Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery

Introduc)on  to  Disciplined  Agile  Delivery  (DAD)  

Disciplined  Agile  Delivery  (DAD)  is  a  process  decision  framework    The  key  characteris;cs  of  DAD:  

–  People-­‐first  –  Goal-­‐driven  –  Hybrid  agile  –  Learning-­‐oriented  –  Full  delivery  lifecycle  –  Solu;on  focused  –  Risk-­‐value  lifecycle  –  Enterprise  aware  

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Scrum  

Extreme  Programming  

Lean  Kanban  

DAD  is  a  Hybrid  Framework  

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Unified  Process   Agile  Modeling  

Agile  Data  “Tradi;onal”  Outside  In  Dev.  

DevOps   …and  more  

DAD leverages proven strategies from several sources, providing a decision framework to guide your adoption and

tailoring of them in a context-driven manner.

SAFe  

A  High  Level  Lifecycle  

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Disciplined  Agile  Delivery:  Basic  Lifecycle  

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DAD promotes a full delivery lifecycle

Disciplined  Agile  Delivery:  Lean  Lifecycle  

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DAD doesn’t prescribe a single lifecycle

Disciplined  Agile  Delivery:  Lean  Con;nuous  Delivery  Lifecycle  

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Advanced product teams

follow a continuous

delivery approach

DAD  supports  a  robust  set  of  roles  

•  Team  Lead  –  Agile  process  expert,  keeps  team  focused  on  

achievement  of  goals,  removes  impediments  

•  Product  Owner  –  Owns  the  product  vision,  scope  and  priori;es  of  the  

solu;on  

•  Architecture  Owner  –  Owns  the  architecture  decisions  and  technical  

priori;es,  mi;gates  key  technical  risks  

•  Team  Member  –  Cross-­‐func;onal  team  members  that  deliver  the  

solu;on  

•  Stakeholder  –  Includes  the  customer  but  also  other  stakeholders  

such  as  Project  Sponsor,  DevOps,  architecture,  database  groups,  governance  bodies  

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DAD  is  Goal-­‐Driven,  Not  Prescrip;ve  

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DAD  Teams  Are  Enterprise  Aware  

Disciplined  agilists:  •  Work  closely  with  

enterprise  groups  •  Follow  exis;ng  

roadmap(s)  where  appropriate  

•  Leverage  exis;ng  assets  •  Enhance  exis;ng  assets  

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Governance  is  Built  Into  DAD  

•  Governance  strategies  built  into  DAD:  –  Risk-­‐value  lifecycle  –  Light-­‐weight  milestone  reviews  –  “Standard”  opportuni;es  for  increased  visibility  and  to  steer  the  team  

provided  by  agile  –  Enterprise  awareness  –  Robust  stakeholder  defini;on  

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Context  Counts  –  Tailoring  and  Scaling  Agile  

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Agile

Disciplined Agile

Delivery

Agility at Scale

•  Construction focus •  Value driven lifecycle •  Self-organizing teams •  Prescriptive •  Project team aware

•  Delivery focus •  Risk-value driven lifecycle •  Self-organization with appropriate governance •  Goal driven •  Enterprise aware

DAD provides the foundation from which to scale: §  Large teams §  Geographically distributed teams §  Compliance §  Domain complexity §  Technical complexity §  Organizational distribution

Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)

Disciplined  Agile  Delivery:  The  Founda;on  for  Scaling  Agile  

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Scrum   Lean  Kanban  

XP   Agile  Modeling  

And  more…  SAFe  Outside  In  Dev.  

Team  Size  Geographic  Distribu;on  

Compliance   Domain  Complexity   Technical  Complexity  

Organiza;onal  Distribu;on  

DAD leverages proven strategies from several sources, providing a decision framework to guide your adoption and

tailoring of them in a context-driven manner.

What  Does  it  Mean  to  Be  Disciplined?  

•  In  general,  it  requires  discipline  to  follow  many  agile  prac;ces  and  philosophies  

•  But,  it  also  requires  discipline  to:  –  Reduce  the  feedback  cycle  –  Learn  con;nuously  –  Deliver  solu;ons  incrementally  –  Be  goal  driven  –  Enterprise  aware  –  Streamline  Incep;on  and  

Transi;on  efforts  –  Adopt  agile  governance  strategies  

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Got  Discipline?  

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DisciplinedAgileConsor;um.org  DisciplinedAgileDelivery.com  

 Disciplined  Agile  Delivery  Disciplined  Agile  Delivery  

DAD  Cer;fica;on:  DisciplinedAgileConsor;um.org  

Disciplined  Agile  Yellow  Belt    –  Indica;on  that  the  person  is  new  to  disciplined  agile  but  eager  to  

learn  –  Validate  basic  knowledge  via  a  test  

Disciplined  Agile  Green  Belt  –  Indica;on  that  the  person  is  striving  to  be  a  professional  –  Poten;al  to  be  a  junior  coach  –  Difficult  test  and  several  years  of  proven  experience  

Disciplined  Agile  Black  Belt  –  Indica;on  that  the  person  is  an  expert  –  Oben  a  senior  coach,  instructor,  or  agile  transforma;on  lead  –  Board-­‐level  cer;fica;on  

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