Ambler Keynote

Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Principled Approach

Scott W. Ambler Senior Consulting Partner

scott [at] scottambler.com

@scottwambler We’re going to cover a lot of ground

The DA framework is empirical: – Originally based on observations from dozens of organizations world wide, and has evolved since then based on continuing observations – Encapsulates inputs from hundreds of practitioners – Hybrid framework that adopts proven ideas from many sources, including agile, lean, and traditional methods and frameworks – Implements insights from industry research

Team Size Two Hundreds

Geographic Distribution Co-located Global

Organizational Distribution Single division Outsourcing

Compliance None Life critical

Domain Complexity Straightforward Very complex

Technical Complexity Straightforward Very complex

Source: disciplinedagiledelivery.com/agility-at-scale/

Spending their money wisely over coming in “on budget”

Getting solutions that meet their needs over building something to specification

Getting solutions in a timely manner over coming in “on schedule”

Grow Team Members Explore the Initial Scope

Identify the Initial Technical Strategy

Produce a Potentially Consumable Solution

Address Changing Stakeholder Needs

and many more….

There are several issues, or process factors, to consider: – What level of detail, if any, will you capture? – What types of views will you address? What artifacts will you create? – How will you go about modeling the requirements? – How are you going to manage changing requirements throughout Construction? – How are you going to address non- functional requirements?

Each strategy has advantages and disadvantages, there is no such thing as a best practice

There are 22 process goals for agile/lean delivery teams

On average, each goal has 5 process factors

On average, each process factor has 5 options

This is a good start, but only a good start.

Out of scope for Disciplined Agile

Today Agile Traditional

C Agile Lean Exp Traditional 1 Year D

2 Year Agile Lean Exp CD Traditional

5 Year Agile Lean Exp Continuous Delivery Trad

Enterprise Data Architecture Management

Delivery Delivery Team A Team B

Operations

• Disciplined agile teams strive to leverage and enhance the existing organizational eco system wherever possible

• Implications: – Work closely with enterprise groups – Follow existing roadmap(s) where appropriate – Leverage existing assets – Enhance existing assets

Structured surveys

Retrospectives

Project post mortem Measured improvement

IT Activity Bodies of Knowledge Development The Agile Canon Project Management PMI PMBoK, Prince2 IT Governance COBiT Enterprise Architecture TOGAF, Zachman, IASA, DODAF… Data Management DAMA Quality Various ISO specifications Business Analysis IIBA BABoK Operations ITIL

Repeatable results are more important than repeatable processes

Choice is good – Informed choice is better

Every team owns its process

Organizations are complex adaptive organizations

Teams improve continuously

Disciplined agile delivery with one or more scaling factors: § Large teams Tactical § Geographically distributed teams Agility § Compliance at Scale § Domain complexity § Technical complexity § Organizational distribution

• Delivery focus Disciplined • Risk-value driven lifecycle Agile • Self-organization with appropriate governance Delivery • Goal driven • Enterprise aware • Construction focus • Value driven lifecycle Agile • Self-organizing teams • Prescriptive • Project team aware

Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)

– Two-day workshop on Thursday and Friday

– Please sign up with the conference organizers

DisciplinedAgileConsortium.org DisciplinedAgileDelivery.com ScottAmbler.com

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, on teams that are geographically distributed, on teams facing regulatory compliance, on teams addressing a complex domain (problem space), on teams applying a complex technologies, on teams where outsourcing may be involved, and combinations thereof.

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 topics. From an enterprise point of view this includes all divisions and teams within your organization, not just your IT department.

45% Compliance 43% 64% Organizationally Distributed 68%

Complex Technology 88% 92% 42% Complex Domain 61% 37% Team Size > 10 48%

Geographically Distributed 78% 61% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Non-Agile Teams Agile Teams

Source: DDJ State of the IT Union 2014 Q2 Survey

A full Scrum-based agile delivery lifecycle.

Sometimes it takes time to identify what your stakeholders actually need

A full lean delivery lifecycle

Your evolutionary end goal?

At the shu stage you are beginning to learn the techniques and philosophies of disciplined agile development. Your goal is to build a strong foundation from which to build upon.

At the ha stage you reflect upon and question why disciplined agile strategies work, seeking to understand the range of strategies available to you and when they are best applied.

At the ri stage you seek to extend and improve upon disciplined agile techniques, sharing your learnings with others.

SAFe DevOps …and more Outside In Dev. “Traditional” Agile Data Extreme Unified Process Agile Modeling Programming Scrum Kanban Lean

DAD leverages proven strategies from several sources, providing a decision framework to guide your adoption and tailoring of them in a context-driven manner.

Advantages Option Goal * Factor * Disadvantages Default Option Considerations

Indicates a preference for Explore the Initial the options towards the Source Scope top Team size

Team structure Form the Co-located Team members Initial Team Partially dispersed Geographic distribution Fully dispersed Supporting the team Address Distributed subteams Availability Changing Stakeholder Needs

• Governance strategies built into DAD: – Risk-value lifecycle – Light-weight milestone reviews – “Standard” opportunities for increased visibility and to steer the team provided by agile – Enterprise awareness – Robust stakeholder definition

© Disciplined Agile Consortium Scott Ambler + Associates is the thought leader behind the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework and its application. We are a boutique IT management consulting firm that advises organizations to be more effective applying disciplined agile and lean processes within the context of your business.

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