Adopting Agile in the Enterprise

Presented by: Mike Cottmeyer

mike cottmeyervice-president, pillar technology semcottmeyer@pillartechnology.com404.312.1471www.pillartechnology.comwww.leadingagile.com

• Agile teams are foundational to building agile organizations

• Agile teams are foundational to building agile organizations

• Coordinating multiple teams working on shared objectives is the core challenge

• Agile teams are foundational to building agile organizations

• Coordinating multiple teams working on shared objectives is the core challenge

• Adopting agile in the enterprise is a systematic and incremental learning process

• Team Level Adoption

• Team Level Adoption• Multiple Teams… Replicate Success

• Team Level Adoption• Multiple Teams… Replicate Success• First Order Agile… Projects

• Team Level Adoption• Multiple Teams… Replicate Success• First Order Agile… Projects• Second Order Agile… Programs and Portfolios

• Team Level Adoption• Multiple Teams… Replicate Success• First Order Agile… Projects• Second Order Agile… Programs and Portfolios• Third Order Agile… Enterprise

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Where do I start?

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• Build organizations around teams

• Build organizations around teams• Build small features

• Build organizations around teams• Build small features• Garbage in… garbage out

• Build organizations around teams• Build small features• Garbage in… garbage out• Measure progress and get better

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• Product Owner too big• Dependencies increase costs

• Product Owner too big• Dependencies increase costs• Feature teams break down

• Product Owner too big• Dependencies increase costs• Feature teams break down• Velocity across teams

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Refactoring Training

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• Build organizations around capabilities

• Build organizations around capabilities• Optimize throughput across teams

• Build organizations around capabilities• Optimize throughput across teams• Prioritize for finish…

• Build organizations around capabilities• Optimize throughput across teams• Prioritize for finish…• Smaller projects are better

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• Establish direction… give feedback

• Establish direction… give feedback• Business is made up of capabilities

• Establish direction… give feedback• Business is made up of capabilities• The goal is greater profitability

• Establish direction… give feedback• Business is made up of capabilities• The goal is greater profitability• Focus improvements on constraints

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mike cottmeyervice-president, pillar technology semcottmeyer@pillartechnology.com404.312.1471www.pillartechnology.comwww.leadingagile.com

Adopting Agile in the Enterprise

Presented by: Mike Cottmeyer