Take Away
LAMA is a Simple, easy and interpretable assessment methodology to gauge Leadership team and
Agile teams Lean-Agile journey
LAMA sets and aligns the common language for Lean and Agile practiced across organization
Accelerates building fast and flexible learning organization
Connects the practices used in projects with Mindfulness
Flexible to refine the framework with new practices aligning to newer business strategies or contexts.
18. Quote
- Mike Cohn
Agile trainer and author
It doesn’t matter
how good you are today;
If you’re not better next month,
You’re no longer agile.
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