This presentation provided a brief introduction to the full presentation as delivered at the Swedish Rational User Community in October 2013: http://youtu.be/ufw7xwabpJk It also provided an insight into the value of the Global Rational User Community: http://rational-ug.org/

1. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO:
AGILE TEAMS AT SCALE
GLOBAL RATIONAL USER COMMUNITY
Julian Holmes
Founder, AgileMentors
Vice-President for Europe and Asia, GRUC
IBM Champion

2. AN INTRODUCTION TO
AGILE TEAMS AT SCALE
© 2013 IBM Corporation

3. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE “AGILE”
¢ Why? – Better Results
— Shorten Time-to-Market
— Adapt to Changing
Needs
— Improved Quality
— Maximise ROI
¢ How? - Requires Change
— Business
— Organisational
— Cultural
— Commercial/Contractual
— Ways of Working

4. WHAT IS “AGILE”? – SOME TRUTHS
¢ A movement
¢ Based on management theory
¢ A collection of lightweight methods
¢ Empirical and adaptive
¢ Simplistic and pure
¢ Idealistic

5. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SCALE AGILE?
Selection Factors Scaling Factors

6. HYBRID METHOD FRAMEWORKS
• Single methods don’t
have all the answers
• SDLC 3.0 first defined
a hybrid framework
• DAD and SAFe are
both instances.
• DAD is evolving into a
process decision
framework

7. GREATER DISCIPLINE
¢ Agile Foundation
¢ DAD Extension
¢ Risk Management
¢ Delivery Assurance
¢ Governance
¢ All required to allow
for Scale

8. SUCCESSFUL AGILE TEAMS AT SCALE
¢ Agile adoption will give
the potential for:
— Shortened time-to-
value
— Greater predictability
— Ability to react to
change
— Improved business
relationship and trust
— Reduced waste
— “Better” solutions
¢ But it will require:
— An investment in
people
— Business engagement
— A “one team” mentality
— A process decision
framework
— Measures that support
the approach
— Collaboration tools
— Experienced support

9. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
GLOBAL RATIONAL USER COMMUNITY
© 2013 IBM Corporation

10. GRUC
AN ACTIVE, GROWING & PARTICIPATING AUDIENCE
¢ The Global Rational User Community
¢ A collection of over 100 local & virtual groups with
over 15,000 members!
— www.rational-ug.org
¢ Vision:
— To promote the effective use of Rational solutions through an
active, collaborative community of customers, partners, and IT
professionals
¢ User Groups:
— A group of customers who actively work with Rational and are
interested in learning and sharing information and experiences
about their solutions with other customers to assist with
Rational Product implementation
— Independently owned and run by users

11. RESOURCES: THE WEBSITE IS KEY -
WWW.RATIONAL-UG.ORG

12. AVAILABLE RESOURCES
¢ Content libraries
— Miss a webcast or looking for
resources? Our content is
available to you as a member
¢ User Forums
— Ask questions or start
conversations with other users
¢ Collaborate with IBM staff/
executives
— Utilize the “Ask the Experts”
section to get the answers to
your specific questions
¢ Local User Groups
— Connect with uses near you
¢ Virtual User Groups
— Find other users in the same
industry/interest area to
collaborate with
¢ Exclusive webcasts and
events
— Keep sharp and continue to
learn about Rational with
expert-led trainings and group
meetings
¢ Rational and Industry expert
blogs
— Search for the info you need,
or follow our posts to stay
ahead of the competition
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13. HOW DO YOU GET VALUE FROM THE GRUC?
¢ Register on the web-site
— Make sure you allow us to send you our newsletters
¢ Join a local Rational User Group
— And perhaps a few of the virtual groups
¢ Review the Content Library
— There’s lots of value that we have already provided
¢ Contribute
— Discussions, forums, content
¢ Volunteer
— Present your experiences, provide venues, invite your
peers

14. NEXT STEPS
¢ Join the Swedish Rational User Group
— Register at rational-ug.org
¢ Volunteer to host a meeting
¢ Volunteer to present at a meeting
¢ Discuss any of these options with us here today
¢ Contact the GRUC admin team at any time:
— info@rational-ug.org

15. QUESTIONS?
Mail: julian@agilementors.com
Twitter: @julianholmes
Julian Holmes
Founder, Agile Mentors
IBM Champion