lessons learned from future-backwards scaling agile
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Future-Backwards Lessons Learned from
Scaling Agile
Mary Thorn & Laura Burke OlsonTriAgile 2018
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We’ve come a long way...but where are we and why?
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● widen the range of perspectives
● entrained patterns of past perception can determine its future
● give leaders an overview of the hopes and fears of their organisation
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Cynefin Framework
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The model
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Session Overview Independently building “models” to learn
Short timeboxes
Share the models and insights with each other
Mary and Laura’s model at the end
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The Current State
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Current state - 2 min
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Key EventsWhat was the most significant “key event” that shaped the current state?
Going backwards, identify the key events
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Key events, one by one - 3 min
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Impossibly Good Future State
● What would perfect look like
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Impossibly good future state - 2 min
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Impossibly bad future state
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Impossibly bad future state - 2 min
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Paths backwards from the impossibly good and bad states - 2 min each
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InsightsSome ideas of things to look for:
● What key turning points do you see in your paths to the impossibly good and bad states?
● What surprises you about the model?
● What trends do you see? ● What sticks out?
Let’s hear them!
5 min
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Our Story
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Our Insights Would do again:
1. Distributed PI planning2. Limit Initiative WIP3. Form agile teams and programs to start
Would do differently: 1. Invest in and evaluate mid-level leadership
early2. Only move past basics when they’re done3. Work deeply with product leadership to
establish vision and roadmap4. Metrics that matter
We know now :1. Distributed teams make it harder2. Don’t assume that the training “stuck”3. Technical practices mission-critical4. Common tools improve communication,
decision-making
We want to get better at:1. Getting teams direct customer feedback2. Measuring business value
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Your side, my side and getting closer to reality
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Book time to create a model with your colleagues
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Questions & Thoughts