B.H.A.G. - Sustainably faster delivery of solutions that delight customers

1. Success Factor: Organizational Priorities aligned with customer value

1.1. Measurable Condition: Collaborative prioritization with stakeholders

1.2. Measurable Condition: Stack ranked and prioritized backlogs using a consistent (unbiased) mechanism; e.g., WSJF

2. Success Factor: Faster time to market

2.1. Measurable Condition: High-performing, collaborative, cross-functional teams (taking any backlog work to the teams, not teams to the work via specialization)

2.2. Measurable Condition: Automated Testing, Continuous Integration, Automated Deployments

2.3. Measurable Condition: Balanced workload and capacity management; evidence of limiting WIP

2.4. Measurable Condition: Incremental Delivery (synchronized, on cadence, and on demand)

3. Success Factor: Engaged and Joyful People

3.1. Measurable Condition: Empowered, self-directed teams

3.2. Measurable Condition: Servant Leadership

3.3. Measurable Condition: Clear career path. clear and realistic expectations

4. Success Factor: Transparent and empirical view of organizational performance

4.1. Measurable Condition: Visible, useful metrics

4.2. Measurable Condition: Evidence of actions taken to inspect, adapt, and improve

5. Success Factor: Customer and stakeholder engagement

5.1. Measurable Condition: User/Stakeholder representation throughout the delivery process (e.g., dedicated product owners)

5.2. Measurable Condition: Delivery meets or exceeds agreed-upon high priority success criteria

5.3. Measurable Condition: Continuous prioritization and communication of user needs and responsiveness to change

6. Success Factor: Grow and sustain Agile Practices

6.1. Measurable Condition: Training & Coaching

6.2. Measurable Condition: Build of internal expertise (FTE) in critical roles

7. Success Factor: Alignment, synchronization, and support across the organization

7.1. Measurable Condition: Dedicated guided coalition leading the transformation

7.2. Measurable Condition: Clearly communicated vision & strategy (for each ART, Team of Teams, and Agile Team

7.3. Measurable Condition: Teams on aligned delivery cadence

8. Success Factor: Culture of continuous learning, improvement, and innovation

8.1. Measurable Condition: Innovation is fostered via regular hackathons or time set aside/allotted for innovation

8.2. Measurable Condition: Celebrate failed experiments

8.3. Measurable Condition: Leaders remove fear (from comparison/evaluation/failure)

9. Success Factor: Improved efficiency and productivity

9.1. Measurable Condition: Eliminating Waste

9.2. Measurable Condition: Efficiency in Spend

9.3. Measurable Condition: Continuous Delivery

9.4. Measurable Condition: Resources allocated to high priority and business value items only