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Agile Past the TeamAn Experience Report

Presented by: Mike Cottmeyer

mike cottmeyervice-president, pillar technology semcottmeyer@pillartechnology.com+1.404.312.1471www.pillartechnology.comwww.leadingagile.comtwitter.com/mcottmeyer

Agenda

• A little project background

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• A little project background• What was going well

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• A little project background• What wasn’t going well

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• A little project background• What wasn’t going well• The team’s initial response to problems

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• A little project background• What wasn’t going well• The team’s initial response to problems • Team based coaching approach

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• A little project background• What wasn’t going well• The team’s initial response to problems • Organization based coaching approach

Agenda

• A little project background• What wasn’t going well• The team’s initial response to problems • Organization based coaching approach

Ready?

Background

• Waterfall since the company had formed

Background

• Waterfall since the company had formed• Evaluated Scrum

Background

• Waterfall since the company had formed• Evaluated Scrum and RUP

Background

• Waterfall since the company had formed• Evaluated Scrum and RUP• Chose Scrum because it was quicker to

implement

Background

• Waterfall since the company had formed• Evaluated Scrum and RUP• Chose Scrum because it was they though

quicker to implement

Background

• Waterfall since the company had formed• Evaluated Scrum and RUP• Chose Scrum because it was they thought

quicker to implement• Flipped the switch overnight

Background

• Waterfall since the company had formed• Evaluated Scrum and RUP• Chose Scrum because it was they thought

quicker to implement• Flipped the switch overnight during the

Christmas holidays

Going Well?

• Moved away from functional silos

Going Well?

• Moved toward cross functional teams

Going Well?

• Moved toward cross functional teams• Moved away from component teams

Going Well?

• Moved toward cross functional teams• Moved toward feature based teams

Going Well?

• Moved toward cross functional teams• Moved toward feature based teams• Product Manager for each team

Going Well?

• Moved toward cross functional teams• Moved toward feature based teams• Product Owner for each team

Going Well?

• Moved toward cross functional teams• Moved toward feature based teams• Product Owner for each team• Committed to following the Scrum process

Not Going Well?

• Critical people shared across teams

Not Going Well?

• Critical people shared across teams• Didn’t know what to build

Not Going Well?

• Critical people shared across teams• Didn’t know what to build• Teams had trouble delivering

Not Going Well?

• Critical people shared across teams• Didn’t know what to build• Teams had trouble delivering anything

Not Going Well?

• Critical people shared across teams• Didn’t know what to build• Teams had trouble delivering anything• Unstable and not predictable

Textbook Scrum

Textbook ScrumNo working software

My Role

• Purchased VersionOne

My Role

• Purchased VersionOne• Came in as a product trainer

My Role

• Purchased VersionOne• Came back as an agile coach

My Role

• Purchased VersionOne• Came back as an agile coach• The goal was to help the teams get better

My Role

• Purchased VersionOne• Came back as an agile coach• The goal was to help the teams get better• Learned quickly it was the organization that

needed help

Team Coaching

• Big Rocks

Team Coaching

• Big Rocks• The Million Dollar Question

Team Coaching

• Big Rocks• The Million Dollar Question• Don’t game the numbers

Team Coaching

• Big Rocks• The Million Dollar Question• Don’t game the numbers• Retrospectives

Org Coaching

• Scrum-But

Org Coaching

• Scrum-But• Product and Architectural Vision

Org Coaching

• Scrum-But• Product and Architectural Vision• Product Owner Teams

Org Coaching

• Scrum-But• Product and Architectural Vision• Product Owner Teams• Well groomed backlog

Million Dollar Question

Plan Execute Close

Plan CloseExecute

Plan Execute Close

Commit

Plan Execute Close

Commit

Deliver

Scrum-But

Developers

DevelopersTesters

Developers

Analyst

Testers

Developers

CSMAnalyst

Testers

Product Owner

CSMAnalyst

Testers

Developers

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Release (months) Release (months) Release (months)

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Product Owner Teams

Scrum of Scrums

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Product Owner Team

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Product Owner Team withArchitects

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Integration Team

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

Context

Capability 2

Capability 1

Capability 3

ContextCoordination

Architecture and Design

TeamPO TeamPMO

Guidance

EnterpriseArchitecture

&Epics

SolutionsArchitecture

&Features

DetailedDesign

&Stories

TeamPO TeamPMO

Feedback

&Epics

&Features

DetailedDesign

&Stories

I0I1-N

Inc.Construction

Trans.

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Inc.Construction

Trans.

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Initiate Plan Execute Monitor & Control Close

Grooming the Backlog

&Epics

Feature

&Epics

&Features

Feature

User Story

&Epics

&Features

DetailedDesign

&Stories

Conclusion

• Forming and developing teams is critical

Conclusion

• Forming and developing teams is critical• The organization has tremendous impact on

team effectiveness

Conclusion

team effectiveness• Managers need to understand their impact

Conclusion

team effectiveness• Managers need to understand their impact• Have to consider the entire delivery system

Thoughts?

mike cottmeyervice-president, pillar technology semcottmeyer@pillartechnology.com+1.404.312.1471www.pillartechnology.comwww.leadingagile.comtwitter.com/mcottmeyer

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