This one-day workshop will provide an overview of SAFe’s comprehensive measurement model and explore how it can be applied across teams, ARTs, and portfolios. Attendees will have the opportunity to consider their own context and design a balanced metrics dashboard to support improvement at all enterprise levels.
When:
April 20, 2023, 9:00 am – April 20, 2023, 5:00 pm MST
The workshop supports everyone involved with building solutions with SAFe®. This may include, but is not limited to, the following:
Cross-functional members of Agile Teams, Agile Release Trains, or Solution Trains running for one PI or longer
A SAFe Portfolio that has already identified its value streams and begun implementing LPM
Full Agile Teams across multiple value streams within a single Portfolio
What attendees will learn
The flow tools and coaching available to them
Current usage of SAFe Flow Metrics within their organization
How each of the SAFe Flow Accelerators applies within their organization
How to align on actions and create a flow-based improvement backlog
How improvement items affect the larger flow of the value stream or Portfolio
Prerequisites
This workshop is designed to support a set of cross- functional attendees from value stream(s) applying SAFe for at least one PI.
What’s included
Workshop materials
Eight hours of facilitation from a SAFe Strategic Advisor or SAFe Fellow
Three hours of prep time with internal SPCs or leaders
Speakers
Rosana (Ro) Johnson
Strategic Advisor (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
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. Rosana’s strength is mentoring client leadership teams in changing their language, influencing new habits, and ultimately shifting mindsets. She is known for being the “glue” that unites collaboration between business needs and IT solution
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SPCT, Strategic Advisor (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Jim has worked with many notable enterprises and government agencies such as Microsoft, Mercedes, Emerson, GM, and NASA assisting the Supply Chain Engineering and other groups, helping them define, implement, evangelize, and train the organisations in a new operating model based on the SAFe framework. While at Microsoft Jim helped to form a team of top notch coaches, acted as an adviser to the leadership teams of the organizations, helped form transformation plans, trained more than 1,000 team members, coached teams to improve their agile maturity, and customized Azure DevOps/VSTS to support the SAFe structure for work tracking and reporting.
Exclusive Roundtable for Finance & Insurance – Key takeaways for business & organization Agility
Let us inspire you to step up your game and to work smarter, with a focus on results. Join us on this exclusive roundtable where we match leaders in the field of banking and insurance.
When:
March 16, 2023, 1:30 pm – March 16, 2023, 6:30 pm ECT
Where:
The Office City, 29 Bd Prince Henri, 1724 Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Who:
Agile Coach, Consultant, Finance and Banking Professionals
Leading organizations are innovating their business by coming up with better and smarter services and products, accelerating their speed to market, cost saving, lowering risks and increasing their customer experience. The playing field is constantly evolving. Your customer continuously raises his needs. How do you respond?
What you will learn:
Lessons learned from client cases
Insights on how other organizations organize themselves by working Agile
Expert tips and tricks to get started with SAFe®
TargetProcess Demo, the Agile Portfolio Management Tool
Why SAFe ® and SAP®? Getting better results with experience from the field
In this panel dialogue, we will share our experience at SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) and other SAP S/4 business transformations leveraging SAFe principles and practices to deliver better results.
When:
March 8, 2023, 4:00 pm – March 8, 2023, 5:00 pm ECT
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Consultant, Director, SAFe Program Consultant
Event Overview: In this panel dialogue, we will share our experience at Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and other SAP S/4 business transformations leveraging SAFe principles and practices to deliver better results. Showcase: SBB is harmonizing business processes across seven Portfolios with multiple value streams impacting 20.000 employees, building an Enterprise-wide state-of-the-art SAP S/4HANA. You will discover how to combine the SAFe Framework with an SAP delivery model to realize cross-portfolio initiatives.
We discuss the following topics:
• How do you manage SAP Cross-Portfolio Initiatives with SAFe – Organize around value and optimize for Flow for better results • How SAFe helps in achieving harmonization and standardization program objectives? • What is a State-of-the-Art SAP Delivery Model that accelerates Value Delivery and Organizational Agility? • What role do SAP Activate and Focused Build play in the State-of-the-Art SAP Delivery Model to realize program ambitions? • How do you ensure the integration of business concepts, processes, data, and systems, and how does SAFe help to achieve this? • How do you ensure simplicity, efficiency, and steering ability from a business/expert leadership/governance/program perspective – knowing that trade-offs will be necessary? • What patterns are helpful in the transition to a portfolio of portfolio SAFe Lean (Enterprise) Portfolio Management (tactical planning events and organizing around value with Value Nodes or Solution Areas)
In our interactive session, we highly welcome your participation in our discussion!
Speakers
Malte Kumlehn
Director and SAFe® Fellow – SAP Delivery Excellence (Project and Team Inc.)
Malte guides complex Ecosystems, People, Cloud, AI and Data powered digital transformations toward Business Agility. He pioneers Intelligent Operating Models for accelerated strategy execution with large solutions as globally the first of 30+ SAFe® Fellows, Executive Advisor & Advisory Board Members in this field. The SAFe® Fellow Program represents an elite class of experts who can help the world’s largest organizations accelerate digital transformation & achieve business agility. The SAFe® Fellow achievement is Scaled Agile’s most prestigious distinction, recognizing individuals who have exhibited the highest level of mastery and thought leadership in the practice and principles of SAFe. His track record includes founding, leading and growing Accenture’s first SAP Agile Delivery Excellence business. In his Business Owner role, he cared for people, revenue, cost, business development & delivery excellence while living Business Agility, applying Lean-Agile at Scale & SAFe daily.
Oliver Lauffer
Project and Program Manager (SAP)
Oliver Lauffer has been working for more than 20 Years at SAP. He has a long history of leading extensive international Programs and Projects with international Teams. Next to the standard project topics, his focus is on combining agile Methods and Frameworks like SAFe with implementing Standard Software like SAP and connected methodologies like SAP Activate. In addition to his project and program manager role, he has been a highly appreciated, trusted advisor and coach for large, global customer programs. In this role, his extensive experience in Organizational Change Management has been crucial for the success of these programs. Due to his result-oriented, structured working style, good communication skills and high capacity for teamwork, he managed various complex programs and rollouts on time, on budget and with high quality. In Parallel, he is responsible for the Swiss Project Manager Community from an SAP perspective.
Kaya Yumusaklar
Program Manager S/4 and Managing Director (Swiss Federal Railways)
Kaya Yumusaklar (47) has been leading SBB’s SAP S/4 Program since the beginning of 2022 and the overall SBB IT “Asset & Enterprise” practice since the beginning of 2023. In this role, he is the responsible IT Executive for delivering the ongoing SAP transition to S/4 and for developing and operating the overall application portfolio for rail infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance, real estate facility management, logistics, procurement and finance. Before that, he worked as a Finance Director at SBB and was responsible for strategic, companywide programs for cost management, transformation and carve-out initiatives. Kaya grew up in Konstanz in south of Germany. He later moved to Berlin and graduated from the TU Berlin in engineering and management. Later, before he joined SBB in 2015, he gained a broad experience in various industries as a Management Consultant based in Zürich and Berlin in strategy and organizational development projects and large transformations.
This one-day event, hosted by Scaled Agile at the Ronald Reagan Building, will explore the challenges agencies face in implementing Agile acquisitions within the unique constraints of the US Government.
When:
April 11, 2023, 9:00 am – April 11, 2023, 5:00 pm EST
Where:
Ronald Reagan Building – 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004
Who:
Agile Coach, Consultant, Director, SAFe Program Consultant
This year’s conference focuses on developing Agile Leadership skills for an Agile (SAFe) transformation. The conference will provide insight and ideas around common United States Government staff concerns such as Agile contracting, measuring an Agile acquisition, and strategies to build an agile workforce.
Prior to the conference, there will be a one-day workshop on April 10th. You can attend one or both days based on the pass you purchase. Group discounts are available for teams with five or more attendees.
Speakers
Check back as we confirm additional speakers.
Dr. Steve Mayner
SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Expert thought leader, speaker, coach, consultant, and trainer in the principles and practices of agility at an enterprise level. Extensive experience building positive relationships with C-Level executives and management teams, translating business goals and objectives into initiatives that provide IT capabilities in support of organizational investment themes. Strong background in both Federal and commercial organizations.
Funding and Reporting Value – How to Enable Empowerment and Hold It Accountable
The speakers will share real-world examples, and you will have the opportunity to bring all your questions in order to get valuable insight and context for your transformation.
When:
February 28, 2023, 4:00 pm – February 28, 2023, 5:00 pm ECT
One of the key principles within the Scaled Agile Framework is Organise Around Value. In this webinar series, you will hear from the field on how to apply this principle and involve your organisation.
The speakers will share real-world examples, and you will have the opportunity to bring all your questions in order to get valuable insight and context for your transformation.
Over three sessions, the speakers will take you through: Session 01: Aligning Around Value – Practical Advice From The Field (January 31)
Session 02: Development Value Stream Patterns – Observations from Value Stream Mapping and ART Identification Workshops (February 14)
Session 03: Funding and Reporting Value – How to Enable Empowerment and Hold It Accountable (February 28)
Speakers
Odile Moreau
SAFe® Strategic Advisor and SPCT (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Odile is a SAFe® strategic advisor and SPCT for Scaled Agile Inc. She guides international organisations through adoption of business agility. By combining deep matter expertise with the ability to coach on behaviour and leadership, she has been a highly effective team coach for large organisations. Odile is passionate about Lean Kanban, Scrum, Lean and SAFe, never losing sight of the human factor. With 20+ years of professional experience helping profit and non-profit organisations in the fields of IT Service Management, Business Information Management and Software Engineering across the world, Odile worked for many profit and non-profits making organisations in Europe. The last 10 years her focus has been helping teams adopt the agile mindset, principles and practices at scale and continuous improvement methods.
Brian Tucker
Principal Consultant, SAFe® Fellow and SPCT (Ivar Jacobson International)
Brian was one of the first trainers outside of the Scaled Agile Academy to qualify as a SAFe® Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) having worked with the framework since its initial inception ten years ago. Brian regularly delivers the SAFe Program Consultant training and has delivered it over a hundred times in the last 8 years; more than anyone else in the world. Brian has been involved in SAFe implementations at numerous companies across Europe including hybris, PZU, Ford, Nordea, NHS Blood + Transplants, Etihad Airlines, Sony Playstation and LV Insurance. Brian is a highly proficient Agile and Scrum coach and trainer with extensive management experience in both corporate and small company situations, backed up with 11 years of software development experience.
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Business Agility in Banking: How Easy Can It Be?
Banking is a highly regulated business, and most of the large banks have traditions that can easily become a major impediment to new ways of working and thinking.
When:
December 7, 2022, 1:00 pm – December 7, 2022, 2:00 pm ECT
Companies in the financial sector are also extremely aware of risk and financial risk management is one of the very regulated areas one has to take into account when changing the way of working.
In this webinar, Audrey Boydston and Mats will share some experiences in a dialog and discussion, as well as answer your questions.
Speakers
Audrey Boydston
SAFe® Fellow and SPCT (Scaled Agile Inc.)
As an executive management professional, I spent almost 20 years leading and managing projects and process improvement initiatives. After experiencing an agile transformation, I have discovered that it is more than just a methodology for managing product development, and am passionate about helping organizations on their Agile journeys. As an Agile trainer and coach, I have gained a unique perspective that allows me to take my hands on experiences and learnings and weave them into each training session I facilitate. I consider myself a visionary with the ability to establish rapport and facilitate highly collaborative sessions with diverse groups ranging from developers to senior leadership. I hold an array of certifications: SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), Training from the BACK of the Room! (TBR-Certified Trainer), Project Management Professional (PMP), Org Mindset Enterprise Coach (OMEC), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM and CSP-PO), SAFe RTE (RTE), ICAgile Certified
Mats Jegebo
Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor (WoW! Agile)
Currently Head Coach and co-founder of WoW! Agile, with 29 years of experience from being a consultant. Real life experience from large projects and organizations is what has given Mats his knowledge and understanding of how you create real business value and benefit. Since 2004 Mats has worked solely with large agile implementations, in leading roles as Project manager, Change control manager, Head coach, strategic advisor, etc. Mats has spent a great deal of his career in regulated businesses and the last 6 in banking.
Business Agility sets new performance standards for organizations, requiring fast, effective responses to emerging opportunities. This changes what we measure, how we measure, and what we do with the data we receive. Measurement becomes a critical enabler of continuous business performance improvement. Our new approach to metrics includes three domains: Outcomes, Flow, and Competency. This session will provide an overview of this comprehensive measurement model and explore how it can be applied across Teams, ARTs, and Portfolios.
In this session you will learn how to: * Define Outcome, Flow, and Competency metrics for measuring teams, ARTs, Solution Trains, and entire SAFe Portfolios * Use the insights generated to support better decision-making and help to identify opportunities for improvement * Recognize common success patterns for effective measurement, along with pitfalls to be aware of
Speakers
Andrew Sales
Principal Consultant, SAFe® Fellow & Framework PM (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Andrew has been supporting organizations with their Agile transformation for more than 10 years, drawing on his experiences from software development, project management, and product management. He previously led the Agile Services Practice across EMEA for CA Technologies (formerly Rally) and is a regular speaker at Agile conferences and contributor to the Agile community. As a member of the Framework team, he is focused on the Team and Technical Agility and Organizational Agility competencies. Currently, his postgraduate research includes exploring how organizational structure impacts the performance of the enterprise.
