When the Marriage Law Postal Survey was announced, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) had only 90 days to execute the government’s vision. While similar programs in the ABS take many years to implement, ZXM’s challenge was to help them deliver rapidly, in accordance with their procurement and budget constraints, within the timeframe using scaled agile patterns and techniques.
ZXM focussed on providing “on the job” coaching of the ABS taskforce with a focus on supporting key subject matter experts in the program. We provided practical and pragmatic advice to the Taskforce’s Scrum Master and 15 workstream leads to make effective use of:
Our coaching of the Taskforce encompassed:
We helped the ABS reduce the time to market from years to 3-months.
We coached and supported everyone - executive, procurement, logistics, survey design, software - to work with agile.
Collaborative planning, coordination of hundreds of people, including vendors, with scaled agile practices.
Creating an agile capability delivery for Census 2021 to improve transparency, decrease rework, and improve the overall alignment of activities across the entire program.
Within 2 weeks remote guides were developed and provided to agile teams as they started to transition to working from home. The agile teams were able to pivot to the changes and stay productive in delivery.
Virtual big room planning events in SAFe® need a greater focus on communication to ensure that the same level of collaboration is achieved and can be done successfully through effective use of virtual tables, digital planning tools and chat rooms.
ZXM coach digital marketing company Fishbat to pivot faster with Scrum as its strategic operating model
Within 12 months, ZXM helped the program’s costs to reduce and its productivity to increase through a focus on quality and agility.
Value Stream Mapping highlighted to business and the solution development team, where there was duplication and waste and where they could streamline the process and work in parallel to deliver the features faster.
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