Globo is Brazil’s largest TV network serving 100 million viewers in 130 countries.
Like many other media companies, Globo needed to accelerate its digital transformation journey. Their waterfall project approach did not support the speed that was needed to meet this challenge. They needed an Agile approach! But how do you implement Agile in a highly complex environment with hundreds of legacy solutions and a silo-based culture?
Both culture and technology had to be transformed. After some small Agile initiatives, TV Globo decided to adopt SAFe. They started bottom-up. The IT Director sponsored their first implementation of SAFe in two main business areas: Commercial and Content Production. The results after the first year of implementation were impressive. Leaving behind their “who is right” or “who is guilty” approach, business and technology areas were able to work more closely with a value-driven approach. The empowerment and engagement that resulted from aligning business and tech around the same purpose and company priorities resulted in significant improvements:
– 20% cost reduction
– 24% improvement in employee engagement
– 86% improvement in customer satisfaction
Inspired by these early results, Globo expanded its practice of SAFe. New Value Streams were implemented in other areas, this time sponsored by the C-level, and Globo is designing their roadmap to expand the implementation throughout the company. It has been an exciting, challenging, and rewarding journey so far!
Presented at the 2021 Global SAFe Summit, October 2021 by:
Luciana Povoa, Head of Content Production Solutions /Globo
