PI Planning: A Step-By-Step Guide
Quick update on the book. Both the paperback and Kindle versions have been revised and updated, and are now available on Amazon. PI Planning: A Step-By-Step Guide
OKRs vs. PI Objectives in SAFe
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has become the most widely adopted scaling framework. SAFe claims that the framework is used in 70% of the Top 100 companies in the Fortune 500. An overview of SAFe can be found here. SAFe leverages many established methods like Lean, Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking, and WSJF. The SAFe delivery…
Agile Organization | Agile Product Management | Agile Scaling Frameworks | Agile Transformation | SAFe | Scaled Agile | Scaled Scrum | Value Stream Mapping
Delivery At Scale 1: The Scaling Challenge
Agile Delivery At Scale Series Part 1: The Scaling Challenge Part 2: Organizing for Scaled Delivery Part 3: Scaling the Product Backlog Part 4: Delivery Planning and Execution at Scale Summary This post is part 1 of a 5-part series that discusses the challenges of scaled agile delivery. Non-proprietary solutions are proposed that emphasize simplification…
Agile Organization | Agile Product Management | Agile Scaling Frameworks | SAFe | Scaled Agile | Scaled Scrum | Value Stream Mapping
Delivery At Scale 2: Organizing for Scaled Delivery
Organizing for Scaled Delivery Summary Getting the right organizational structure in place is a critical prerequisite for successful scaling. Traditional functional silos do not scale, and create flow-impeding dependencies between teams. A value stream mapping exercise can help ensure teams are focused on customer value delivery, have clear missions, and can operate with maximum independence…
Agile Organization | Agile Product Management | Agile Scaling Frameworks | SAFe | Scaled Agile | Scaled Scrum
Delivery At Scale 3: Managing the Product Backlog at Scale
Summary At scale, the definitions of the Product Goal and Product Backlog at scale are unchanged: the Product Goal serves as a target for the Delivery Teams to plan against, the Product Backlog is an ordered list of everything needed to meet the Product Goal. The Product Backlog should be stack-ranked by relative business value….
Agile Organization | Agile Product Management | Agile Scaling Frameworks | SAFe | Scaled Agile | Scaled Scrum
Delivery At Scale 4: Delivery Planning and Execution
Summary Simple planning and execution governance is sufficient to coordinate, communicate and help keep teams and stakeholders informed and aligned. A dedicated role to support for these activities (for example ‘Chief Scrum Master’) is valuable to ensure delivery teams are not distracted from delivery tasks. Planning can be accomplished asynchronously. With appropriate planning detail, execution…
Delivery At Scale 5: Improvement
The Improvement System Summary All improvement should be connected to business outcomes. Improvement frameworks can be leveraged to ensure alignment between agile initiatives and business objectives. Improvement initiatives can be managed in the same way as the delivery of new product features: Add to Program Backlogs and apply program governance. A small number of KPIs…
Scrum Of Scrums
On a daily basis, a Scrum Team understands its progress towards achieving the Sprint Goal, and, if necessary, adjusts its plan to maximize the probability of achieving it. This is the purpose of the Daily Scrum. It is a daily event to Inspect and Adapt. During the course of a sprint, the team may discover…
SAFe ART Design & Mobilization
One of the most important changes in how work gets done in an agile organization is the shift from doing work based on temporary project teams to organizing around business value streams. A value stream is the set of business workflow steps performed by a business unit in order to deliver value – a product…
SAFe 1: An Introduction to the SAFe® Scaled Agile Framework
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”. Albert Einstein. Summary SAFe is an agile delivery system for enterprise-scale software development. It is designed to address the limitations of single team-based delivery. In this introduction we discuss: Problems solved by SAFe SAFe framework overview How to implement SAFe Introduction: Why SAFe?…
SAFe 4: PI Planning Step-By-Step
“Plans are things that change” — Fujio Cho, Toyota “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything” — Dwight D. Eisenhower “Everyone has a plan until they are punched in the face” — Mike Tyson Contents PI Planning Goals SAFe Framework Overview SAFe Requirements Hierarchy SAFe Program Backlog Construction & Refinement PI Planning Formats PI Planning…