Delighting 
Vodafone 
Turkey’s 
Customers via 
Agile 
Transformation 
ERHAN KÖSEOĞLU 
AGILE SOLUTIONS 
Senior Manager
Agenda 
 Main Drivers for Agile Delivery 
 Our Agile Vision 
 Piloting: First 3 Months in Agile Transformation 
 Scaling & Agile Solutions 
 Next Steps & Enterprise Adoption
 Second largest mobile company of Turkey with its 
20.4 M subscribers 
 Second largest international direct investment in 
Turkey with more than 12B TL 
 More than 3300 employees, 1200 retailer stores 
and 43K stakeholders
To lead the Digital Transformation of 
Turkey 
We shall continue to inspire all in line with our goal of promoting 
Turkey to the global league in mobile communications and 
digitalization by offering those little miracles of technology.
Main Drivers for Agile 
Quality T2M 
Productivity
Main Drivers for Agile 
 Increasing market competition 
emphasizes T2M pressure 
 EBU transformation increases 
business expectations 
 AHT is suffering due to 
usability and performance 
leakages 
Productivity
Main Drivers for Agile 
 Long T2M period due to latency 
in waterfall silos 
T2M
Main Drivers for Agile 
 Communication gap between 
Analysts, Developers & Testers 
injects defects 
 Time to Market pressure may 
lead to untested delivery and 
increase in defects 
Quality
Agenda 
 Main Drivers for Agile Delivery 
 Our Agile Vision
Our Vision 
«Delivering the leading products to the market 
with the best T2M and quality 
in order to provide 
competitive advantage to the business 
to enhance 
customer delight»
Dimensions of Our Strategy
Supporting Tactic for Strategy
To Summarize
Briefly About Our 
Atmosphere
Agenda 
 Main Drivers for Agile Delivery 
 Our Agile Vision 
 Piloting: First 3 Months in Agile Transformation
The Roadmap
Pilot Phase - Challenges 
 Selecting where to start 
 Building a dedicated, cross functional 
Scrum team 
 Reserving a Scrum room
Pilot - How We Proceeded? 
THINK BIG 
START SMALL
Pilot - How We Proceeded?
Teamwork Before 
PROJECT 
MANAGER 
DEV. 
MANAGER 
TEST 
MANAGER
Teamwork – Pilot Phase 
Team 
Cheetah, pilot 
team, 
3X Faster as 
a Result of 
Teamwork 
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 Sprint 5 Sprint 6 Sprint 7 
Sprint Velocity
Transparency 
100% 
On 
Avg 
9% 
 Knowing what to do for the next 2 
weeks increased team motivation 
90% 
80% 
70% 
60% 
50% 
 Knowing team capacity & prioritization 
helped better planning and improved 
value delivered 
40% 
30% 
20% 
10% 
 Emergency rate lowered that chaos & 
lost for context switch decreased 
0% 
Emergent Demand Ratio
Achievements – Pilot Team 
Significant Cost 
Saving 
Implemented major business 
requests are projected to bring 
few millions of annual cost 
savings. 
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 Sprint 5 Sprint 6 Sprint 7 
First 3 Months’ # of Business Requests Delivered 
3X Faster 
At the end of its first 3 
months of transition, now, 
Team Cheetah produces 
approximately forecasted 
120 man / days work 
request in its each Sprint by 
spending only 40 man / days 
2.4X Improved 
Itself 
Team Cheetah started its 
journey with a Sprint 
Velocity of 75 points and 
reached 180 points at the 
end of its first 3 months
Happy Business 
 ‘‘What the business needs are 
quality and speed. Now, this 
need is satisfied with a Scrum 
team. We are so happy to have 
the chance to collaborate more 
with the development side which 
helps us to be more efficient and 
faster. Thanks..’’ 
 ‘‘Our demands are now handling 
faster with less problems than 
before’’
DOs for Pilot Phase 
 Start small with one or two 
teams 
 Focus on creating teamwork and 
transparency 
 Focus on delivering quick win
DONTs for Pilot Phase 
 Look for perfection 
 Work with long Sprints 
 Be a flaccid Scrum
Agenda 
 Main Drivers for Agile Delivery 
 Our Agile Vision 
 Piloting: First 3 Months in Agile Transformation 
 Scaling & Agile Solutions
The Roadmap
Scaling- Challenges 
 Getting dedicated testers into the teams 
 Dealing with resistance 
 Finding more Scrum Masters 
 Finding place for Scrum boards 
Scaling- How We Proceeded? 
B Type Legacy 
Scrum Team 
C Type & Web Scrum 
Teams 
Test Aut. 
Scrum 
Team 
B Type 
Genesis 
Scrum Team 
12 2013 02 2014 03 2014 05 2014
Scaling- How We Proceeded?
Teamwork 
2X Delivery 
Increase 
with Scrum 
* In May, all the current business requests were 
suspended 
Kpi 
* 
C Type - Business Demand Delivered
Transparency - Metrics 
10X 
Less 
Defects! 
Productivity Metrics 
Number of Delivered Business 
Demand 
Sprint Velocity 
Commitment vs DONE 
Emergent Demand Ratio 
Quality Metrics 
Untested Business Demand Rate 
Defect Rate
Transparency - Communication
Transparency - Boards 
PMITR PM Summit 2014 – CHANGE! 35
Standardization 
Establishing a working standard 
to improve quality & creating a 
knowledge base 
Configuration Verification & 
Validation in order to decrease 
customer complaints
Scaling to Autonomous Unit 
B Type Legacy 
Scrum Team 
C Type & Web 
Scrum Teams 
Test Aut. 
Scrum Team 
B Type Genesis 
Scrum Team 
12 2013 02 2014 03 2014 05 2014 07 2014
Scaling to Autonomous Unit 
It is an autonomous unit where 
knowledge for creating a sustainable 
advantage is rapidly disseminated. 
It is build to: 
 Establish a protected Agile culture 
 Build body of knowledge 
 Support Agile Adoption through the 
remaining organization
Agile Solutions - Structure 
Consumer Enterprise 
All Fast Track Type Delivery Line
DOs for Scaling Phase 
 Focus on creating transparency inside the 
teams & between business and teams 
 Align with business 
 Create standards among different teams 
 Create basic yet powerful metrics 
 Go for autonomous unit to protect & grow Agile 
culture
DONTs for Scaling Phase 
 Rush and lose control while scaling 
 Underestimate the power of capable 
Scrum Masters 
 Forget that this is a transformation 
of culture and it will be hard
Agenda 
 Main Drivers for Agile Delivery 
 Our Agile Vision 
 Piloting: First 3 Months in Agile Transformation 
 Scaling & Agile Solutions 
 Next Steps & Enterprise Adoption
The Roadmap
1st: Empower & Grow the Agile Solutions 
Agile Solutions unit is 
positioned as a role model 
for change & success 
inside the company. So, 
we need to continue to: 
 Create more 
significant success 
 Enhance our impact 
area
Empower, How? - Focus Areas 
Performance 
Agile 
Together 
Meetings 
White Paper 
Keep Calm & 
Be Agile 
Meetings 
Grow 
Change 
Agents 
Enhance 
Skills 
Dashboard 
ScoreCards 
Agile Solutions 
Communication 
Leading the change and managing the 
perception 
Transparency 
Acceleration 
Actions to improve Agile Teams’ 
transparency in order to be able to 
better align & communicate with 
business 
Scrum Master 
Empowerment 
Focus to improve Scrum Master skills in 
order to enable a learning organization 
which continuously improves itself
Grow, How? – Responsibilities 
 Gain new skills in order to decrease 
external dependencies 
 Focus on automation 
 Build the capacity to handle all of the both 
C & B type business demands and be 
responsible for 60% of the all business 
demands 
 Innovate and lead the innovation in IT
Then, Further Vision.. 
An internal unit of coaches, change 
agents leading the enterprise 
agility transformation. 
• Grow Agile culture enterprise wide 
• Body of knowledge & Standards 
• Support & Guide Agile teams 
• Rollout new Agile teams 
• Monitor & Evaluate Agile teams
Final Words
+90 542 3879931 
erhan.koseoglu@vodafone.com 
@ekoseoglu
Erhan koseoglu   Delighting vodafone turkey's customers via agile transformation

Erhan koseoglu Delighting vodafone turkey's customers via agile transformation

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    Delighting Vodafone Turkey’s Customers via Agile Transformation ERHAN KÖSEOĞLU AGILE SOLUTIONS Senior Manager
  • 2.
    Agenda  MainDrivers for Agile Delivery  Our Agile Vision  Piloting: First 3 Months in Agile Transformation  Scaling & Agile Solutions  Next Steps & Enterprise Adoption
  • 3.
     Second largestmobile company of Turkey with its 20.4 M subscribers  Second largest international direct investment in Turkey with more than 12B TL  More than 3300 employees, 1200 retailer stores and 43K stakeholders
  • 4.
    To lead theDigital Transformation of Turkey We shall continue to inspire all in line with our goal of promoting Turkey to the global league in mobile communications and digitalization by offering those little miracles of technology.
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    Main Drivers forAgile Quality T2M Productivity
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    Main Drivers forAgile  Increasing market competition emphasizes T2M pressure  EBU transformation increases business expectations  AHT is suffering due to usability and performance leakages Productivity
  • 7.
    Main Drivers forAgile  Long T2M period due to latency in waterfall silos T2M
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    Main Drivers forAgile  Communication gap between Analysts, Developers & Testers injects defects  Time to Market pressure may lead to untested delivery and increase in defects Quality
  • 9.
    Agenda  MainDrivers for Agile Delivery  Our Agile Vision
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    Our Vision «Deliveringthe leading products to the market with the best T2M and quality in order to provide competitive advantage to the business to enhance customer delight»
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    Briefly About Our Atmosphere
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    Agenda  MainDrivers for Agile Delivery  Our Agile Vision  Piloting: First 3 Months in Agile Transformation
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    Pilot Phase -Challenges  Selecting where to start  Building a dedicated, cross functional Scrum team  Reserving a Scrum room
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    Pilot - HowWe Proceeded? THINK BIG START SMALL
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    Pilot - HowWe Proceeded?
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    Teamwork Before PROJECT MANAGER DEV. MANAGER TEST MANAGER
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    Teamwork – PilotPhase Team Cheetah, pilot team, 3X Faster as a Result of Teamwork Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 Sprint 5 Sprint 6 Sprint 7 Sprint Velocity
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    Transparency 100% On Avg 9%  Knowing what to do for the next 2 weeks increased team motivation 90% 80% 70% 60% 50%  Knowing team capacity & prioritization helped better planning and improved value delivered 40% 30% 20% 10%  Emergency rate lowered that chaos & lost for context switch decreased 0% Emergent Demand Ratio
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    Achievements – PilotTeam Significant Cost Saving Implemented major business requests are projected to bring few millions of annual cost savings. Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 Sprint 5 Sprint 6 Sprint 7 First 3 Months’ # of Business Requests Delivered 3X Faster At the end of its first 3 months of transition, now, Team Cheetah produces approximately forecasted 120 man / days work request in its each Sprint by spending only 40 man / days 2.4X Improved Itself Team Cheetah started its journey with a Sprint Velocity of 75 points and reached 180 points at the end of its first 3 months
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    Happy Business ‘‘What the business needs are quality and speed. Now, this need is satisfied with a Scrum team. We are so happy to have the chance to collaborate more with the development side which helps us to be more efficient and faster. Thanks..’’  ‘‘Our demands are now handling faster with less problems than before’’
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    DOs for PilotPhase  Start small with one or two teams  Focus on creating teamwork and transparency  Focus on delivering quick win
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    DONTs for PilotPhase  Look for perfection  Work with long Sprints  Be a flaccid Scrum
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    Agenda  MainDrivers for Agile Delivery  Our Agile Vision  Piloting: First 3 Months in Agile Transformation  Scaling & Agile Solutions
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    Scaling- Challenges Getting dedicated testers into the teams  Dealing with resistance  Finding more Scrum Masters  Finding place for Scrum boards 
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    Scaling- How WeProceeded? B Type Legacy Scrum Team C Type & Web Scrum Teams Test Aut. Scrum Team B Type Genesis Scrum Team 12 2013 02 2014 03 2014 05 2014
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    Scaling- How WeProceeded?
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    Teamwork 2X Delivery Increase with Scrum * In May, all the current business requests were suspended Kpi * C Type - Business Demand Delivered
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    Transparency - Metrics 10X Less Defects! Productivity Metrics Number of Delivered Business Demand Sprint Velocity Commitment vs DONE Emergent Demand Ratio Quality Metrics Untested Business Demand Rate Defect Rate
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    Transparency - Boards PMITR PM Summit 2014 – CHANGE! 35
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    Standardization Establishing aworking standard to improve quality & creating a knowledge base Configuration Verification & Validation in order to decrease customer complaints
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    Scaling to AutonomousUnit B Type Legacy Scrum Team C Type & Web Scrum Teams Test Aut. Scrum Team B Type Genesis Scrum Team 12 2013 02 2014 03 2014 05 2014 07 2014
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    Scaling to AutonomousUnit It is an autonomous unit where knowledge for creating a sustainable advantage is rapidly disseminated. It is build to:  Establish a protected Agile culture  Build body of knowledge  Support Agile Adoption through the remaining organization
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    Agile Solutions -Structure Consumer Enterprise All Fast Track Type Delivery Line
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    DOs for ScalingPhase  Focus on creating transparency inside the teams & between business and teams  Align with business  Create standards among different teams  Create basic yet powerful metrics  Go for autonomous unit to protect & grow Agile culture
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    DONTs for ScalingPhase  Rush and lose control while scaling  Underestimate the power of capable Scrum Masters  Forget that this is a transformation of culture and it will be hard
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    Agenda  MainDrivers for Agile Delivery  Our Agile Vision  Piloting: First 3 Months in Agile Transformation  Scaling & Agile Solutions  Next Steps & Enterprise Adoption
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    1st: Empower &Grow the Agile Solutions Agile Solutions unit is positioned as a role model for change & success inside the company. So, we need to continue to:  Create more significant success  Enhance our impact area
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    Empower, How? -Focus Areas Performance Agile Together Meetings White Paper Keep Calm & Be Agile Meetings Grow Change Agents Enhance Skills Dashboard ScoreCards Agile Solutions Communication Leading the change and managing the perception Transparency Acceleration Actions to improve Agile Teams’ transparency in order to be able to better align & communicate with business Scrum Master Empowerment Focus to improve Scrum Master skills in order to enable a learning organization which continuously improves itself
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    Grow, How? –Responsibilities  Gain new skills in order to decrease external dependencies  Focus on automation  Build the capacity to handle all of the both C & B type business demands and be responsible for 60% of the all business demands  Innovate and lead the innovation in IT
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    Then, Further Vision.. An internal unit of coaches, change agents leading the enterprise agility transformation. • Grow Agile culture enterprise wide • Body of knowledge & Standards • Support & Guide Agile teams • Rollout new Agile teams • Monitor & Evaluate Agile teams
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Editor's Notes

  • #2 Yanımızda lokum götürüp dağıtabiliriz..
  • #3 Neden başladık? Vizyonumuz ve stratejilerimiz neydi, buna hizmet edecek taktik olarak Scrum’ı tercih ettik Peki, Scrum’ı uygulamaya nasıl başladık, dönüşümün ilk adımları, başarılar, nasıl yaptığımız Yaygınlaştırma & Agile Solutions ın kurulması Agile Solutions içerisinde başlatılan insiyatifler Önmüzdeki planlar, Agile Studio’a giden yol
  • #9 Quality logosunda video var
  • #12 Amacımız Competitive Advantage sağlamak ki böylelikle Customer Delight yaratabilelim. Bu doğrultuda T2M ve Kalitemizi arttırmaya çalışıyoruz. T2M ve Kaliteyi arttırmak içinse ekibimize, verimliliğimize, operasyonel yetkinliğimize, proaktif olmaya odaklanıyoruz… T2M – Efficiency, proactivity Quality – Operational Excellence, People
  • #13 Stratejilerimizi hayata geçirecek, besleyecek araç tercihimiz Scrum
  • #14 Özetle, Scrum ile stratejilerimizi ve böylece de vizyonumuzu destekliyoruz..
  • #15 Yeni video çalışması yapılacak, foto değişecek (yeni ortam çalışmaları sonuçlanınca)
  • #17 Pilot Agile Phase: Try Scrum within pilot team(s), achieve success, decide ‘’go’’ or no ‘’go’’ Scale Agile to Autonomous Agile Organization: If the decision is go after the pilot phase, increase the number of Agile teams in the organization, then collect these teams under new autonomous organizational unit which includes only Agile teams inside in order to protect new, vulnerable culture. Grow the Agile culture inside the autonomous unit (so called Agile Solutions unit) and position this unit as a role model for the remaining IT organization and its Agile transformation Enterprise Adoption: Best practices and the know-how should be shared with the other units of the organization in order to speed up the enterprise as a whole. In order to do that, establish a internal agile coaching & consulting team which leads the transformation through the whole enterprise.
  • #18 İlk başta, pilotu hangi alanda yapabileceğimizle ilgili epey git gel yaşanmıştı. Özellikle elimizde hangi alanda ne kadar iş var noktasında net bir tablomuz yoktu. Bu doğrultuda da, b type slaes & biling kapsamında başlama kararı almıştık. Halbuki, bir kaç Sprint sonra gördük ki aslında elimizde hiç billing ihtiyacı yokmuş, senior billing çilerle Juniorsales işleri çıkartmak durumunda kalmışız. Bu noktada takım formasyonunu değiştirdik tabi ki.. B type sales & billing işlerine dedike bir takım kurma fikri ile birlikte bu sefer de içeride bu ekipte çalışacak dedike takım arkadaşlarını bulma problemleri yaşadık. Diğer birimler ellerindeki iyi kaynakları zaten yoğun oldukları için paylaşmak istemediler.
  • #19 1 pilot takım ile başladık, Aralık 2013’te
  • #20 Bu takımla 2 haftalık Sprint’ler koştuk. Ana odağımız takım oyununu yaratmak, şeffaflıkla birlikte takımın iyileştirmeler yaparak üretkenliğini arttırmasını sağlamaktı.
  • #21 Bir birini tanımayan ve aralarında iletişim olmaya developer, tester..İletişim ciddi problemli, bu da hantallık yaratıyor ve TTM’I düşürüyordu.
  • #22 Scrum ile birlikte Takım olduk, herkes direk bir biriyle iletişim kurmaya ve hızlı çözüm almaya başladı.. Takım olma ve şeffaflıkla birlikte ilk 4 Sprint’ten sonra hızlanmaya başladı..3 ayın sonunda da velocity’sini 3 kat arttırdı.. Tabiki tek etmen takım olmak değil, dedikasyon vb de etkenler arasındaydı..
  • #23 Görünürlüğün artması, planlamanın iyileşmesi ve kaosun azalması takım motivasyonunu ve odaklanmayı arttırdı. Emergency ortalaması düşük seviyelerde, ki son Sprint’lerde 0’ladık. Bu da kaosu azaltı..
  • #24 Sonuç olarak, pilot bir takım ile çalışma yaptık ve kısa bir sürede istediğimiz başarıyı elde ettik..
  • #25 Bu başarıyı müşterilerimizde direk hissetti ve onayladılar. Bu noktada pilot fazının sonuna geldik ve pilot ekibi koruyup yeni elipler ekleyerek ilerleme kararı aldık.
  • #27 Don’t look for perfection, start and iteratively get better Don’t work with long Sprints, prefer 1-2 weeks in order to learn quicker Don’t be a flaccid Scrum, obey the core rules with a discipline
  • #29 Pilot phase: Try Scrum within pilot teams, achieve results, decide go or no go…DONE Successfully Now it is time to scale..Grow the number of Agile teams and then create new autonomous organization which includes only Agile teams inside in order to protect new, vulnerable culture Enterprise Adoption: Best practices and the know-how should be shared with the other units of the organization in order to speed up the enterprise as a whole
  • #30 Yeni takımları kurarken, en ciddi sıkıntılardan birisi dedike kaynak (özellikle tester) bulma noktasındaydı. Ayrıca, gerek mevcut masasını ve ekibini bırakıp yeni bir lokasyona taşınacak tester’ların gerekse de konfigürasyon ekibindeki bazı arkadaşların kendi konfor alanlarından çıkmak istememesi ciddi bir direnç yaratmıştı. Bu noktada yönetimsel bir değişikliğin de olması, soru işaretlerini arttırmıştı. Daha sonrasında yeni yöneticinin katılımı ve desteğiyle,yukardan da gelen destekle birlikte zaman içerisinde bu direnç kırıldı. Resimde video var
  • #31 1 pilot takımdan, 8 Scrum takımına yayıldı.. C type (4 takım) Some part of B type legacy CRM demands (COPS/Sales demands) Test Automation Web developments
  • #32 Aynı pilot takımda olduğu gibi yeni Agile takımları için de Scrum ile takım çalışmasını ve şeffaflığı arttırmaya odaklandık. Ayrıca, artan Scrum takımı sayısı ile birlikte çeşitli standardizasyon çalışmaları yürütmeye, böylelikle hem şeffaflığı hem de kaliteyi arttırmaya yönelik instiyatifler hayata geçmeye başladı..
  • #33 Resim çözünürlüğü problemli..
  • #34 Tüm takımların takip ettiği ortak metrikler ve bu alandaki hedefler
  • #35 Sprint sonlarında her takımın kendi progressini ve planlarını tüm şirketle paylaşamaya başlaması
  • #36 Use and copy this simple bullet slide as required
  • #37 Project Alpha Çıktı Resmini değiştir..
  • #42 Don’t rush and lose control while scaling, grow it iteratively Don’t underestimate the power of capable Scrum Masters, grow Scrum Masters in order to grow new teams sustainable Don’t forget that this is a transformation of culture and it will be hard, work hard with discipline and patience
  • #44 Pilot and Agile Solutions are DONE..Now, we need to grow and empower Agile Solutions in order to create more interest for a bigger, enterprise wide change need. If we can succeed with creating that interest, Agile Studio will be the lead for the transformation..
  • #45 Agile Studio kurup Agility yi tüm şirkete yaymaya başlamadan önce, Agile Solutions’ı güçlendirmeli ve büyütmeliyiz. Çünkü, Agile Solutions tüm bu değişimin rol modeli, bir şeylerin değişebileceğine olan direnci kıran bir yapı. Bunun Için de kendi içinde önemli başarılara imza atmaya devam etmeli ve şirket içerisinde sorumluluk anlamında güçlenerek daha fazla göz önüne gelmeli.
  • #46 Güçlenmek için: Şeffaflığı arttırıp Kaizen’i beslemeliyiz Scrum Master yetkinliklerini güçlendirip hem Kaizen’I beslemeli hem de ilerisi için değişimi sırtlanacak change agent’lar yaratmalıyız Tüm bunların iletişimi kritik, kendimizi hem içerde hem de dışarda iyi anlatabilmeliyiz ve bir marka haline gelmeliyiz
  • #47 Kendi sınırlarımızı ve kabuğumuzu genişleterek daha fazla çözüm üreten bir birim olabilmeliyiz. Ne kadar sorumluluk alanımızı arttırıp daha fazla birime ve kişiye dokunabilirsek o kadar iyi
  • #48 Agile Solutions büyüdükçe, marka haline geldikçe, içeride kendiliğinden bu başarıyı IT içindeki diğer noktalara ve hatta şirketin diğer birimlerine nasıl aktarabiliriz sesleri yükselecektir. Bu noktada, iç bir değişim ekibi kurup Agile transformasyonu yayma çalışmalarına başlayabiliriz. Hedefimiz, şirketin, sadece IT nin değil,çevikliğini arttırmak
  • #49 Tüm anlattıklarımızın temelinde insan ve takım çalışması var aslında..customer delight yaratabilmek için working environment’ta da benzer bir ortam yaratabilmeliyiz ki bu ortam çıktıya da yansısın..Bu yüzden biz öncelikle ekibimize ve keyifli bir çalışma ortamı yaratma odaklanıyoruz şeklinde bir sonraki slayt’ın toplu ekip resmine bağlayabiliriz..