Lean-agile change initiative at Yle, year one (Agile Prague 2014)

YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, underwent a Lean-Agile change initiative over the course of a year involving three main efforts: 1) Improving collaboration within YLE's development organization through daily meetings and a shared backlog. 2) Creating shared understanding of YLE's Internet Vision 2015 through a series of workshops and establishing transparency of work across units. 3) Implementing new Areena portfolio management with continuous planning, prioritization of ideas, and increased visibility through weekly meetings. The initiatives led to successes like strengthened collaboration and transparency but also highlighted the challenges of managing expectations and finding the right level of abstraction for plans. YLE is continuing its Lean-Agile transformation including benchmarking against the