A presentation by:

Vineet Patni@patnivin

SCALED AGILE AND LEAN

vineet@ScaleUpConsultants.com

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These thoughts were originally presented as the talk “Scaled Agile and Lean” at the ISEC (India

Scrum Enthusiasts Community) Mumbai Meetup on November 27, 2015.

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• Scaling Agile• Lean and Agile – An Introduction• Frameworks to scale agile• Principles over frameworks• You can’t scale "Agile" without "Lean"

What does “Scaling Agile” mean?

Do we scale Agile? or …

Our delivery capability using Agile?

Scaling Agile

Agility at Scale…

Core Agile:

• Small teams (<10)

• Few or no dependencies

• Confined to individual teams

Scaled Agile:

• Multiple, distributed teams

• Team inter-dependencies

• Requires a holistic picture (multi-team cooperation and coordination)

• Scaling Agile• Lean and Agile – An Introduction• Frameworks to scale agile• Principles over frameworks• You can’t scale "Agile" without "Lean"

principles

12 Agile Principles

Customer Satisfaction

WelcomeChange

Frequent Deliveries

Work Together Daily

Motivated Individuals

Technical Excellence

Working Software

Sustained pace

Face-to-Face Conversation

Self Organizing

TeamsSimplicity Continuous

Reflection

Eliminate waste

Amplify learning

Defer commitment

Deliver as fast as possible

Respect people

Build quality in

See the whole

7 Lean Principles

Customer Satisfaction

WelcomeChange

Frequent Deliveries

Work Together Daily

Motivated Individuals

Technical Excellence

Working Software

Sustained pace

Face-to-Face Conversation

Self Organizing

TeamsSimplicity Continuous

Reflection

Eliminate waste

Amplify learning

Defer commitment

Deliver as fast as possible

Respect people

Build quality in

See the whole

principles

Both paradigms are built on “ALMOST” the same set of principles.

• Scaling Agile• Lean and Agile – An Introduction• Frameworks to scale agile• Principles over frameworks• You can’t scale "Agile" without "Lean"

Problem of Plenty!

And then some…

• Scaling Agile• Lean and Agile – An Introduction• Frameworks to scale agile• Principles over frameworks• You can’t scale "Agile" without "Lean"

Principles over Frameworks!

It’s all about Principles!

Principles for Scaling Agile

Excited Customers!

Supportive Leadership – - Decentralize control

- Only Leaders can change the system

Continuous Improvement – People, Product, Process

Global Optimization - See the whole, optimize entire Value

Stream

Respect People – Empowered cross-functional teams, happy

employees

Scaled Agile Framework™ Big Picture

WHY?

• Lean and Agile – An Introduction• Scaling Agile• Frameworks to scale agile• Principles over frameworks• You can’t scale "Agile" without "Lean"

principles

Customer Satisfaction

WelcomeChange

Frequent Deliveries

Work Together Daily

Motivated Individuals

Technical Excellence

Working Software

Sustained pace

Face-to-Face Conversation

Self Organizing

TeamsSimplicity Continuous

Reflection

Eliminate waste

Amplify learning

Defer commitment

Deliver as fast as possible

Respect people

Build quality in

See the whole

Customer Satisfaction

WelcomeChange

Frequent Deliveries

Work Together Daily

Motivated Individuals

Technical Excellence

Working Software

Sustained pace

Face-to-Face Conversation

Self Organizing

TeamsSimplicity Continuous

Reflection

Eliminate waste

Amplify learning

Defer commitment

Deliver as fast as possible

Respect people

Build quality in

See the whole

principles

You can’t scale Agile without the right Lean mindset!

Systems view – Full value stream

Kaizen – relentless, continuous improvement

Continuous, flow-based delivery of high quality

software

Inspiration: my earlier talk “Lean-Agile: The Eternal Siblings” www.agilemanifesto.org www.scaledagileframework.com http://less.works/less/principles/index.html http://www.disciplinedagiledelivery.com/ http://

www.slideshare.net/BerndSchiffer/comparing-ways-to-scale-agile-at-agile-product-and-project-manager-meetup

http://notafactoryanymore.com/category/agile-2/ http://scaledprinciples.org/

References and Credits

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