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Chair of Software Engineering for Business Information Systems (sebis)
Faculty of Informatics
Technische Universität München
wwwmatthes.in.tum.de
The Evolution of Scaling Agile PracticesFinal Presentation: Bachelor Thesis, Gerhard Schwab, 23.10.2017, Munich
Motivation
Research Approach
Related Work
Main Contribution
Survey Results
Limitations
Conclusion & Future Work
Outline
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• Digitization higher demand for adaptability
• Manage changing priorities
• Increase productivity
• Improve project visibility
• Less time to market
Motivation
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VersionOne2017: 11th annual State of Agile™ survey .
High demand for agile practices
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
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Practicing agile >50% of teams agile Realized success Clash with culture
• What about scaling agile practices?
• Designed for numerous teams
Working together on 1 project
• All benefits of agile practices
• Change & improvement of
Company culture
Motivation
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VersionOne2017: 11th annual State of Agile™ survey .
High demand for scaling agile practices
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Practicing agile <50% of teams agile Realized success Clash with culture
Motivation
Research Approach
Related Work
Main Contribution
Survey Results
Limitations
Conclusion & Future Work
Outline
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RQ1: Which scaling agile practices exist?
RQ2: How did scaling agile practices develop?
RQ3: On which foundational methods and practices are scaled agile practices
based on?
Research Approach
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Research Approach: Literature review
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Research Approach: Questionnaire
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Motivation
Research Approach
Related Work
Main Contribution
Survey Results
Limitations
Conclusion & Future Work
Outline
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• P. Abrahamsson: Agile Software Development Methods: Review and Analysis 2002
• Aggregation of Agile Software Development Methods
• D. Cohen: Agile Software Development 2003
• Aggregation of Agile Software Development Methods
• A. Vaidya: Does DAD Know Best, Is it Better to do LeSS or Just be SAFe? 2014
• Description of different Scaling Agile Practices
• Ö. Uludag: Investigating the Role of Architects in Scaled Agile Frameworks
• Foundation of this work
Related Work
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Motivation
Research Approach
Related Work
Main Contribution
Survey Results
Limitations
Conclusion & Future Work
Outline
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Agile Software Solution Framework (ASSF)
Crystal Family (Crystal)
Disciplined Agile 2.0 (DA 2.0)
Dynamic Systems Development Method Agile Project Framework for Scrum (DSDM)
Enterprise Scrum (eScrum)
Enterprise Transition Framework (ETF)
Event Driven Governance
eXponential Simple Continuous Autonomous Learning Ecosystem (XSCALE)
FAST Agile
Holistic Software Development (HSD)
Large Scale Scrum (LeSS)
Lean Enterprise Agile Framework (LEAF)
Matrix of Services (Maxos)
Mega Framework (Mega)
Nexus
Recipes for Agile Governance in the Enterprise (RAGE)
Resilient Agile
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
ScALeD Agile Lean Development (SALD)
Scrum at Scale (S@S)
Scrum-of-Scrums(SoS)
Spotify Model (Spotify)
Research Outcome
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Research Outcome
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Holistic Software Development HSD
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Holistic Software Development HSD
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• Split project into use case boundaries
• Sunny/Rainy Day analysis of use cases
• Increases planning by extensive prototyping
• Cuts unnessecary meetings/ overhead
• Can be used with any process of delivering code, like Scrum
Resilient Agile
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Resilient Agile
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Research Outcome
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Research Outcome - Methods
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Research Outcome - Practices
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Research Outcome - Activities
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Research Outcome - Artifacts
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Research Outcome - Principles
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Motivation
Research Approach
Related Work
Main Contribution
Survey Results
Limitations
Conclusion & Future Work
Outline
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Participation
Finished survey (5) Did not finish survey (7) Invited, but did not reply (9)
Survey Results
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Example Questions:
• On which level does your scaling agile practice
scale?
Survey Results
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• How would you categorzie your scaling agile
practice?
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Team Programm Portfolio IT Organization Enterprise
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Example Questions:
• Do you plan to continue developing your scaling
agile practice?
Survey Results
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• What is the idea behind your scaling agile
practice and what problems does it mainly
address?:
“Combining the philosophies of agile and
lean with organisational workflow to
achieve whole organisation agility. HSD
bridges the traditional business
management world with software agility
in teams, without compromising the goals
of either. Focussing on cross-team
integration, delivering value and
embracing change at all levels of the
business HSD provides a framework for
organisations to make positive, people-
centric change.” HSD
Yes No
Motivation
Research Approach
Related Work
Main Contribution
Survey Results
Limitations
Conclusion & Future Work
Outline
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• No comparison, only description
• Grouping frameworks useful?
• Survey
• Roles not asked
• Optimal tool?
• Duration (ongoing?)
• Relations to developers
• Missing contact data
• Only snapshot of 2017
Limitations
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Motivation
Research Approach
Related Work
Main Contribution
Survey Results
Limitations
Conclusion & Future Work
Outline
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• Identified 22 scaling agile practices
• Successfull rank practices by chronological order
• Gained insight into mentality and view point of developers via survey
• Conducted survey:
• ~50% accepted invitation
• Only ~25% finished Better optimized survey needed
Conclusion
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• Thesis only a snapshot of 2017
• Scaling agile „market“ changes rapidly
Update in the future possible
• „Upgrade“ the survey:
More developers?
Keep running?
Different process?
Different Tools?
• Comparison of Scaling Agile Practices
Future Work
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Thank you for your attention!
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Research Roadmap
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2017 2017Jun Jul Aug Sep Okt Nov
Kick-Off Presentation24/7/17
Final Presentation23/10/17
22/6/17 - 25/8/17Literature Review
27/7/17 - 17/8/17Questionnaire
18/08/17 - 28/09/17Interviews
10/08/17 - 20/10/17Graphics
15/6/17 - 31/10/17Writing
• Which scaling agile practice did you develop?
• What is the idea behind your scaling agile practice and what problems does it mainly address?
• How would you categorize your scaling agile practice?
• What outcomes are expected after using your scaling agile practice?
• On which level does your scaling agile practice scale?
• What are the major challenges, problems, and misunderstandings in implementing and using your practice?
• When did you start with the creation of your scaling agile practice?
• When did you publish or release the first version of your scaling agile practice?
• How many releases does your scaling agile practice have and when were they released?
• Do you plan to continue developing your scaling agile practice?
• Why do you want to stop the further development of your scaling agile practice?
• What is your advice for people interested in your scaling agile practice, which is not developed anymore?
Should they continue to use it or should they use other scaling agile practices?
Survey Questions
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• What agile activities does your scaling agile practice use?
• What agile methods does your scaling agile practice use?
• What agile practices does your scaling agile practice use?
• What agile artifacts are used in your scaling agile practice?
• What principles does your scaling agile practice employ?
• What differentiates your scaling agile practice from others?
• With which other scaling agile practices can your scaling agile practice be combined? Are there major
problems involved in combining? Are there major gains for combining?
• What are the main changes between your scaling agile practice versions and were they influenced by other
scaling agile practices?
• Is there anything your scaling agile practice is incompatible with?
• Do you have further remarks or some points to add?
Survey Questions
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• ASSF: Framework & Mechanism
• ETF: Set of Principles
• FAST: Mechanism
• HSD: Framework
• LeSS: Organizational Design
• Mega: Framework
• Nexus: Framework
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HSD
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Research Outcome - ASSF
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Research Outcome - Crystal
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Research Outcome – DA2.0
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Research Outcome - DSDM
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Research Outcome - eScrum
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Research Outcome - ETF
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EDG
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• eXponential Return
• Increase Rate of ROI (ROROI)
• Simple Design
• Continuous Throughput
• Autonomous Teams
• Learning: triple loop
• What? How? Why?
• Ecosystems Thinking (Whole Board Thinking)
• What is the most important descicion to make next?
Xscale
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• Build around 1 central meeting:
1. Present completed work
2. Volunteers pick next stories/ problems
3. Public announcments/ vision realignment
4. Build teams based on 2.
• Influenced by Open Space Technology
Requires co-location
FAST
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LeSS
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LEAF
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Maxos
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Mega
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Nexus
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Rage
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SAFe 4.5
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Excited Customers:
• Define Value and how it is Created (shared
understanding)
• Produce small, deliverable increments
Happy and Productive Employees:
• Create Independent, Cross-functional Teams
• Authorize and Empower your Employees
Global Optimization:
• Create Transparency in all Directions
• Prefer Direct Communication
• Create Flow and Rythm
ScALeD
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Supportive Leadership:• Set Objectives and Provide Support
• Decentralize Control Structures
• Cultivate the Change and Change the
Culture
Continuous Improvement:• Inspect and Adapt the Product
• Inspect and Adapt the Development
Process
• Inspect and Adapt the Organisation
S@S
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SoS
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Spotify
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