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Agile Road Mapping and
Planning
PMI NEW – PDD – 3rd May 2017
Michael Nir
President Sapir Consulting
Michael Nir
cs.com-m.nir@sapir
President @ Sapir Consulting US
• Transformation Inspiration Expert,
Business Agility Coach; empowers
organizations to deliver results
• Author of 10 bestseller business
books
Agile Road Mapping
is like Honey
Topics We Potentially Cover
The must have grid
Hey, what is a roadmap?
What makes it agile?
Agile roadmap –good and bad smells
Some better practices and worse
Case study – time permitting
Take aways
Small Team Discussion:
What’s a Roadmap – 10 minutes
 With 2-3 others at your tables
 Introduce yourself
 Discuss: “when we say roadmap – what do we
mean?”
 Capture your thoughts (writing and/or
drawing) on a flip chart using a marker
Important! Ask
others at work!
Roadmap – neat graphical
display we share with
(senior) stakeholders without
intent of delivering (aka
lying)
Agile and Roadmap Flavors – Mutually
Exclusive?
Yes Agile, No Roadmap
‘California Dreaming… ‘
Yes Agile, Yes Roadmap
The Fairytale
No Agile, No Roadmap
The big mess
No Agile, Yes Roadmap
The Corporate
Agile
Roadmap
“Princess and Ugly Don’t Go
Together”
Princess Fiona, Shrek
Agile roadmapping and planning pmi new with polls
Agile roadmapping and planning pmi new with polls
Pair Discussion: What is in an Agile
Roadmap – 5 minutes
 With one other person
 Discuss: what are three things that make a
roadmap agile?
 Write them as bullets on a flip chart using a
marker (one flip chart per table)
Important! Ask
others at work!
Agile Roadmap – neat
graphical display we share
with senior stakeholders
without intent of ever
delivering…but now we have
a good excuse since we’re
agile
The Agile-Team While Powerful is
Short of the Bigger Picture
Agile Road Map Connects the Strategy
to Program and to the Team
Agile Roadmap Replaces Scope Driven
Planning with Time Driven Planning
Agile roadmapping and planning pmi new with polls
Agile roadmapping and planning pmi new with polls
Nine Agile Roadmap Best Practices
1. Enables value progressively – vertical slices
2. Delivery team/s involved in Planning the Roadmap
3. Getting to the “WHY” in the Roadmap –problems we’re solving
4. Team has execution flexibility within the Roadmap
5. Architecture ‘runway’ is integrated into the roadmap
6. Level of confidence for time frames
7. Right sizing
8. Single owner
9. Roadmap as a communication tool and abstraction layer for managing expectations
“All happy families are alike;
each unhappy family is unhappy in
its own way.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Unhappy Agile Roadmaps
• No value delivered before end point, wasteful
• Not truthful, disconnect with reality
• The Roadmap as a junkyard 1 – where’s my team’s work
• The Roadmap as a junkyard 2 – too many and not strategy traceable
• The Roadmap as a junkyard 3 – big and small
• Many conflicting roadmaps and none are owned
• Team isn’t included in the bigger planning sessions
• Killed by cross team dependencies
Not Truthful, Disconnect with Reality
7%
13%
16%
19%
45%
Always
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
SVP Product:
“Michael, we always
miss, CEO just
doesn’t Remember
what was on the
roadmap
Chaos report, Feature Waste
The Roadmap as a Junkyard 1 –
Where’s My Team’s Work
Sr. Director During
Quarterly Planning: “I
don’t see my teams
work!!!”
The Roadmap as a Junkyard 2 – Too
Many and Not Strategy Traceable
Plan for summer
release: we have 18
themes – engineering
and OPS can handle it
The Roadmap as a Junkyard 3 – Big
and Small
Many Conflicting Roadmaps 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”
Small Team Discussion:
Agile Roadmap Smells – 15 minutes
 With 2-3 others at your tables
 Discuss: what are your signs of an Anti-Agile Roadmap?
 Create a table on a flipchart: Good Small – Bad Smell (anti
patterns)
 Categorize and group the bad smells (anti patterns)
 What are specific actions you could take to improve the smell?
Case Study:
Road Mapping and Team Forecasts
 Feature backlog estimated
 Product Owner outlines sprint by sprint themes or goals
 Create 6-9 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
The Well-prepared Feature and
Product Backlog! Team Listens
Teams Plan Roadmap Delivery with
Product Owner
Collaborating on Adding the Stories
towards the Roadmap Scope
Team and Product Owner Negotiate on
the Forecast
Long Term Plan/Roadmap is Complete
After 3 Hours and Lots of Collaboration
Three Next Steps
 Enables value progressively – vertical slices
 Delivery team/s involved in Planning the
Roadmap
 Getting to the “WHY” in the Roadmap –
problems we’re solving
Three Next Steps
 Enables value progressively – vertical slices
 Delivery team/s involved in Planning the
Roadmap
 Getting to the “WHY” in the Roadmap –
problems we’re solving
Agile roadmapping and planning pmi new with polls
Agile roadmapping and planning pmi new with polls
Agile Road Mapping
is like Honey
Sticky for planning
Flowing for flexibility
Thank you!
I wish you success in Agile
Road Mapping!
Connect on LinkedIn
cs.com-m.nir@sapir

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Agile roadmapping and planning pmi new with polls

  • 1. Agile Road Mapping and Planning PMI NEW – PDD – 3rd May 2017 Michael Nir President Sapir Consulting
  • 2. Michael Nir cs.com-m.nir@sapir President @ Sapir Consulting US • Transformation Inspiration Expert, Business Agility Coach; empowers organizations to deliver results • Author of 10 bestseller business books
  • 4. Topics We Potentially Cover The must have grid Hey, what is a roadmap? What makes it agile? Agile roadmap –good and bad smells Some better practices and worse Case study – time permitting Take aways
  • 5. Small Team Discussion: What’s a Roadmap – 10 minutes  With 2-3 others at your tables  Introduce yourself  Discuss: “when we say roadmap – what do we mean?”  Capture your thoughts (writing and/or drawing) on a flip chart using a marker Important! Ask others at work!
  • 6. Roadmap – neat graphical display we share with (senior) stakeholders without intent of delivering (aka lying)
  • 7. Agile and Roadmap Flavors – Mutually Exclusive? Yes Agile, No Roadmap ‘California Dreaming… ‘ Yes Agile, Yes Roadmap The Fairytale No Agile, No Roadmap The big mess No Agile, Yes Roadmap The Corporate Agile Roadmap
  • 8. “Princess and Ugly Don’t Go Together” Princess Fiona, Shrek
  • 11. Pair Discussion: What is in an Agile Roadmap – 5 minutes  With one other person  Discuss: what are three things that make a roadmap agile?  Write them as bullets on a flip chart using a marker (one flip chart per table) Important! Ask others at work!
  • 12. Agile Roadmap – neat graphical display we share with senior stakeholders without intent of ever delivering…but now we have a good excuse since we’re agile
  • 13. The Agile-Team While Powerful is Short of the Bigger Picture
  • 14. Agile Road Map Connects the Strategy to Program and to the Team
  • 15. Agile Roadmap Replaces Scope Driven Planning with Time Driven Planning
  • 18. Nine Agile Roadmap Best Practices 1. Enables value progressively – vertical slices 2. Delivery team/s involved in Planning the Roadmap 3. Getting to the “WHY” in the Roadmap –problems we’re solving 4. Team has execution flexibility within the Roadmap 5. Architecture ‘runway’ is integrated into the roadmap 6. Level of confidence for time frames 7. Right sizing 8. Single owner 9. Roadmap as a communication tool and abstraction layer for managing expectations
  • 19. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
  • 20. Unhappy Agile Roadmaps • No value delivered before end point, wasteful • Not truthful, disconnect with reality • The Roadmap as a junkyard 1 – where’s my team’s work • The Roadmap as a junkyard 2 – too many and not strategy traceable • The Roadmap as a junkyard 3 – big and small • Many conflicting roadmaps and none are owned • Team isn’t included in the bigger planning sessions • Killed by cross team dependencies
  • 21. Not Truthful, Disconnect with Reality 7% 13% 16% 19% 45% Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never SVP Product: “Michael, we always miss, CEO just doesn’t Remember what was on the roadmap Chaos report, Feature Waste
  • 22. The Roadmap as a Junkyard 1 – Where’s My Team’s Work Sr. Director During Quarterly Planning: “I don’t see my teams work!!!”
  • 23. The Roadmap as a Junkyard 2 – Too Many and Not Strategy Traceable Plan for summer release: we have 18 themes – engineering and OPS can handle it
  • 24. The Roadmap as a Junkyard 3 – Big and Small
  • 25. Many Conflicting Roadmaps 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”
  • 26. Small Team Discussion: Agile Roadmap Smells – 15 minutes  With 2-3 others at your tables  Discuss: what are your signs of an Anti-Agile Roadmap?  Create a table on a flipchart: Good Small – Bad Smell (anti patterns)  Categorize and group the bad smells (anti patterns)  What are specific actions you could take to improve the smell?
  • 27. Case Study: Road Mapping and Team Forecasts  Feature backlog estimated  Product Owner outlines sprint by sprint themes or goals  Create 6-9 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
  • 28. The Well-prepared Feature and Product Backlog! Team Listens
  • 29. Teams Plan Roadmap Delivery with Product Owner
  • 30. Collaborating on Adding the Stories towards the Roadmap Scope
  • 31. Team and Product Owner Negotiate on the Forecast
  • 32. Long Term Plan/Roadmap is Complete After 3 Hours and Lots of Collaboration
  • 33. Three Next Steps  Enables value progressively – vertical slices  Delivery team/s involved in Planning the Roadmap  Getting to the “WHY” in the Roadmap – problems we’re solving
  • 34. Three Next Steps  Enables value progressively – vertical slices  Delivery team/s involved in Planning the Roadmap  Getting to the “WHY” in the Roadmap – problems we’re solving
  • 37. Agile Road Mapping is like Honey Sticky for planning Flowing for flexibility
  • 38. Thank you! I wish you success in Agile Road Mapping! Connect on LinkedIn cs.com-m.nir@sapir