5. Cart Before the Horse!
Starting with SAFe® and expecting it to somehow achieve some grand Business
Objective is like putting the cart before the horse and expecting the horse to push it.
Good luck!
Wait - how
do I steer?
6. “Begin with the end in mind.”
- Habit 2, Stephen R. Covey
“A goal properly set is
halfway reached..”
- Zig Ziglar
“Effective leaders help others to understand the
necessity of change and to accept a common
vision of the desired outcome.”
- Leading Change, John Kotter
“When you know what you want
and you want it bad enough,
you’ll find a way to get it.”
- Jim Rohn
“In absence of clearly defined goals, we
become strangely loyal to performing
daily acts of trivia, until ultimately we
become enslaved to it.”
Outcome-Oriented Thinking
7. 7
“Improve our market responsiveness to 2
months or less when new security breaches
are found.”
“Reduce defects found after release by
50% this year.”
“Increase our customer satisfaction NPS
score to 85, a 20% increase within 6 months.”
“Decrease help desk tickets by 40% when
compared to last year through self-service
and robot automation.”
“Reduce our unused feature % from 60% to
20% within 2 years.”
“Increase our number of releases to 4 this year,
instead of our average of 1 per year.”
Example Business Outcomes
10. Business Objectives
(START HERE)
Agile Outcomes
Capabilities
Which Agile Outcomes
influence the Business
Objective?
What are the underlying
technical Capabilities for
each Agile Outcome?
What are the SAFe®
constructs that map to
these Capabilities?
Enables
Drives
Accomplishes
What is missing?
The “connective tissue” of
an Agile transformation!
11. Agile Outcomes represent a desired internal state,
a new status quo.
Agile Outcomes
Outcomes are intended to “bridge the gap” and
lead to the Business Objective.
12. 12
Example Agile Outcomes
Path to Agility® (P2A) outcomes across 3 levels: Org, System, and Team.
Across 5 phases: Align, Learn, Predict, Accelerate, and Adapt.
13. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Customer
Satisfaction
Predictability
Speed
Employee
Engagement
BUSINESS OUTCOMES AGILE OUTCOMES
OrgSystemTeam
The organization is constantly
implementing ways to reduce time to
deliver end-to-end value and are
collaboratively maximizing the flow of
value beyond traditional spheres of
control.
Faster Time to Value
Accelerate | System
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
Leaders are articulating value and
sequencing the work at the appropriate
level and then allowing the next layer to
pull and decompose so teams can focus
on delivering the highest value work.
Ability to Focus
Predict | Org
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
The ability to make fast decisions at all
levels in order to effectively react to
business needs.
Decision Agility
Accelerate | Org
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
Cross-functional teams deliver developed
and tested code each iteration with
minimal carryover.
Predictable Delivery Cadence
Predict | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
The team continuously implements ways
to reduce the time it takes to deliver value
into production.
Reduced Cycle Time
Accelerate | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
Teams are able to safely deploy code,
release on demand to production, and
operate with minimal manual effort.
Release Continuously
Accelerate | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
14. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Customer
Satisfaction
Predictability
Speed
Employee
Engagement
OrgSystemTeam
BUSINESS OUTCOMES AGILE OUTCOMES
The team has established agreements,
owns them, and updates them over time
as needed.
Team Formed
Align | Team
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
Leaders recognize and embrace the shift
in their role, from directing the work to
supporting their staff, enabling high-
performing teams, and changing the ways
they interact and lead in service to others.
Agile Leadership
Predict | Org
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
Foster self-organizing teams where
ownership is transferred from
management to team.
Team Empowerment
Learn | Org
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
How work and value flow is understood
and teams are identified and formed to
reduce dependencies and optimize flow.
Teams Aligned to Value
Align | System
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
15. Capabilities are underlying behavioral or technical practices that
once in place will likely lead to the desired Agile Outcome.
Capabilities are what you should “anchor into
your culture” to affect change.
- John Kotter, Leading Change
Capabilities
17. 17
- Value Stream workshop
- Operational value stream
- Development value streams
- Value streams awareness at Portfolio,
Large Solution, and Essential levels
- Organize around flow of value
- ARTs consist of cross-functional Agile
teams
- Minimal component teams
- Evolve cross-functionality over time to
reduce dependencies
- Team charter
- WSJF prioritization
- PO Sync event
- Vision capability in spanning palette
- Business value in PI Planning
How work and value flow is understood
and teams are identified and formed to
reduce dependencies and optimize flow.
Teams Aligned to Value
Align | System
Path to Agility 2.2.2 | pathtoagility.com
The ways in which value is delivered and how it flows is
understood.
Align | System | Teams Aligned to Value
Value Streams Identified
Path to Agility 2.2.2 |pathtoagility.com
Cross-functional teams have been created for the value
streams with minimal dependencies and handoffs.
Align | System | Teams Aligned to Value
Teams Aligned to Value
Streams
Path to Agility 2.2.2 |pathtoagility.com
The needs of the market and/or stakeholders define the teams
purpose and guide value delivery.
Align | System | Teams Aligned to Value
Clear Value Proposition
Path to Agility 2.2.2 |pathtoagility.com
AGILE OUTCOME SAFe MAPPINGAGILE CAPABILITIES
EXAMPLE 1: Agile Capability -> SAFe® Constructs
20. The collection of Agile Outcomes and underlying Capabilities which influence your desired Business
Objective become your initial “Transformation Backlog” consisting of prioritized work items. Think of Agile
Outcomes as “features” and Capabilities as “stories” with acceptance criteria.
This is much better than a Candy Land circuitous journey!
Also, a good way to thin down the size of SAFe to a targeted set focused on the business outcome!
X
Transformation Roadmap
Transformation Backlog
21. Business Objectives
(START HERE)
Agile Outcomes
Capabilities
Which Agile Outcomes
influence the Business
Objective?
What are the underlying
technical Capabilities for
each Agile Outcome?
What are the SAFe®
constructs that map to
these Capabilities?
Enables
Drives
Accomplishes
Wrap
22. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL ACCELERATE AGILITY
Align
Accelerate
Adapt
Predict
Learn
Chaos & Resistance
Integration &
Practice
New Status Quo
Status Quo
Path to Agility® Framework
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24. “You must be the change you
wish to see in the world.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
Q&A
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26. SAFe® defines an implementation roadmap for organizations undergoing a Lean-Agile transformation.
SAFe® Implementation Roadmap
27. P2A® Outcomes Mapped to SAFe®
ADAPTACCELERATEPREDICT
LEARNALIGN
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Cross-Team Coordination
Ability to Measure
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
Agile Leadership
Ability to Focus
Multi-team Predictability
Complexity Reduced
Ability to Forecast
Predictable Delivery Cadence
Quality Feedback Loop Shortened
Sustaining Improvement
Decision Agility
Faster Time to Value
Reduce Cycle Time
Release Continuously
P2A® outcomes are the “north star” for the SAFe® implementation roadmap.