Agility at Scale From Tactical to Strategic Agility

Agility at Scale: From Tactical to Strategic Agility © Disciplined Agile Consortium

Agenda • What does it mean to scale agile? • Scaling agile tactically • Scaling agile strategically © Disciplined Agile Consortium

What does it mean to scale agile? © Disciplined Agile Consortium

Tactical vs. Strategic Scaling Tactical Agility at Scale How do we take an agile approach to solution delivery, regardless of the situation faced by the team? Strategic Agility at Scale How do we apply agile across the entire organization? @scottwambler 4

The Disciplined Agile Toolkit and Scaling Disciplined Agile Enterprise Disciplined Agile IT Strategic Agility Disciplined Dev. Ops DAD © Disciplined Agile Consortium Tactical Agility

Regulatory Compliance Scaling Agile Tactically Domain Complexity Technical Complexity Large Teams Geographic Distribution Organizational Distribution © Disciplined Agile Consortium

Tactical Agility at Scale The application of agile and lean strategies on IT delivery teams. This includes the ability to apply agile on teams: – – – – Of all sizes That are geographically distributed Facing regulatory compliance Addressing a complex domain (problem space) Applying complex technologies Working with external vendors Facing combinations thereof Every team faces a unique situation To be effective they need to own their process and choose the best strategies for them, yet do so in a governable manner @scottwambler 7

DAD Scales Tactically © Disciplined Agile Consortium 8

DAD Scales Tactically By Enabling Teams to Own Their Process Multiple lifecycles for teams to choose from Agile Exploratory Lean Continuous Delivery: Agile Common, light-weight governance across lifecycles A goal/outcome driven approach to process © Disciplined Agile Consortium Continuous Delivery: Lean Program

Scaling Agile Strategically Business Operations Reuse Engineering People Management Security Marketing Dev. Ops Procurement Enterprise Architecture Governance Continuous Improvement Data Management Portfolio Management Finance © Disciplined Agile Consortium

Strategic Agility at Scale The application of agile and lean strategies across your entire organization. From an IT point of view this includes the majority, if not all, of your IT delivery teams as well as a the IT-level teams support activities such as enterprise architecture, operations, support, portfolio management, IT governance, and other areas. From an enterprise point of view this includes all divisions and teams within your organization, not just your IT department. @scottwambler 11

Disciplined Dev. Ops in established organizations needs to address the complexities of those environments, including the need to support many disparate teams, security, and effective data management. © Disciplined Agile Consortium

Disciplined Agile IT Department (DAIT) Workflow © Disciplined Agile Consortium 13

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