The Big Room training was our game changer: within two days, the entire team was speaking the same language. Decisions that previously took weeks, were now made in days.
Managing Director
COMNOVO
COMNOVO (the safety tech. provider of the KION subsidiary „Linde Material Handling“) develops and deploys the „Linde Safety Guard“, an ultra-wideband system to protect people, floor vehicles, and infrastructure in real-time.
Initial Situation & Pain Points
The management team sought a methodology that would structure scaled work and collaboration without stifling the spirit of innovation.
More features → more dependencies: Hardware, firmware, and cloud teams worked at different speeds; dependencies increased by around 40%.
Delayed releases: Decisions had to be coordinated across brands and locations.
High expectations and market pressure: Customers demanded faster updates, whilst competitors such as Toyota Industries and Jungheinrich invested in similar security solutions.
Our Approach
The Why & urgency: ½-day executive workshop to develop a common vision and leading indicators for measuring success
Big room training (>60 participants): Two days of training the basics + planning preparation in one room
Role enablement: Hands-on qualifications for RTE, product management, system architects.
Value stream and ART design: Management, architects, and Scrum Masters defined an ART (Agile Release Train) with eight teams.
Quick start: Team training was conducted in the first week, and the first PI planning took place in the second week
Results
On-time delivery increased from 55% to over 80%.
Time-to-market per feature: Before the change, it took about 9 months to bring a feature to market; after the change, it took just under 6 months.
Defect rate in the field: 1/1000 deployments improved to 0.7/1000 deployments.
Team engagement score: 3.2/5 rose to 4.0/5