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Extreme SAFe -Turning Up the Flow in PI Execution

Extreme SAFe -Turning Up the Flow in PI Execution

Presentation at the Global SAFe Summit 2022

Em Campbell-Pretty

August 25, 2022
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  1. 1 Extreme SAFe: Turning Up the Flow in PI Execution

    Patterns to turn up the good & improve flow on your ART
  2. 2 Adrienne Wilson SAFe Fellow + SPCT COO, Pretty Agile

    Em Campbell-Pretty SAFe Fellow + SPCT CEO, Pretty Agile
  3. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks You’ve Finished Planning …. • Dependencies visualized

    • Risks are ROAMed • PI Objectives committed • The Business Owner have accepted the plan • PI Execution is….. kr/p/bBTHi7
  4. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks “My goal in laying out the project

    style was to take everything I knew to be valuable about software engineering and turn the dials [up] to 10. We would do everything that was absolutely necessary as intensely as we could imagine.” -Kent Beck, Extreme Programming Explained
  5. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks What if we took what is valuable

    in PI Execution and turn up the flow up to 10? “If a practice needs to change, understanding the principles will assure the change moves the Enterprise in the right direction” – Implementing SAFe 5.1.1
  6. © Scaled Agile. Inc. ART events create a closed-loop system

    to keep the train on the tracks. ART events drive the train 4-9 ART events Team events Scrum of Scrums PO Sync System Demo Inspect & Adapt PI Planning Iteration Planning Daily Stand-up Backlog Refinement Iteration Review Iteration Retro Prepare for PI Planning ART Sync PI Planning You are here
  7. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks What is valuable in PI Planning? ©

    Scaled Agile. Inc. ► Establishing personal communication across all team members and stakeholders ► Aligning development to business goals with the business context, Vision, and Team/Program PI Objectives ► Identifying dependencies and fostering cross-team and cross-ART collaboration ► Providing the opportunity for just the right amount of architecture and Lean User Experience (UX) guidance ► Matching demand to capacity, eliminating excess work in process (WIP) ► Fast decision making Cross-team collaboration 4-36 The benefits of PI Planning
  8. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks Unity Hour Reunification PI Planning Lite (aka

    Unity Day) EVERY Iteration Team Iteration goals - Goal 1 - Goal 2 - Goal 3 - Innovation - Discovery Want to know more: https://prettyagile.co/UnityHour
  9. © Scaled Agile. Inc. ART events create a closed-loop system

    to keep the train on the tracks. ART events drive the train 4-13 Scrum of Scrums PO Sync System Demo Inspect & Adapt PI Planning Iteration Planning Daily Stand-up Backlog Refinement Iteration Review Iteration Retro Prepare for PI Planning ART Sync PI Planning ART events Team events You are here
  10. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks What is valuable about ART Sync? ©

    Scaled Agile. Inc. ▸ Visibility into progress and impediments ▸ Facilitated by RTE ▸ Participants: Scrum Masters, other select team members, SMEs if necessary ▸ Weekly or more frequently, 30–60 minutes ▸ Timeboxed and followed by a meet-after ▸ Visibility into progress, scope, and priority adjustments ▸ Facilitated by RTE or PM ▸ Participants: PM, POs, other stakeholders, and SMEs as necessary ▸ Weekly or more frequently, 30–60 minutes ▸ Timeboxed and followed by a meet-after Scrum of scrums PO Sync ART Sync 4-71 ART sync is used to coordinate progress
  11. © Scaled Agile. Inc. ART events create a closed-loop system

    to keep the train on the tracks. Scrum of Scrums PO Sync System Demo Inspect & Adapt PI Planning Iteration Planning Daily Stand-up Backlog Refinement Iteration Review Iteration Retro Prepare for PI Planning ART Sync PI Planning 4-18 ART events drive the train You are here ART events Team events
  12. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks What is valuable about the System Demo?

    © Scaled Agile. Inc. ► Features are functionally complete or toggled so as not to disrupt demonstrable functionality ► New Features work together and with existing functionality ► Happens after the Iteration review (may lag by as much as one Iteration maximum) ► Demo from a staging environment which resembles production as much as possible SUPPORT System team Full system 4-72 Demo the full system increment every two weeks
  13. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks System Demo Done Well Is Key for

    Flow Software Hardware + Firmware Environments Pipeline + Configuration Data What components are a part of your solution? Integrate all of them all the time
  14. © Scaled Agile. Inc. ART events create a closed-loop system

    to keep the train on the tracks. ART events Team events Scrum of Scrums PO Sync System Demo Inspect & Adapt PI Planning Iteration Planning Daily Stand-up Backlog Refinement Iteration Review Iteration Retro Prepare for PI Planning ART Sync PI Planning 4-23 ART events drive the train You are here
  15. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks What is valuable about Preparing for PI

    Planning? © Scaled Agile. Inc. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Buffer for leftover work Final verification and validation, and documentation (if releasing) Innovation PI planning readiness Innovation continues PI planning readiness Continuing education Inspect & Adapt Event PI planning Business context Product / solution vision Architecture vision and development practices Planning requirements and lunch Team breakouts Draft plan review Management review and problem-solving Planning adjustments Team breakouts Final plan review and lunch Program risks PI confidence vote Plan rework if necessary Planning retrospective and moving forward Optional time for distributed planning 4-74 Example IP Iteration calendar
  16. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks Start Planning for Next PI DAY1 of

    This PI Want to know more: https://vimeo.com/497667872
  17. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks WSJF on Cadence EVERY Iteration Ready for

    Disco Review Feature Definition Discovery Complete Ready WSJF WSJF Complete ÷
  18. © Scaled Agile. Inc. ART events create a closed-loop system

    to keep the train on the tracks. ART events drive the train 4-28 Scrum of Scrums PO Sync System Demo Inspect & Adapt PI Planning Iteration Planning Daily Stand-up Backlog Refinement Iteration Review Iteration Retro Prepare for PI Planning ART Sync PI Planning You are here ART events Team events
  19. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks What is valuable about I&A? © Scaled

    Agile. Inc. Three parts of Inspect and Adapt: 1. The PI System Demo 2. Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement 3. Problem-Solving Workshop ► Timebox: 3 – 4 hours per PI ► Attendees: Teams and stakeholders 4-76 Improving results with the Inspect and Adapt event
  20. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks Rate Actual Value For Completed PI Objectives

    EVERY Iteration PI Objectives BV AV Ob 1 9 Ob 2 8 Ob 3 10 Ob 4 6 Ob 5 4 __________ Uncommitted Ob 7 PI Objectives BV AV Ob 1 9 Ob 2 8 8 Ob 3 10 Ob 4 6 Ob 5 4 __________ Uncommitted Ob 7 PI Objectives BV AV Ob 1 9 Ob 2 8 8 Ob 3 10 Ob 4 6 Ob 5 4. 4 __________ Uncommitted Ob 7 7 PI Objectives BV AV Ob 1 9 Ob 2 8 8 Ob 3 10 10 Ob 4 6 Ob 5 4. 4 __________ Uncommitted Ob 7 7 PI Objectives BV AV Ob 1 9 9 Ob 2 8 8 Ob 3 10 10 Ob 4 6 Ob 5 4. 4 __________ Uncommitted Ob 7 7
  21. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks ”Bubble Up” Systemic Issues EVERY Iteration In

    iteration x, this event occurred at this place resulting in this impact on the ART or Program Increment. Added Allocated Burst
  22. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks What if we took what is valuable

    in PI Execution and turn up flow up to 10? Day 6 Day 7 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 2 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 1 System Demo* Iteration Review Retro Iteration Planning SoS PO Sync Backlog Refinement Team Events ART Events
  23. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks SAFe PI Execution Events - Turning up

    the Flow Team Events ART Events Turn Up the Flow Events Day 6 Day 7 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 2 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 1 Unity Hour Iteration Planning Reunification Cocktail Hour Feature Disco Cocktail Hour CoP Syncs Disco Review WSJF System Demo Cocktail Hour Cocktail Hour CoP Syncs Cocktail Hour Iteration Reviews Bubble Up Cocktail Hour Cocktail Hour Backlog Refinement Feature Auction Cocktail Hour Feature Disco
  24. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks No matter the circumstance you can always

    improve. You can always start improving with yourself. You can always start improving today. –Kent Beck, Extreme Programming Explained
  25. Em Campbell-Pretty CEO, SAFe Fellow & SPCT @PrettyAgile linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/ [email protected]

    Adrienne Wilson COO, SAFe Fellow & SPCT @AgileCanuck linkedin.com/in/adriennelwilson [email protected]