June 2018 Webinar: Connecting your Business and IT Transformation

WELCOME TO:
AgiLeanIT Webinar
Linking IT Transformation to
Business Model and Strategy
June 22, 2018

© 2001-2018 AgiLeanIT
“Effective and successful Lean and Agile IT and Application Development Transformation need
to be fully grounded in, and driven by the business and digital transformation strategies”
In this webinar you will:
▪ Learn how to develop and internally communicate your business and
competitive strategy using Business Model and Process Visualization Tools
and techniques
▪ Understand how to best use Lean Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and Value
Chain Analysis to identify key transformation initiatives and target speed and
quality metrics to show the direct impact on value delivered to key customers
and stakeholders
▪ Be able to link your Scaled Agile SAFe® and Lean Transformation initiative
and the Agile Trains and Scrum teams’ backlogs to the most valuable and
lowest risk, prioritized opportunities that can directly impact value delivered to
customers
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AgiLeanIT Overview
▪ AgiLeanIT is a division of Nouri Associates, Inc. (NAI) an
international Business and Information Technology Management
Consulting, training, benchmarking and solutions firm founded in
2001. We have a proven track record of successfully serving our
clients with measurable business and IT improvement and scaling
of Agile Solutions Delivery
▪ AgiLeanIT team of highly experienced IT and business strategy and
process consultants and educators are focused on providing
transformation enablement, coaching and mentoring services:
1. Business and Digital Strategy and Transformation
2. Lean and Scaled Agile Methodology (e.g. SAFe®) Deployment and Adoption
3. SAFe® Quick Start Assessments
4. Executive and Middle Management Agile Transformation Coaching
5. Just-in-Time Staffing of Transformation Subject Matter Experts
6. Lean Portfolio Management
7. Enterprise Architecture and Digital Platform Planning
8. Design Thinking, Lean UX, and Customer Value Mapping
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Introductions
▪ Hamid Nouri – Mr. Nouri is AgiLeanIT and NAI Managing Principal,
Senior Executive Advisor, and the Global Transformation Services
Practice Leader. He was previously a senior executive at Gartner
responsible for Strategic Business and IT Consulting offerings and
delivery in Americas and Asia Pacific. He has been an Advisor and
Management Consultant to senior business and IT executives for
over 20 years across a variety of industries. His core areas of
expertise include Business and IT Strategic Planning, Strategy
Visualization, Business and IT Transformation, and Emerging Digital
Technologies. He has facilitated the development of over a dozen
Digital Strategy and Business and IT Transformation Plans in the
last 4 years. He is a senior Lean and Agile Transformation Coach
and Scaled Agile SPC (SAFe® Program Consultant), an ITIL/ITSM
Master, ISO 20000 Consultant, CISSP, and an accomplished
Enterprise, Business, and Technical Architect.Page 4

Introductions, Cont’d
▪ Dan Madison – Mr. Madison is an AgiLeanIT Lean Transformation
Coach and Senior Business Advisor with over 20 years of experience
in Lean, value stream mapping and analysis, process mapping,
process metrics, process management, and process redesign across a
wide variety of industries and organizations. He was an early pioneer,
architect, and thought leader for process design principles which
have revolutionized the creation of highly efficient and effective
processes and customer value for numerous clients. He is the author
of highly successful and frequently cited book “Process Mapping,
Process Improvement and Process Management”, one of the highest
ranked books on Amazon on the topic. Mr. Madison was one of the
key thought leaders and original contributors to the Association of
Business Process Management Professionals Body of Knowledge. His
book is widely used as the main text at various universities in process
and value mapping and continuous improvement.
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Introductions, Cont’d
▪ Prakash Bettadapur – Mr. Bettadapur is an AgiLeanIT Managing
Partner and Executive Coach. He has over 20 years of engineering
leadership, product development, organizational change
leadership, and management consulting in various technology
sectors. He has been in senior leadership roles managing multiple
large teams of over a hundred people each in various locations in
USA, Canada, India and Russia. His work in Bell-Northern Research,
Nortel Networks, Cadence Design Systems and in Cisco Systems
enabled his employers and clients to achieve leadership excellence
in global software engineering. He led Cisco’s highly successful Lean
and Agile Transformation initiative between 2012 and 2017, and
was responsible for the on-time development and delivery of
Cisco’s next generation IP Platforms and Systems offerings. Mr.
Bettadapur is a Certified SPC (SAFe® Program Consultant) and
Enterprise Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified
Product Owner (CSPO) and Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).
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Today’s Webinar Agenda
▪ Aligning Business and IT by Connecting Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, and
IT Transformation initiatives
▪ Business Model Canvas and CEO Metrics
▪ Digital Transformation and Innovation Opportunities
▪ Lean Value Stream Mapping and Metrics as Connecting Fabric for Value Delivery
▪ Overview of Lean Enterprise and Value Stream Mapping
▪ Aligning SAFe® Trains and Teams to Value Stream Maps and the Transformation
Initiative
▪ Key Success Factors for Lean Digital Enterprise for Continuous Innovation / Disruption
▪ Wrap Up and Questions
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Business Transformation = Digital Transformation
Software Engineering is the backbone for
many Enterprise Business Transformations
Using digital tools and improved processes
are the way to improve the business
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IT spending remains as a cost center, or leads transformation to compete effectively against Digital Native
companies like Amazon, Netflix, etc.?
▪ Overcome barriers to Digital Transformation
▪ Measure Technical debt
▪ Decentralize Transformation
Digital change need to be cross functional
CIOs taking technology first approach
CMOs focusing on Customer experience
bring them together
Bridge the gap between definition and delivery, vision
and execution, goal and ability, wish vs reality
This is where Rubber hits the Road

Holistic Digital Transformation – Connecting Vision and Execution
▪ Make business think and innovate faster
▪ Innovation – creating new values across existing dimensions
▪ Embrace broad experimentation
▪ Transform from legacy silos of function to three holistic
experiences – customer, worker, supplier/partner
▪ Focus on doing the right thing before doing everything right
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▪ Trend towards Mass Personalization & 1-1 engagements.
No “one size fits all”. Need local adaptations
▪ Legacy IT challenges – what we see is just the tip of the
iceberg. Needs total IT renewal and robust execution
How do we overcome these challenges in IT Digital Transformations?

Need for Agility in Digital Transformations
Transformation project failures are all too common
▪ Requirements not understood
• Business not engaged with technology
• Many features are rarely used
▪ Detailed project committed when very little of the project
is known
• Technology uncertainties, erroneous estimates
• Estimates before all project content details known
▪ Risks not managed well
• Visibility into projects at the time of kickoff, or at some final
milestones
• No clear insight into intermediate checkpoints
▪ Expensive to manage change successfully
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Change the paradigm – Move Towards Agility
64%
features
rarely
used

Business Strategy, Organizational Transformation, and IT Transformation
Clear Linkages and Key Performance Indicators Are Keys to Success
Comprehensive Transformational
Approach
Business and Digital
Transformation Strategy
People and Process
Transformation
IT Lean and Agile
Transformation
Key Steps For a Successful
Transformation Journey
1. Develop and/or Document the “Lean Business
Model Canvas” and CEO Success Metrics
2. Identify and Articulate Digital Transformation
Opportunities, the Impact and Innovation Process
3. Understand and Define Opportunities to
dramatically change or Increase End-Customer
Value Using Value Stream Maps and Metrics
4. Identify SAFe Trains, Teams, Backlogs (Large
Solution and/or Program), and Metrics Focused on
Key Improvement Opportunities
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How are you Transforming into a Lean Digital Enterprise?

How Are You Improving the Existing Business Model and Value Proposition and
Continuously Experimenting with New Business Models
Strategic Questions to Explore
▪ Is our current and target Business Model and Value Proposition documented and well understood by all
leadership and front line staff?
▪ Does it play sufficiently to our strengths?
▪ Does it take advantage of key emerging or available Digital opportunities?
▪ Will our current business model enable us to expand into new target markets – be these new products, services
or geographies – and satisfy the expectations of our chosen customer segments?
▪ If not, what sort of approach do we need to rapidly Build-Measure-Learn with new Business Models?
▪ What is the size of the gap and how can we reduce it as rapidly as possible?
▪ Do we have a clear picture of the opportunities and risks entailed by each of the alternatives available to us?
▪ Do we have an operating model and a plan in place that will enable us to move forward quickly, while maximizing
the opportunities and minimizing the risks?
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How can you Reduce Complexity and Increase Transparency to Achieve Enterprise-wide Alignment?

Step 1 of Journey: Business Model Canvas and CEO Metrics
Documenting the Current and Potential Target Business Models is Critical to Building Support
• The Business Model Canvas helps to quickly
visualize the company’s current and target
business model and its key areas of focus
• AgiLeanIT team documents and confirms the
Business Model and Key Success Metrics with
Executive Management as the foundation for
communicating the intent of Transformation
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Step 1 of Journey: Business Model Canvas and CEO Metrics
The Business Model Canvas Brings Agility to Strategic Planning
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Step 2 of Journey: Digital Transformation and Innovation Opportunities
Hypothesis and Envisioning Impact on the Business Model and Experimenting
▪ Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Big Data Analytics
• Chatbots
• Conversational Personal Assistants
▪ Blockchain
▪ Cloud to the Edge and Mobility
• SaaS
• xPlatform as a Service (PaaS – e.g. Integration)
• IaaS (Private, Public, Hybrid)
▪ Digital Platform, API Economy, and Microservices
▪ Immersive Experiences
▪ Internet of Things (IoT)
▪ Robotic Process Automation
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Step 3 of Journey: Understanding Value From the End-Customer Point of View
Leveraging and Building on The Toyota Way to Get Started
▪ Identify who is the customer (User Persona) and what is value
added from their perspective
▪ Separate out the repetitive process from the unique, and start
with the repetitive processes
▪ Map the flow to determine value added and non-value added
▪ Go out and observe, collect data, and find the wastes (Gemba
Walk)
▪ Think about how to apply the lean principles and develop a future
state map
▪ Start doing the new process and learn by doing
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Value Stream Process Mapping and Metrics Methodology Overview
▪ Plot the main steps on how an organization
creates value
▪ Collect data on quality and time
• % Complete % Accurate, Lead Time, Process Time,
Wait Time
▪ Identify opportunities for improvement and
innovation
▪ Investigate / analyze those areas
▪ Identify and prioritize improvement
opportunities
• Process
• Systems, Information Flow, and Emerging
Technologies
• Organizational Structure
• Staffing and Resources
• Training
▪ Develop Execution Plan
• Conduct Interviews and data
Gathering
• Develop Value Stream Map
• Identify current performance
metrics
• Analyze and Identify
Improvement Opportunities
• Conduct Workshop to review
current state process and
performance
• Facilitate Leadership Team
Identification of Target State
Performance Improvements
• Prioritize Improvement Initiatives
• Identify Customer Profile
• Identify Value Proposition Scope
• Define Mapping Objective
• Document VSM Charter
• Develop Mini Charters for
Prioritized Initiatives
• Identify Initiative Owners and
Success Criteria
• Develop Execution Timelines
• Develop Transformation
Implementation Plan
Develop
Execution
Plan
Define
Product
Family and
Customer
Persona
Identify and
Document
Current
State
Facilitate
Future State
Design and
Targets
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Symptoms of Broken Value Streams and Systemic Waste
▪ Complexity, exceptions and special cases
▪ Circumvent established procedures to expedite
work
▪ Excessive information exchange, data redundancy,
and rekeying
▪ High ratio of checking and review
▪ Managers spend a great deal of time “firefighting”
▪ No one manages the total process, process is
managed in pieces
▪ We throw money at the problem and it doesn’t
get any better
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“Lean Digital Enterprise” for Continuous Improvement
▪ A lean Digital enterprise seeks to create the most value while generating the least amount of waste leveraging
emerging technology innovations
▪ Lean focuses on creating a continuous flow of work and information to maximize customer value, Digitalization
looks to embed Digital Technology into the Value Stream for highest client value
• By reducing waste, we improve flow
• By creating flow, we eliminate waste
• By applying Digital Technologies we
optimize outcomes
• By eliminating waste and automation, we
increase client value exponentially
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Advantages of Continuous Flow
▪ Shorter lead times
▪ Drastic reduction of work in process
▪ Drastic reduction of wait time
▪ Ability to quickly identify problems and
fix them
▪ Reduced handling
▪ Flexibility in meeting customer demand
▪ Less worker frustration
How Can you Anticipate and Drive Higher Customer
Value Up-Stream and Down-Stream Through
Partners and New Ventures?
What are the Customer’s Jobs, Pains & Gains?
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Value Stream Map
What is a Value Stream?
Value Stream Definition
Value Stream: All the activities that an organization performs in order to transform
an internal or external Customer Request into a Good or Service.
“The Machine that Changed the World”
James Womack, Daniel Jones, Daniel Roos - 1990
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Number of
people who
do this step
Value Stream Map Components
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Value Stream Map
Types of Data That May Be Captured to Determine Improvement and Innovation Opportunities
▪ Processing Time (P/T – The time that the item is being worked on by an
Operator)
▪ Lead Time (L/T – The time it takes for one unit of the item being
transformed to go through every step of the process)
▪ Inventory / Queue Time (The time that the thing gets shuffled around
or sits around waiting for someone to work on it)
▪ % Complete and % Accurate (%C%A – The percent of deliverables that
are received by the downstream operation or customer that do not
need correction, addition, clarification, or rework)
▪ Information Technology / Information System Used
▪ Demand rate (Comes from the Customer Report Card)
▪ Typical batch sizes
▪ Number of people
▪ Setup Time
▪ Available Time
▪ Reliability
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Value Stream Map
Health Insurance Company – Customer Report Card (Brokers and Purchasers) Example
Ranked Criteria Process Performance What an “A” looks like
Health coverage meets
person’s needs
B+ Has all the features of
competitors
Cost of coverage B Equal to or less than
competitors
Time to complete and get
coverage (9-11 days)
F Equal to or less than
best competitor (5 days)
Value Creation
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Customer Report Card

Value Stream Map
Health Insurance Company – Value Stream Example
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Value Stream Map
Recruiting Value Stream and Information Flow Map and Metrics as Initial Diagnostic Tool
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Identify
Need
Find and Select
Candidate
Negotiate
Agreement
Onboard
Candidate
P/T – L/T 2 hrs – 5 dys 15 hrs – 22 dys 2 hrs – 10 dys 4 hrs – 8 dys
Activity Ratio =
𝑷𝑻
𝑳𝑻
=
𝟐𝟑 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔
𝟏,𝟑𝟐𝟎 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔
= 𝟏. 𝟕𝟒%
%C %A 82% 95% 98% 99%
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 = 75.6%
ZipRecruiter Access DB Workday

Value Stream Map
Recruiting Process and Information Systems Flow Map to Identify Improvement Opportunities
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Identify
Need
Find and Select
Candidate
Negotiate
Agreement
Onboard
Candidate
Hiring
Manager
HR
Recruiter
Candidate
Info Sys 1
ZipRecruiter
1 - Develop
Recruiting
Strategy
3 - Post
Job
7 - Upload
Resume
5 – Post
Open
Position
4 - Analyze
Position
Requirements
Info Sys 2
Access DB
Info Sys 3
Workday
9 - Review &
Select Top
Candidate
11 - Conduct
Top 5 Phone
Screen
13 - Discuss
Position
Background
10 - Send
Notification to
Applicants
6 - Log
Position
15 - Initiate
Candidate
Record
P/T – L/T
2 - Assign
Position ID
8 – Store
Resume in
Employer DB
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
14 - Arrange
Interview
16 – Conduct
Interview
12 - Log
Phone Screen
Results
2 hrs – 5 dys 10 min – 2 dys 10 min – 1 day 3 min – .5 dys 2 hrs – 3 dys 5 hrs – 2 dys 2 hrs – 3.5 dys 4 hrs – 5 dys
𝑷𝑻
𝑳𝑻
=
𝟏𝟓. 𝟑𝟖 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔
𝟓𝟐𝟖 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔
= 𝟐. 𝟗𝟏%

Value Stream Map
Value Stream Transformation Plan (Recruiting Value Stream Example)
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Value Stream Transformation Plan
Value StreamStaff Recruiting Plan Review Dates
Executive SponsorJohn Smith 24-Aug-18
Value Stream ChampionBob Baker 21-Oct-18
Value Stream Mapping FacilitatorDan Madison 22-Dec-18
Date Created6/29/2018 28-Feb-19
Priority Target Performance Level Planned Countermeasure
Exec.
Method *
Owner
Planned Timeline for Execution
Status
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 Improve quality of referral to 85% Implement standard work for referral process Project BH 12%
3
Reduce lead time between scheduling and
screening step to 45 minutes
Cross-train and co-locate work teams Task JC 25%
1 Only one check in per candidate Conduct Background Check in ZipRecruiter Work Order JC 34%
11 Reduce wait time in waiting area by 50% Balance work / level demand Project KI 32%
7
Eliminate 6 hour lead time associated with
bckground check step
Implement Artificial Intelligence technology Task RI 45%
5 Eliminate redundant data entry Auto populate between ZipRecruiter and Workday Work Order BH 20%
6
Visually managed inventory; no outages or
expired items
5S screening area; implement kanban Work Order JC 10%
9 Reduce screening interview LT to half hour Assign value-stream specific screeners Project RI 23%
10
Reduce resume delivery to Workday LT to 30
minutes
Increase % of recruiters receiving electronic
delivery
Task JC 23%
8 Reduce LT at resume review to 1 day Visual metrics and indicators Work Order KI 2%
4 Improve quality of resume data gathering by 35%
Enable Recruiter Web Self-Service Access to
selection criteria with a new Agile Team
Project VM 14%
Agreement
Executive Sponsor Value Stream Mapping Facilitator
Signature: Signature:
Date: Date:

Step 4 of Journey: Applying Agility to Digital Transformations
▪ Traditional approaches – Waterfall
• Well-understood projects, little variance, repeated
implementations, less uncertainty
▪ Most Digital Transformations involve
• New technologies, high uncertainties
• Integrating acquisitions, combining requirements
• New customer base, different expectations
▪ Traditional approaches no longer sufficient
for addressing newer needs
▪ Stacey Matrix helps qualify approaches for
new transformations
• Technology Uncertainty
• Requirements Uncertainty
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Step 4 of Journey: Steps to Address Uncertainties in Digital Transformations
▪ Clearly articulate what needs to be built to support
transformations
• Value Proposition Canvas for addressing customer pain points
• Customer Journey Mapping for accommodating end-to-end
experience considerations
▪ Continually engage and listen to the customer
• Build vertical slices of functionality to show quick value to customer
• Deliver and deploy valuable chunks of functionality to obtain feedback
• Learn quickly from customer feedback to update requirements and
pivot product directions
▪ Systematically experiment and apply new technologies
• Plan Architecture Spikes and Infrastructure components to scale
development by multiple development teams
• Build Architectural runway and UX runway components just in time for
system development
▪ Enable rapid deployment of developed software to minimize
WIP and accelerate value delivery to customer
▪ Enable feedback mechanisms to accelerate learning through
A/B Testing, etc.
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Step 4 of Journey: Mapping SAFe® Trains and Teams to Transformation Initiatives
1 Identify an Operational Value Stream
2
Identify the systems which support the
Operational Value Stream
3 Identify the people who develop the systems
Identify Development Value Streams that
build these systems
Realize Value Streams into ARTs
4
5
Initial Value Stream
Definition
Re-evaluating your ART
definitions due to initial
compromises, revised
Portfolio investments, or
new target optimizations
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Examples of Value Streams to Organize Agile Development Teams
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Operational
Hospital
patient
services
Operational
Consumer
bank loans
Support
Employee
Recruiting
Identify Need
Find & Select
Candidate
Negotiate
Agreement
Onboard
Candidate
Employee
Need
Employee
Onboarded
Development
Value Stream
Workday
Access DB
Dev Resources

Documenting a Development Value Stream
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How Do We Capture and Report Actionable Metrics for Empowered Teams
Automated capture and
reporting of Team and
Portfolio health metrics is
key to accelerating
transformation’s capability
maturity and value delivery
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Step 4 of Journey: Scaling Agile and SAFe® for Large Digital Transformations
▪ Align within a team through self-
empowerment, adopting the manifesto
values and principles
▪ Scale to multiple teams and align across
them for large-scale transformations
▪ Estimate accurately and incrementally for
larger program increments and manage
dependencies across teams and
iterations/sprints
▪ Deliver valuable chunks quickly, yet plan and
commit long-term deliverables of large
projects to plan downstream dependent
activities
▪ Improve transformation success dramatically
by continuing to embrace the Agile values
and principles in all scaled situations
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Key Success Practices to enable Digital Transformations
▪ XP – Extreme Programming Practices
▪ Skillset – T-Shaped Skills
▪ Team Structure – Long lived, High Performance teams
▪ HR Practices – changing reward mechanisms
▪ Enablement – Coaching, Mentoring and Agile Center of Excellence
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Best Engineering Practices – XP
▪ Shared understanding, fine grained
feedback, pair programming, collective
code ownership
▪ Whole team involved in planning &
execution
▪ Simple designs, architecture & UX
runways, refactoring, coding standards
▪ Build quality in, Test-driven
Development, continuous integration
▪ Sustainable pace
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Skillset Management and Deployment
▪ T-Shaped skills - Broad skills in multiple
technologies, depth in a few; willingness
to work in multiple areas
▪ Feature based teams Vs Component
teams
▪ Development and Test skills
▪ Long-lived Teams for High Performance
▪ Team-based Reward Systems
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Lean and Agile IT Transformation Roadmap – Leveraging SAFe® Guidance
▪ Key Resource Requirements
for Scaled Agile Initiatives:
• Expert Coaches (Lean and Agile)
• Value Stream and Process
Mapping Experts
• Release Train Engineers
• Scrum Masters
• DevOps Engineers
• UX Designers and Architects
• Systems / Technical Architects
• Enterprise Architects
• Security Architects
• Cloud Architects
• Integration Architects
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Summary: “Lean Digital Enterprise” for Continuous Innovation / Disruption
Lean Digital Core Values
▪ Minimum Viable Product – Test fundamental
business hypothesis
▪ Continuous Deployment (only for software
development) – Continuous release of new
functionality
▪ Split Testing – Different product versions are offered
to customers at the same time
▪ Actionable Metrics – As opposed of vanity metrics
emphasizing the positives
▪ Pivot - Structured course correction
▪ Innovation accounting – Effectively measuring
progress, planning milestones, and prioritizing
▪ Build-Measure-Learn – Continuous cycle of
experimentation and innovation
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Summary - AgiLeanIT’s Digital Transformation Approach
▪ Adopts all Agile Manifesto Values and Principles
▪ Leverages the best from all Agile Scaling and Hybrid
approaches to enable high rate of success for Digital
Transformation
▪ Applies Lean Startup Methodologies to better engage
business and understand the customer needs
• Business Model Canvas
• Value Proposition Canvas
• Customer Journey Mapping
▪ Uses appropriate frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and
appropriate terminologies and ceremonies to drive
Transformation success
▪ Exploits and utilizes Lean Principles and Methods in every
step of the Transformation Process
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Questions? Email us at: info@agileanit.com
▪ AgiLeanIT is a division of Nouri Associates, Inc. (NAI) an
international Business and Information Technology Management
Consulting, training, benchmarking and solutions firm founded in
2001. We have a proven track record of successfully serving our
clients with measurable business and IT improvement and scaling
of Agile Solutions Delivery
▪ AgiLeanIT team of highly experienced IT and business strategy and
process consultants and educators are focused on providing
transformation enablement, coaching and mentoring services:
1. Business and Digital Strategy and Transformation
2. Lean and Scaled Agile Methodology (e.g. SAFe®) Deployment and Adoption
3. SAFe® Quick Start Assessments
4. Executive and Middle Management Agile Transformation Coaching
5. Just-in-Time Staffing of Transformation Subject Matter Experts
6. Lean Portfolio Management
7. Enterprise Architecture and Digital Platform Planning
8. Design Thinking, Lean UX, and Customer Value Mapping
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Agile vs. Waterfall Aspects – Comparison
Aspect Agile Waterfall
Commitment
and Delivery
• Organize to reduce cost of change (not amount of work)
• Balance between value delivery now & future ability
• Deliver frequently, on cadence; scope varies, quality
important
• Team responsible
• Artifacts reviewed & approved; changes can be
costly
• Scope fixed, cost & schedule varies based on factors
• Deliver on deadline; early commitment matters
• Project manager responsible
Decisions and
Adaptability
• Effective before efficient
• Defer decisions to last responsible moment
• Fail fast, earlier and cheaper; maximize learning
• Optimize utilization
• Make early commitment; minimize changes
• Get it right first time; no room for failures
Tracking
progress
• Time boxed; Deliver shippable quality
• Continuous value delivery tracked for % progress
• Delivery on final deadline; review for quality
compromises
• Progress is % completion of initial plan
Individuals • People, respect, trust, transparency
• Broad expertise, T-shaped skills
• Resources, technical skills matters, experts
• Deep expertise, specialist “resources”
Interactions • Self-organizing teams; keep colleagues informed
• Teams share ownership of decisions & results; work by
consensus
• Servant leaders in trusting, supportive relationship
• Hub & spoke model – manager coordinating and
organizing
• Teams not feeling ownership; looks to manager for
decisions
• Command and control relationship
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Agile vs. Waterfall Aspects – Comparison, Cont’d
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Waterfall vs. Incremental Value Delivery Over Time

Waterfall vs. SAFe® vs. LeSS vs. Hybrid – A Comparison
Waterfall
▪ Initial estimation and commitment when we know
the least
▪ One delivery at the end – leading to success or
failure
▪ No meaningful intermediate tracking
▪ Little experimentation and opportunities to change
SAFe®
▪ Concrete Planning with firm estimates and backlog for
multiple Agile teams for duration of PI or release
▪ Intermediate deliveries at every iteration, integrated to
whole product and deployed
▪ Great tracking, metrics and success measures
▪ Spikes encouraged, reasonable opportunities to
change to steer towards success
LeSS/Spotify/Nexus, etc.
▪ Great planning scaling to multiple Agile teams for
each sprint
▪ Single backlog for all teams, with focus on concrete
product delivery at each sprint
▪ No long term, multi-iterations planning with no firm
project end deadlines
▪ Highly Agile, great for new technologies and
undefined requirements
Hybrid Agile Scaling
▪ Adequate planning with accurate estimates for next
iteration and approximates for subsequent ones
▪ Regularly groom backlog to keep similar planning
accuracies
▪ Track and deliver integrated product at every iteration
similar to other scaling agile methods
▪ Combines the best of all positive characteristics from
other agile scaling concepts
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Overcoming Large SAFe® Transformation Challenges
▪ Overcoming cultural bias engrained at each level of management
▪ Management need for control and vanity metrics
▪ Preference for traditional project metrics and comprehensive plans
▪ Streamlining customer value creation
▪ Performance Management Systems incenting the wrong behaviors
▪ Overcoming organizational resistance
▪ Insufficient DevOps infrastructure and automation
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AgiLeanIT Contact:
Stephanie Piche
Director of Operations
Telephone: 1 (415) 267-7650
Facsimile: 1 (415) 267-7677
Email: Stephanie.Piche@AgiLeanIT.com
AgiLeanIT Contact:
Hamid Nouri
Managing Principal
Telephone: 1 (415) 267-7612
Facsimile: 1 (415) 267-6127
Email: Hamid.Nouri@AgiLeanIT.com

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