GOLDEN TIPS

TO MAKE SAP AGILE SUCCESFUL Jens Broetzmann

March 2015

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My SAP Agile History

2009

1st Agile Concept

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

ASAP 7 Agile Add-On

AGILE Training SAP Agile Discovery Service

Kanban for SAP

ASAP 8 Agile Roadmap

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WHAT I WANT: YING YANG BUSINESS & IT ALIGNMENT

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WHAT I DO NOT WANT: FRAGILE INSTEAD OF AGILE

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START WITH THE RIGHT EXPECTATIONS

AGILE is not a short-term cost reduction activity

According to Gartner,

“One of the biggest mistakes companies make with Lean is focusing too heavily on driving

cost out of the business. If you approach Lean with that attitude, you are bound to fail. ” Steve Bell, Michael Orzen: Lean IT

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ENABLE THE PRODUCT OWNER ROLE / BUSINESS ALIGNMENT

(Not just on paper)

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CHALLENGE THE REQUIREMENTS

What do you think:

How many features (%) of a

typical software product are

used always or often?

How many features (%) are never

used?

Features Used of a typical software system

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SAP Agile Project Example: 49% of the original requirements were

not necessary for a succesful Go-Live after 7 Sprints

Parked 29%

Cancelled 20%

Done in Sprint 1 4%

Done in Sprint 2 7%

Done in Sprint 3 9%

Done in Sprint 4 7%

Done in Sprint 5 8%

Done in Sprint 6 6%

Done in Sprint 7 6%

Done after Sprint 7 4%

Product Backlog: User Stories in Points

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ADOPTING AGILE IN ORGANISATION

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ADOPTING AGILE IN ORGANISATION

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SEE & IMPROVE THE WHOLE VALUE STREAM

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Where can I find more SAP Agile information?

www.sap.nl/agile

Agile Whitepaper (en)

• SAP Agile Community

Agile ASAP in SAP Service

Marketplace

SAP Agile Training (WNSLA)

More than 500 participants

successfully trained all over

Europe | Net Promoter Score:

8,9

Can be also provided as onsite

one or two day customer

specific project training

SAP Agile Discovery Workshop

With the SAP Agile Discovery

Workshop at your location we

show you what SAP Agile is all

about and what it takes to make it

a succes for your SAP projects.

I want to discover

what SAP Agile can

mean for us

Where can I find more

general information?

I want to learn how to

use SAP Agile for my

projects

Jens Broetzmann

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Efficiency is doing things right, while effectiveness is doing the

right things

Jens Broetzmann

SAP Agile Consultant & Trainer

Business Transformation Services | SAP Netherlands

+31 6 53 43 24 23 | jens.broetzmann@sap.com

www.linkedin.com/in/jensbroetzmann

My objective

Help customers to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of SAP Project

implementations.

►More than 13 years experience in SAP project implementations.

► CSM | CSPO | Lean Green Belt | Design Thinking Coach

► Founder SAP NL Agile Initiative & Agile Concept

► Major SAP Agile customers: DSM | ERIKS | AKZO NOBEL | ACHMEA |

NIDERA | ZKB | MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY