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Self-Propagating Transformation &
The Seven Samurai Kanban
eXponential
Simple
Continuous
Autonomous
Learning
Ecosystem
A L L I A N C E
eXponential
Simple
Continuous
Autonomous
Learning
Ecosystem
A L L I A N C E
Who?
eXponential
Simple
XSCALE Alliance is the Linux of the agile world,
an open, honorable ecosystem of prominent
independent agilists. Not a certificate mill:
• We don’t certify roles; we use recommendation
chains to qualify real world capability.
• We hand-select coaches via direct experience
of their work, not “greasy pole” bureaucracy.
• We have no trainers. All XSCALE coaches train
and all collaborate on shared training collateral,
keeping it up with real state-of-the-art agility.
eXponential
Simple
Recognized by …
Market Guide to Enterprise
Agile Frameworks 2016 & 2017
Partner
Institutional Member
eXponential
Simple
Why?
Scaling is an anti-pattern that slows flow of learnings
through an organization because of:
• Big meetings
• Deep hierarchies
• Long feedback loops
XSCALE doesn’t scale agile. It de-scales organization.
But de-scaling doesn’t mean down-sizing. It means
Self-directing portfolios of
Self-managing streams of
Self-organizing teams.
How?
40 bandits threaten a tiny village …
… they’d robbed the year before.
Agile 	rganization
“Seven Samurai” Self-Propagating Transformation
Change features are
prioritized breadth-first
to maximize impact and
minimize WIP.
We represent
change progress using
“Seven Samurai” Kanban
& Throughput Diagrams
What?
Products are service ecosystems
Product return curves are sigmoids
Don’t chain the curves; stack them
eXponential
return
Design means the elegance of minimum
Not look and feel; how the ecosystem works
Design, Delivery & Devops work hand-in-glove
Simple
design
BUILDLEARN
MEASURE
TESTS
DATA CODE
REFACTOR
At one time there’s one bottleneck constraint
Work on other constraints is premature
Because it won’t increase Throughput
Continuous
throughput
Throughput
Self-organising teams don’t have masters
Self-managing streams don’t have owners
Leadership as a Service + Chapters & Councils
Autonomous
Teams
Value flow, work flow, and flow of learning
Self-organizing transformation: steel threads
Continuous Delivery x Continuous Adaptation
triple loop
Learning
Ecosystems
thinking
Ecosystems as networks of mutual benefit
Whole board: think globally, act locally
Avoiding hill-climbing: iterative and reductive
XSCALE isn’t a framework, but a set of practice pattern
languages for Agile Organization:
• Business Agility:
De-scaling chapters and councils, self-propagating
transformation and throughput accounting
• Product Management:
Breadth-first, set-based, scientific, collaborative
market-impact-driven product squads.
• High Performance Delivery:
XP, CI/CDD, Mob Refactoring and 3D Kanban
• Extended DevOps:
“B2D2” - using BDD in production -> qualitative
analytics driving real “Three Way” DevOps.
has negotiated a special price on
XSCALE Business Agility
training with India’s first XBA Coach
Ashish Mishra
Gurgaon 24-25 March 2018
https://www.townscript.com/e/xba-exponential-
business-agility-134321
Self-Propagating Transformation &
The Seven Samurai Kanban
eXponential
Simple
Continuous
Autonomous
Learning
Ecosystem
A L L I A N C E

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The Seven Samurai Kanban for Self-Propagating Transformation

  • 1. Self-Propagating Transformation & The Seven Samurai Kanban eXponential Simple Continuous Autonomous Learning Ecosystem A L L I A N C E eXponential Simple Continuous Autonomous Learning Ecosystem A L L I A N C E
  • 3. XSCALE Alliance is the Linux of the agile world, an open, honorable ecosystem of prominent independent agilists. Not a certificate mill: • We don’t certify roles; we use recommendation chains to qualify real world capability. • We hand-select coaches via direct experience of their work, not “greasy pole” bureaucracy. • We have no trainers. All XSCALE coaches train and all collaborate on shared training collateral, keeping it up with real state-of-the-art agility. eXponential Simple
  • 4. Recognized by … Market Guide to Enterprise Agile Frameworks 2016 & 2017 Partner Institutional Member eXponential Simple
  • 6. Scaling is an anti-pattern that slows flow of learnings through an organization because of: • Big meetings • Deep hierarchies • Long feedback loops XSCALE doesn’t scale agile. It de-scales organization. But de-scaling doesn’t mean down-sizing. It means Self-directing portfolios of Self-managing streams of Self-organizing teams.
  • 8. 40 bandits threaten a tiny village …
  • 9. … they’d robbed the year before.
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19. Agile rganization “Seven Samurai” Self-Propagating Transformation Change features are prioritized breadth-first to maximize impact and minimize WIP. We represent change progress using “Seven Samurai” Kanban & Throughput Diagrams
  • 20. What?
  • 21. Products are service ecosystems Product return curves are sigmoids Don’t chain the curves; stack them eXponential return
  • 22. Design means the elegance of minimum Not look and feel; how the ecosystem works Design, Delivery & Devops work hand-in-glove Simple design BUILDLEARN MEASURE TESTS DATA CODE REFACTOR
  • 23. At one time there’s one bottleneck constraint Work on other constraints is premature Because it won’t increase Throughput Continuous throughput Throughput
  • 24. Self-organising teams don’t have masters Self-managing streams don’t have owners Leadership as a Service + Chapters & Councils Autonomous Teams
  • 25. Value flow, work flow, and flow of learning Self-organizing transformation: steel threads Continuous Delivery x Continuous Adaptation triple loop Learning
  • 26. Ecosystems thinking Ecosystems as networks of mutual benefit Whole board: think globally, act locally Avoiding hill-climbing: iterative and reductive
  • 27. XSCALE isn’t a framework, but a set of practice pattern languages for Agile Organization: • Business Agility: De-scaling chapters and councils, self-propagating transformation and throughput accounting • Product Management: Breadth-first, set-based, scientific, collaborative market-impact-driven product squads. • High Performance Delivery: XP, CI/CDD, Mob Refactoring and 3D Kanban • Extended DevOps: “B2D2” - using BDD in production -> qualitative analytics driving real “Three Way” DevOps.
  • 28. has negotiated a special price on XSCALE Business Agility training with India’s first XBA Coach Ashish Mishra Gurgaon 24-25 March 2018 https://www.townscript.com/e/xba-exponential- business-agility-134321
  • 29. Self-Propagating Transformation & The Seven Samurai Kanban eXponential Simple Continuous Autonomous Learning Ecosystem A L L I A N C E