Blog Posts
- SAFe for Hardware: Developing the Certification Course
Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed a real disruption in hardware. New technology has enabled the industry to embrace a more Agile way of working. Digital technology, including digital twins, allows organizations to build an entire digital model of a system to address uncertainty faster and more cost-effectively. While hardware teams may not be able to build a new part every iteration, rapid prototyping and 3D printing mean they can now quickly and cheaply test and iterate at increasing levels of fidelity. At Scaled Agile, we saw a clear market need for a course that would support engineering organizations’ adoption of SAFe in the same way that many software organizations have seen tremendous value. - Advanced Certification Paths: Continuous Learning for Career Success
I joined Scaled Agile, Inc. two years ago as their first-ever Chief Customer Learning Officer. As CCLO, I have the privilege to lead the design and development of our learning… Read more: Advanced Certification Paths: Continuous Learning for Career Success - Everything You Need to Begin Using SAFe CoPilot Right Now
In today’s fast-paced Agile landscape, accessing relevant SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework®) information efficiently can be a challenge. So we’ve developed a new tool to help you quickly find the SAFe… Read more: Everything You Need to Begin Using SAFe CoPilot Right Now - Empowering the US Army with SAFe: Aligning with Army Directive 2024-02
In an era where the digital battlefield is just as critical as the physical one, the US Army is at the forefront of a transformative shift in software development and… Read more: Empowering the US Army with SAFe: Aligning with Army Directive 2024-02 - Your Complete Guide to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) Certifications
If you’re considering SAFe® certification, this guide is for you. We go in-depth on the most frequently asked questions about SAFe certification, including what it is, why it’s valuable for… Read more: Your Complete Guide to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) Certifications - 2024 SAFe Careers Snapshot | Salaries, Skills, and Experience for SAFe Roles
Updated December 19, 2024 Are you pursuing a fulfilling career with SAFe® but unsure where to begin or how to progress? We know that SAFe roles don’t always follow traditional… Read more: 2024 SAFe Careers Snapshot | Salaries, Skills, and Experience for SAFe Roles - Taking Small Steps to Deliver Big Value
How Japan’s Advantest Corporation empowered teams to achieve business agility For global enterprises, finding a common language isn’t just about speaking. It’s a path forward to business agility. Advantest Corporation… Read more: Taking Small Steps to Deliver Big Value - B3, the Brazilian Stock Exchange, Aligns Teams and Delivers Faster with SAFe
How do you adapt your organization’s culture so it’s more responsive to customer needs and can compete with emerging alternatives without disrupting what’s working or adding unnecessary layers of complexity—all… Read more: B3, the Brazilian Stock Exchange, Aligns Teams and Delivers Faster with SAFe - 6 PI Planning Tips for RTEs
Nikolaos Kaintantzis reflects on what he wishes he’d known before his first PI Planning in this blog. Get his six PI Planning tips for RTEs here. - Your Guide to Writing Great Iteration and PI Objectives
PI objectives should show the connection between the technical work your teams do and the value your business delivers to its customers. Get tips, including a formula, you can use so that your PI objectives accomplish this goal every time. - How to Prepare Your Lean-Agile Center of Excellence for Success
Wouldn’t it be great if transformations could go on autopilot? Unfortunately, despite what wish for, they can’t. They need strong and resilient teams driving transformations to success. - Everything You Wanted to Know About SAFe® Enterprise (But Were Afraid to Ask)
When you think of the name “Enterprise,” what comes to mind? Space shuttles? Aircraft carriers? If you’re like me, you might think about Star Trek. From the OG Bill Shatner… Read more: Everything You Wanted to Know About SAFe® Enterprise (But Were Afraid to Ask) - 12 Tips for Implementing Lean Portfolio Management in Large Portfolios
Get real-life tips for implementing Lean Portfolio Management in large portfolios. Rebecca Davis shares advice from her LPM experiences in multiple organizations and coaching LPM leaders in other organizations around the world. - A Product Owner’s Answer to Who Writes User Stories in SAFe
Who writes stories? A SAFe Product Owner was prompted to answer this question when she was asked by a new PO. She explores multiple situations and answers and consults multiple SAFe resources to come to an answer. Learn more in this blog. - The Complete Guide to Measuring Team and Technical Agility
Assessing your team’s agility is a crucial step toward continuous improvement. After all, you can’t get where you want to go if you don’t know where you are. Use this guide to get the most out of your assessments. - Five Tips from a SAFe Product Owner
I’ve been a SAFe® Product Owner (PO) for two years and I’ve learned that showing up well in this role is more than just a skill set you build. It becomes an art that deserves practice, consideration, professional development, and your authentic personality. - How to Upgrade to SAFe 6.0 in Five Steps
Last month, we introduced SAFe® 6.0, a new version of SAFe. What does this mean for your SAFe certifications? Find out in this blog post. - The SAFe Community Platform Is Now Part of SAFe Studio: Here’s What’s NewThis month, we introduced the latest version of SAFe® and a new way to connect with the SAFe community. SAFe 6.0 is the newest Framework version, and it includes a… Read more: The SAFe Community Platform Is Now Part of SAFe Studio: Here’s What’s New
- What Is a SAFe Practice Consultant-T (SPCT) and How Can You Become One?
“I am so glad I did it. It is unreservedly the single most important thing I have done in my career. If you are a seasoned professional with a commitment… Read more: What Is a SAFe Practice Consultant-T (SPCT) and How Can You Become One? - How to Start and Grow Your Lean-Agile Center of ExcellenceRead the latest research on how to start, grow, and manage a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence. We cover it all— from growth patterns to proven tips for success.
- Three Key Components of Healthy Agile Transformations
Improving your health is important so you can live a longer life. The same goes for your Agile transformation. Certain habits improve your transformation’s health. Like eating healthy and working… Read more: Three Key Components of Healthy Agile Transformations - SAFe Metrics at the Team Level: Corporate Communications
We started this series on SAFe® team metrics with the simple acknowledgment that contextualizing SAFe metrics for a non-technical Agile team can be difficult. To continue learning how other teams… Read more: SAFe Metrics at the Team Level: Corporate Communications - How To Run a Hybrid PI Planning EventAs we approach 2023, you’re probably mulling over your next PI Planning event. Will it be in person? Will it be remote? Will it be something in between? How will… Read more: How To Run a Hybrid PI Planning Event
- SAFe Metrics at the Team Level: Sales Ops
SAFe® provides the strategic concepts and guidance that help steer transformations. And while the Framework metrics article focuses on high-level metrics like KPIs, OKRs, and strategic themes, some teams can… Read more: SAFe Metrics at the Team Level: Sales Ops - My Release Train Engineer Career Path: Transition from RTE to Enterprise Agile Coach
What’s a typical release train engineer career path? In this article, Tom Boswell from Fred IT Group shares his real-life journey from RTE to enterprise agile coach. - How Executives Make or Break Transformations – SAFe Agile TransformationThough transformations are widespread, not all feel successful. Executive leadership is not the only impact on success or failure. But I’ve seen and felt that strong agile executives enable transformations to be motivational and positive.
- How Does a Scrum Master Coach a Team with More Experience Than Them?
I’ve found myself in many different contexts throughout my career as a SAFe scrum master: Make no mistake. I am neither an animation artist nor an instructional designer, nor a… Read more: How Does a Scrum Master Coach a Team with More Experience Than Them? - Facilitation Tips to Excel at the RTE Role – Agility Planning
To execute the RTE role at the highest level, you must prepare to facilitate at the highest level. Hear from an experienced RTE on how to do this well. Get facilitation tips and learn how to prepare for three of the most important ceremonies an RTE facilitates. - The Complete 2022 SAFe Summit Recap
What happened at the 2022 SAFe Summit, August 22 – 25? In short, we heard from a host of new customers about their experiences using SAFe, launched new products to help you include everyone in your organization’s transformation, and took home lots of new learnings to take our SAFe implementations to the next level. - Kick-starting the SAFe Journey at a Traditional Organization – Implementing SAFe
It’s incredible that the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is now 10 years old, and the Agile Manifesto is now over 21 years old. What began in software development is now expanding to encompass the entire enterprise, changing how people work and how every aspect of business is run. - Large Solution Refinement: Paving the Super-Highway of Value Delivery
When applying SAFe® to large, complex, cyber-physical systems, you must expand backlog refinement to include more viewpoints. - True Agile Teams and Trains – SAFe Implementation
What is a real Agile team? In this post, I hope to avoid the standard message about “what is a team?” and instead share some thought-provoking ideas about what a true Agile team is. - A Decade in SAFe Adaptation: The Scaled Agile Framework, 10 Years LaterIt was May of 2012, the year that the Mayan calendar said the “great cycle” shall come to an end. And with every cycle comes a new cycle. This new cycle was the beginning of an evolution of knowledge, sharing, and learning around how society builds the world’s largest systems.
- Solution Areas: A More Dynamic Form of Agility – Agility Transformation
When applying the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) to large, complex, cyber-physical systems, we have discovered a pattern called solution areas to manage the complexity. A solution area is made up of two to four Agile teams that collaborate daily to solve problems together. - PI Planning—Plan to Discover the Next PI – Improving SAFe Journey
Is your SAFe® implementation slowing? Has the energy and enthusiasm faded, and it feels like just one more process change? Maybe you’re just not seeing the value you expected? That’s OK, because PI Planning presents significant opportunities for your relentless improvement journey. - Creative Tension – Implementing SAFe Properly
OK, so your Lean-Agile transformation is stalling. It’s not delivering the increased value and reduced delivery times you expected. Your teams are struggling and perhaps updating their resumes. You thought that implementing the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) would bring you these outcomes, but you’ve discovered you’re not using all Ten Critical Success Factors of SAFe. - Practice Makes _______ : SAFe® implementationA big part of my personal life revolves around motorcycles, specifically road racing and coaching. When I’m working with new racers or track riders who want to improve their skills, the first thing I do is ask them to complete this sentence: “Practice makes _____.” Almost everyone says “perfect!” But usually the opposite is true.
- Meet the People Translating SAFe® for the World – Helping to Adopt SAFe
Globalization is an important growth strategy for Scaled Agile. Localization of SAFe content enables our customers worldwide to participate and learn in their own native language. We need several key ingredients to create a great global product. One of them is people. - Connecting OKRs, KPIs, OVSs, and DVSs – For Successful SAFe® Implementation
The title of my post may read like acronym soup but all of these concepts play a critical role in SAFe, and understanding how they’re connected is important to success. After exploring some connections, I will suggest some actions you can take while designing, evaluating, or accelerating your implementation. - Adopting ABC – AI, Big Data, and the Cloud
At the 2021 Global SAFe Summit, Dean Leffingwell presented the idea that we are at the threshold of a new technological revolution. A post-digital economy that’s being driven by the adoption of ABC: artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and the cloud. Dean further explained how the Business Agility Value Stream (BAVS) creates a system that will allow businesses to rapidly react to the insights provided by ABC. - How to Measure Team Performance: A Scrum Master Q+A
Assessing your team’s agility is an important step on the path to continuous improvement. After all, you can’t get where you want to go if you don’t know where you are. But you probably have questions: How do you measure team agility, anyway? Who should do it, and when? What happens with the data you collect, and what should you do afterward? - The Unparalleled Value of Emotional Intelligence – Business Agility Value Stream – Part Two
If you’ve read the first post in my blog series, you may have been inspired to think about how the emotional intelligence competencies manifest in every step of the business agility value stream. From identifying and sensing the opportunity to learning and adapting to ultimately delivering on the business opportunity. - 5 Scrum Master Tips for Keeping Your Retros Fresh
Let’s talk about retrospectives. Inviting feedback on your team’s performance is a critical part of building a continuous learning culture. Retros can quickly tell you whether your team is still… Read more: 5 Scrum Master Tips for Keeping Your Retros Fresh - The Unparalleled Value of Emotional Intelligence, Part One
Not everyone is born with emotional intelligence. Most people associate intelligence with IQ (intelligence quotient), a number that represents a person’s reasoning ability, measured using problem-solving tests. Emotional intelligence is a series of learned human behaviors that can also be measured. - 8 Patterns to Set Up Your Measure and Grow Program for Success
We all know that any time you start something new in an organization it takes time to make it stick, and if teams and leaders find value, they will work to keep a program flourishing. The same is true when you implement a Measure and Grow Program within your organization. It takes planning and effort to get it started, but the rewards will definitely outweigh the efforts in the end. - How 90 Teams Used Measure and Grow to Improve Performance by 134 Percent
One of our large financial services clients needed immediate help. It was struggling to meet customer demands and industry regulations and needed to align business priorities to capacity before it was outplayed by competitors. The company thought the answer would be to invest in business in Agility practices. - To Accelerate Impact, Measure Team Performance and Cohesion
As organizations move from team-level agile to enterprise agility, predictive analytics and statistical insights play an increasingly important role in improving how organizations operate. Gartner predicts that this year, AI will create 6.2 billion hours of worker productivity globally, resulting in $2.9 trillion of business value. The rationale for this increased focus on data-driven insights is clear: while business environments continue to grow more complex and uncertain, the need for fast decision-making and agility has never been greater. - Why SAFe Hurts – Implementing SAFe in Business
Why do some people find SAFe® to be helpful in empowering teams while others find implementing the Framework painful? To be honest, both scenarios are equally valid. - The Scrum Master Exchange Program: A Twist on Professional Development
My career path shifted at the beginning of 2021 when I became a full-time scrum master. I knew right away that to be the best scrum master I could be, I’d need to do continuous professional development. - How to Scale Up the Circular Economy
This blog post will illustrate, with practical examples, how the principles and practices of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) can contribute to scaling up the circular economy. - Can SAFe Make the World a Better Place?
Recently, someone asked me to explain the benefits of SAFe® over other Agile frameworks. Before I answer, I want to point out that I am not opposed to other scaling… Read more: Can SAFe Make the World a Better Place? - AgilityHealth Insights: What We Learned from Teams to Improve Performance – Agility Planning
This post is part of an ongoing blog series where Scaled Agile Partners share stories from the field about using Measure and Grow assessments with customers to evaluate progress and… Read more: AgilityHealth Insights: What We Learned from Teams to Improve Performance – Agility Planning - How Do We Measure Feelings? – SAFe Transformation
This post is part of an ongoing blog series where Scaled Agile Partners share stories from the field about using Measure and Grow assessments with customers to evaluate progress and… Read more: How Do We Measure Feelings? – SAFe Transformation - Everything You Wanted to Know About SAFe® Enterprise – Enterprise AgilityWhen you think of the name “Enterprise,” what comes to mind? Space shuttles? Aircraft carriers? If you’re like me, you might think about Star Trek. From the OG Bill Shatner… Read more: Everything You Wanted to Know About SAFe® Enterprise – Enterprise Agility
- Honest Assessments Achieve Real Insights
In this post, I share my experience of running a series of Measure and Grow assessments at a government agency in the UK I’m working with—including the experiments that we… Read more: Honest Assessments Achieve Real Insights - Creating Your PI Backlog Content – Agility Planning
Glenn Smith and Darren Wilmshurst with Radtac, a Scaled Agile Partner, co-wrote this blog post. At the conclusion of Program Increment (PI) Planning, we’re always reminded of something one of… Read more: Creating Your PI Backlog Content – Agility Planning - We’re Giving More Than a Donation for Pride Month – Agility Leadership
I wanted to share a learning moment I and my colleagues at Scaled Agile had recently. June is Pride Month, and some employees requested that we modify our logo to include… Read more: We’re Giving More Than a Donation for Pride Month – Agility Leadership - Three Lessons I Learned in My First Year as a Product Owner – Agility Planning
I had managed marketing teams before, but being a product owner (PO) of an Agile marketing team was a completely new concept. As a team member, I was fortunate to… Read more: Three Lessons I Learned in My First Year as a Product Owner – Agility Planning - How Vendors Can Apply Customer Centricity When Organizing Around Value
Lots of organizations are organized around functional silos—such as business, system engineering, hardware, software, testing/QA, and operations. These structures exist because they support specialization and allow organizations to grow and manage their people effectively. - Winning the Customer with Experience Architecture – Agility Planning
As the post-digital economy begins to boom and the worlds of business process and technology come together, it’s time to think about how we optimize the whole from a unified,… Read more: Winning the Customer with Experience Architecture – Agility Planning - Measuring Agile Maturity with Assessments – Agile Adoption
Stephen Gristock is a PMO Leader and Lean Agile Advisory Consultant for Eliassen Group, a Scaled Agile Partner. In this blog, he explores both the rationale and potential approaches for assessing… Read more: Measuring Agile Maturity with Assessments – Agile Adoption - How I Prepared to Teach My First Remote SAFe Class – SAFe Training
In March 2020, I co-taught my first SAFe® class. I made a big course Kanban board on the wall with each lesson and designed flip charts for feedback. I printed out… Read more: How I Prepared to Teach My First Remote SAFe Class – SAFe Training - How We Used DevOps to Rework Our SAFe® DevOps Course – The SAFe Approach
There’s no faster way to kill a conversation among a non-technical crowd than to begin discussing DevOps. For many, DevOps is that “technical thing” that IT teams do to automate testing. Or,… Read more: How We Used DevOps to Rework Our SAFe® DevOps Course – The SAFe Approach - Why the Most Successful PMs and POs Share a Brain – Implementing SAFe Successfully
In SAFe®, the Product Owner (PO) and Product Manager (PM) roles are critical for many reasons. We’ll start with the basics, the why, and the roles and responsibilities of each. POs and PMs are… Read more: Why the Most Successful PMs and POs Share a Brain – Implementing SAFe Successfully - SAFe and Business Architecture – Lean and Agile Journey with SAFe
As organizations begin their Lean and Agile journey with SAFe®, SPCs will introduce a tool designed to help organizations determine the best, most logical place to launch their first Agile… Read more: SAFe and Business Architecture – Lean and Agile Journey with SAFe - The Challenge of Economic Prioritization – Agility Planning
On the surface, the foundations of job sequencing in considering the Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) prioritization schema seem logical. Do the smallest job with the greatest cost of delay first to… Read more: The Challenge of Economic Prioritization – Agility Planning - Agile Planning to 100% Capacity? Don’t Do It!
Someone asked me the other day why Agile teams don’t plan to full capacity. Think about this scenario: during the last PI, a team on the ART achieved 50 percent… Read more: Agile Planning to 100% Capacity? Don’t Do It! - VoC: The Power of Customer Feedback in Prioritizing Work – Agility Planning
Welcome to the third post in our value stream identification in practice blog series. You can read the first post here about preparing for a successful workshop. And the second post here with helpful tips for identifying value streams. - 10 Tips for Value Stream Identification – SAFe Implementation
Welcome to the second post in our blog series about value stream identification in practice. Read the first post here about preparing for a successful Value Stream and ART Identification workshop. When… Read more: 10 Tips for Value Stream Identification – SAFe Implementation - Three Steps to Prepare for a Successful Value Stream Workshop – SAFe Transformation
The Value Stream and Agile Release Train (ART) identification workshop are some of the most critical steps to generate meaningful results from your SAFe transformation. That’s because it enables you to respond faster to customer needs by organizing around value. - Leading the SAFe® Conversation to Win Over Other Leaders
Has your agency, program, corporation or company given Agile a try? Perhaps with one of the myriad techniques or methodologies out there? Perhaps with a homegrown model that would “fit… Read more: Leading the SAFe<sup><small>®</small></sup> Conversation to Win Over Other Leaders - Happy Anniversary, Agile Manifesto!
Happy anniversary, Agile Manifesto! It’s hard to believe you were created 20 years ago this month, in a ski lodge in Snowbird, Utah. The world was a very different place, then,… Read more: Happy Anniversary, Agile Manifesto! - Scrum Master Stories: Improving Team Dynamics for Better Productivity – Agility Planning
I’m the scrum master for several teams at Scaled Agile. Throughout my time here, we’ve had team members leave the company. We’ve hired new team members. And we’ve reorganized around value, forming and re-forming new teams. During these times of change, we’ve needed ways to keep the teams motivated and working well together. - Connect Your Learning Networks to SAFe – Benefits of SAFe
Welcome to the final post in our series on learning networks. In previous posts, we’ve discussed the power of informal learning networks, how informal learning networks emerge, and how to uncover these networks in… Read more: Connect Your Learning Networks to SAFe – Benefits of SAFe - Launching an ART? Do a Gemba Walk – Implementing SAFe
What if you could see a great example of SAFe® in the wild; a vision of a possible future as you prepare to launch your first ART? Would you want to… Read more: Launching an ART? Do a Gemba Walk – Implementing SAFe - Uncovering Your Organization’s Hidden Learning Networks – Business Agility Planning
Welcome to the third post in our series on learning networks. In previous posts, we’ve discussed the power of informal learning networks and how informal learning networks emerge. In this post, I’ll share… Read more: Uncovering Your Organization’s Hidden Learning Networks – Business Agility Planning - Understanding Leading Indicators in Product Development and Innovation
It’s quite common for people to nod knowingly when you mention leading indicators, but in reality, few people understand them. I believe people struggle with leading indicators because they are… Read more: Understanding Leading Indicators in Product Development and Innovation - Traits of the Stoic Agilist – Agility Planning and Scaling
Hollywood has a way of portraying philosophers as pretentious finders of fault. (Emily in Paris, I love you, but you are guilty of this.) What’s more, the mention of the… Read more: Traits of the Stoic Agilist – Agility Planning and Scaling - Taking the Sting Out of Remote Teaching with Scaled Agile’s Virtual Classroom – SAFe Training
The backstory Due to the global pandemic, almost overnight, we had to convert all 2020 SAFe® classes to virtual delivery. I’m most proud of how the worldwide SAFe community came… Read more: Taking the Sting Out of Remote Teaching with Scaled Agile’s Virtual Classroom – SAFe Training - Three Ways Informal Learning Networks Emerge – Agile Planning
Welcome to the second post in our series on learning networks. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, read the first post to get caught up. So, how exactly does an informal learning network emerge? There are three different ways that I’d like to share with you. - Using Agile Marketing How We Turned Business as Usual into Value Delivery
Agile marketing gave me a few tools I never had before in previous marketing leadership roles. I have visibility into and clarity around the work that had never existed before, and my team has reaped the benefits. - 8 Facts about Scaled Agile Framework Training
If you’ve spent much time working in enterprise environments, you might have heard about the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). And if that’s the case, there’s also a good chance that… Read more: 8 Facts about Scaled Agile Framework Training - SAFe® Program Dependency Board Retrospective – PI Planning and Execution
The SAFe program board, or program dependency board, is a key artifact used in PI Planning and execution. The Agile Release Train (ART) teams and stakeholders used it to align, anticipate risks, and adapt the plan accordingly. - The Power of Informal Learning Networks
I can remember the exact moment when I went from being a transactional learner to a lifelong learner. I was in a meeting with my leader at that time, checking… Read more: The Power of Informal Learning Networks - Aligning Global Teams Through Agile Program Management: A Case Study – Agile Transformation
Like many organizations, Planview operates globally, with headquarters in Austin, Texas, and offices in Stockholm and Bangalore. About two years ago, we launched a company-wide initiative to rewire our organization… Read more: Aligning Global Teams Through Agile Program Management: A Case Study – Agile Transformation - Use WSJF to Inspire a Successful SAFe® Adoption – Agile for Business
By definition, Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) is a prioritization model used to sequence jobs to produce maximum economic benefit. Utilizing WSJF relies on the Cost of Delay and job… Read more: Use WSJF to Inspire a Successful SAFe® Adoption – Agile for Business - The SAFe® Coach
Coaching appears in the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®), but there isn’t one place where we define the SAFe coach. In general, a SAFe coach is a servant leader, someone who can facilitate both change and collaboration at scale. - Shared Objectives and Collaborative Sense-Making: Key to Success – SAFe Best Practices
Welcome to the third post in our series about SAFe best practices to create a healthy relationship between product owners (POs) and product managers (PMs) that helps to achieve business… Read more: Shared Objectives and Collaborative Sense-Making: Key to Success – SAFe Best Practices - Agility Fuel – Powering Agile TeamsOne of my favorite analogies for agile teams is to compare them to an F-1 race car. These race cars are the result of some of the most precise, high-performance… Read more: Agility Fuel – Powering Agile Teams
- How to Pass a SAFe Exam and Get Certified
I’ve always been a good test-taker. I also spent almost two years teaching students how to raise their scores on standardized tests like the ACT, SAT, PSAT, and HSPT. I… Read more: How to Pass a SAFe Exam and Get Certified - Avoid Change Saturation to Land Change Well with SAFe – Agile Transformation
This is the second post in my short series on landing change well. Read the first post here. Managing change is as much of an art as it is a science.… Read more: Avoid Change Saturation to Land Change Well with SAFe – Agile Transformation - Experiences Using the IJI SAFe Principle Cards – Benefits of SAFeGames to play with leaders and teams to embed the principles in your organization. It’s been over two years since we first launched our popular SAFe® Principle cards. With the advent… Read more: Experiences Using the IJI SAFe Principle Cards – Benefits of SAFe
- Quarantine and COVID-19: Beware of Burnout
COVID-19 has affected all of our lives, and I’m sure its impact will be felt for quite some time. Working from home part-time is not so new for many of… Read more: Quarantine and COVID-19: Beware of Burnout - Ten Steps to Landing Meaningful Change Well – Business Agility Planning
Change is hard. For more than a decade, I’ve used that simple reminder to start every discovery and transformation engagement. Even with that warning in mind, those responsible for leading… Read more: Ten Steps to Landing Meaningful Change Well – Business Agility Planning - POs and PMs: A Dynamic Duo – SAFe Best Practices
Welcome to the second post in our series about SAFe best practices to create a healthy relationship between product owners and product managers that drives product success. You can read the first… Read more: POs and PMs: A Dynamic Duo – SAFe Best Practices - Learn How Planview Executed a Successful Virtual PI Planning – Agility Planning
Program increment (PI) Planning plays a critical role in ensuring cross-team alignment and collaboration. Typically done as a two-day, in-person event, PI Planning brings teams and leadership together to create… Read more: Learn How Planview Executed a Successful Virtual PI Planning – Agility Planning - Product Owners, Product Managers, and the Feature Factory – SAFe Structure
Both product owners (POs) and product managers (PMs) have “product” in their titles. Both roles connect people to the customer to ensure we’re building the right thing. Both roles rely… Read more: Product Owners, Product Managers, and the Feature Factory – SAFe Structure - Elevate Your Remote Production to Super Awesome – SAFe Training
The world is now full-on remote! That is, as non-essential workers, we’re all currently working from home. At least until the COVID-19 crisis is behind us and some sense of… Read more: Elevate Your Remote Production to Super Awesome – SAFe Training - Inspect and Adapt: How a 30-year-old PPM Company Became a Case Study in Agile Transformation
In 2017, Planview (a Scaled Agile partner) realized that its customers and market were evolving beyond their traditional product lines. A leader in project portfolio management (PPM) solutions, Planview recognized the need… Read more: Inspect and Adapt: How a 30-year-old PPM Company Became a Case Study in Agile Transformation - Scrum Master Stories: Building Relationships – Agility Planning
Not that long ago, we had a transition in leadership on our team. Our product owner at the time was taking a sabbatical and we were in the process of… Read more: Scrum Master Stories: Building Relationships – Agility Planning
“Philips is continuously driving to develop high-quality software in a predictable, fast and Agile way. SAFe addresses this primary goal, as well as offering these further benefits: reduced time to market and improved quality, stronger alignment across geographically distributed multi-disciplinary teams, and collaboration across teams to deliver meaningful value to customers with reduced cycle time.”