The document discusses strategies for scaling agile practices in large enterprises. It describes some common challenges with scaling such as siloed teams and repeatedly forming and dissolving teams. It then summarizes the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) which introduces solutions like cross-functional teams, product managers, and agile release trains. SAFe aims to synchronize alignment, collaboration, and delivery across many teams working on features rather than projects to help organizations scale agile practices enterprise-wide.

1. What
All
It
Takes
to
Scale
Agile?
ShriKant
Vashishtha

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Some
Scaling
Issues
in
Large
Enterprises

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End-­‐to-­‐End
FuncBonal
IntegraBon
Accountability?

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QuesBon
on
SancBty
of
HolisBc
Architecture

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Missing
Roles
-­‐
System
Architect
and
Team
Architect

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Constrained
Because
of
Big
Batch
Sizes
(read
Project)

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Siloed
Teams

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Siloed
Teams

9. Flow
DepicBon

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Waste
of
Repeatedly
Forming
and
Dissolving
Teams

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How
to
QuanBfy
Business
Value
across
Features?

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How
Scaled
Agile
Framework
(SAFe)
Solves
Them?

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Introducing
New
Roles
Such
as
Product
Manager

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Work
on
Features
instead
of
Projects

15. Introducing
Cross
FuncBonal
Teams
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SBcky
or
StaBc
Teams
• A
number
of
teams
engaged
in
ongoing,
conBnuous
development
–
a
flow
of
products,
services,
applicaBons
etc.
• Avoids
the
delays
and
overhead
of
the
start-­‐stop-­‐
start
nature
of
tradiBonal
development.

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Weighted
Shortest
Job
First
(WSJF)
WSJF
=
Weighted
shortest
job
first
RR
=
Risk
ReducBon
OE
=
Opportunity
Enablement
• Take
an
economic
view
• Ignore
sunk
costs
• If
quality
one
thing
only
–
quality
cost
of
delay
• Use
decision
rules
to
decentralize
economic
control
• Economic
choices
to
be
made
conBnuously

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SAFe
Big
Picture
• Proven,
publicly-­‐facing
framework
for
applying
Lean
and
Agile
pracBces
at
enterprise
scale
• Synchronizes
alignment,
collaboraBon
and
delivery
• Scales
successfully
to
large
number
of
pracBBoners
and
teams
Core
Values
1. Code
quality
2. Program
execuBon
3. Alignment
4. Transparency

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Scaling
at
Program
Level

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What’s
New
at
Program
Level?
•
•
•
•
New
roles
(Product
Manager,
Architect,
UX)
and
ceremonies
(Release
planning,
Scrum
of
Scrums,
Release
management,
System
Demo,
Inspect
and
Adapt)
Agile
Release
Train
Feature
vs
user-­‐story
PSI
(PotenBally
Shippable
Increment)

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Agile
Release
Train
(ART)

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Agile
Release
Train
(ART)

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Develop
on
Cadence
and
Deliver
on
Demand

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SAFe
at
Program
Level
-­‐
Summary

25. Thank You.
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