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Webinar on
Introduction of
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
By Saket Bansal, SPC
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Challenges in Scaling
• Coordination among teams
• Collocation
• Large Product Backlog
• Product Integration
• Architecture Development
• Code Quality
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Some Scaling Practices
• Release Planning
• Scrum of Scrum
• Meta Scrum
• Communities of Practice
• Product Backlog Refinement
• Joint Retrospective
• Integrated Sprint Planning
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Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
A proven, publicly-facing framework for applying Lean
and Agile practices at enterprise scale
www.scaledagileframework.
com
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SAFe Core Values
Transparency
Program
Execution
Code Quality Alignment
Values
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Agile
• Scrum: Team Roles and Ceremonies, Lets Sprint
• Extreme Programming: Continuous Integration, Test First
Development, Agile Architecture, Spikes, Refactoring
• Kanban: Thinking on flow, demand management and limiting Work
in Process.
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Product Development Flow
1. Take an economic view
2. Actively manage the queues
3. Understand and exploit variability
4. Reduce batch sizes
5. Apply WIP constraints
6. Control flow under uncertainty:
cadence and synchronization
7. Get feedback as fast as possible
8. Decentralize control
Don Reinertsen
Principles of Product
Development Flow
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Lean
• Respect People
• Lean Leaders
• Kaizen
• Focus on Value and Value Stream
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Scale at Portfolio Level
• Centralized strategy, decentralized execution
• Lean-Agile leaders
• Kanban systems for portfolio visibility and WIP limits
• Governance and Kaizen
• Value description via Business and Architectural Epics
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Business Epic Kanban
Funnel Review Analysis Portfolio
Backlog Implementation
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Business Value Delivery
Features
User Stories
Epic Owner
Product
Management
Product
Owner
Business &
Architecture
Epics
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Agile Release Train (ART)
• Team of Agile Teams
• Typical size 50-125 Individuals
• Organized Around Value Stream not
Project
• Provide 6-12 weeks planning,
development and retrospective
cadence (Program Increment)
• Synchronize Sprints and PIs
• Frequently deliver a valuable system
level solution
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Scale at Program Level
• Face-to-face release planning
• Cadence
• Value Delivery via Features and Benefits
• Team-of-agile-teams (Release Train)
• Aligned to a common mission via a single Program backlog
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Release Train Engineer
• The RTE is the Chief Scrum Master
• Facilitates Program Level and Release level
process and activates
• Facilitate Scrum of Scrum
• Ensure Transparency at Program Level
• Resolve Impediments
• Ensure collaboration within and across the
train
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Agile Team As A Base Of Scaling
• Working Software every two weeks
• Empowered, self-organizing, self-managing cross-functional
teams
• Scrum project management and XP-inspired technical practices
• Value delivery via User Stories
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Product Management / Product Owner
PM
Market Facing
Collocated with Business
Own Vision , Road Map ,
ROI , Program Backlog
Program Increments and
Release
Accept Features
PO
Team facing
Collocated with Team
Own and Refine Team Backlog
Sprint goals
Accept Stories
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Scrum Master in SAFe
• Scrum Responsibilities
• Release Train Responsibilities
• Coordinating with other scrum teams, system teams, shared
resources in release planning
• Facilitate Preparation for Release Planning and Inspect and
Adapt
• Use Normalized estimates to help estimation of Features and
Epics
• Coordinate team effort for Bi weekly system demo
• Scrum of Scrum
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Upcoming SAFe Agilist Training
• Delhi: 29-30th, Nov 2014
• Venue: Paharpur Business center,
Nehru Place
• Timing: 9:30- 5:30 PM
• Trainer: Saket Bansal, SPC
• Bangalore: 13-14, Dec 2014
• Venue: Octave Hotel, Sarjapura
Road
• Timing: 9:30- 5:30 PM
• Trainer: Saket Bansal, SPC
Half Day Community Event
on 23 Nov 2014
Bangalore
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