Design and the Scaled Agile Framework Maybe youve heard about SAFe. Maybe others have told you its a terrible, scary-looking, confusing diagram of how corporations try to do agile. Or maybe youve experienced the scrum-of-scrums-from-hell where no one knows whats really going on, what the product youre all working on is really supposed be, or why youre even doing it in the first place. So you might be skittish about talking about it altogether!
Well use story telling from our internal XD practice, shining a light on what weve found that works and what doesnt. Well share our stories about XD allies and stakeholder management nightmares that lead us to key insights.
Well also share our hopes, visions, and plans for how we want to activate design thinking throughout our organization by creating meaningful experiences of design in addition to meaningful experiences.
1 of 59
Download to read offline
More Related Content
Hold onto your hats: The Scaled Agile Framework might be good for design!
2. Jen Fabrizi
Design Director, Strategy & Research
Travelers
River Brandon
Design Director, Design System Product Owner
Travelers
DISCLAIMER: The opinions and views expressed in this presentation are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of Travelers.
Not EXPERTS
19. FUNNEL RESEARCH ANALYSIS
PORTFOLIO
BACKLOG IMPLEMENTING DONE
PORTFOLIO KANBAN
WE HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT
ALL BIG IDEAS
WELCOME
DESIGN HAPPENS HERE!
FUNNEL ANALYSIS BACKLOG IMPLEMENTING VALIDATING DEPLOYING
PROGRAM KANBAN
DESIGN HAPPENS HERE!
23. FUNNEL RESEARCH ANALYSIS
PORTFOLIO
BACKLOG IMPLEMENTING DONE
PORTFOLIO KANBAN
EXPLORATION ENABLERS
Support research and
prototyping to understand
user needs and explore
solution options
Can be epics, features, or
stories
Are managed through the
portfolio and program
Kanbans
FUNNEL RESEARCH ANALYSIS
PORTFOLIO
BACKLOG IMPLEMENTING DONE
PORTFOLIO KANBAN
FUNNEL ANALYSIS BACKLOG
IMPLEMENTIN
G VALIDATING DEPLOYING
PROGRAM KANBAN
24. BEHAVIORS & ATTITUDES
Make it your job to learn SAFe
Collaborate to define how much is
enough
Listen, empathize, act
27. REQUIREMENTS ARCHITECTURE DESIGN BUILD TEST RELEASE MEASURE
REQ
UIRE
MEN
TS
ARC
HITE
CTU
RE
DESI
GN
BUIL
D
TEST
RELE
ASE
MEA
SUR
E
FASTER, WATERFALL!
#Tragile
REQ
UIRE
MEN
TS
ARC
HITE
CTU
RE
DESI
GN
BUIL
D
TEST
RELE
ASE
MEA
SUR
E
REQ
UIRE
MEN
TS
ARC
HITE
CTU
RE
DESI
GN
BUIL
D
TEST
RELE
ASE
MEA
SUR
E
#WaterScrumFall #WaterFail
49. Culture of shared
responsibility
Lean flow to
accelerate delivery
The UX is
what we make
together
Recovery enables
low-risk releases
Automation of
continuous delivery
pipeline
Measure everything
SAFe DevOps
Design work
is part of making
the solution
Common design
toolchain and cycles of
activity
Resilient design
enables learning
and adjusting
UX OKRs
SAFe
DesignOps
51. DESIGN STAFFING
PORTFOLIO PROGRAM (RELEASE TRAIN) SCRUM TEAM
Product MgmtSys Arch
RTE
Product OwnerDev Team
Scrum Master
Epic Owners Enterprise Arch
Lean Portfolio
Mgmt
52. Epic Owners Enterprise Arch
Lean Portfolio
Mgmt
DESIGN STAFFING
PORTFOLIO PROGRAM (RELEASE TRAIN) SCRUM TEAM
Product MgmtSys Arch
RTE
Product OwnerDev Team
Scrum Master
Design Strategy & Research
1+ PER PORTFOLIO
Design Lead and Researcher
1 EACH
Product/UI Designers
1 PER SCRUM TEAM*
DMO
Design Management Office
PEOPLE - PROCESS - TOOLS
53. Epic Owners Enterprise Arch
Lean Portfolio
Mgmt
PORTFOLIO PROGRAM (RELEASE TRAIN) SCRUM TEAM
Product MgmtSys Arch
RTE
Product OwnerDev Team
Scrum Master
#SpheresOfInfluence #YMMV
55. IN SUMMARY
Embrace SAFe but dont drink the KoolAid
Some flaws with SAFe are inherent in the framework
Some flaws with SAFe are because of a mismatch
between representations and intent
Some flaws with SAFe are due to immaturity with the
framework and how its being used
59. Scaled Agile Framework
Scaled Agile Framework
Scaled Agile Incorporated
SAFe certification and training
Agile Methods
Agile Alliance
Lean UX
Lean UX Book
Lean UX and the SAFe PI Life Cycle
REFERENCES
L.A.F.A.B.L.E
Mountain Goat Software Blog
Design studio image
Courtesy of Dark Horse GmbH
Animated GIFs
https://giphy.com/