DELIVERING VALUE FASTCausing Agility in a large organization

Krzysztof Niewiński | @scrumurai | www.alterwork.plMateusz Srebrny | @mateuszsrebrny | agiletrainers.pl

„UNDOUBTEDLY, IT IS MUCH EASIER TO MAKE A LARGE CHANGE IN A SMALL ORGANIZATION, THAN A SMALL CHANGE IN THE LARGE ONE”

• Always start with ”Why”

• There is always a lot of ”Hows” – all you need is just one ”Why”

5 STEPS CLOSER TO BEING AGILE

Determine ’WHY?’

- ”WHY?”- ”I WANT TO HAVE VALUE

DELIVERED FASTER”- ”FASTER?”- ”AT LEAST EVERY MONTH!”- …

”I WANT TO BE AGILE”

Discover impediments

5 STEPS CLOSER TO BEING AGILE

Determine ’WHY?’

REINFORCING LOOP EXPERIMENT

Discover impediments

Find root-causes

5 STEPS CLOSER TO BEING AGILE

Determine ’WHY?’

Value is delivered slowly

Project, not Product oriented environment

Craftsmanship

Ownership

Value is delivered slowly

Not investing in (no time for):- increasing quality- paying technical debt- building development tools

Project, not Product oriented environment

Aim to develop entire „scope”, not the most

valuable features

Decision making process is long

PB managed by a commitee (no single responsible person)

Too many roles with unclear responsibility and authority

Lack of a „real” Product Owner who:- takes care of the Product Backlog- prioritizes- looks for value- decides & is resposible for Product

Noone is working on maximization of the

product value and ROI

Development time is long

Current Owners („Business”) does not see themselves as the owners of the Product

- they are its users

Craftsmanship

Ownership

Discover impediments

Find root-causes

Choose possible ’HOW?’

5 STEPS CLOSER TO BEING AGILE

Determine ’WHY?’

Lack of product ownership:- No single decision-maker- no responsibility for a product value- noone works with a business stakeholders

What is possible to change now?

Project, not Product oriented environment1

2WHY?

WHY?

Discover impediments

Find root-causes

Choose possible ’HOW?’

Make a change

5 STEPS CLOSER TO BEING AGILE

Determine ’WHY?’

Changes to make (Adaptation Backlog):

(ALMOST-)ROOT-CAUSE TO SOLVE:

„LACK OF PRODUCT OWNERSHIP”

GOAL: Fast delivery…

1. Product 2. Product Owner3. Interactions 4. Growth & Stabilization

CHALLENGES

OUTCOMES• 3 Products & 3 POs

• 3 Product Teams focused on value

• Something valuable every sprint

• Make it really every sprint

• Make it stick

• Dig deeper

• Go wider

CHALLENGES

OUTCOMES• 3 Products & 3 POs

• 3 Product Teams focused on value

• Something valuable every sprint

• Make it really every sprint

• Make it stick

• Dig deeper

• Go wider• Our manager still wants to pay us ;-)

SUMMARY / TAKEAWAYS

Celebrate, retrospect & iterate !

Find impediments and dependencies

Discover „Hows” – root-causes, reinforcing loops

Start with ”Why?”

Make the experimentChoose the most promising „How” (possible now)

Krzysztof Niewiński@scrumuraiwww.alterwork.pl

Mateusz Srebrny@mateuszsrebrnywww.agiletrainers.pl

THANK YOU