Tactical Tip Tuesday: Defining your first ART

Business Agility

Launching your first ART is simultaneously stressful and exciting. Spoiler alert: There’s no perfect answer to deciding which ART to launch first and how. Sometimes, it revolves around what’s good enough to get started. In this episode, Adam shares his advice.

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Launching your first ART is simultaneously stressful and exciting. Spoiler alert: There’s no perfect answer to deciding which ART to launch first and how. Sometimes, it revolves around what’s good enough to get started. In this episode, Adam shares his advice.

Hosted by: Adam Mattis

Adam Mattis is a SAFe® Fellow and SAFe® Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT)

Adam Mattis is a SAFe® Fellow and SAFe® Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) at Scaled Agile with many years of experience overseeing SAFe implementations across various industries. He’s also an experienced transformation architect, engaging speaker, energetic trainer, and a regular contributor to the broader Lean-Agile and educational communities. Learn more about Adam at adammattis.com.

Q&A Friday: Who owns the risk? – SAFe Adoption

Business Agility

When it comes to SAFe program risks, a lot of questions come up. Who’s responsible? Who owns them? Who owns their resolution? One thing is for sure: the teams shouldn’t own the risks. Adam explains in today’s episode.

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When it comes to program risks, a lot of questions come up. Who’s responsible? Who owns them? Who owns their resolution? One thing is for sure: the teams shouldn’t own the risks. Adam explains in today’s episode.

Hosted by: Adam Mattis

Adam Mattis is a SAFe® Fellow and SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT)

Adam Mattis is a SAFe® Fellow and SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) at Scaled Agile with many years of experience overseeing SAFe implementations across various industries. He’s also an experienced transformation architect, engaging speaker, energetic trainer, and a regular contributor to the broader Lean-Agile and educational communities. Learn more about Adam at adammattis.com.

Tactical Tip Tuesday: Make WSJF Easier

business agility

While prioritizing the program backlog is a productive exercise, it often triggers hard conversations and trade-offs. And it’s an exercise that can seem counterintuitive to how people have worked before. In today’s episode, Adam shares three tips to make WSJF easier.

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While prioritizing the program backlog is a productive exercise, it often triggers hard conversations and trade-offs. And it’s an exercise that can seem counterintuitive to how people have worked before. In today’s episode, Adam shares three tips to make WSJF easier.

Hosted by: Adam Mattis

Adam Mattis is a SAFe Fellow and SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT)

Adam Mattis is a SAFe Fellow and SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) at Scaled Agile with many years of experience overseeing SAFe implementations across a wide range of industries. He’s also an experienced transformation architect, engaging speaker, energetic trainer, and a regular contributor to the broader Lean-Agile and educational communities. Learn more about Adam at adammattis.com.

Q&A Friday: Who is Responsible for Agile Engineering Practices?

Business agility

Who should introduce Agile engineering practices to Scrum and Kanban teams? Senior developers? Scrum Masters? Find out as Adam gives us the short and long answers to the Agile engineering-related questions.

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Who should introduce Agile engineering practices to Scrum and Kanban teams? Senior developers? Scrum Masters? Find out as Adam gives us the short and long(ish) answer to the question.

Hosted by: Adam Mattis

Adam Mattis is a SAFe Fellow and SAFe® Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT)

Adam Mattis is a SAFe Fellow and SAFe® Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) at Scaled Agile with many years of experience overseeing SAFe implementations across a wide range of industries. He’s also an experienced transformation architect, engaging speaker, energetic trainer, and a regular contributor to the broader Lean-Agile and educational communities. Learn more about Adam at adammattis.com.

Tactical Tip Tuesday: Find the Path with Mindset, Agile Values, and Principles

Business Agility

Change is hard no matter what, but it doesn’t have to be painful. In this short episode, Adam explains why the guidance in the Framework isn’t rigid, and how you can incorporate that SAFe guidance as it applies to your context and environment.

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Change is hard no matter what, but it doesn’t have to be painful. In this short episode, Adam explains why the guidance in the Framework isn’t rigid, and how you can incorporate that guidance as it applies to your context and environment.

Hosted by: Adam Mattis

Adam Mattis is a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) at Scaled Agile

Adam Mattis is a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) at Scaled Agile with many years of experience overseeing SAFe implementations across a wide range of industries. He’s also an experienced transformation architect, engaging speaker, energetic trainer, and a regular contributor to the broader Lean-Agile and educational communities. Learn more about Adam at adammattis.com.