Topic: Program Management

Was passiert mit Managern bei einer SAFe-Transformation?

Was passiert mit Managern bei einer SAFe-Transformation?

What happens to managers during a SAFe transformation? Join Adam and Oliver as they lead the discussion.

When:

January 22, 2024, 10:00 am – January 22, 2024, 12:00 pm MST

Where:

Apfelwein Wagner, Schweizer Str. 71 · Frankfurt am Main, HE

Who:

Department Managers, General Managers, Operations Managers, Product Managers

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Event Overview

In SAFe there are many roles in the big picture. But the existing „Manager“ function and role that we have in traditional enterprises is not shown in SAFe Big Picture, like Department Manager, Project Manager, Operation Manager, General Manager, IT Manager, and much more. In this meetup, we would like to discuss some scenarios and transition aspects for the manager role.

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Bei SAFe gibt es im Großen und Ganzen viele Rollen. Aber die bestehende „Manager“-Funktion und -Rolle, die wir in traditionellen Unternehmen haben, wird in SAFe Big Picture nicht gezeigt, wie z. B. Abteilungsleiter, Projektleiter, Betriebsleiter, Geschäftsführer, IT-Manager und vieles mehr.

Speakers

Adam Mattis

SAFe Fellow, SPCT, Scaled Agile, Inc.

Oliver Wörl

SPCT, NTT Data

Event Sponsors

Nordea – Adopting Agility with SAFe

Nordea - Agile Adoption with SAFe

“To see a waterfall Program Manager embrace SAFe after only two days of participating in a PI planning session is remarkable. He is now one of our biggest ambassadors of promoting SAFe within Nordea.”

Industry:

Financial, Banking

The partner that made it happen:

See Partner

Overview

With branches in 19 countries, and over 11 million customers, the European banking giant, Nordea, set a goal to deliver a new digital banking experience for its retail customers.

They determined that the best way to meet their goal was to adopt an agile development approach, and so in 2014 Nordea teamed up with Scaled Agile Gold Partner, Ivar Jacobson (IJI), and were introduced to SAFe.

Agile Adoption with SAFe

IJI kick-started Nordea’s SAFe introduction with a two-day session with management and stakeholders to establish a common
way of operating. They simulated how an agile-at-scale approach would work in Nordea’s environment, provided workshop-style SAFe training for the staff involved, and one-on-one training for the Release Train Engineers (RTEs).

They combined two existing delivery streams to form their Agile Release Train; a total of 80 people formed five development teams, one system team, and various cross-functional roles to represent architecture and user experience. By January 2015 Nordea had made it through two 10-week Program Increments (PIs) and planning sessions. In both sessions, all members participated in visioning and PI planning; as a group, they identified interdependencies and were able to establish both Team PI objectives and Program PI objectives.

Nordea’s fully-committed dive into SAFe produced immediate benefits, including:

  • Increased efficiency with team members aligned and working together
  • Greater creativity as teams are empowered to make decisions
  • Management aligned and supportive of Agile teams

The teams continue to evolve and improve their delivery system with each PI, and it has inspired other parts of Nordea to scale agile with SAFe.

Of course, there is more to learn from their experience, so make sure to download the attached study for the rest of the story.

Many thanks to the folks at Ivar Jacobson for providing the guidance, coaching and training that enabled Nordea to accelerate agile adoption with SAFe, and for sharing the story of their success.

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