Product quality, consistent & predictive delivery and quicker time to market are the key challenges the organization is trying to address today. Continuous Innovation is constrained due to the above issues and hence there is need to find a new way of product development which can meet the dynamic business needs, foster people engagement and deliver meaningful products to the world.
Target
ScaledAgile has been used as a framework for product development across the organization global. The whole organization is undergoing a transformation from waterfall way of working to the SAFe agile way of working and roadmap is till 2019.
Agile Initiative
The Framework used for the transformation can be summarized into 4 major steps
Develop products in the Agile way with focus on Basic Agile practices (Scrum)
Establish Product Ownership with focus on Enabling Scaling aspects (SAFe practices)
Establish a release pipeline with continuous integration (supported by Automation)
Adopt a DevOps Culture with focus on Continuous delivery (to production environment)
This includes a comprehensive diagnosis of the various business processes, agile practices and behavior, engineering practices, delivery maturity and recommendations for the transition. A coaching and tooling plan is also an outcome of the diagnostics.