Agile governance: reality or dream in the US & UK Governments? webinar on Thursday 11th September

Agile GovernanceReality or dream in the US & UK Governments?

Transatlantic Webinar Sept 11, 2014 Starts at 12:30/London 07:30/EST

Brian Wernham (APM GovSIG)- [email protected] Chris Battersby (UK N.A.O.)- [email protected] Karen Richey (US G.A.O.) - [email protected]

#APMGovSIG @BrianUkulele

Get involved today! Competition for free copy of Brian’s book!

Online Poll

Q&A (Post your questions on right hand side of control panel)

Brian Wernham FAPM RPP- Deputy Chair, Governance SIG

[email protected]@BrianUkulele

What is ‘Agile’? Popular Methods:

Team: ScrumProject: DSDM

Programme: DADPortfolio: SAFe

Case Study –the need for change at the FBI

Case Study –the need for change at the FBI

Case Study –the need for change at the FBI

Case Study –the need for change at the FBI

Case Study – Waterfall failure…Project 1: Virtual Case File (VCF)

– Monolithic design– 2002 – 2005 no delivery

– cancelled at $300m cost

Project 2: Sentinel– Monolithic design (again!)– 2006 – 2010 no delivery– cancelled at $400m cost

Case Study – FBI Agile rescue!

Case Study – Agile success!

Project 3: Agile!– Modular– 2011-13 incremental delivery

– $99m cost in 2 years– vs. $700m previously wasted

over 10 years…

What is ‘Agile Governance’?

• Satisfy the customer

• Harness change

• Be very incremental

• Get the business and technical people together

• Create trust through ‘Light-Tight’ leadership

• Face-to-face conversations

• Reward real progress/working solution

• Pursue simplicity, not complexity

• Give your teams the space they need to excel

What is ‘Agile Governance’?

• Satisfy the customer

• Harness change

• Be very incremental

• Get the business and technical people together

• Create trust through ‘Light-Tight’ leadership

• Face-to-face conversations

• Reward real progress/working solution

• Pursue simplicity, not complexity

• Give your teams the space they need to excel

‘Agile Governance’

Mixing waterfall and agile?

Last ‘Sprint’ (#4)– Holacracy and Scrum: a match made in heaven?– August 12, 2014 – Ordnance Survey, Southampton– Blog: http://bit.ly/apm-agile-governance-sprint-4-linkedin

This ‘Sprint’ (#5) – Today Sept 11, 2014– Transatlantic Webinar– Agile in UK & US Governments

Development of a (slim) ‘Agile Governance’ guide

Events Next ‘Sprint’ (#6)

– Barclays, Canary Wharf, London– September 25 18:00 – Agile Business Cases (CEO APMG)– DSDM – the new version (Chair DSDM)– Get involved at APM mailing list: http://bit.ly/apm-agile-governance-preregister

Future ‘Sprints’ – Luton (Oct)– London (Nov)– Edinburgh (Jan ‘15) – Leeds (Mar ‘15)

Subtitling in English– We aim to make our videos accessible– Send me a message: [email protected]

Development of a (slim) ‘Agile Governance’ guide

Online

For the full programme of good practice events visit apm.org.uk/events

The Emerging Guide– at GoogleDocs here:bit.ly/apm-agile-governance-guide-emerging

– Read it– Comment on it– Edit it !

Competition Question

In less than 140 characters

An example of an ‘Agile Governance’ behaviour?

We will Tweet the winner’s text and post a prize copy of Brian’s book

Emerging governance principles for UK Government projects

September 11, 2014Chris Battersby

[email protected]

What is the NAO?• Comptroller & Auditor General

– Officer of the House of Commons• Totally independent of Government• NAO staff are not civil servants• Does not report to any Minister• Publishes:

– Audits on central government departments, government agencies and non-departmental public bodies

– Value for Money (VFM) reports

• Helping the nation spend wisely

http://www.nao.org.uk/report/governance-for-agile-delivery-4/

Private sector case examples:

• British Airways plc• BT plc• Innocent Drinks• IBM United Kingdom limited• A large UK manufacturer• Simply Business (UK

insurance brokerage)• Vodafone Group Plc

Four principles of governance for Agile deliveryFrom NAO case studies on 7 private sector companiesNAO report: Governance for Agile delivery July 2012

Focus on behaviours

not just processes/ documents

Observation is main method of evidence

collection

Assessors have high-end delivery experience

1

Four principles of governance for Agile deliveryFrom NAO case studies on 7 private sector companiesNAO report: Governance for Agile delivery July 2012

Everyone is a collaborator in delivering

quality

Senior management agrees quality of service

upfront

User involvement in assuring value

2

Four principles of governance for Agile deliveryFrom NAO case studies on 7 private sector companiesNAO report: Governance for Agile delivery July 2012

Teams decide metrics and

self- monitorFail fast learn quickly

Improve certainty team have on quality they will produce

3

Four principles of governance for Agile deliveryFrom NAO case studies on 7 private sector companiesNAO report: Governance for Agile delivery July 2012

Only do it if it brings value and does not

introduce delays

Light touch and proactiveFocused on activity underway and value of products & services

4

Only do it if it brings

value and does not introduce

delays

Four principles of governancefor Agile delivery

Teams decide

metrics and self-

monitor

Everyoneis a

collaborator in

delivering quality

Focus on behaviours

not just processes/ documents

Source: NAO report: Governance for Agile delivery July 2012

What’s happened since?• Agile (esp. for web) now

mainstream:– Scrum, Sprints, early delivery of working

software, self-governing teams

• Old certainties don’t fit agile well:– Full business case/requirements specs,

Gantt charts, project boards

• Agile business transformation unproven:– Some applying agile in non-IT areas– But private sector case studies hard to

find

• Emerging ideas:– New roles: Digital Leaders,

Service and Product Managers– Hybrid approaches (e.g. SCRUM +

Prince2)– Value assurance rather than just

compliance– Procurement, skills and

approaches need to change, and the UK government is responding

• Cloudstore, Government Digital Service, Centres of Excellence, digital strategies

Summary• Two years ago we looked at agile in the private

sector and produced a review– Early days, focused on project governance and agile teams

• There is now a realisation that a new approach to governance for agile is needed– Change is now about digital and business transformation,

not just IT, and new models and principles are needed

Poll – what do you think?

Agile GovernanceReality or dream in the US & UK Governments?

Transatlantic Webinar Sept 11, 2014

Brian Wernham (APM GovSIG)- [email protected] Chris Battersby (UK N.A.O.)- [email protected] Karen Richey (US G.A.O.) - [email protected]

#APMGovSIG @BrianUkulele

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