Organization Level

Applications and Market Variants

Applications and market versions are integrated, tested and approved products of the organization that can be sold in target markets to customers. They meet the requirements specified as a group from the Stakeholer Needs in the ” feature sets “. These are individually defined in the System Requirements & Functions as well as the Quality…

Organizational Artefacts

The Organization is the top level in P4 and organizes the portfolio. For this purpose, the Organization has a Portfolio Backlog with applications as elements, a Portfolio Kanban board and the organization DoD .   Each Organization has the following artifacts: The Organization’s Mission: Defines the purpose of the Organization and the rules of conduct…

Cluster Product Owner Group (CPOG)

The Cluster Product Owner Group consists of the Cluster Product Owners of all Clusters in the Organization, plus the Portfolio Owner. It has the overall responsibility for market and business side of the product development process on the Portfolio at the organizational level. The Cluster Product Owner Group including the Portfolio Owner has the following…

Cluster Scrum Master Group (CSMG)

The Cluster Scrum Master Group, consists of the Cluster Scrum Masters of the Clusters and the Organization Scrum Master (OSM) The group is responsible for the processes, infrastructure and the cultural side of the product development process at the organizational level . The CSMG maintains the Organization Improvement Backlog to plan and implement improvement projects .…

Cluster System Engineer Group (CSEG)

The Cluster System Engineer Group (CSEG) consists of the Cluster System Engineers of all Clusters in the Organization . At the organizational level, it corresponds to the role of the Working Team at the team level. Together with the Portfolio Architect , the Cluster System Engineer Group is responsible for the Technology and Architecture side…

Communities of Practice

Communities-of-Practice (CoP) are groups that deal with specific knowledge and experience topics. All employees have the opportunity to work in the self-organized CoPs within their “practice time” or training period. The P4 framework provides about 10% of the working time for this.   The Communities of Practices are about: Exchange of experience Training and personal…

Skills & Education

Skills & Education represent, in addition to the three main areas of Market & Business. Processes & Infrastructure, Technology & Architecture, a fourth orthogonal area in the P4 framework, which deals with the exchange of experience, learning and methods and tools of  special knowledge and experience practices. There can be a separate Community-of-Practice for each of these…

Management Circle of the Organization

The product development Organization is managed by a group of managers. The Portfolio Owner, the Portfolio Architect and the Organization Scrum Master form the Organization Management Circle (OMC). They support and complement each other in the decision-making of topics that reach their level or have been escalated to them by one of the three groups…

Organization Scrum Master (OSM)

The Organization Scrum Master is part of the  Cluster Scrum Master Group  and is responsible for the  infrastructure and processes  at the  organizational level  , ie the entire product development. The Organization Scrum Master forms  the  management of the entire Organization together with the  Portfolio architect  and the  Portfolio Owner . The OSM ensures that…

Organization

The Organization represents the top level in product development, and thus all people, roles and groups. It is also called the Portfolio Level. All of the Organization’s work is shown in the Portfolio Backlog with the greatest possible transparency.   Larger Organizations (over 100-150 people) are divided into different sub-organizations, which are called Cluster in…