Building a Professional Network the Agile Way

Building a Professional Network the Agile Way

Learn to grow your professional opportunities through a more valuable, connected, and invested network.

When:

April 16, 2024, 1:00 pm – April 16, 2024, 1:30 pm MST

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Architect, Product Manager, Product Owner, RTE, Scrum Master, SPC, SPCT, Team Coach

Event Overview

According to a PwC survey, 55% percent of those in the technology and IT fields felt they had missed a job opportunity due to insufficient network. In this session, we’ll cover both a strategic mindset/approach and tactical steps you can take starting today.

  • Benefits and methods for in-person vs. virtual networking
  • Breaking the ice and developing meaningful connections
  • Achieving consistent, sustainable network growth on LinkedIn
  • Take advantage of existing groups like Meetups, role-specific groups like RTE and SPC circle, in-person events, etc.


We’ll help you develop simple, repeatable processes for building your network in a way that lasts long-term!

Speakers

Chandler Karadsheh

Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Mike Alber

Director, Community Engagement at Scaled Agile, Inc.

Discover SAFe® 6.0 – The next evolution with Dean Leffingwell

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

Where:

Zoom

Who:

Agile Coach, Consultant, Enterprise Architect, Product Owner, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Practice Consultant, Scrum Master, Solution Train Engineer, SPC

Event Overview

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

Speakers

Dean Leffingwell

Co-founder, Chief Methodologist (Scaled Agile, Inc.)

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 RequirementsScaling 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.

Lean Portfolio Management Masterclass

Lean Portfolio Management Masterclass

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

Event Overview

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

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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.

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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.

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