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2. All rights reserved to Sapir Consulting
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All rights reserved to Sapir Consulting

3. Michael Nir President @ Sapir Consulting US
Transformation Inspiration Expert, Lean Agile Coach; empowers organizations to deliver results
Author of 10 bestseller business books

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5. Agile is an Approach to Accelerate Value Delivery
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Agile is an Approach to Accelerate Value Delivery
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
Outcomes
Expectations
What we already know

6. The Agile-Team While Powerful is Short of the Bigger Picture
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The Agile-Team While Powerful is Short of the Bigger Picture
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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8. Agile Road Map Connects Strategy to Program to the Team
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Agile Road Map Connects Strategy to Program to the Team
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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9. Agile Roadmap Replaces Scope Driven Planning to Time Driven Planning
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Agile Roadmap Replaces Scope Driven Planning to Time Driven Planning
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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10. Agile Roadmap Best Practices
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Agile Roadmap Best Practices
One backlog – one truth
The well groomed program backlog:
Only product roadmap items
Strategy traceable
Right sized
Team is involved in Planning
Team has planning flexibility
All team operate on the same cadence and synchronization
Constant effort to reduce cross team dependencies
Scaled Agile as a framework rather than a directive
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
Outcomes
Expectations
What we already know

11. “All happy families are alike;
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“All happy families are alike;
each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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13. Common Failures Many program backlogs and none are owned
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Common Failures
Many program backlogs and none are owned
The program backlog as a junkyard 1 – where’s my team’s work
The program backlog as a junkyard 2 – too many and not strategy traceable
The program backlog as a junkyard 3 – big and small
Team isn’t included in the bigger planning sessions
Over committing the teams backlogs by a top down mandate
Working on different cadence and sync
Killed by cross team dependencies
Embracing Scaled Agile – only the scaled element but not the agile
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Many program backlogs and none are owned
“We’ve got too many large initiatives in the pipe, which dilutes focus and causes a mismatch in skills & priorities. However, it’s the mismatch in priority that really gets in the way”
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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15. Sr. Director During Quarterly Planning: “I don’t see my teams work!!!”
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The program backlog as a junkyard 1 – where’s my team’s work
Sr. Director During Quarterly Planning: “I don’t see my teams work!!!”
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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Expectations
What we already know

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The program backlog as a junkyard 2 – too many and not strategy traceable
Plan for summer release: we have 18 themes – engineering and OPS can handle it
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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17. The program backlog as a junkyard 3 – big and small
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The program backlog as a junkyard 3 – big and small
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
Outcomes
Expectations
What we already know

18. Team Forecasts Together
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Team Forecasts Together
Backlog estimated
Product Owner outlines sprint by sprint themes or goals
Create 6 columns across the wall. Label the columns with the next 6 sprint end dates.
PO adds a theme or goal to each sprint
Do a quick reality check of Sprint themes
Dev team and PO collaborate to allocate the PBIs and other work over the 6 sprints
Use the PO’s goals for guidance.
Continue adjusting PBIs and sprints until everyone agrees
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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Expectations
What we already know

19. The Well-prepared Product Backlog!
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The Well-prepared Product Backlog!
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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20. Ready….Collaborate! 27/05/2018 Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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21. Interactions and Discussions
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Interactions and Discussions
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
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22. Team Forecasts Together
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Team Forecasts Together
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
Outcomes
Expectations
What we already know

23. Our Long Term Plan is Complete After 3 Hours and Lots of Collaboration
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Our Long Term Plan is Complete After 3 Hours and Lots of Collaboration
Around flipcharts in pairs – 25 minutes
Outcomes
Expectations
What we already know

24. Exercise With Your Team
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Exercise With Your Team
Discuss project
Identify stories in backlog
Create themes for iterations
Agree on velocity
Swarm on moving stories from backlog to iterations, SM facilitates, PO advises and provides feedback
Confidence vote

25. Three Small Steps Program backlog – right sized
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Three Small Steps
Program backlog – right sized
Team long term forecasting
SAFe or Scrum of Scrum for cross team dependency

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Thank you! I wish you success in mapping a user journey into stories and product backlogs