PO Sync
- Provides visibility into how well the ART is progressing towards PI Objectives
- Provides opportunity to assess scope adjustments
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- Participants: PMs, POs & other stakeholders/SMEs as needed
- Weekly or more, 30-60 min
- POs communicate adjustments to their teams after sync
System Demo
- Happens after team Iteration reviews
- Occurs from Staging environment
- POs & PMs lead the demo
- Participants: Business Owners, executive sponsors, customers & their proxies
- Occurs every two weeks
System Demo Best Practices
- Begin to consider how/what to demo during Iteration Planning
- Make sure right participants are present
- Team celebrates accomplishments and stakeholders acknowledge them
- Different team members have an opportunity to demo
- Ensure team is ready for coordinates with System Team
System Demo Anti-Patterns
- A lot of time is spent preparing for the demo
- Mainly talk/slides as opposed to working software/hardware
- POs sees things for the first time at demo
- Not done b/c "team demo is enough"
- Team members not invited to save time
- Demos aren't interesting or relevant to Program-Level stakeholders
- Using testing data
Innovation Pillar
- Customers want the next thing, but may not know what it is
- Producers innovate, customers validate
- Create time for innovation, exploration, and creativity
- Avoid succumbing to the tyranny of the urgent
- Enable education and learning
Value Stream Innovation
- Created in the design and implementation of value streams and the solution context
- Operational
Internal Innovation Sources
Sources:
- Agile Teams
- Strategic Themes
- Postcards from the Future
External Innovation Sources
Sources:
- Competitors
- Customer Requests
- Suppliers
Innovation and Planning Iteration
Occurs every PI and serves multiple purposes. It acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI objectives, as well as providing dedicated time for innovation, continuing education, and PI planning and Inspect and Adapt (I&A) events.
Innovation Activities
- Hackathon
- Supplier Showcase
- Spikes
PI System Demo
- At the end of the PI, teams demonstrate the current state of the Solution to the appropriate stakeholders
- Led by POs, PMs & System Team
- Participants: Business owners, stakeholders, PMs, RTE, Scrum Masters & Teams
Program Performance
Teams meet with Business Owners to self-assess the business value they achieved for each objective
Problem-Solving Workshopt
- After short retrospective, address impediments using root cause analysis
1. Agree on problem to solve
2. Apply RCA (and 5 whys)
3. Identify biggest root-cause using Pareto analysis
4. Restate the new problem for the biggest root-cause
5. Brainstorm solutions
6. Identify improvement backlog items
Enabler
Supports the activities needed to extend the Architectural Runway to provide future business functionality. Includes exploration, architecture, infrastructure and compliance. [Show Less]