Case Study: SAFe Implementation in global Retail
Case Study: SAFe Implementation in global Retail
Our client - the largest global Retail company, operating both through traditional sales outlets and through eСommerce.
Problematic space:
Cross business line core retail platform change, to close the massive gap in unearned revenue.
Two budget owners.
14 teams from multiple development centers: London, Chennai, Phoenix, Seattle, Irvine.
Stable and predictable team level delivery, with no cross-team features delivery for the last 6 months.
2+ years development horizon.
Team use Scrum, Kanban, Ad-Hoc development.
Architect team is NYC-based.
Solution
Scaled Agile Framework as a basic framework communication and cross team dependency resolution.
1.5 months PI cadence, with one-week iterations.
Development Center Rotation (DCR) and Virtual Conference DCR (VC DCR) events for each innovation sprint.
Kickoff for the ART just before the first PI planning.
Onboarding of the key roles in advance.
Results
Business impact is measured in mid-$100Ms.
Stable and predictable 6-7 cross team feature delivery per each 1.5 months PI.
After success on the ART level, SAFe was extended into the portfolio level, with the portfolio Kanban.
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