Agile Scaling - 3 Factors For Success
- 1. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 2. Agile Scaling: 3 Factors you need for Success Nicole Spence-Goon excella.com | @excellaco
- 3. excella.com | @excellaco About me Lifelong learning!
- 5. excella.com | @excellaco About my Agile Scaling experiences
- 6. excella.com | @excellaco About where we’re going… Discover on our journey: 3 factors impacting Scaling Agility § Anti-patterns (Valleys) § Effective applications (Peaks)
- 7. excella.com | @excellaco Communicate vision consistently Focus on your people genuinely Create your own path intentionally 3 Key Factors
- 8. excella.com | @excellaco Communicate Vision consistently
- 9. excella.com | @excellaco • Start with crafting your Vision Communicate Vision Consistently • Amplify your Vision for the teams • Keep sharing/adapting your Vision
- 10. excella.com | @excellaco No consistent understanding of project purpose No strong Product Owner Product Vision shared one time In the Valley: Communicate Vision Consistently Result: Product Vision was not the priority
- 11. excella.com | @excellaco No consistent understanding of project purpose People focused on purpose can remind teams about the priorities In the Valley: Communicate Vision Consistently Discoveries: Reinforce goals to maintain focus & alignment
- 12. excella.com | @excellaco Product Vision statement guided decisions Created goal ownership for the Product Owner Reminders helped teams to stay aligned on the purpose Helped development teams make technical decisions What Was the Result? Reminders helped Product Owner to determine MVP At the PEAK: Product Vision created with Product Owner Vision statement used as an information radiator Vision statement reminders guided Roadmap and Planning What Was Done?
- 13. excella.com | @excellaco Let’s discuss Nope, no Vision Can you develop one? • What do you foresee as the biggest obstacles in developing a vision? • How can you overcome any of these barriers? Vision? Do you have a vision for the project you’re currently working on? Yes, we have one! Has it helped? • Is there anyway to make it more useful?
- 14. excella.com | @excellaco Focus on your people genuinely
- 15. excella.com | @excellaco Focus on your people genuinely • Support the teams’ decisions with actions • Support team connectivity by creating collaborative environments • Empower your teams to make their own decisions
- 16. excella.com | @excellaco In the Valley: Command & Control within Scaled Agile environment No Team decision making power Result: No sense of ownership Low morale Develop an environment of trust for teams to act cohesively Discoveries: Identify areas where teams can be autonomous Focus on Your People Genuinely
- 17. excella.com | @excellaco Team level decision making defined how they worked Teams developed sense of ownership Teams were invested in project success Leadership deepened their level of trust in teams At the PEAK: What Was the Result?
- 18. excella.com | @excellaco Polling your perspective
- 19. excella.com | @excellaco Create your own path intentionally
- 20. excella.com | @excellaco • Start with a lightweight Scaling approach Create your own path intentionally • Customize: don’t accept one-size-fits-all in your Scaling approach • Keep experimenting with your approach
- 21. excella.com | @excellaco In the Valley: Very prescriptive framework used with no deviations Heavily predefined structure - predefined roles & activities Result: No experimentation No deviations in prescribed activities Allow flexibility in structures that aren’t working Discoveries: Encourage experimentation to improve individual team processes Create your own path Intentionally
- 22. excella.com | @excellaco Keeping it lightweight - no formal framework applied At the PEAK: What Was the Result? Less structure made room for more learning Structure evolved as teams evolved What Was Done? No formalized framework Experimented with any area Changed structures as needed Teams gained more autonomy
- 23. excella.com | @excellaco We are here: Keep discovering! Not an easy path but vital to avoid the self-inflicted wounds of Scaling Agility
- 24. excella.com | @excellaco Where will you go from here? Communicate Vision consistently Focus on Your People genuinely Create Your Path intentionally
- 25. excella.com | @excellaco How to connect with me Nicole Spence-Goon nicole.spence-goon@excella.com linkedin.com/in/nicole-spence-goon/ Excella @excella @excellaco https://scalingmanifesto.org/ Manifesto for Scaling Agility Scalingagilitygroup