Empowering teams for the 21 st Century CA Agile Central
Helping agile teams thrive with modern ways of working In order to realize the full power of agile solutions and stay competitive, organizations need to effectively leverage the work of all their teams. This requires a certain amount of uniformity in technology and processes to facilitate cross-team communication, access to data and roll-up reporting. At the same time, we know that agile teams function best when empowered to deliver incremental value by moving with speed and flexibility. 2
Eliminating the conflict between team autonomy and strategic alignment Agile teams often struggle to operate within enterprise scaled organizations. Their lean, flexible approach is at odds with slow-moving operational processes. 70% 70 percent of Scrum team members report tension between their agile teams and the rest of the organization. 1 3 1 Scrum Alliance, The State of Scrum Report, 2017 Edition, May 2017
Agile transformation begins with the team and every team works a little bit differently. The right solutions play a key role in aligning strategy to execution and encouraging agile behavior throughout the business. The Team Board feature in CA Agile Central gives teams the flexibility to get agile projects started quickly without admin assistance. The streamlined, intuitive and modern way of working provides a better way to get work done and communicate. Team Board delivers the visibility the organization needs to ensure strategic alignment across teams. 4
It s about shifting culture, not just work CA Agile Central supports a more modern way of working, beyond the product interface. Our Services Team provides coaching, transformation consulting and classes to assist at all stages of the agile journey. Leveraging our expertise and best practices, we ll work with you to align project goals to the outcomes that are most important to your organization. 5
Scrum or Kanban? Yes. Teams need solutions that support their process, regardless of the way they work. At CA, we hear from our customers that they need a platform that can support agile process diversity for teams including Scrum, Kanban and even more traditional methodologies while facilitating better communication and reporting across the organization. With Team Board, all teams Scrum or Kanban can get started quickly, without admin assistance. Team members can see all their team s work in one place and can create, edit and move cards with ease. Kanban Usage 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 84% Our research has shown that, while many teams use Scrum, Kanban usage has increased by 84 percent over the last two years. 1 6 2016 2017 1 Scrum Alliance, The State of Scrum Report, 2016 Edition, Aug 2016
Discover the demands of the modern team Let s take a look at how CA Agile Central supports the unique needs of team members across an organization. 7
Meet Teresa Sr. Project Manager She has a lot on her plate. She s tasked with managing project commitments, backlogs and budgets, as well as reporting project status and escalating to management as needed. She has to develop project scopes and objectives involving all relevant stakeholders, use appropriate techniques to manage changes and measure project performance. I need to keep teams happy and on task, ensuring leadership has full visibility into the work we re doing. Pain points Missed commitments Chasing down accurate information Cumbersome reporting and data entry Wishlist Visibility into how my projects fit within the broader strategy Streamlined roll-ups 8
Meet Dan Lead Developer Dan leads and mentors a team of developers while still keeping his hands in the code. He creates and implements project backlogs, timelines and objectives, and he is responsible for providing direction as to how the team manages its work and communicates with others up and down the value stream. I need technology that supports our unique workflow and communication style while promoting discipline around how work is managed and reported on. Pain points Ineffective planning or lack of agile discipline Wasted efforts Demand outstrips our capacity Wishlist More efficient ways to communicate team s capacity Increased visibility into factors outside my team s work 9
Team Board Agile Central s Team Board bridges the gap between team-level autonomy and company strategy. New configuration capabilities give development teams more freedom to track and flow work in accordance with their team s customized process. At the same time, it helps align that team s work to higher objectives and makes reporting both easier and more accurate. Easy to use get up and running without admin assistance Increase collaboration amongst team members Visualize work in process see all of your team s work in one place Drag-and-drop functionality Powerful configuration options 10
Quick Detail Pages Users can easily access work and make edits faster, saving time and increasing adoption of the product. Streamlined user experience Access and edit details without leaving page view 11
Personalized Navigation Users can customize and prioritize their navigational menu based on the pages and views that they use the most. Create bookmarks for preferred views Faster and simpler access to work 12
The Bottom Line CA Agile Central makes it easy for organizations to become agile. It s the agile management platform that encourages meaningful collaboration across teams and best practices across the organization. Agile teams Agile teams get intuitive features that enable them to move fast and autonomously, while adapting to modern work demands: Continuously improve team processes without admin assistance Empower teams to use any agile methodology Visualize bottlenecks for continuous improvement Agile businesses Agile businesses get the visibility they need to ensure those teams are aligned to higher business goals: Align execution and delivery to strategy Encourage best practices around data management and reporting Easily tie work to company initiatives providing visibility to key stakeholders 13
CA Agile Central Empowered teams are the key to agile success It s not uncommon for organizations to experience tension between the more long-term requirements of their strategic planning and the more immediate needs of the agile teams. The good news is that with intuitive features like Team Board, implementing best practices across diverse teams doesn t have to be a burden on the teams themselves. In fact, it can help promote and enable more agile behaviors like autonomy, visibility and responsiveness across the enterprise. Learn how CA Agile Central can empower your teams to thrive in the modern enterprise, visit us at: ca.com/ca-agile-central CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) creates software that fuels transformation for companies and enables them to seize the opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart of every business, in every industry. From planning to development to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide to change the way we live, transact and communicate across mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe environments. Learn more at ca.com. Copyright 2018 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. This document is for your informational purposes only. CA assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CA provides this document as is without warranty of any kind, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. In no event will CA be liable for any loss or damage, direct or indirect, from the use of this document, including, without limitation, lost profits, business interruption, goodwill or lost data, even if CA is expressly advised in advance of the possibility of such damages. CS200-352853