Scrum, XP, and Kanban are familiar agile methods. Now in the second decade of their adoption, agile methods continue to help organizations worldwide respond to change and shorten the time to deliver value. An overwhelming 88 percent of executives cite organizational agility as key to global success. So, in recent years, many have begun scaling their early agile adoptions beyond individual teams to programs, portfolios, and the enterprise. Even though today’s scaling techniques are not yet fully understood, new scaling frameworks continue to emerge. Join Sanjiv Augustine to explore this exciting area and discover approaches to scale agile in a way that makes the best sense for your organization. Also understand how does one transition into a leadership role to create an adaptive organization with faster results, higher quality, and unparalleled innovation.

Questions

1. What are the attributes of an Agile Leader?

* Be a change agent
* Build a team
* Trust the team

2. My company had successfully implemented a pilot project with Agile. We are very happy with the results, we want to spread the love to the rest of the company. What should I do?

* You can drive the change at the rate at which it can absorb it
* 3 projects (some variety) - 3-6 months
* Leadership - set some goals
* Extended pilot - 6 months
* Enterprise roll out
* Top down support - bottom-up momentum  

3. In your opinion, what are the top 3 challenges that organisations face when scaling agile?

* Silos
* Creating a new value stream
* developing and sustaining the discipline 

Brad Anderson, CEO, Best Buy - Organizations have habits, and they will stick to their habits even at the risk of their own survival.

Organizational structures have a short life... Nobody likes to reorganize, and you always run the risk that you distract your employees and lose focus on customers. But if you don't do it, you lose your competitive edge.

4. Is PMO still relevant? How successful are they in moving from Process Police to Adaptive Leadership?

* Middle layer of management - org inertia 
* Business value and Predictable delivery - instead of just checklist based process consistency 
* Org. wide Visibility 

5. What can large enterprises learn from Startups?

* Sustained Innovation 

6. What can startups learn from large enterprises?

* Productive edge of chaos - Psychological Flow - Sustainable Flow

7. Scrum of Scrums, Lean-Agile PMO, Spotify Model, Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®), Large
 Scale Scrum (LeSS), Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) and Scaled Professional Scrum - Nexus™ - Are we going overboard with these scaling techniques/frameworks?

8. Can you please give a quick overview of the five core lean principles which act as building blocks/foundation for various scaling techniques/frameworks

* Limit WIP,
* Manage The Flow,
* Grow Small Stable Teams,
* Build a Network of Small Teams,
* Improve Continuously

9. You are the Chair of the Agile Alliance's Agile Executive Forum (AEF) What’s happening to it?