Scale with people, not with frameworks
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The document discusses strategies for scaling agile methodologies within organizations, focusing on empowering individuals, fostering team autonomy, and promoting self-organization. It highlights the growth of Solarisbank, which has experienced a 400% increase in full-time employees over 3.5 years, emphasizing the importance of cultivating a growth mindset among team members. The talk aims to provide insights into effective practices for achieving agile scalability with a focus on people rather than frameworks.
Scale with people, not with frameworks
- 1. Scale with people – not with frameworks Berlin, 18 June 2020
- 2. 2 Confidential / Restricted / Internal / Public What do I want to achieve with this talk?
- 3. 3 Public Get the ”right” people Empower individuals Provide team autonomy Foster self-organization Practice experimenting Success factors for scaling agile with people
- 4. 4 Public Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash
- 5. 5 Public Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash
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- 7. 7 Public solarisBank at a glance • Tech company with a banking license • Premier Banking-as-a-Service platform • B2B2X business model Neutrality Fully licensed bank Modern tech stack Speed and flexibility We empower any company to offer financial services 60+ Partners live
- 8. 8 Public In the past 3,5 years the number of FTE grew by 400 % 80 152 211 290 99 170 234 315 106 185 269 329 134 200 288 2017 2018 2019 2020 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FTE = Full time employees
- 9. 10 Public The Agile Growth Journey Photo by Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash
- 10. 11 Public The Pioneers are those who venture into uncharted territories and come up with exciting ideas that haven't yet been done. They are bold, brave starters who have no fear of failing.
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- 12. 13 Public Prof. em. Dr. Benjamin Schneider “Organizations are the people in them: people make the place.”
- 13. 14 Public Those with ”growth mindset” seek and thrive on challenge Dweck, C. (2006) Mindset: The New Psychology Of Success.
- 14. 15 Public “It is the people behaving in them, that make organizations what they are.” E = f (P, B) Prof. em. Dr. Benjamin Schneider
- 15. 16 Public We grow a working environment where teams and individuals use their full potential to deliver highest value. Our Agile Coach vision Picture from Free-Photos on Pixabay
- 16. 18 Public In the past 3,5 years the number of FTE grew by 400 % 80 152 211 290 99 170 234 315 106 185 269 329 134 200 288 2017 2018 2019 2020 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FTE = Full time employees
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- 18. 20 Public Settlers take the inspired ideas that Pioneers came up with, flesh them out, and make them a reality. They study current trends and improve on the product or service so that there is momentum, growth, meeting the users' needs and earning profits.
- 19. 21 Confidential / Restricted / Internal / Public Is this agile or is this chaos? Photo by Drew Dau on Unsplash
- 20. 22 Public Agile growth first focused on tech Same reporting line Growing number of teams Growing number of engineers Increasing number of partner requests Photo by He Junhui on Unsplash
- 21. 23 Public What ever fits the team Photo by Becca McHaffie on Unsplash
- 22. 24 Public Photo by Josue Isai Ramos Figueroa on Unsplash Provide team autonomy (success factor)
- 23. 25 Public Banking regulations Company policies German law OKR Continuous experimenting (success factor) Photo by Louis Reed on Unsplash
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- 25. 28 Public Our Business Units with cross-functional e2e coverage functions e.g. product management, core banking CPO functions e.g. engineering, cyber security CTO functions e.g. sales, onboarding project management CCO functions e.g. banking operations, customer support COO funcitons e.g. finance, regulatory reporting, risk management. CFO Identity Unit Digital Banking Unit Lending Unit Digital Assets Unit Business Units Functions CEO
- 26. 29 Public Total number of full time employees and Agile Coaches Introduction 80 99 106 134 152 170 185 200 211 234 269 288 290 315 329 2 3 5 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 5 4 4 4 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total FTE Total Agile Coaches FTE = Full time employees
- 27. 30 Public Photo by Hakan Forss Who is this person? Foster self-organization (success factor)
- 28. 31 Public Facilitators pool Agile Masterclass
- 29. 33 Public The Town Planners do more research into how to make the product or service better. The goal is to duplicate what works on the largest scale while increasing efficiency and creating a commodity or utility.
- 30. 34 Public Company-wide projects functions e.g. product management, core banking CPO functions e.g. engineerg, cyber security CTO functions e.g. sales, onboarding project management CCO functions e.g. banking operations, customer support COO funcitons e.g. finance, regulatory reporting, risk management. CFO Identity Unit Digital Banking Unit Lending Unit Digital Assets Unit Business Units Functions CEO Cross-unit projects
- 31. 35 Public Lets add some complexity to complex Picture: The Andersons – story of this life
- 32. 36 Public Get the ”right” people Empower individuals Provide team autonomy Foster self-organization Practice experimenting Success factors for scaling agile with people
- 33. 37 Public The journey is not over yet Photo by Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash