Can we make Agile Architecture SAFe® ? - The Open Group London Conference 2018
- 1. Can we make Agile Architecture SAFe®? Aleksander Wyka - ATE Enterprises Łukasz Wrześniewski - 4IT Group
- 2. Copyrights notice 2© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski • All graphical elements used in this presentation that are covered by Scaled Agile Framework®( SAFe®) are property of Scaled Agile, Inc. • All graphical elements used in this presentation that are covered by TOGAF® Framework are property of The Open Group® • SAFe® is a trademark of the Scaled Agile, Inc. All rights reserved • TOGAF® is a trademark of The Open Group®
- 3. About Us Łukasz has over 10 years of experience in guiding Enterprise Architecture teams in several industries. He is also an active trainer. He provide the TOGAF®, ArchiMate®, IT4IT™, Enterprise Architecture, and Scaled Agile® training courses. He trained over 500 TOGAF® 9 Certified Architects. Łukasz is also actively involved into the Open Group Community where he is invited as an expert in Agile Enterprise Architecture Workstream and TOGAF®-IT4IT™-ArchiMate® Harmonisation Project. Łukasz Wrześniewski Enterprise Architect Aleksander Wyka Principal Enterprise Architect Aleksander has extensive experience in managing IT Organisations, PMO and Enterprise Architecture teams in several industries. He is also an active trainer and consultant. He provides the TOGAF®, ArchiMate®, Enterprise Architecture and veriSM training courses. Aleksander is also actively involved into the Open Group Community and is participating in Agile Enterprise Architecture Workstream. His current interests are Agile Contracting, Agile Organisational Change Management or Operating Model for Digital Age. 3© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 4. Agile is not an invention of 21st century • Built a great wall around Paris • Provided stability • Focused on doing things right • Used heavy cavalry • Efficient at collecting taxes vikipedia.org 1206 1279 Philip II of France Genghis Khan’s empire • Focused on doing the right thing • The army extremely agile • New speedy messaging systems • New communication methods • New technologies • Promotion on merit • Adaptive and effective 4© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 5. Speed, Autonomy, Adaptability, Agility & Power • Ensure unity of tribes (scrum of scrums) • Do more with less • Reuse building blocks (Pony Express, ecosystem effect for silk road safety) • Use the skills of others • Communication is essential to power • Embrace technology • Never stop learning • Cherish diversity • Swallow your pridepining.com vikipedia.org Units Men Arban Ten(s) Zuun Hundreds Mingghan Thousands Tumen Tens of Thousands Genghis Khan „playbook”: 5© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 6. French Kingdom adopting Mongolian operating model ? • King • Feudal society • Society structure • Land ownership • Vested interests • Level of education • Culture and communication • Elected Khan • Nomadic society vikipedia.org The Winner was taking all ... Kandahar or Moscow Genghis Khan has died in 1227 The Great divide 6© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 7. General Stanley McChrystal as Chief Architect „New rules of engagement for complex world” • Colocation (scrum of scrums) • Formal & Informal communication • Trust & common purpose • Purpose over Procedure • Sharing information • Interconnected teams • Decisions pushed to lower levels • Leadership principles • Transparency • Adaptability • Focus on team work pining.com Agile Seals Squad 7© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 8. 21st century headlines – acceleration of the rate of change • The Law of the Customer • The Law of the Small team • The Law of the Network Software is eating the world ! AI Cyber threats GDPR Smart Cities Geopolitics Block Chain Industry 4.0 PSD2 - Fintechs Trade War Automation Social Business Collaboration Drones 8© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 9. We are living in VUCA World + HBR.COM - + How much can you know about your context when industry after industry is being disrupted ? Complexity Volatility Ambiguity Uncertainty CNRS Can you predict the results of your actions in that world ? Bitcoin volatility 9© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 10. Agile organisations command in the marketplace Initially started by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, as Cadabra, Inc. • Which one was the champion in 20th century ? • Which one is the champion of 21st century ? • Which one demonstrate more agility and dominates now ? Edison General Electric Company incorporated on April 24, 1889 Fast Works 2 Pizzas Team Product Management Last 5 years 10© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 11. Enterprises need to become more agile in VUCA World Enterprise Agility • A characteristic of an enterprise and its operating model • Mindset Agility Factors • Ability to adapt and to learn • Ability to manage change • Ability to innovate • Ability to move at speed faster than the rate of change ... • Resiliance Resources The Management Mesh veriSM Referential Operating Model for digital age 11© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 12. How to transform the operating model ? • Vision required for future: • Organisational structure • Business and IT relationship • Roles and responsibilities • Budgeting and planning • Motivation framework • Digitalisation ... • Business Transformation readiness assessment • Number of transition stages before reaching target state • Culture can eat your strategy for breakfast ! Bottom Up („lab approach”) Top Down („increase the pressure”) Top Down & Bottom Up („coalition”) 12© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 13. John Kotter’s approach for organisational change management XLR8 - Eight accelerators that should be in place • Create a sense of urgency around a Big Opportunity • Build and evolve a Guiding Coalition • Form a change vision and strategic initiatives • Enlist a volunteer army • Enable action by removing barriers • Generate & celebrate short term wins • Sustain acceleration • Institute change 13© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 14. Agile Sweet Spot in any industry • Small, stable and well trained team • Adaptable and Agile • Numbers limited to 7 ... 9 • Communication complexity - Ec • Team members & team dynamics • I-shape; • A-shape; • T-shape • Everyone can be a leader ... at some point in time 14© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 15. Agility waves – watch the wind and sharks • Team, Program, Portfolio levels to reach Strategic Agility with Agile Mindset Vikipedia.org 15© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 16. How to convince management and staff to embrace the change ? • Product-oriented organisational structure • Customer experience focus • Improve interactions of Business and IT • Redefine managerial roles and responsibilities • Fund value streams instead of projects • Agile Contracting, Agile Procurement • Agile Governance • Faster access to value • Cascade decision making process to people close to what is happening on the ground ! The Management Mesh veriSM Baseline Break Silos Target What is a gap? 16© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 17. Moving from Taylor’s industrial paradigm to Dynamic Design Organise Collaboratively Organise Serially Precision Work Ambiguous Work „Factory” „Design Studio” 17 © 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 18. Red button as Dynamic Design to stop process in case of incident Collaboration Do as told ! Assumptions, Ambiguity „Factory” „Design Studio” Is the problem solved ? escalation Lost in translation ... Overload or Reset ? Risk Uncertainty Story Telling ... Re-construction Context Various perspectives Construction Problem solving 18© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 19. Waterfall Development as Dynamic Design Engineers ManagersTeam Weekly check-in Phase Gate Review Team Review Meeting Work faster Progress to date Phase criteria Go/No Go Every Phase „PUSH” World 19© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 20. Agile Development as Dynamic Design Engineers Stakeholders Team Daily check-in Customers „Design Studio” Daily Stand Up Meeting Tomorrow’s activity Problems encountered Current State of project Targets for next sprint Every Sprint „PULL” World Product 20© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 21. Four Waves of Agility 21© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 22. Do the Enterprise Architecture need adaptation ? TOGAF ArchiMate IT4IT O-BA Architectures Scrum SAFe DAD LeSS Products We need a common language! Agile Enterprise Architecture 22© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 23. Agile Enterprise Architecture = TOGAF® and SAFe® ? Can we mesh it up? 23© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc.
- 24. Agile Enterprise Architecture Capability Agile Leadership Agile Mindset Culture of Collaboration Agile Governance Agile Skillset Agile Procurement and Contracting 24© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 25. Agile Enterprise Architecture Principles Agile Principles - Agile Manifesto Lean Principles SAFe®, DAD® Principles “Do as I say not as I do” 25© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 26. Process Tailoring 26© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 27. New artefacts and concepts Architecture Kanban Stories Architecture Release Plan Architecture Backlog Enablers Enablers Epics Epics Features Features 27© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 28. Key Actors Development Teams We deliver Value! CUSTOMER CUSTOMER 28© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 29. Key Actors Product Manager Chief Product Owner Executive Management Lean Portfolio Management Solution Architect RTEs Chief Scrum Master Enterprise Architecture CUSTOMER CUSTOMER CUSTOMER CUSTOMER 29© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 30. Actors in SAFe Framework Roleof EnterpriseArchitect Program Portfolio Team Enterprise Agility 30 © 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc.
- 31. Enterprise Architect Role at Portfolio Level Portfolio Backlog and Kanban Enable Enable Synchronisation Capability Maps Architecture Backlog and Kanban Goals, objectives, courses of actions Traceability 31© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc. Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc. Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc.
- 32. Portfolio backlog components describes Portfolio Enabler Portfolio Epic Architecture description is described by describes is described by Architecture Enabler is is Architecture Backlog and Kanban Portfolio Backlog and Kanban “Business Epic” “Technology Epic” 32© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 33. Portfolio context - How to slice the Elephant? 33© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc. Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc.
- 34. But… don’t mess up with the elephant … Complexity eats Agility! Complexity destroys the Value 34© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 35. From Portfolio to Program Level Portfolio Backlog Program Backlog Team Backlog We could have concurrent development on different level Strategic EA Segment Architecture Solution Architecture Coordination Coordination Capability Architecture 35© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc.
- 36. Portfolio Level -> Program Level -> Vision Phase Program Kanban and Backlog Synchronisation Architecture Backlog Architecture Kanban Architecture Release Plan Lean Architecture Vision Hypothesis ! Traceability Tracebility Enablers Epics Portfolio Backlog Capability Map Architecture Scope Lean business case BUFD X 36© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc. Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc. Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc.
- 37. Architect role at the Program Level – Don’t make them waiting ! cadence cadence synchronisation synchronisation feedback feedback Whiteboard program increment program increment Architecture for PI Planning Inspect & AdaptInspect & Adapt Architecture for PI Planning Architecture for PI Planning BUFD X ROME 37© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski Copyright © 2010-2017 Scaled Agile, Inc.
- 38. Zipper Model - Don’t forget to zip up … your products Architecture Building Blocks Solution Building blocks Product Concerns /Requirements 38© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 39. Are you ready to align your EA Practice with Agile Methods ? 39© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski
- 40. Questions? Would you like to slice the elephant with us? 40© 2018 Aleksander Wyka and Łukasz Wrześniewski