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