Ethics-Driven AI: How Scaled Agile’s Approach Balances AI’s Advantages with Social Responsibility

Ethics-Driven AI: How Scaled Agile’s Approach Balances AI’s Advantages with Social Responsibility

Join us for an insightful webinar on “Ethics Meets Agility: Scaled Agile’s Approach to Achieving Responsible AI” where we will delve into the essential principles and best practices for developing and deploying AI responsibly.

When:

August 6, 2024, 9:00 am – August 6, 2024, 10:00 am MST

Where:

Online via Zoom

Who:

Agile Coach, Business Analyst, Director, Program or Project Manager, SAFe Program Consultant

Event Overview

This session will address the dual challenges of Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) and Fear of Messing Up (FOMU), offering strategies to harness AI’s potential while mitigating risks. A significant focus will be on how the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) can help organizations achieve these goals and realize the benefits of AI in a responsible manner. By leveraging the same patterns, roles, and practices that enable business agility, SAFe provides a structured approach to integrate responsible AI practices into your enterprise transformation efforts.

Speakers

Dr. Steve Mayner

Scaled Agile

Dr. Stephen Mayner is passionate about coaching businesses on digital age leadership, organizational change, strategy, continuous learning culture, artificial intelligence, Agile contracts, and SAFe® practice in government. His 35-year career in business includes roles as vice president in multiple Fortune 500 companies and chief technology officer for a health IT startup.

Doug Less

Icon Agility

Doug is an energetic and relentless Agile Transformation Coach passionate about helping organizations navigate their journey to agility. He has over 20 years of multidisciplinary consulting service experience, with the last decade aimed at driving the adoption of Agile values, principles, and practices to help people go beyond DOING Agile to BEING Agile.

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.

The SPC Circle: Start with Empathy to begin your SAFe Implementation

The SPC Circle: Start with Empathy to begin your SAFe Implementation

When:

July 25, 2024, 11:00 am – July 25, 2024, 1:00 pm

Where:

Online via Zoom

Who:

Certified SPCs

Event Overview

The SPC Circle is an invigorating, bi-monthly, virtual gathering steered by the Scaled Agile, Inc. team. Join us for this 2-hour event filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and the chance to connect with fellow professionals in the field.

Speakers

Dr. Andriy Pluzhnyk

SPC

RTE Circle: RTE as the Train’s Engagement Accelerator

RTE Circle: RTE as the Train’s Engagement Accelerator

It is a free two-hour event organized by Rentouch, the provider of piplanning.io, and it takes place every second month.

When:

June 20, 2024, 11:00 am – June 20, 2024, 1:00 pm EST

Where:

Online via Zoom

Who:

RTEs, STEs

Event Overview

The RTE Circle is a free two-hour event organized by Scaled Agile every second month. Its main goal is to bring together RTEs / STEs and provide a platform for them to exchange knowledge, learn from each other, and have fun.

Speakers

Charlene Newton

SPCT

Mike Alber

Director of Community Engagement

LPM in Practice: Lean Budgeting Requisites

LPM in Practice: Lean Budgeting Requisites

In the next webinar in our LPM in Practice series, Jim Fowler SPCT and Strategic Advisor at Scaled Agile, addresses your common question: What about budgeting?

When:

June 13, 2024, 11:00 am – June 13, 2024, 12:00 pm EST

Where:

Zoom Live Session

Who:

Agile Coach, Agile Professionals, Business Analyst, Director, Product Manager, Product Owner

Event Overview

This session will look at the origins of the annual budgeting process, the difficulties we face today, and what we can do differently. It is designed to give you the context and talking points to advance into lean budgeting in your organization.

Speakers

Jim Fowler

SAFe Strategic Advisor (WA)

Unlock Unprecedented Productivity: The Flow Metrics Path to Agile Success

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

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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

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

SAFe Japan Webinar – 1st SAFe Symposium Follow-up

第1回 SAFe シンポジウム フォローアップウェビナー
〜SAFeプリンシプルを理解する〜

2024年に開催されたJapan SAFe シンポジウム 2024のフォローアップウェビナーです。

When:

March 26, 2024, 6:30 pm – March 26, 2024, 7:30 pm JST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Agile Coach, Business Analyst, Consultant, Program or Project Manager, SAFe Program Consultant

Event Overview

Japan SAFe シンポジウム 2024 のフォローアップウェビナーです。組織がアジリティを獲得し変革を実践していくための礎となるリーンアジャイルの原理原則を理解するために実施する全7回のウェビナーです。第1回目は、株式会社NTTデータとの共催で、SAFeプリンシプル #7 & #8に着目し、メンバーのモチベーションを引き出すための方策について解説、事例講演、ディスカッションを通して一緒に考えていきます。

Speakers

長田武徳

株式会社NTTデータ ペイメント事業本部 カード&ペイメント事業部 デジタルペイメント開発室 DXアドボケイト

中谷浩晃

Senior Consultant, SPCT at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Event Partner:

Building a Professional Network the Agile Way

Building a Professional Network the Agile Way

Learn to grow your professional opportunities through a more valuable, connected, and invested network.

When:

April 16, 2024, 1:00 pm – April 16, 2024, 1:30 pm MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Architect, Product Manager, Product Owner, RTE, Scrum Master, SPC, SPCT, Team Coach

Event Overview

According to a PwC survey, 55% percent of those in the technology and IT fields felt they had missed a job opportunity due to insufficient network. In this session, we’ll cover both a strategic mindset/approach and tactical steps you can take starting today.

  • Benefits and methods for in-person vs. virtual networking
  • Breaking the ice and developing meaningful connections
  • Achieving consistent, sustainable network growth on LinkedIn
  • Take advantage of existing groups like Meetups, role-specific groups like RTE and SPC circle, in-person events, etc.


We’ll help you develop simple, repeatable processes for building your network in a way that lasts long-term!

Speakers

Chandler Karadsheh

Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Mike Alber

Director, Community Engagement at Scaled Agile, Inc.

First Look: 2024 SAFe Careers Snapshot

First Look: 2024 SAFe Careers Snapshot

Use this leap day to jump ahead in your career!

When:

February 29, 2024, 10:00 am – February 29, 2024, 11:00 am MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Agile Coach, Product Manager, Product Owner, Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master, Solutions Architect

Event Overview

We’ll cover the latest employer data for salaries, skill requirements, and experience expectations for SAFe Roles in 2024. Unlike the next leap day, you shouldn’t wait another four years to prioritize your next career move.

Our comprehensive report delves into the current job market for six key SAFe roles (based on Q4, 2023 data):

• Scrum Master
• Agile Coach
• Product Owner (PO)
• Product Manager
• Release Train Engineer (RTE)
• Architect

In this one-hour session, we’ll review the report highlights and our upcoming releases to help you with specific professional development goals, skill growth, and new AI tools for enhanced productivity with SAFe.

Speakers

Tamara Nation

VP, SAFe Professionals at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Thomas Vong

Sr Director, Certification and Recognition at Scaled Agile, Inc.