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#B2BMX
The Journey
How B2B Brands are Applying Agile Marketing
from Chaos to
True Agility
#B2BMXGo Big or Go Home.
#B2BMX
#B2BMX
Selective
Abstraction:
Ignoring everything about a
journey except its final
destination.
#B2BMX
Selective
Abstraction
In Action
Big Change
Ignored
Context
1st Small Change
#B2BMX
Agile
Transformation
Today
Big
Change?
Big Results!!
Status
Quo
IF No IF Yes
#B2BMX
#B2BMX
NOT AGILE
#B2BMX
Agile vs. agile
Specific methodology
Mindset shift
Teams & leaders are different
Values and principles
Nimble
Responsive
Adaptive
Fast
#B2BMX
Particular Methodology
Scrum Kanban Scrumban
Source: AgileSherpas 2018 State of Agile Marketing Report
Agile
Marketing
Approaches
#B2BMX
Experimentation & Iteration
#B2BMX
Don’t go big.
Get big.
#B2BMX
Get a big change
without making a big
change.
#B2BMX
Cameron
von Orman
SVP Product & Solutions
Marketing
CA Technologies
“big differences
between small, co-
located app
development
teams...and a large,
spread out marketing
staff conditioned to long
duration initiatives.”
Step 1: Start Small
The Get Big
Curve
Step 1: Start Small
Small but strategic
The Get Big
Curve
#B2BMX
When you go big you can
also fail big.
#B2BMX
Low risk increments allow
expansion to be safe at first
and fast later on.
#B2BMX
Step 1
#B2BMX
Step 1 Step 2
#B2BMX
Co-located teams
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Widely distributed teams
#B2BMX
Co-located teams
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Widely distributed teams
Agile neophytes
Agile experienced
marketers
#B2BMX
Co-located teams
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Widely distributed teams
Agile neophytes
On-Prem products
Agile experienced
marketers
SaaS
#B2BMX
Co-located teams
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Portfolio of products
covering full life cycle
Widely distributed teams
Agile neophytes
On-Prem products
Agile experienced
marketers
SaaS
Single product
Step 1: Start Small
Step 2: Test SmartSmall but strategic
The Get Big
Curve
Epiphany Point
Step 1: Start Small
Step 2: Test Smart
Metrics & measurement around
small start
Small but strategic
The Get Big
Curve
Epiphany Point
#B2BMX
1 2
#B2BMX
Engagement
6pts 11pts
Proud to work
for CA
31pts
Recommend
CA
11pts
Involved in decisions
affecting work
20pts
Valued as an
employee
#B2BMX
20% improvement
in pipeline
(w/flat budgets)
Campaign delivery
from 2 months to 2
weeks
3x win rate for
marketing sourced
opportunities
Step 1: Start Small
Step 2: Test Smart
Step 3:
Grow Fast
Bigger space
between steps,
but bigger
impact w/each
change
Metrics & measurement around
small start
Small but strategic
Epiphany Point
The Get Big
Curve
7
5
Persistent
Cross-functional
Campaign teams
More
business
units
#B2BMX
Start small.
Test smart.
Grow fast.
How B2B Brands are Applying Agile Marketing (and how you can too)
Build Your
Own Get Big
Curve
Step 1: Start Small
Step 2: Test Smart
Step 3:
Grow Fast
Epiphany Point
Build Your
Own Get Big
Curve
Step 1: Start Small
#B2BMX
Pick this
project
Adapted from The Scrumban [R]evolution
Marketing Product IT
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Marketing Product IT
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Build Your
Own Get Big
Curve
Step 1: Start Small
Step 2: Test Smart
Epiphany Point
#B2BMX
Agile Marketing Benefits
#B2BMX
Agile Marketing Benefits
Build Your
Own Get Big
Curve
Step 1: Start Small
Step 2: Test Smart
Step 3:
Grow Fast
Epiphany Point
Marketing Product IT
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Marketing Product IT
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Marketing Product IT
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Step 1: Start Small
Step 2: Test Smart
Step 3:
Grow Fast
Epiphany Point
Every project.
Every campaign.
Every team.
#B2BMX
#B2BMX
#B2BMX
#B2BMX
#B2BMX
18,446,744,073,709,551,615
#B2BMX
“Humanity’s greatest
shortcoming is the inability
to understand the
exponential function.”
-Albert Allen Bartlett
#B2BMX
You don’t need to make a big
change to get a big change.
#B2BMX
Find your first grain.
Additional Resources
● Death of a Marketer (my book)
● Agile marketing case studies
● Online training course -
Introduction to Agile Marketing
● Cameron’s articles on CA’s
transformation
Let’s talk: andrea@agilesherpas.com

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