Join us for our next New Member Welcome Webinar, exclusively for new members. We’ll review what you need to know in order to succeed as a newly certified SAFe professional.
When:
December 12, 2023, 10:00 am – December 12, 2023, 11:00 am MST
Virtually every large enterprise is exploring how they can use AI to gain a competitive advantage in the market. However, its potential for creating unintended consequences is equal to AI’s benefits.
When:
November 30, 2023, 10:00 am – November 30, 2023, 11:00 am MST
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Consultant, Product Manager, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master
In this webinar, we will explore the crucial aspects of integrating AI responsibly in today’s products and learn how SAFe can help ensure your AI endeavors are transparent, fair, and safeguarded.
• Compliance & Regulation: Understand the critical regulatory landscapes governing AI and how to navigate product development within these constraints.
• Ethical Considerations: Examine the moral imperatives of AI, from ensuring unbiased algorithms to the broader societal impacts and considerations.
• Transparency, Accuracy and security: Learn how to cultivate trust in AI products by ensuring clear decision-making processes, high accuracy rates, and robust security measures.
Speakers
Dr. Steve Mayner
VP Framework, Methodologist & SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
By reducing the routine, repetitive tasks that create toil for the individual contributor, Gen AI tools enable more ‘time in zone’ for higher-order, critical thinking work.
When:
December 13, 2023, 10:00 am – December 13, 2023, 11:00 am MST
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Consultant, Product Manager, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Members, Scrum Master
In this session, we will unravel the potent capabilities of tools to streamline technology product development and elevate creative and strategic focus.
• Generative AI Overview: Dive into generative AI and its positive impact on SAFe roles, offering a competitive edge in the tech development landscape.
• Practical Application Examples: Witness real-world examples of how top-tier generative AI tools replace mundane tasks, ensuring optimal utilization of human effort for pivotal roles.
• Transition to Higher-Order Tasks: Learn strategies to redirect workforce focus from repetitive tasks to critical thinking assignments, catalyzing innovation and strategic growth.
Speakers
Cheryl Crupi
Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Rebecca Davis
Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Building, Operating, and Scaling AI-Enabled Solutions with SAFe
SAFe Enterprises often encounter challenges integrating AI technology into their production solutions. Early adopters of AI have found ways to address the common barriers to building, operating, and scaling AI-enabled products.
When:
November 15, 2023, 10:00 am – November 15, 2023, 11:00 am MST
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Product Manager, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master
This webinar will examine the impacts of AI solution development on people, processes, and technology, as well as the commitments SAFe organizations should be prepared to make for creating desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable AI solutions.
• Identify the new roles needed in Agile teams and ARTs, and the upskilling needed across all SAFe roles.
• Understand the new processes that must be added to the product development lifecyle to support AI solutions.
• Explore the new classes of tools that form the architectural runway needed to support AI development.
Speakers
Marc Rix
Methodologist & SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Harry Koehnemann
Methodologist & SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Dr. Wiselin Mathuram
SPCT, Chief Transformation Officer at International Business Consultants, LLC
Jeff Shupack
SAFe Fellow, President of Advisory Practice at Project & Team, Inc.
SAFe 6.0 featured new guidance providing a basic introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how enterprises can improve their AI adoption using patterns in the Framework.
When:
November 8, 2023, 10:00 am – November 8, 2023, 11:00 am MST
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master
SAFe 6.0 featured new guidance providing a basic introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how enterprises can improve their AI adoption using patterns in the Framework. With the recent explosion of Chat GPT and Generative AI, new opportunities and challenges have emerged for organizations wanting to embrace this rapidly evolving technology. This webinar will examine the current state of AI and how SAFe is also evolving to provide new guidance for adopting AI safely and effectively.
• Understand how Chat GPT and the explosion of Generative AI has launched a new technological revolution.
• Explore the three new dimensions of AI guidance that will be added to the Framework in the weeks ahead.
• Learn about the insights gained from recent research on AI adoption by SAFe enterprises.
Speakers
Dr. Steven Mayner
VP Framework, Methodologist & SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Struggling with PI Planning? Join us for a thoughtful exploration of strategies that enhance real-time collaboration and minimize cognitive load in PI Planning.
This session is designed to be interactive and focused on providing value to participants, with an emphasis on learning and growth. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced RTE, we invite you to join us in this informative webinar.
Highlights include:
Real-Time Synchronization: Explore how bi-directional sync with ALM tools can eliminate delays, fostering efficient communication and information sharing.
Effortless Planning to Execution: An exploration of methodologies that ensure a smooth transition from planning stages to actionable execution, keeping aligned with overall objectives.
Collaboration Beyond Boundaries: Insights into tools and practices that enable effective collaboration, regardless of location.
Smart Visualization: Get insights into optimal planning through visual aids that guide, rather than dictate, the planning process.
With a focus on customer success and a user-first approach, I leverage my expertise in product/market strategy and execution to deliver tangible results that delight end-users and propel the business forward. Whether it’s identifying pain points, uncovering unmet needs, or discover hidden opportunities, I thrive on the challenge of creating innovative and impactful products that customers love.
Rosana Johnson
SPCT Candidate / SAFe Strategic Advisor
Rosana has twenty-five years of experience and is a successful result driven leader. She has an extensive background in transforming people, systems, tools and processes. Her expertise ranges from creating deliverables for complex tooling deployments to transforming teams to agile ways of working to drive productivity while delivering a solid customer/employee experience by accelerating time to market and ensuring quality and business agility.
Laurens is an Agile Trainer & Management Consultant and a mentor to leaders creating resilient organizations at any scale. He has a strong background in IT with experience in almost every role. Laurens takes great pride in his work, and it shows in the recommendations he has received over the years. As a Professional Scrum Trainer and SAFe Practice Consultant, he helps to improve the profession of software delivery as well as marketing, human resources, and finance. Laurens brings his experience in enterprise IT since 1999 and on Scrum Teams since 2006 to his teaching, is a driving force in the Agile community, and a sought-after speaker at conferences and events.
Audrey Boydston
SAFe Fellow and SPCT (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Audrey Boydston is a SAFe Fellow and Strategic Advisor at Scaled Agile and an experienced SPCT, Leadership Coach, and Master Facilitator. Her work focuses on continuous learning, community building, strategy development, and helping leaders create exceptional experiences for their employees and customers. Audrey spent her early career working in leadership roles at financial institutions, including GE Capital, Citigroup, Discover, and Capital One. While at Capital One she transitioned from strategy and product management into Agile coaching, where she successfully rebooted her business unit’s Agile transformation through coaching, re-training, and establishing mentoring programs. At Scaled Agile she co-created a program to help leaders understand their critical role in leading enterprise Lean-Agile transformations. She also co-created a virtual edition of the Training from the BACK of the Room! course with Sharon Bowman and 10 other Certified Trainers around the world.
This online live talk, scheduled for the beginning of May, is dedicated to answering your questions and facilitating a meaningful dialogue on applying agility to address the rapid changes in the sector.
Speakers
Harry Koehnemann
SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Harry Koehnemann is a SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant at Scaled Agile, Inc., where he helps organizations build and deliver solutions faster, more predictably, and with high quality. He has spent the past two decades consulting with aerospace, defense, automotive, and other organizations to adopt better engineering practices, including Lean, Agile, MBSE, requirements management, quality management, and the related activities necessary to support compliance. Harry is a regular presenter on Lean-Agile topics and engineering practices at Agile, Systems Engineering, and government conferences.
Jeff Shupack
SAFe Fellow, President of Advisory Practice (Project & Team)
Jeff Shupack helps organizations deliver some of the world’s most complex virtual and physical products at scale. As a SAFe Fellow & SPCT, he is a sought-after transformation expert focusing on digital enterprise, cyber-physical delivery, and change leadership. Jeff is President of Advisory Practice at Project & Team, specializing in digital transformations within highly regulated and complex environments for the Fortune 100 and government agencies.
Markus Vogg
Global Head of the Business Agility practice (Capgemini Invent)
As Global Head of the Business Agility Practice at Capgemini Invent, Markus has a strong passion for Agile Transformations. In recent years he has focused on helping organizations introduce the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and is continuously working with (senior) stakeholders to achieve a sustainable Agile transformation based on a fundamental shift in mindset. As a SAFe SPCT, he has coached many different corporations across the globe, combining deep knowledge of SAFe with practical knowledge of Agile@Scale in general.
