Scaling agile in a fast growth environment!

1. Supporting governments and
corporations in achieving savings
The Story of Agile
@ VORTAL
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2. Who I am…
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Rui Barreira
Senior Delivery Manager/Agile Coach
@ VORTAL
Agile Enthusiast since 2008
Experienced Software Architect and
Product Manager
pt.linkedin.com/in/ruimbarreira/
rui.barreira@vortal.biz

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Once upon a time
in the end of 2012…

4. The Reality
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Software Development became
core to business
New IT Development Unit
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5. The Heroes
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6. The Challenges
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Communication
DeliveryRequirements
~14.000.000 lines

7. Team Organization
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PRODUCT OWNER
ARCHITECTURE
GROUP
TECHNICAL LEAD
SCRUM MASTER
TEAM MEMBER

8. The Practices
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Management
Scrum based1
Daily Meetings, Planning
& Retrospective2
3 weeks cycle3
Engineering
Continuous Integration1
Peer Review2
Incremental Design3

9. The Board
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10. Retrospective
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14 Releases / 10 Months
Fully committed team
Responsive to Change
Lack of continuous improvement
Lack of external process visibility

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Going to
SOUTH AMERCIA!

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Global Challenge

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Team ”Upgrade”
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Functional
Experts
30
Software
Engineers
25+ Different
Backgrounds
Rich Experience
Portfolio.
250+ Accumulated Years Of Experience
…and Growing!

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Some current Heroes

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Streams & Workgroup
Projects Mainline Technical FastTrack Innovation
Functional
Analysis
Scrum of
Scrums
Architecture
Workgroup

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Backlogs
Strategic
Roadmap
All the features of
product roadmap
Stream’s Backlog
All the features of a
particular stream
Sprint Backlog
Stories for the
sprint

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Sprints & Acceptance
Sprint 1
% Functional Analysis Acceptance
FRDxxx
Week 2
% Development
FRDxxx
Week 4 Week 6Week 5
% Development
FRDzzz
% Development
FRDzzz
Week 3
Sprint 2
Sprint 3
% Functional Analysis Acceptance
FRDyyy
Week 9
% Development
FRDyyy
Week 8
% Development
FRDyyy
Week 7
% Functional Analysis Acceptance
FRDzzz
Week 1
% Development
FRDxxx
FA check point FA check point
FA check point FA check point
FA check point FA check point

18. Global Control
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19. Done is better than perfect
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Development
Finished Report
Code Commented
and Committed to
Line
Technical
Requirement
Document
Unit Tests
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20. Practice, repetition, learn, adapt
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Team Lists 10
Problems
Act
Find
Options
Prioritize
Review
2 more
problems

21. There is always someone slower
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Create Trust and Rapport
Observe and Assess
Ask Powerful Questions
Challenge and Give Feedback
Hold Accountable

22. Retrospective
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7000 hours delivered
Focus on people
Continuous improvement
Bigger team, less proximity
Automate, Automate, Automate

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COMMITMENT

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COLLECTIVE
OWNERSHIP

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COMMUNICATION &
COLLABORATION

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PEOPLE

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THIS IS HOW WE DO IT
AND YOU?

29. THANKS
for your attention
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