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Scaled Agile Project Management

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BCG Platinion with focus on agile (large) IT Project Management

BCG with focus on agile transformation of the organization

We want to differentiate between two agile “products”

“Help our clients to

become more agile”

“Use agile methodologies to jointly

deliver an IT implementation project”Mission

Transformation Manager, Agile

Coach, Change Manager for all

client seniorities

Agile Program Managers, Scrum

Masters, IT architects, Business

Analysts, Test Manager, …

Project

roles

Definition of target org and

governance, review and update

to role descriptions, training of

employees …

Typical

activities

Definition and governance of software

development process, preparation and

moderation of planning conferences/

sprint meetings, prioritization of

backlog items

Agile transformation Agile, (large) IT project mgmt.

Focus of this deck

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Agile methods are well implemented on project level, but client struggle with transfer to large IT programs

HighLow Complexity(need for agile methods)

Project level Program level

“How to set up an agile IT program organization, which ensures success?”

Source: BCG Platinion

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Based on our real-life case experience and industry best practice we build the BCG Platinion Agile Framework

Source: BCG Platinion

Generi

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BCG Platinion Agile Framework

Real-

life

experi

ence

>50 trans-formation projects

supported

>25 expe-rienced IT Architects available

>50 ready-to-use tools

in the toolbox

Battle-proven framework to apply agile principles in large-scale context

Out-of-the-box description for organization, roles, responsibilities, meeting structure and backlog structure

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The BCG Platinion Agile Framework covers four topics

Source: BCG Platinion

Meeting Structure Backlog Hierarchy

Roles &

Responsibilities

Organization &

Management

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It is complementary to BCG's Agile Transformation and builds on agile best practices

Agile Organizational Agile Program

Management

Agile Project

ManagementAgile Practices

An Agile Organization

includes the introduction

of new ways of working to

the whole organization

irrespective of projects

Agile Program Management

ensures agile values and

practices can be scaled

from a project level to a

large and complex program

Agile Project Management

implements the agile

values and practices on a

project level

Agile Practices involve day-

to-day practices for better

requirements description,

implementation and

testing

BCG Platinion Agile Framework

BCG Agile Transformation

Scrum, Pair Programming, test-driven development, …

Source: BCG Platinion

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2016+

Replacement of legacy

sales IT

Established an scaled

agile program

management model for

replacement of the

legacy sales IT landscape

2015+

Digitalization of train

scheduling

Established a scaled

agile delivery

organization for the

digitalization of train

scheduling (i.e., new

system setup)We always define always client-specific delivery

models, that are derived from our best practice

and well-known agile methods/frameworks

Source: BCG Platinion

Our track record is huge managing large-scaled IT programs in an agile manner—two recent examples

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BCG Platinion with 40 experts in agile program management – a dedicated Chapter ensures continuous improvement and knowledge transfer

LydiaKizivat

Senior Consultant

MarkusMohr

Senior Consultant

MoritzRiesner

Senior Consultant

Bas vanLangen

Senior Consultant

NikolausZeiss

Senior Consultant

AlexanderGehret

Consultant

JonasJetschniConsultant

JohannesHörst

Senior Consultant

Source: Excerpt from BCG Platinion Agile Chapter and BCG & BCG Platinion agile skill survey 2017; only Sebastian Ley shown from MD/AD level as head of the BCG Platinion Agile Chapter

JensSchmittManager

MaximilianTschochohei

Manager

ArneWeinerManager

JakobGliwa

Chief IT Architect

LucaFiori

Senior Consultant

PatrickFrontzek

Senior Consultant

RichardTschirschnitz

Manager

Pierre Schatlowski

Manager

Jan P.Heck

Associate Director

Sebastian Ley

Associate Director

JörgHermes

Senior Manager

JensMüller-IdenSenior Manager

FlorianNeumann

Senior Manager

MoaffakAssassaManager

BernhardKhaledManager

TillJanner

Senior Manager

Ali Parvin HosseiniManager

JulianJung

Senior Consultant

FabianLajtkepConsultant

DominicMaric

Senior Consultant

FranzRinagel

Senior Consultant

TimonUeberschär

Senior Consultant

KjellWitte

Consultant

SörenGreve

IT Architect

Jan HaukeMaase

IT Architect

MarioSiering

IT Architect

NormanWiersch

IT Architect

Agile Experts CEMA

ThorstenAdamiManager

CarolineLorenzen

Manager

BenjaminGeißler

Senior IT Architect

NicoMüller

IT Architect

Tobias Unger

Senior Consultant

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Case vignettes structured according to agile offerings

Agile Program Management

plus PMO team

Agile Program Managementplus PMO and

experts

Agile Program Management

Accelerate agile program ramp-up

Enable agile by DevOps

technologies

Manage large-scaled agile programs

Source: BCG Platinion project experience

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BCG Platinion with broad experience in agile (1/3)

Project summaryIndustry/Client

Major German Rail

Operator

Definition of target picture for rail IT digitization, automation and system

modernization and setup of large-scale agile program management

Major German Rail

Operator

Definition of target architecture of a sales landscape, definition of agile

program management structure, steering of implementation phase

Major German Rail

Operator

Large, agile software development project to digitize the manual railway

scheduling processes

Multinational car parts

supplier

Definition of MVP for a IoT, analytics platform and development of agile

delivery roadmap

European truck

manufacturer

Evaluated Content Mgmt. System (CMS) options as part of a digital

logistics platform (in fully agile program)

Multinational

automotive OEM

Supported the client to define a commercial model in an agile IT

transformation project and developed RfP

German telcoIntroduction of new ways of working between IT and business for

requirements management within a central software development process

German telcoProduct Owner support for a redesign of a B2C portal and program

management to ensure successful go-live

European music rights

collective

Introduction of agile methods to ensure successful go-live of a new core

licensing system

1.1

1.2

1.3

2.1

2.2

2.3

3.1

3.2

3.2

Source: BCG Platinion project experience Prime example

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BCG Platinion with broad experience in agile (2/3)

Industry/Client Project summary

German energy

service provider

Exchange of core billing system, including implementation of agile

processes

Major European

utilityAgile development of a MVP1 for a online sales platform

Leading European

asset backed trader

Renewal of gas business IT landscape using agile implementation

management paradigms

European UtilityImplementation transfer price regime gas and introduction of agile

development methods

European UtilityOptimization offer process gas major customers, incl.

Introduction/accompaniment of agile process model

European UtilityImplementation of central Portfolio Management using agile Project

Management

European energy

company

Introduction of mid-tier price management system using SCRUMs to

deliver weekly results

European energy

company

Introduction of agile methods for the selection and implementation of

new PFM system

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.8

Prime exampleSource: BCG Platinion project experience

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BCG Platinion with broad experience in agile (3/3)

Industry/Client Project summary

Top retail and

commercial bank

Concurrent application and infrastructure simplification for a Tier 1 retail

and commercial bank

Luxembourg Universal

bankDevelopment of strategic transformation roadmap for Universal Bank

Leading banking group

in Austria

Digital transformation of a leading Austrian banking group by introducing

a digital direct bank

International credit

card issuerAccelerate project delivery of a global software rollout

Australian universal

bank

DevOps readiness assessment in the organizational transformation to agile

for Australian universal bank

Australian universal

bank

Enhancing the current e2e software delivery lifecycle by introducing agile

at scale across the entire IT organization (~9,000 employees)

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.6

No agile cases

availableNo agile cases available6.1

Prime exampleSource: BCG Platinion project experience

Islamic bankDesigned target solution for a bank-wide DevOps toolchain and managed

large-scale rollout across all ongoing projects5.7

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