Scaling Up Agile
Matt Cloke, SVP of Delivery Acceleration
Bradley Howard, VP of Innovation
Endava
more quickly?
Do you want your stuff
Hello!
You have an idea for a new thing.
This is how most organisations create and deliver it…
create and deliver it…
Spend a while defining
your idea
TIME
create and deliver it…
defining It always takes a bit longer
than you think
TIME
ays takes a bit longer
than you thinkBUILD IT!
TIME
BUILD IT!
DAMN!
CLIENT WANTS
A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT
THING
TIME
DAMN!
CLIENT WANTS
A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT
THING
Change project until you
run out of budget
TIME
A better
approach…
The Minimum Viable Investment
A better approach:
The Minimum Viable Investment
(internal codename
“futurama”) took six weeks from concept to rollout.
“I would have the managers of the
facilities at the end of each day
send me an email to describe why
we missed each shipment that
missed.
“Every single one of them. We did
that for almost a year to make sure
that the processes worked and then
we were confident of launching it
externally.”
Jeff Wilke said:
in the future?
How will work get done…
1The empowerment and resurgence of
Leadership over Management
2Test & learn& keep testing
Most organisations create a set of
requirements, form a team, deliver the requirements and disband the team.
Whereas product companies continuously improve.
Num
ber
of em
plo
yees
First 8 years
3. Assemble cross-functional teamsCombine formal and informal team sessions. Unblock the blockers.
4. Think product… (ongoing improvements)
…not project(end of timeline)
1. Empower your teamsBy providing a common vision.
2. Plan how to test and learn as soon as possibleYou don’t need the Rolls Royce to gain user feedback. Keep testing and learning.
3. Assemble cross-functional teamsCombine formal and informal team sessions. Unblock the blockers.
4. Think product… (ongoing improvements)
…not project(end of timeline)
2. Plan how to test and learn as soon as possibleYou don’t need the Rolls Royce to gain user feedback. Keep testing and learning.
Matt Cloke & Bradley Howard
1. Empower your teamsBy providing a common vision