Competencies for Business Agility Flashcards
What are the seven core competencies for achieving Business Agility
What are the seven core compentencies required for Buisness Agility?
- Team and Technical Agility
- Agile Product Delivery
- Enterprize Solution Delivery
- Lean Portfolio Managment
- Organizational Agility
- Continuous Leaning Culture
- Lean Agile Leaderhip
What are the dimensions associated with
Team and Technical Agility
- Agile Teams
- Teams of Agile Teams
- Build in Quality
Team and Technical Agility
Describes the critical skills and Lean-Agile principles and practices that high performing Agile Teams and teams of Agile Teams use to create high-quality solutions for their customers
The Team and Technical Agility competency
Describes the critical skills and Lean-Agile principles/practices that high performing Agile Teams and teams of Agile Teams use to create high-quality solutions for their customers.
* Agile Teams - High-performing, cross-functional teams anchor the competency by applying effective Agile principles and practices
* Team of Agile Teams - Agile Teams operate within the context of a SAFe Agile Release Train (ART), a long-lived team of Agile Teams that provides a shared vision and direction and is ultimately responsible for delivering solution outcomes
* Built-in Quality - All Agile Teams apply defined Agile practices to create high quality, well-designed solutions that support current and future business needs.
What are the dimensions associated with
Agile Product Delivery
- Customer Centricity and Design Thinking
- Develop on Cadence; Release on Demand
- DevOps and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Agile Product Delivery
A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services to customers and users.
Agile Product Delivery is a customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services to customers and users.
* Customer Centricity and Design Thinking - Customer Centricity puts the customer at the center of every decision and uses design thinking to ensure the solution is desirable, feasible, viable, and sustainable
* Develop on Cadence; Release on Demand - Developing on cadence helps manage the variability inherent in product development and decoupling the
release of value from that cadence ensures that customers can get what they
need when they need it
* DevOps and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline - DevOps and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline create the foundation that enables enterprises to release value, in whole or in part, at any time it’s needed
What are the dimensions associated with
Enterprize Solution Delivery
- Lean System Engineering
- Coordinating Tains and Supplies
- Continually Evolve Live Systems
Enterprise Solution Delivery
The Enterprise Solution Delivery competency
Describes how to apply Lean-Agile principles and practices to the specification, development, deployment, operation, and evolution of the world’s largest and most sophisticated software applications, networks, and cyber-physical systems.
* Lean Systems Engineering - Applies Lean-Agile practices to align and coordinate all the activities necessary to specify, design, implement, test, deploy,
evolve, and ultimately decommission systems
* Coordinating Trains and Suppliers - Coordinates and aligns the extended set of Value Streams to a shared business and technology mission using the coordinated Vision, Backlogs, and Roadmaps with common Planning Interval (PI) and synchronization points
* Continually Evolve Live Systems - Ensures that both the development pipeline and the large systems support continuous delivery of value, both during and after release into the field.
What are the dimensions associated with
Lean Portfolio Management
- Strategy and Investment Funding
- Lean Governance
- Agile Portfolio Operations
Lean Portfolio Management
Aligns strategy and execution by applying Lean and systems thinking approaches to strategy
and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance.
Lean Portfolio Management
- aligns strategy and execution by applying Lean and systems thinking approaches to strategy and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance.
* Strategy and Investment Funding - Ensures that the entire portfolio is aligned and funded to create and maintain the solutions needed to meet business targets; it requires the cooperation of Business Owners, portfolio stakeholders, technologists, and Enterprise Architects
* Lean Governance - Manages spending, audit and compliance, forecasting expenses, and measurement; it requires the engagement of the Value
Management Office/Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (VMO/LACE), Business Owners, and Enterprise Architects.
* Agile Portfolio Operations- Coordinates and supports decentralized ART execution, enabling operational excellence; it requires the cooperation of the VMO, LACE, and Communities of Practice (CoPs) for Release Train Engineers
(RTEs) and Scrum Masters/Team Coaches
What are the dimensions associated with
Organization Agility
- Lean-thinking People and Agile Teams
- Lean Business Operations
- Strategy Agility
Organizational Agility
The Organizational Agility competency describes how Lean thinking people and Agile Teams optimize their business processes, evolve strategy with clear and decisive new commitments, and quickly adapt the organization as needed to capitalize on new opportunities.
* Lean-thinking People and Agile Teams- This state occurs when everyone involved in solution delivery is trained in Lean and Agile methods and embraces and embodies the values, principles, and practices.
* Lean Business Operations - Teams apply Lean principles to understand, map, and continuously improve the business processes that support the business’s products and services
* Strategy Agility- This state occurs when the enterprise shows the ability and adaptability needed to sense the market and quickly change strategy
What are the dimensions associated with
Continuous Leaning Culture
- Learning Organization
- Innovation Culture
- Relentless Improvement
Continuous Learning Culture
The Continuous Learning Culture competency
Describes a set of values and practices that encourages individuals—and the
enterprise as a whole—to continually increase knowledge, competence, performance, and innovation
* Learning Organization - Employees at every level are learning and growing so that the organization can transform and adapt to an ever-changing world
* Innovation Culture - Employees are encouraged and empowered to explore and implement creative ideas that enable future value delivery
* Relentless Improvement - Every part of the enterprise focuses on continuously improving its solutions, products, and processes
What are the dimensions associated with
Lean Agile Leadership
- Mindset and Principles
- Leading by Example
- Leading Change
Lean-Agile Leadership
Describes how Lean-Agile Leaders drive and sustain organizational change and operational
excellence by empowering individuals and teams to reach their highest potential
The Lean-Agile Leadership competency
Describes how Lean-Agile Leaders drive and sustain organizational change and operational excellence (by empowering individuals and teams to reach their highest potential)
* Mindset and Principles - By embedding the Lean-Agile way of working in their beliefs, decisions, responses, and actions, leaders model the expected norm
throughout the organization
* Leading by Example - Leaders gain earned authority by modelling the desired behaviors for others to follow, inspiring them to incorporate the leader’s example into their development journey
* Leading Change - Leaders lead (rather than support) the transformation by creating the environment, preparing the people, and providing the necessary
resources to realize the desired outcomes
