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Governence in distributed scrum team-Raja Bavani

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This document discusses governance of distributed agile projects. It defines governance and outlines the challenges of multilayered governance for distributed teams. The document identifies five critical success factors for distributed agile governance: 1) identifying key roles and team structures, 2) establishing a shared vision and facilitating team norming, 3) defining and agreeing on success parameters, 4) conducting reviews and tracking action items, and 5) understanding and welcoming iteration progression. The presentation concludes with references for further reading.

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Governance of Distributed Agile Projects: Critical Success Factors Raja Bavani
Agenda • Definition of Governance and its Scope • Multilayered Governance (Single Location) • Governance Challenges (Distributed Agile) • Failing Early Vs. Ensuring Early Success • Critical Success Factors • Summary • Discussions www.agiletour.org
Governance Originated from the Greek word κυβερνάω (kubernáo) which means ‘to steer’ Governance means a mechanism that includes a group of people (or committees, or departments, etc.) that functions as a body for the purpose of administering something by making best decisions in a timely manner. www.agiletour.org 3
Governance – The Scope Performance management of workflow processes and service levels Financial Management Contract Management Relationship Management Resource Management Risk Management Issue Management (Legislative, competitive, cultural, …) … www.agiletour.org 4
Multilayered Governance (Single Location) Organization Program  Language and Culture  Leadership Style  Accessibility, Availability  Engagement, Rapport  Shared Vision Project www.agiletour.org 5
Governance Challenges (Distributed Agile) Language and Culture Organization Leadership Style Organization Accessibility, Availability Program Engagement, Rapport Program Shared Vision Project Organization Project Program Project www.agiletour.org 6
Failing Early Vs. Ensuring Early Success • Is ‘Failing Early’ a common phenomenon in Agile teams? • Can ‘Distributed Governance’ fail? • How do ‘Distributed Governance’ teams need to perceive early failures of Agile teams? • How can ‘Distributed Governance’ teams ensure ‘Early Success’? Ensure that governance team • comprises of representatives from all sites • works together as a single body at global level www.agiletour.org 7
Critical Success Factors 1. Identify Key Roles and Team Structures 2. Establish Shared Vision & Facilitate Contextual Norming 3. Define and Agree on Success Parameters 4. Conduct Reviews and Track Action Items 5. Understand and Welcome Iteration Progression www.agiletour.org 8
1. Identify Key Roles and Team Structures 1. Identify ‘Scrum Master’ or similar role in each site 2. Structure local teams based on desired behavior or expected outcome 3. Understand what differentiates distributed agile from team extension or staff augmentation www.agiletour.org 9
2. Establish Shared Vision & Facilitate Contextual Norming 1. Collaborative exercise supported by executive sponsor 2. Senior leadership and teams at each location needs to understand the project vision 3. Distributed teams need to see the big picture and understand project goals. www.agiletour.org 10
3. Define and Agree on Success Parameters 1. How do you measure success at different stages? 2. Do you apply the same parameters for all sites? www.agiletour.org 11
4. Conduct Reviews & Track Action Items 1. Periodic Steering Committee Reviews 2. Monthly reviews during initial stages 3. Proactive instead of reactive www.agiletour.org 12
5. Understand & Welcome Iteration Progression 1. Iterations do progress 2. Do not expect perfect results during the first few iterations 3. Start the first iteration with simple user stories www.agiletour.org 13
Summary  Governance & The Scope of Governance  Multilayered Governance (Single Location)  Governance Challenges (Distributed Agile)  Failing Early Vs. Ensuring Early Success  Critical Success Factors www.agiletour.org 14
Discussions + Q&A  What has been your experience?  Do you have any additional inputs?  Do you have any questions? www.agiletour.org 15
References • Governance of Distributed Agile Projects: 5 Steps to Ensure Early Success, Agile Record, July 2011 • Top 10 indications that you moved up from offshore staff augmentation into agile software development, Agile Record, April 2011 • Do you need a Project Manager in an agile offshore team?, Agile Record, October 2011 www.agiletour.org 16
THANK YOU Raja Bavani Raja_Bavani@mindtree.com +91 20 67924038 www.mindtree.com http://www.mindtree.com/blogs/author/raja-bavani www.agiletour.org

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Governence in distributed scrum team-Raja Bavani

  • 1. Governance of Distributed Agile Projects: Critical Success Factors Raja Bavani
  • 2. Agenda • Definition of Governance and its Scope • Multilayered Governance (Single Location) • Governance Challenges (Distributed Agile) • Failing Early Vs. Ensuring Early Success • Critical Success Factors • Summary • Discussions www.agiletour.org
  • 3. Governance Originated from the Greek word κυβερνάω (kubernáo) which means ‘to steer’ Governance means a mechanism that includes a group of people (or committees, or departments, etc.) that functions as a body for the purpose of administering something by making best decisions in a timely manner. www.agiletour.org 3
  • 4. Governance – The Scope Performance management of workflow processes and service levels Financial Management Contract Management Relationship Management Resource Management Risk Management Issue Management (Legislative, competitive, cultural, …) … www.agiletour.org 4
  • 5. Multilayered Governance (Single Location) Organization Program  Language and Culture  Leadership Style  Accessibility, Availability  Engagement, Rapport  Shared Vision Project www.agiletour.org 5
  • 6. Governance Challenges (Distributed Agile) Language and Culture Organization Leadership Style Organization Accessibility, Availability Program Engagement, Rapport Program Shared Vision Project Organization Project Program Project www.agiletour.org 6
  • 7. Failing Early Vs. Ensuring Early Success • Is ‘Failing Early’ a common phenomenon in Agile teams? • Can ‘Distributed Governance’ fail? • How do ‘Distributed Governance’ teams need to perceive early failures of Agile teams? • How can ‘Distributed Governance’ teams ensure ‘Early Success’? Ensure that governance team • comprises of representatives from all sites • works together as a single body at global level www.agiletour.org 7
  • 8. Critical Success Factors 1. Identify Key Roles and Team Structures 2. Establish Shared Vision & Facilitate Contextual Norming 3. Define and Agree on Success Parameters 4. Conduct Reviews and Track Action Items 5. Understand and Welcome Iteration Progression www.agiletour.org 8
  • 9. 1. Identify Key Roles and Team Structures 1. Identify ‘Scrum Master’ or similar role in each site 2. Structure local teams based on desired behavior or expected outcome 3. Understand what differentiates distributed agile from team extension or staff augmentation www.agiletour.org 9
  • 10. 2. Establish Shared Vision & Facilitate Contextual Norming 1. Collaborative exercise supported by executive sponsor 2. Senior leadership and teams at each location needs to understand the project vision 3. Distributed teams need to see the big picture and understand project goals. www.agiletour.org 10
  • 11. 3. Define and Agree on Success Parameters 1. How do you measure success at different stages? 2. Do you apply the same parameters for all sites? www.agiletour.org 11
  • 12. 4. Conduct Reviews & Track Action Items 1. Periodic Steering Committee Reviews 2. Monthly reviews during initial stages 3. Proactive instead of reactive www.agiletour.org 12
  • 13. 5. Understand & Welcome Iteration Progression 1. Iterations do progress 2. Do not expect perfect results during the first few iterations 3. Start the first iteration with simple user stories www.agiletour.org 13
  • 14. Summary  Governance & The Scope of Governance  Multilayered Governance (Single Location)  Governance Challenges (Distributed Agile)  Failing Early Vs. Ensuring Early Success  Critical Success Factors www.agiletour.org 14
  • 15. Discussions + Q&A  What has been your experience?  Do you have any additional inputs?  Do you have any questions? www.agiletour.org 15
  • 16. References • Governance of Distributed Agile Projects: 5 Steps to Ensure Early Success, Agile Record, July 2011 • Top 10 indications that you moved up from offshore staff augmentation into agile software development, Agile Record, April 2011 • Do you need a Project Manager in an agile offshore team?, Agile Record, October 2011 www.agiletour.org 16
  • 17. THANK YOU Raja Bavani Raja_Bavani@mindtree.com +91 20 67924038 www.mindtree.com http://www.mindtree.com/blogs/author/raja-bavani www.agiletour.org