Increased efficiency by reducing bottlenecks, streamlining operations
Optimal team member utilization, reduced labor per unit of value cost
Improved quality due to the iterative process allowing identification and solutions to potential issues as they occur, increased quality built in
Streamlined communications reduces bottlenecks and increases transparency
Accurate budgeting and forecasting due to less wasted efforts and more transparency into future work
Less wasted efforts and rework to increase operational efficiency
Business agility allows adaptation to new opportunities and market fluctuations
Customers have a higher satisfaction rate due to the customer centric approach
Reduced risk and more visibility into risks as they occur
Revenue growth from an overall smoother process, less rework, better Business Agility, happier customers
Impacts of Process to Productivity:
What happens if practices and procedures that slow us down are allowed to continue, and what do we do about it?
Missed opportunities, reduced innovation
Define and focus on priorities will increase competitive advantage
Major Growing Pains!
Why is it important to have a scalable organization structure, and how do we implement it?
Misalignment between leadership, management, and builders causes lost visions, misaligned efforts, complicated root cause identification, meeting overload
Scaled meeting structure reduces rework, confusion about priorities, report time efficiency
What are some of the top most common solutions?
Discovery - Organization retrospective and assessment.
Discovery - Value Stream Mapping, Journey Mapping, Impact Mapping, Story Mapping, Road Mapping, Design Thinking - all proactive customer and stakeholder information gathering sessions.
Scaling - Quarterly plannings, scaled daily report system, scaled team structure and collaboration between stakeholders and Product Owners to create the most valuable epics and features.
Agility training to understand the true mindset behind great productivity and collaboration.
Meeting Mapping to consolidate agendas and facilitation training to create a collaborative decision.
Tooling- Consolidated and simplified tooling and access to communications and project plans.
Backlog hierarchy and Product Backlog management and reporting dashboards.
Document repository - Simplified document repository and org structure.
Technology - High Level Documentation systems, CICD (Continuous Improvement Continuous Deployment) or smaller releases, developer’s autonomy, Quality Assurance at team level, standardization of procedures, Definition of Done.
Training and Knowledge Transfer (KT) system, ongoing training and professional development configuration to help you achieve your business objectives.