The Seven Samurai Kanban for Self-Propagating Transformation
1. Self-Propagating Transformation &
The Seven Samurai Kanban
eXponential
Simple
Continuous
Autonomous
Learning
Ecosystem
A L L I A N C E
eXponential
Simple
Continuous
Autonomous
Learning
Ecosystem
A L L I A N C E
3. XSCALE Alliance is the Linux of the agile world,
an open, honorable ecosystem of prominent
independent agilists. Not a certificate mill:
• We don’t certify roles; we use recommendation
chains to qualify real world capability.
• We hand-select coaches via direct experience
of their work, not “greasy pole” bureaucracy.
• We have no trainers. All XSCALE coaches train
and all collaborate on shared training collateral,
keeping it up with real state-of-the-art agility.
eXponential
Simple
4. Recognized by …
Market Guide to Enterprise
Agile Frameworks 2016 & 2017
Partner
Institutional Member
eXponential
Simple
6. Scaling is an anti-pattern that slows flow of learnings
through an organization because of:
• Big meetings
• Deep hierarchies
• Long feedback loops
XSCALE doesn’t scale agile. It de-scales organization.
But de-scaling doesn’t mean down-sizing. It means
Self-directing portfolios of
Self-managing streams of
Self-organizing teams.
19. Agile Organization
“Seven Samurai” Self-Propagating Transformation
Change features are
prioritized breadth-first
to maximize impact and
minimize WIP.
We represent
change progress using
“Seven Samurai” Kanban
& Throughput Diagrams
21. 〉Products are service ecosystems
〉Product return curves are sigmoids
〉Don’t chain the curves; stack them
eXponential
return
22. 〉Design means the elegance of minimum
〉Not look and feel; how the ecosystem works
〉Design, Delivery & Devops work hand-in-glove
Simple
design
BUILDLEARN
MEASURE
TESTS
DATA CODE
REFACTOR
23. 〉At one time there’s one bottleneck constraint
〉Work on other constraints is premature
〉Because it won’t increase Throughput
Continuous
throughput
Throughput
24. 〉Self-organising teams don’t have masters
〉Self-managing streams don’t have owners
〉Leadership as a Service + Chapters & Councils
Autonomous
Teams
25. 〉Value flow, work flow, and flow of learning
〉Self-organizing transformation: steel threads
〉Continuous Delivery x Continuous Adaptation
triple loop
Learning
27. XSCALE isn’t a framework, but a set of practice pattern
languages for Agile Organization:
• XBA: Executive Business Agility:
De-scaling chapters and councils, self-propagating
transformation and throughput accounting
• XPM: Exponential Product Management:
Breadth-first, set-based, scientific, collaborative
market-impact-driven product squads.
• XAP: Extreme Agile Delivery:
XP, CI/CDD, Mob Refactoring and 3D Kanban
• XDO: Extended DevOps:
“B2D2” - using BDD in production -> qualitative
analytics driving real “Three Way” DevOps.
28. has negotiated a special price on
XSCALE Business Agility
training with India’s first XBA Coach
Ashish Mishra
Gurgaon 24-25 March 2018
https://www.townscript.com/e/xba-exponential-
business-agility-134321