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
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.
Your LACE sets the tone for your transformation. Therefore, selecting members of the LACE can be a daunting task. Hear from our experts with unique perspectives on what they have seen work best in various contexts. Our panelists will deliver thoughtful answers about how to staff your LACE.
Speakers
Eduardo Alvim
SPCT, Head of Product Strategy and Development (Gladwell Academy)
Prior to becoming SPCT, I’ve gained extensive working experience in the areas of software development, IT and team management. Also, implemented Agile ways of working in industries as diverse as aviation, healthcare, pharmaceutical, banking & insurance, media and IT. This has led me to an extended practical knowledge of the need for agile ways of working and firsthand examples of the benefits of implementing SAFe.
Christine Babowicz
SPCT Candidate, Assistant Vice President, Global Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (Metlife)
Agility evangelist, industry speaker and founding member of the MetLife Global Lean-Agile Center of Excellence; proving that a small yet determined group of change agents can seed and influence a pull-based global agile transformation. Skilled in product portfolio mapping, facilitation, implementing the lean-agile toolbox and developing an in-house coaching capability to sustain enterprise agility. Experience applying agility to Portfolios, Solutions, Programs and Teams across MetLife. Execution expertise also extends to organizational change management and leadership coaching. SPCT Candidate
Deema Dajani
SAFe Fellow, Product Manager (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Deema draws on a Startup background and an MBA from Kellogg. Deema helps established enterprises create the environment to shape disruption with business agility and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM). Started her Agile journey in the early 2000’s as a Product Manager, Director of Strategy, and pre-IPO turn around specialist. Deema transitioned to advisory where she led some of the largest transformations to Lean-Agile with SAFe in Financial Services and Insurance. Deema currently serves as a Scaled Agile Product Manager focused on LPM and Leadership. Co-founder of the Women in Agile, a non-profit organization focused on breaking barriers and inclusivity in the agile community.
Mike Foster
iSPCT Candidate, Agile Coach (Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.)
I help technical people be happy at work by delivering amazing results while having fun.
This masterclass by the course creator and Agile HR expert Fabiola Eyholzer is a one‐day, remote class that explores the new world of work and explains why Agile is instrumental in creating more stable, responsive, and successful organizations.
Attendees can achieve a Certified Agile HR Explorer (AHRE) certification through Just Leading Solutions.
Who will benefit:
Agile change agents, HR professionals, and leaders who want to enable the SAFe implementation with congruent HR practices.
Attendees Learn
New World of Work
Explore the latest revolution of work and its disruptive impact on organizations and HR
Agile Foundations
Understand the history of Agile, its values and principles and underlying concepts
Intro to Agile HR
Learn the meaning of Agile HR, and Agile4HR vs. HR4Agile
Mini Case Studies
Apply this knowledge through practical stories that help relate it to day-to-day situations
Practices and Themes
Learn guidance for applying agile values and principles to different HR practices
Agile HR Explorer answers the questions:
How can I identify the changing nature of work and its impact on HR?
What is the world of Agile and how do I apply agile values and principles?
What is the difference between Agile4HR and HR4Agile?
What are the key Agile HR themes and their relevance to HR Practices?
Fabiola Eyholzer is known as a pioneer and one of the leading thought leaders in the world of agile HR. She has been instrumental in helping organizations accelerate their agile transformation and build more robust, responsive, and innovative businesses through a relentless focus on people.
In over two decades as Management Consultant and Executive Advisor, Fabiola has worked with numerous key players around the globe and across the private, corporate, and social sectors. They seek her expertise in Business and HR Agility, Transformation and Performance Acceleration.
This online live talk, scheduled for the beginning of May, is dedicated to answering your questions and facilitating a meaningful dialogue on applying agility to address the rapid changes in the sector.
Speakers
Harry Koehnemann
SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Harry Koehnemann is a SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant at Scaled Agile, Inc., where he helps organizations build and deliver solutions faster, more predictably, and with high quality. He has spent the past two decades consulting with aerospace, defense, automotive, and other organizations to adopt better engineering practices, including Lean, Agile, MBSE, requirements management, quality management, and the related activities necessary to support compliance. Harry is a regular presenter on Lean-Agile topics and engineering practices at Agile, Systems Engineering, and government conferences.
Jeff Shupack
SAFe Fellow, President of Advisory Practice (Project & Team)
Jeff Shupack helps organizations deliver some of the world’s most complex virtual and physical products at scale. As a SAFe Fellow & SPCT, he is a sought-after transformation expert focusing on digital enterprise, cyber-physical delivery, and change leadership. Jeff is President of Advisory Practice at Project & Team, specializing in digital transformations within highly regulated and complex environments for the Fortune 100 and government agencies.
Markus Vogg
Global Head of the Business Agility practice (Capgemini Invent)
As Global Head of the Business Agility Practice at Capgemini Invent, Markus has a strong passion for Agile Transformations. In recent years he has focused on helping organizations introduce the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and is continuously working with (senior) stakeholders to achieve a sustainable Agile transformation based on a fundamental shift in mindset. As a SAFe SPCT, he has coached many different corporations across the globe, combining deep knowledge of SAFe with practical knowledge of Agile@Scale in general.
Since the March launch, you have reviewed SAFe 6.0 and considered how it will affect your enterprise. You likely have thought of questions for the teams working on the updated guidance then. This Ask the Experts session is your chance to ask those questions!
Speakers
Deema Dajani
SAFe Fellow, Product Management Director (Scaled Agile)
A SAFe® Fellow and Product Management Director at Scaled Agile, Deema helps large institutions create the environment to shape disruption like a startup with business agility and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM). Deema has spent the past 2 years in researching LPM implementations across various types of organizations and at different stages, she has been synthesizing the proven patterns into online assets that can help change agents implement and advance their LPM. Co-founder of Women in Agile, a non-profit organization focused on breaking barriers and inclusivity in the agile community.
Alysa Kirkpatrick
Director Product Management (Scaled Agile)
Dean Leffingwell
Co-founder, Chief Methodologist (Scaled Agile)
Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell is an entrepreneur and software development methodologist best known for creating SAFe®, the world’s most widely used framework for business agility. His best-selling books, Agile Software Requirements, Scaling Software Agility, and SAFe® Distilled, form much of the basis of modern thinking on Lean-Agile practices and principles. Founder of several successful startups, including Requisite, Inc. (acquired by Rational), Mr. Leffingwell also served as Chief Methodologist to Rally Software, and prior to that, as Sr. Vice President at Rational Software (now part of IBM). He currently serves as Chief Methodologist to Scaled Agile, Inc., which he co-founded in 2011.
Tamara Nation
SAFe® Fellow, Senior Director Product Management (Scaled Agile)
Discover SAFe® 6.0 – The Next Evolution with Dean Leffingwell
Here at Scaled Agile, we were thrilled to announce the launch of SAFe® 6.0 and SAFe Studio this month. These new updates will deepen SAFe’s impact, help you build resiliency and reshape the way you approach transformation. On 30 March, Dean Leffingwell is joining us for a deep dive into what these changes mean for you in the APAC region.
When:
March 30, 2023, 11:12 am – March 30, 2023, 11:25 am
The Scaled Agile APAC team is thrilled to host our Co-founder and Cheif Methodologist, Dean Leffingwell, to share his insights about SAFe 6.0. Learn directly from Dean about how these updates enable you to work differently and build the future.
11:30 am AEDT 6:00am IST 8:30am SGT 8:30am CST 9:30am JST
Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell is an entrepreneur and software development methodologist best known for creating SAFe®, the world’s most widely used framework for business agility.
His best-selling books, Agile Software Requirements, Scaling Software Agility, and SAFe® Distilled, form much of the basis of modern thinking on Lean-Agile practices and principles. Founder of several successful startups, including Requisite, Inc. (acquired by Rational), Mr. Leffingwell also served as Chief Methodologist to Rally Software, and prior to that, as Sr. Vice President at Rational Software (now part of IBM). He currently serves as Chief Methodologist to Scaled Agile, Inc., which he co-founded in 2011.
SPCs and SPCTs have the exclusive opportunity to attend the SAFe® 6.0 LPM Masterclass in Wiesbaden, Germany, March 27-29, 2023. The SAFe® Fellows, Deema Dajani and Dr. Thorsten Janning and the SPCTs Rune Christensen, Michele Lanzinger and Odile Moreau will help you in this deep dive to improve your expertise on LPM.
When:
March 27, 2023, 8:00 am – March 29, 2023, 5:00 pm ECT
Where:
Wiesbaden , Germany
Who:
Agile Coach, Portfolio, SAFe Practice Consultant, SPC, SPCT
Learn about the latest research, deepen your background knowledge and its quality, and gain experience, tips and techniques in implementing and coaching LPM. On the third workshop day, a practical implementation example with brand-new insights on how to successfully implement Lean Portfolio Management will be worked on together.
During the three days of training, the focus will not only be on LPM but also on the exchange and discussion between the participants, numerous experts mentioned above.
This class takes place 8:00 – 17:00 each day with evening activities 27 March and 28 March.
Speakers
Deema Dajani
SAFe Fellow, Product Management Director (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
A SAFe® Fellow and Product Management Director at Scaled Agile, Deema helps large institutions create the environment to shape disruption like a startup with business agility and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM). Deema has spent the past 2 years in researching LPM implementations across various types of organizations and at different stages, she has been synthesizing the proven patterns into online assets that can help change agents implement and advance their LPM. Co-founder of Women in Agile, a non-profit organization focused on breaking barriers and inclusivity in the agile community.
Dr. Thorsten Janning
SAFe Fellow, Management Consultant (Kegon)
Dr. Thorsten Janning is one of the first European SAFe® Program Consultant Trainers (SPCT) and the first German SAFe® Fellow, making him one of the most experienced and distinguished agile consultants in Europe.
The mathematician has been working in the IT industry since 1990. His professional career led him as an architect and project manager via consulting and user companies as well as a university professorship into the consulting and training business. As a co-founder of KEGON AG (in 2002), he is a partner and was a board member until the end of 2017. His professional activities focus on the development of lean and agile organisations as well as agile strategy and portfolio development. Thorsten is an experienced contact for boards and management on their way to the sustainable and digital future of their companies.
Michele Lanzinger
SPCT, SAFe Strategic Advisor (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Michele is a certified SPCT and works as a SAFe® Strategic Advisor at Scaled Agile, Inc. supporting partners and companies in Europe to implement Business Agility.
Born in Italy, Michele has gained his professional experience in renowned management and strategy consultancies as well as in some start-ups across Europe.
Since 2014, he has specialised in agile transformation and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Michele lives in Bad Homburg, is married and has 2 children. He speaks German, English, Spanish and Italian.
Odile Moreau
SPCT, SAFe Strategic Advisor (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.
Attendees will recognize how continuous Exploration fuels innovation and helps you define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to tap into new markets. Find out how to accelerate the product lifecycle to get fast feedback and quickly deliver exceptional products and solutions that delight customers – all while aligning with your organization’s strategy, portfolio, evolving architecture, and solution intent.
Discover in this three-day SAFe® training the right mindset, skills, and tools you need to create successful products and solutions using Agile techniques. Learn how to use Design Thinking to create products and solutions that are:
Desirable – what customers want
Viable – profitable for you to build and sell
Feasible – something you can realistically deliver
Sustainable – something you can proactively manage to realize ROI
Speakers
Tamara Nation
SAFe Fellow, Director of Product Management (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Tamara Nation is results-driven servant leader with a proven track record of motivating high performing teams to deliver positive outcomes in complex, matrixed environments. Drive a consensus-based approach to gain broad alignment through engagement and participation in decision making. Thrive when facing a challenge with unwavering persistence to stick with and solve tough and complex problems to achieve organizational goals.
Markus Vogg
SPCT, Global Head of Business Agility Practice (Capgemini)
As Global Head of the Business Agility practice at Capgemini Invent, Markus has a strong passion for Agile Transformations. In recent years, he has focused on helping organizations introduce the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and is continuously working with (senior) stakeholders to achieve a sustainable Agile transformation based on a fundamental shift in mindset. As a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), he has coached many different corporations across the globe, combining deep knowledge of SAFe with practical knowledge of Agile@Scale in general. He has trained a couple of hundred employees of many of the leading companies on what SAFe is and how it can be successfully applied. Furthermore, over the last years he has helped different companies in “becoming Agile” especially also at the Portfolio level, focusing on planning and budgeting cycles, to best enable Value Streams and their ART(s) to follow their new way-of-working.
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.
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
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.
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.
Learn how to apply Flow Accelerators to your context in this workshop to deliver value to your customers faster. After instruction and work time, you’ll see how your area of flow affects the larger system.
When:
June 28, 2023, 1:00 pm – June 29, 2023, 5:00 pm ECT
Where:
Remote
Who:
Agile Coach, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Practice Consultant
This workshop takes place over two days (June 28 and 29) in four-hour sessions from 1-5 pm (CEST).
We designed this eight-hour workshop over two days to support the range of participants needed to optimize one or many value streams.
Who will benefit: 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
Rune Christensen
SPCT, Strategic Advisor (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Rune has more than 20 years of experience working with software and cyber physical solutions within enterprise and public safety communication, insurance, logistics, and energy. He has supported several Enterprises in transforming their ways of working using lean-agile practices and helped them achieve greater business outcomes.
Harry Koehnemann
SAFe Fellow, Methodologist (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Harry Koehnemann is a Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile Inc., where he helps organizations deliver solutions faster, more predictably, and with high quality. He has spent the past two decades working with large system builders in aerospace, defense, automotive, and other industries, helping them apply Lean, Agile, and MBSE to their engineering practices.
