AI-Native SAFe Series: Building the Operating Model for AI

Your Lean-Agile foundation. The speed of AI. One operating model.

This exclusive six-part series is a designed path into the new version of SAFe. Each session reveals the specific architectural shifts being built into the SAFe Framework to ensure your organization doesn’t just ‘do AI,’ but delivers value at the speed of AI. Witness the cumulative build of the world’s leading Lean-Agile Framework into the AI-Native SAFe operating model. Join us to learn how to bridge the gap between AI potential and real-world execution.

Join us as we unlock the operating model for the era of AI. If you cannot attend this series, view the recordings here.

When:

August 25, 2026, 9:00 am – August 25, 2026, 9:30 am MST

Where:

Live Virtual Webinar with Q&A (APAC and EMEA/Americas Sessions)

Who:

Agile Coach, Change Agent, Consultant, Director, Executives, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Partners, SAFe Program Consultant, Scrum Master, SPC

Featured Sessions

AI-Native SAFe is the operating model for the AI-Native organization: How SAFe and your existing Lean-Agile ways of working evolve to help organizations deliver value faster with AI-Augmented teams, workflows, and decision-making.
From Outputs to Outcomes with AI-Native SAFe: Learn how AI-Native SAFe helps organizations align strategy, investment, and execution around measurable business outcomes.
AI-Native SAFe Teams and ARTs: Understand how Agile Release Trains, teams, and ways of working change when AI becomes part of daily delivery.
Reimagining PI Planning and SAFe events for the age of AI: Explore how PI Planning, coordination, and delivery flow evolve to match the speed of AI.
Building AI-Empowered products with continuous innovation and governance: Understand how AI drives changes in innovation, governance, compliance, and continuous improvement cycles across the enterprise.
Adopting AI-Native SAFe: Recognize the steps to migrate from your existing practices to AI-Native SAFe.

Why Attend?

You’ve spent years building a culture of Lean-Agile excellence. Now, don’t let the confusion of AI sabotage your future. While the market is flooded with AI hype, successful organizations know that technology is only as good as the operating model it runs on.

Count Me In!

Speakers

Andrew Sales

Chief Methodologist & Chief Product Officer

Rebecca Davis

SAFe Methodologist, Framework Team

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Philips

“The Lean Portfolio Management is really unique for our business and now it’s being requested all over the place, because it really was a game changer. We outperformed in 2023 financially. We achieved our OKRs. The strategy was super clear. We had improved our quality significantly. So we didn’t have any major noncompliance… and most importantly we gained back the trust from the markets and the customers first.”

—Ruti Avitan, VMO Leader, EMR & CM, Philips

Industry:

Healthcare, Medical Devices, Technology

Quick Facts:

Philips Global has 18 businesses across multiple continents, including 5 informatics businesses, which have adopted SAFe
In 2021, Philips Global invested 1.8 billion euros in research and development across all its business units
The Philips EMR & CM informatics products alone improve the lives of 95 million patients every year
Informatics customers include more than 9,000 hospitals across 70 countries

Lessons Learned:

Transformation is possible in a highly regulated environment like healthcare. Philips EMR & CM assigned a person to each team who was dedicated to documentation and validation in order to reduce delays and meet the more than 27 different compliance requirements they faced.
By moving away from an endless backlog of service tickets and managing defects to developing new tools and services, teams create more room for growth and innovation. They do this by defining epics, MVPs, and understanding value streams.
People-centric innovation: Philips asked themselves, what do people (in this case, patients and clinicians, nurses and technicians, consumers) really need? And how can they best support healthcare professionals with their workflow?
Sometimes focusing on fewer projects allows for greater scale, more innovation, better quality, and better flow of value to the customer.

Overview

In the past decade, Philips has transformed from a household products company to a focused leader in healthcare technology. The company offers medical devices such as CT and MRI machines, healthcare devices for personal use such as toothbrushes, and informatic systems for hospitals.

Philips has five informatics or software business units ranging from electronic medical records (EMR) and care management to clinical informatics, radiology, cardiovascular, and more. They began their SAFe transformation within informatics. “When I joined, this business specifically was fully waterfall, very hierarchical, especially in the R&D organization,” says Ruti Avitan, VMO Leader of the EMR & CM informatics business at Philips. “It was a business in trouble. We had a lot of red projects because of delays. We have more than 25 projects running in parallel. Each one had a different delivery date. We had escalation from customers on quality, and so on. So the motivation to do something was really high.”

Beginning in 2022, SAFe allowed the organization to define a Lean-Agile way of working and move from the traditional hierarchy to cross-functional teams. They shifted from project to product centricity, enhanced their knowledge, reduced the backlog, and made room for innovation. The result is an enterprise that is people- and patient-centric, focused on scalable innovations that prioritize safety, patient outcomes, supply chain resilience, and quality.

“When I joined, this business specifically was fully waterfall, very hierarchical, especially in the R&D organization… It was a business in trouble. We had a lot of red projects because of delays. We have more than 25 projects running in parallel. Each one has a different delivery date. We had escalation from customers on quality and so on. So the motivation to do something was really high.”

—Ruti Avitan, VMO Leader, EMR & CM, Philips

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Meet SAFe CoPilot

Meet SAFe® CoPilot

Join us for a SAFe Studio exclusive experience where you’ll Meet SAFe® CoPilot!

When:

June 27, 2024, 10:00 am – June 27, 2024, 11:00 am MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Agile Coach, Product Manager, Product Owner, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Program Consultant, Scrum Master

Event Overview

Generative AI tools like SAFe CoPilot have unlocked significant productivity gains for SAFe roles. By reducing the routine, repetitive tasks that create toil for the individual contributor, SAFe CoPilot enables more ‘time in zone’ for higher-order, critical thinking work. In this interactive session, we will unravel the potent capabilities of SAFe® CoPilot by diving into the tool in real time.

We’ll also discuss its positive impact on SAFe roles and how SAFe® CoPilot offers a competitive edge in the tech development landscape.

Speakers

William Kammersell

Director of Product Management, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Unlock Unprecedented Productivity: The Flow Metrics Path to Agile Success

Whether you are new to the concept of flow metrics or looking to deepen your understanding and application, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to start leveraging flow metrics for remarkable improvements in your organizational performance.

When:

April 24, 2024, 10:00 am – April 24, 2024, 11:00 am MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Agile Leaders, LACE Leader, Product Manager, SAFe Practice Consultant, SAFe Program Consultant, Transformation Leader

Event Overview

In today’s competitive business landscape, attaining enterprise agility is more crucial than ever. Many are intrigued by the potential of Value Stream Management (VSM), yet find it intimidating and overly complex, even a colossal challenge. What if the journey to enterprise agility could be significantly simplified?

This session focuses on demystifying “flow metrics” – it’s the fastest and most effective path to extract immediate value for any organization. Flow metrics offer a lens through which organizations can view the efficiency, speed, and quality of work moving through their processes.

By attending this webinar, you will learn:

– What Flow Metrics Are: An introduction to flow metrics and their role in tracking the movement and delivery of value in the enterprise.

– Why They Matter: Explore the critical importance of flow metrics in identifying bottlenecks, reducing waste, and improving overall system performance, leading to enhanced enterprise agility.

– How to Get Started: Practical steps to begin collecting and analyzing flow metrics, even without fully implementing Value Stream Management (VSM). We’ll break down the seeming complexity of VSM, showing how any organization can derive significant value from flow metrics.

–Transformative Insights: Discover the kinds of insights flow metrics can provide and how these insights can be used to make informed decisions, prioritize work, and drive continuous improvement.

Speakers

Marc Rix

Methodologist, SAFe® Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Brad Kramer

Pre-sales Solution Engineer at Atlassian

Co-Presented by:

Improving Portfolio Outcomes with Real Options

Real options promote flexibility in decision-making and enable organizations to pivot, change course, or seize new opportunities as circumstances evolve.

When:

May 21, 2024, 12:00 pm – May 21, 2024, 1:00 pm MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Consultant, Director, LACE Member, Program or Project Manager, SAFe Program Consultant, Transformation Leader

Event Overview

In this one hour session, you’ll receive an overview of:

• Similar to Options contracts: The right but not the obligation to purchase or sell (i.e. Gets and Puts, respectively).

• Financial Framework: a financial decision-making framework based on ROI and probabilities

• Strategic Flexibility: enabling organizations to reduce risk, better use of capital, and avoid sunk costs.

Don’t miss it!

Speakers

Joe Vallone

Principal Consultant, SPCT/SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Claus Hirzmann, Dipl.-Ing., MBA

Co-founder at Strategic-Finance SAS

Event Sponsors

February RTE Circle

From RTE to Flow Master: Achieving Synergy with ART Kanban

When:

February 22, 2024, 9:00 am – February 22, 2024, 11:00 am

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Release Train Engineer

Event Overview

Imagine exchanging ideas, troubleshooting challenges, and recounting tales with fellow RTEs and STEs worldwide without leaving the comfort of your home.

You’ve just described RTE Circles. And you’re invited.

Speakers

Mike Alber

Director of Community Engagement

Charlen M. Cuenca

SAFe Fellow, SPCT

SAFe Day Government 2024

When:

May 8, 2024, 8:00 am – May 9, 2024, 5:00 pm EST

Where:

Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004

Who:

Event Overview

Join us as we explore Empowering Government Transformation through Agile Innovation. SAFe Day Government explores the paradigm shift in the Federal government when fostering a culture of Agile innovation. This conference brings together visionary leaders, policymakers, and Agile practitioners to explore and champion the adoption of Agile methodologies in government. Through collaborative discussions, real-world case studies, and interactive sessions, we aim to inspire, educate, and empower government agencies to embrace agility as a fundamental driver of positive change.

SPC Welcome Webinar

Our next SPC Welcome Webinar is exclusively for new SPCs.

When:

December 5, 2024, 10:00 am – December 5, 2024, 11:00 am MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Consultant, Director, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Program Consultant

Event Overview

We will review the many tools and resources available to ensure your success as a SAFe® trainer and coach.

– Ready to Train online learning
– Course enablement + validation
– Purchasing licenses
– Downloading courseware
– Creating courses
– Virtual classroom (optional, for remote setting)
– Uploading roster
– FAQs
– Other valuable resources

Speakers

Mike Alber

Director, Community Engagement at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Garren Watkins

Product Manager at Scaled Agile, Inc.

SPC Welcome Webinar

Our next SPC Welcome Webinar is exclusively for new SPCs.

When:

June 12, 2024, 10:00 am – June 12, 2024, 11:00 am MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Consultant, Director, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Program Consultant

Event Overview

We will review the many tools and resources available to ensure your success as a SAFe® trainer and coach.

Speakers

Mike Alber

Director, Community Engagement at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Garren Watkins

Product Manager at Scaled Agile, Inc.

SPC Welcome Webinar

Our next SPC Welcome Webinar is exclusively for new SPCs.

When:

March 6, 2024, 10:00 am – March 6, 2024, 11:00 am MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Consultant, Director, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Program Consultant

Event Overview

We will review the many tools and resources available to ensure your success as a SAFe® trainer and coach.

Speakers

Mike Alber

Director, Community Engagement at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Garren Watkins

Product Manager at Scaled Agile, Inc.

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