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In this episode of the Scrum.org Community Podcast, host Dave West and Yuval Yeret, Professional Scrum Trainer and SAFe Fellow explore how the Agile Product Operating Model (APOM) can enhance the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). They discuss the shift from a rigid "feature factory" approach to a dynamic "lab" environment that fosters experimentation and value discovery. Yuval highlights the need to evolve SAFe to better support product-oriented organizations, highlighting practical steps like the Portfolio Agility Trail Map. Tune in to learn how SAFe and APOM can work together and other considerations.
Host Anthony O'Donnell welcomes Niki Manby, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Mutual of Omaha to share the remarkable journey of the company's digital transformation that has boosted the success of the company. Niki shares her extensive experience in financial services and fintech, showcasing how she's driving change and ensuring the company remains competitive and customer-focused. They explore the unique challenges of the insurance sector, the impact of agile methodologies, and the potential of emerging technologies such as AI to revolutionize the industry. In this episode, you'll hear insights from Niki's background and her strategic vision for integrating insurtech capabilities to foster an innovation culture within large enterprises. Key Takeaways: Build an innovation culture centered around solving customer problems rather than just business problems to foster innovation within the organization. Use Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to align business priorities with technology efforts to facilitate continuous communication and iterative improvements. Adopt a balanced approach to InsurTech partnerships to lead to more effective innovation. Timestamps [00:02:03] Introduction of Niki Manby and her role at Mutual of Omaha [00:05:01] Challenges in aligning strategy and innovation in insurance [00:06:24] How digital innovation can be applied to the life insurance industry and innovation opportunities [00:11:01] How to create a culture of innovation starting with customer problem-solving and fostering curiosity [00:14:19] Addressing alignment between business priorities and technology through Agile methodology [00:19:13] Impact of AI, specifically generative AI, on the insurance industry [00:20:52] The importance of governance and controls in AI [00:21:18] Summary by Anthony on the importance of embedding an innovation culture, integrating insurtech, and the potential of GenAI Resources: Connect with Niki Manby: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikimanby/ Check out Mutual of Omaha: https://www.mutualofomaha.com/ If you are starting your digital transformation journey, check out these e-books: How To Kick Off a PAS Modernization Project, the Right Way: Insights From a Veteran Project Manager https://hubs.li/Q02rP_6z0 Critical Resourcing Decisions that Ensure the Success of Your PAS Modernization Project https://hubs.li/Q02rP_D10 The Reality Behind SaaS Policy Admin Vendor Claims. A Roadmap to Success https://hubs.li/Q02rP_Jf0
We're thrilled to welcome Laith Al-Hashimi, founder of the Sirocco Group, back to the CPQ Podcast! Since his last appearance in 2022, Laith's Swedish system integration company specializing in CRM and CPQ solutions has experienced tremendous growth globally. In this episode, Laith dives deep into several key topics: From University Startup to Industry Leader: Laith shares his inspiring story of launching his first company while still a student. Sirocco Group's Growth Trajectory: He discusses the impressive growth the company has achieved in the past few years and shares their ambitious plans for the next five years. CPQ Expertise Across the Board: Laith offers insights on Salesforce Revenue Cloud & RLM, Experlogix, and their exciting new global partnership with Tacton. The Value of CPQ Certifications: He explores his perspective on CPQ vendor certifications and the benefits they bring to customers. Navigating the Market Landscape: Laith sheds light on the current economic climate within their operating markets. Agile Success with Safe: He explains how his team leverages the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE) to achieve agility and deliver exceptional results for their clients. This episode promises a wealth of knowledge and practical takeaways for anyone interested in CPQ solutions and scaling a successful business. Don't miss it! website https://www.siroccogroup.com/ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/laithalhashimi/ Twitter / X @LaithAlHashimi email laith.al-hashimi@siroccogroup.com
In dieser Jobcast-Episode von OHRBEIT hörst du von Thomas und Max über ihre Rollen in der Java-Entwicklung bei der R&V-Versicherung sprechen. Thomas gibt uns Einblicke in das Backend mit Kotlin und Java und die Herausforderungen beim Betrieb in der Kubernetes Cloud. Max teilt seine Erfahrungen im Frontend, den Aufbau einer Frontend-Library und den Umgang mit neuen Technologien wie Storybook. Beide betonen die Bedeutung von Weiterbildung, Agilität und die familienfreundliche Unternehmenskultur bei R&V. Highlights in dieser Episode: • Thomas arbeitet im Backend an der neuen Plattform Phoenix, die das Privat- und Firmenkundengeschäft zusammenführt, mit Kotlin und Java. • Max kümmert sich um das Frontend und baut eine Frontend-Library, die von anderen Projekten genutzt werden kann. • Die Einarbeitung in neue Technologien wie Storybook war für Max eine spannende Herausforderung. • Thomas entdeckte die Vorteile einer Prozessengine, die Einblicke in den Datenfluss ermöglicht. • Max war überrascht von der bedachten Geschwindigkeit bei R&V im Vergleich zu anderen Unternehmen und schätzte die Möglichkeit zur Weiterbildung. • Beide Gäste betonen die Bedeutung von internen und externen Schulungen für ihre berufliche Entwicklung. • Veranstaltungen wie das Barcamp fördern den Austausch und das Netzwerken innerhalb der R&V. • Max hebt die Familienfreundlichkeit bei R&V hervor, insbesondere die Flexibilität bei der Kinderbetreuung. • Thomas betont die Umsetzung echter Agilität bei R&V, angelehnt an das Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE). Dein nächster Schritt: Wenn du Interesse hast, an einer spannenden und vielseitigen Softwareentwicklung in einem familienfreundlichen Unternehmen mitzuwirken, schau dir die
Die Digitalisierung und die damit einhergehenden Veränderungen haben auch die Versicherungswirtschaft erreicht. Eine agile Arbeitsweise wird immer wichtiger, um auf Veränderungen im Markt und bei Kundenbedürfnissen schnell reagieren zu können. Viele Versicherungsunternehmen bedienen sich hierbei bereits unterschiedlicher agiler Modelle und Methodiken wie dem Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) oder dem sogenannten "Spotify-Modell", um ihre Innovationskraft und ihre Produktivität zu steigern. Das "Spotify Modell" ist eine Art der Organisationsstruktur und Arbeitsweise, das auf Agilität und autonome Teams setzt und aufgrund seines Erfolgs auch von anderen Branchen und Organisationen adaptiert wurde. Dazu haben wir drei Experten eingeladen, die sich intensiv mit der Agilen Transformation im Versicherungssektor beschäftigen: Manuel Brack, Project Manager agile@zgd und Leiter Projektmanagementservices bei der Zurich Gruppe Deutschland, Ralf Oestereich, Vorstand IT und Organisation sowie CIO/COO & Tech Leader bei der SDK – Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung a.G., und Denis Yilmaz, Chapter Lead Methodik bei der HDI Group. Gemeinsam diskutieren wir die Herausforderungen und Chancen einer agilen Organisationsstruktur und beleuchten auch die kritischen Seiten des „Spotify“-Modells sowie die Fragen, wie die Zusammenarbeit zwischen IT und Fachbereich optimiert werden kann und welche Learnings aus anderen Branchen für die Versicherungsbranche nützlich sein können. Moderation: Thomas Schmerling, Senior Manager Strategy & Transactions, und Marius Münzel, Senior Consultant Strategy & Transactions. Ihr habt Fragen oder Anmerkungen? Meldet euch einfach bei uns per Mail unter eyfintechandbeyond@de.ey.com mit Feedback oder Vorschlägen für Themen oder Gäste.
Federal Tech Podcast: Listen and learn how successful companies get federal contracts
Thousands of books have been written about agile software development since the release of The Agile Manifesto back in 2001. It was a noble, but frustrating concept two decades ago. They really did not have the tools to have informal teams combine to complete complicated software development projects. For example, if your team were in one building, you could meet daily and provide updates on agile topics like product backlog and continuous integration. This face-to-face approach hit a wall when team members were remote. Back in 2006, the founders of Bluescape saw the problem and started to develop technology that allowed professionals to accomplish the task of process management and workflow automation. In 2011, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)started releasing frameworks for assisting larger organizations deploy agile methodologies. Bluescape works well with the principles of SAFe. During the interview, Norm Literini describes how Bluescape provides a platform to allow software to be developed in a flexible manner. It provides common operating tools to unite sectors, this can be in software, crisis response, of cross-functional planning. Further, Bluescape is FedRAMP and IL4 / IL5 compliant so federal systems managers can rely on a system to produce software safely as well as effectively. Follow John Gilroy on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Listen to past episodes of Federal Tech Podcast www.federaltechpodcast.com
Join Brian on the Agile Mentors Podcast as he sits down with Mike Hall for a refreshing perspective on SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), its real-world applications, and the hidden costs of a one-size-fits-all approach. Overview Today, on the Agile Mentors Podcast, Brian delves into the intricacies of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) with guest Mike Hall of Agile Authority. Listen in as Mike shares the four essential steps for effective SAFe implementation, the hidden costs of a one-size-fits-all method, and why it's crucial to listen, understand, and honor the dynamics within your unique organization. Tune in to gain a profound understanding of SAFe and how to make it work for your team. Listen Now to Discover: [01:21]- Brian Milner introduces his guest, Mike Hall, Founder and chief evangelist of Agile Authority to discuss the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). [02:41] - Mike shares his background and perspective on SAFe and clarifies this is not a SAFe bashing session. [05:07] - The importance of lean thinking and continuous improvement. [06:13] - Mike shares the definition of SAFe and its core components, and popularity in Agile transformations. [09:08] - The pros and cons of SAFe: Mike explains why SAFe appeals to executives and its popularity in addressing agile scaling needs. [13:06] - Brian and Mike acknowledge the criticism of SAFe but discuss the appeal of its "connective tissue" concept. [14:04] - Mike highlights some of the pros of SAFe, including the accessible resources and low risk. But also shares some potential issues like the importance of value alignment and the comprehensive yet generic nature of SAFe. [16:53] - Improving SAFe: Brian asks Mike which aspects of SAFe he believes could be enhanced. [17:19] - Mike discusses the issue of considerable overhead and complexity, especially in the full configuration mode. [18:35] - In SAFe there are six new team roles that require training investments along with the addition of 17 new recurring meetings (events) in SAFe and 31 new artifacts. [20:51] - Mike discusses the extensive elements of SAFe, underlining new roles, meetings, and artifacts while emphasizing the need to evaluate their relevance for specific organizations. [23:51] - Customizing SAFe to reduce waste and overhead, Mike raises the question of a more efficient way to leverage lean and agile concepts in a fit-for-purpose approach. [28:45] - A word from our sponsor: Mountain Goat Software's Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® class teaches you the skills you need to increase your confidence, credibility, and value as a product owner with interactive software that makes the breakout exercises both valuable and fun. You’ll also receive 12 months of membership in the Agile Mentors Community. [29:31] - Mike introduces the concept of simple scaling, and its focus on four common-sense steps to consider—with the flexibility to discard steps that don't apply. [30:53] - Brian mentions #17: Getting There From Here: Agile Transformations with David Hawks. [31:10] - Step 1: Start with a Clear Business Objective: Mike shares the importance of beginning with a well-defined objective. [32:19] - Step 2: Observe, Understand, and Honor the Past: The most overlooked step, Mike shares why skipping it can be counterproductive. [33:28] - Step 3: Align to the Flow of Value. [34:28] - Step 4: Apply Targeted Agile Principles and Practices: Mike shares how specific Agile practices can be chosen to align with the business objective, like improving product quality. [34:38] - Mike highlights Agile practices that enhance product quality, (such as working at a sustainable pace, shift-left testing, test-driven development, code reviews, and sprint reviews) and help reduce errors. [35:09] - Mike discusses the concepts that can be used to align with the business objective of faster time-to-market. [36:41] - Brian and Mike discuss the debate on targeted vs. mass deployment, the key factors driving this debate, and how Agile principles and practices can help. [38:07] - Brian shares the significance of choosing the right guide for Agile transformations, emphasizing the importance of philosophy alignment. [39:00] - Why every framework should come with a big red asterisk in the fine print. [40:36] - Brian shares an analogy related to taking medicine, highlighting the importance of a targeted approach for organizations. [43:01] - You can connect with Mike Hall, on the Agile Authority website. [43:59] - Did you know we discuss every episode of the podcast in the Agile Mentors Community? Join us (a 12-month membership is included with any training class from Mountain Goat Software) and post your questions there. Additionally, if you enjoyed this episode share it with others and subscribe to the Agile Mentors Podcast on Apple Podcasts. As always, if you have feedback or ideas for the show, just email podcast@mountaingoatsoftware.com. References and resources mentioned in the show: Agile Authority #17: Getting There From Here: Agile Transformations with David Hawks Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® Certified ScrumMaster Training and Scrum Certification Certified Scrum Product Owner Training Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® Mountain Goat Software Certified Scrum and Agile Training Schedule Join the Agile Mentors Community Subscribe to the Agile Mentors Podcast on Apple Podcasts Want to get involved? This show is designed for you, and we’d love your input. Enjoyed what you heard today? Please leave a rating and a review. It really helps, and we read every single one. Got an Agile subject you’d like us to discuss or a question that needs an answer? Share your thoughts with us at podcast@mountaingoatsoftware.com This episode’s presenters are: Brian Milner is SVP of coaching and training at Mountain Goat Software. He's passionate about making a difference in people's day-to-day work, influenced by his own experience of transitioning to Scrum and seeing improvements in work/life balance, honesty, respect, and the quality of work. Mike Hall, of Agile Authority is a seasoned Agile Coach/Trainer, who brings 20+ years of Agile experience, specializing in software development and technology leadership. With a rich repertoire of Agile and Scaled Agile certifications, including CSP, CSM, CSPO, and SPC6, he's a key player in Agile transformations.
Independent verification and validation (IV&V) is a significant step in the process of deploying systems for mission-critical applications in the Department of Defense (DoD). In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Justin Smith, senior Agile transformation leader in the SEI Software Solutions Division, talks with principal researcher Suzanne Miller about how to bring concepts from Lean and Agile software development into the practice of IV&V. Smith describes his experiences at NASA's Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility as a project manager for the Orion IV&V team. On that project, the developer employed Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as their development process, which had challenging consequences for established IV&V practices within NASA IV&V. Smith also discusses the ways in which NASA adapted to this change and describes strategies and tactics for reconciling Agile and IV&V.
Transcript: Joe Krebs 0:10 Agile FM radio for the Agile community.www agile.fm.Welcome to another podcast episode here of agile fm, I have Jurgen Appelo creator of unfix, which is a topic we want to talk about here today is unfix.com. That's where you can learn more about this topic. But we want to talk a little bit of what unfix is, where it came from, how old it is, how new it is, and what it can do for organizations out there. A super interesting pattern which I which is important. We want to explore what patterns are everywhere and also talk about what unfix is not. Welcome to the podcast for you. How you doing today?Jurgen Appelo 1:05 I am great. The weather is awesome here in my in my city in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Looking forward to the trip tomorrow to Lima, Peru, which, which is something that I have been looking forward to quite a few weeks already. So longest trip and those are nice to have every now and then. And yeah, lots of things happening.Joe Krebs 1:29 Lima is are they interested in unfix? Or is this for pleasureJurgen Appelo 1:32 of course. That's what I'll be talking about. That's my keynotes agile, lean agile event. Yeah.Joe Krebs 1:41 All right. unfix is not another scaling framework. It's not a method. It's not a framework. What is it?Jurgen Appelo 1:49 It's a pattern library. That's that's how I call it. There are other pattern libraries such as sociocracy, triolo, and team topologies. And, and so on liberating structures, they are not frameworks, because you don't install them. That's the idea of a framework that you have something to implement. And then you can validate or verify that you did the implementation correctly. You can certify people with in the implementation roadmap, that is not what you do with a pattern library, all of the suggestions are options, there's nothing mandatory with a pattern library. So the best metaphor that I have is Lego. There is not a single block in the Lego box that is mandatory for you. All of them are optional. Some of the blocks are more obvious, then the others, so you will use them more often. Maybe nearly always. Some are more rare for special cases, but not a single part of the Lego toolbox is is mandatory. And that's that's how I see pattern languages. That's the real word that specialists use sometimes Pattern Language. Yeah. And yeah, that's that's what the unfix model is, as well.That is interesting, because in lego, a round shaped kind of piece could be a wheel on the car, or could be a pizza on the table. Right? Exactly. Joe Krebs 2:49 Creative creativity here, right? It's also interesting, because you are, sometimes you build with LEGO not that I have worked on with Lego in a long time. But you could build a house, you can build a street of houses or like a road or alignment, you could build a city. You know, there are some exercises out there in the Agile community where things are being built in isolation and put together there are there is a guy called Christopher Alexander I was exposed to, in the beginning of my career with is an architect where I'm nothing really in the Agile space, but he has influenced a lot of people in that how did how do these people like Christopher Alexander or Gang of Four, and others, there's many, many people out there in the community. How did they influence you? Or unfix?Jurgen Appelo 4:10 Yeah, I have the book actually here, one or two meters behind me the Pattern Language of Christopher Alexander where he published, I think in the 70s or something. He was the first one to recognize the benefits of micro solutions, small solutions to known problems that you have to combine to come up with larger custom made context dependent structures. And that is what cities are. So in the book Pattern Language, you find the public square as a pattern. Anyone knows what a public square is. You have public squares in New York City. I know quite a few famous ones. We have public squares here in Rotterdam. But the cities are completely different. Same with the the promenade as a pattern there are promenades in, in New York and also promenades in Rotterdam, and so on. So this book has 253 patterns that is quite a lot. But then it's up to you as an urban planner, a city designer to come up with ways of combining them that makes sense, within the context of the city, because some cities have mountains, others have lakes and rivers, and whatever, you have to work with the environment that you have. But then, within that environment, you're gonna use the familiar patterns that everyone is using that principle, you also find in while you mentioned it, design patterns are the Gang of Four and then book came out in the 90s, where they came up with familiar patterns in programming, the facade, the singleton, the model view controller, I'm sure many programmers listening to this know what I'm talking about. And it is up to you as an architect to use those patterns and combine them in any way you want, depending on what the software is supposed to do. The interesting thing is, I remember back then that some people implemented all those patterns as a framework that you could literally buy frameworks, like the dotnet implementation of all the patterns that you could then install on your computer. And, and I thought, that's, that's totally not what they meant. With the book, you should not turn those patterns into a framework that you can then install, because you're not supposed to do all of them. You only pick and choose, depending on context, what you need. And I think that is my main problem that I have with frameworks in the Agile community, where you have these rigid structures where something needs to be installed, like well, let's name the big one, the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe, they literally call the smallest version essential safe, it is in the name itself. That part is essential, it is mandatory. If you do not have an agile release, train, you do not have SAFe. So you must have an art, you must have PI planning, you must have quite a few other things that those are together the framework that needs to be installed. I do not believe in that approach. I do believe that the frameworks have lots of good patterns in them. But we have to break them down. We have to decompose them deconstruct into the smaller building blocks. And then let you in your organization, do the recombination, figure out how to combine the different patterns from different toolboxes SAFe. LESS team apologies, whatever. They all have practices that you can combine. And that's what I tried to do with the unfixed model. I just borrowed the good stuff that is already out there. Just as Christopher Alexander has done, cities existed before the book, surprisingly, good organizations that do common sense, good stuff already existed before unfix came out, I just capture the good stuff, I give it a name, I give it a visual say, well, this is what we've seen, that seems to make sense as a micro solution. We add it to the box, the little box as one of the options. And then you take it out when you think you can apply it. And the box is getting larger and larger. Because we need more options, so that you can build more stuff with the, with the pattern language. Joe Krebs 9:02 So this is very interesting, right? Because what you just mentioned about the essential piece of in your example was SAFe, but we could probably take any, any other framework as well. Right? But when we're looking at the essential piece that does not consider the environment you're in right. So we're coming back to Christopher Alexander, he does not see that. What is what is the environment you're in? What's your view of mountains? Do you have lakes Do you have how do we build around it right, you come in with the essential piece and it might not work for that environment right to have a little bit more of a flexible approach I think that is that's a good point now is unfix like buffet style, is that what people are they have to see is like there's a collection of patterns and people go out and says I'm gonna grab this I'm gonna grab this and grab this and I get confidence in the individual pattern, but I need the skills to combine them that they make sense togetherJurgen Appelo 9:55 exactly. I like the metaphor that you're using buffet style that might make it harder to sell things to people because I'm making them do work, I have to convince people that they have to do the thinking themselves don't do just a stupid implementation or something off the shelf. That is not going to work, you have to do your own thinking, according to your context to make things work, interestingly enough, I just read a couple of weeks ago, in a very different context, the scientific results of research into body weight, or body loss or body weight loss, what is the weight loss, weight loss? Weight loss programs?Joe Krebs 10:47 Weight loss? Yeah,Jurgen Appelo 10:48 yeah, that was the term I was looking for. And the evidence is in none of them work. None of the standard programs work. They already know that there is scientific evidence that the only thing that works if you create your own program, out of the common sense suggestions that are captured in all those other programs, the standard programs out there, but it is so context specific, a weight loss program that you have to customize it to who you are, what kind of body you have, what kind of lifestyle you have, et cetera, et cetera. So the following any standard program is, is is going to it's going to fail. Yeah, and that is the equivalent of following a standard standard framework, it's not going to work, you have to break it apart and use the individual components good. There is a lot of good advice in there is just the whole package that is sold that you have to get rid of.Joe Krebs 11:54 So some of the listeners, not fully familiar with with unfix might now think, throw everything out and use unfix that's not what you're saying. Right. So this is also important, because we are talking about SAFe and possibly other frameworks here right now, that does not mean that unfix is replacing these these kinds of things, right? How would they be? How do these coexist? And how to how do you envision to go into an organization say, hey, we'll, let's say there's an organization using a framework of any kind, but as unfix pair up with that approach.Jurgen Appelo 12:33 Now, yeah, I would like to help people stop thinking in terms of frameworks. And how do we implement it well, some suggest that there could be good starting points for customization. I think the jury's out on that argument, I'm not fully convinced that they are a good starting point, I think starting from scratch might sometimes be easier than starting from a framework implementation and then adapting it. But let's give them the benefit of the doubt people who have a framework and want to customize it, they could look at what the unfix model offers in this, and then see what else is in the Lego box that we can use to start changing this implementation that we have here with continuous improvement and, and small step experiments, to turn it into something completely different. So it would be similar to beginning with a standard weight loss program, but then realizing on day one, that there's not going to help, you'll have to you'll have to change the exact diet, the exact exercises and so on to start making it work for you. That I can agree that that might my approach.Joe Krebs 14:02 Yeah. So So that's, that's interesting. Like I for example, I teach a lot of adaptive org design courses, for example, how organizations shift, make the switch towards agility and kind of things to consider. There's a lot of talk about self management and self organization, obviously, in these courses and how to get to states like that does unfix if somebody listens now more from a leadership and managerial role, prior to this podcast is this unfix demand like a full self organized self managed like it's a radical name, right unfix? It's provocative, nice, nicely provocative, right? And it makes you think, does that also mean like we're going to the extremes with adaptive org design? How does a company steer that transition? Not necessarily top down structure, but even like any kind of structure in an organization how does unfix change that? Um, I think What I want to achieve here is to plant a flag on the horizon and show people, this is the direction that we want to be going. And I don't expect you to be here tomorrow. But I want you to move in that direction. And that direction is being a networked organization with a fractal or design. There are some companies, not many, but a few that have evolved quite far in that in that direction, famous one is Haier, the Chinese company where it was 10,12 years ago, where they reorganized themselves into a network of 4,000 micro enterprises was a 4,000 tiny little companies that that collaborate horizontally without big fat middle management layers, no matrix structure, whatever. And they are incredibly adaptive, they are super fast in in responding to opportunities. For example, when COVID hit the Chinese economy Haier was the was the first one to start making masks or a face mask for half the country, basically, because there was an opportunity, and they could respond incredibly fast to this to this new thing emerging. While normally they make vacuum cleaners and and and fridges and whatever, but they switched to face masks short, why not? Why not? Yeah. And so this is a very inspiring company as that shows what you can do as a network company instead of a hierarchical matrix organization. And that is, as I said, the flag on the horizon that I want to offer people try and go in this direction. But I do agree that it is a step by step thing, you'll first want to move into the adjacent possible as some complexity thinkers would would say, you open up opportunities in a new direction, by making small steps, and that unlocks other doors, and then you go through that door. And if something doesn't work out, you make a step back and you move in another direction. I'm sure that is also what Haier has done that local experimentation before they did the big radical change of firing all the middle managers basically, because that was quite a revolutionary thing. That was Kaikaku not Kaizen them at that time, but I'm sure they did some Kaizen before they were sure about the big step they wanted to make. I keep telling everyone started with small experimentation. I have already 150 patterns in the in the pattern language in the model, and more are coming. And there's plenty to experiment with very small things that will harm nobody. So just start playing, get some experience. And then when something seems to be working well, you could make some more radical steps. With your org design,assemble your city, right? Build your city like start small somewhere, right?Jurgen Appelo 18:14 Exactly. And by the way, it's not only about organization design, about crew types, Team types and so on. There's also decision making methods. Also about goal setting patterns are coming out in the next couple of months. So more advanced version of OKRs (objecetves and key results) basically the whole OKRs and MBO (management by objectives) KPI stuff, I have deconstructed into patterns. And that's going to be awesome, I think,for people to playwith and make their own OKRs like approach with the individual patterns that we're going to offer. So yeah, organization structure, business processes and collaboration. There's lots of different angles on on the pattern library. You can start anywhere, whatever is the lowest hanging fruit the smallest pain that you can address. Start playing like with a Lego box. There are 4,000 different types of Lego pieces. Did you know that Joe 4,000 Neither did I. Yes, that's quite a lot of options that but nobody starts with with 4,000 pieces on the table now doesn't that doesn't make sense. You start with a subset of the more obvious ones and then you will dig into the rest later on with when you gained a bit of experience. Joe Krebs 19:44 Before we go into one of the maybe we can explore one of those patterns is one thing I noticed and I just want to follow up on this because we just talked about you know, leadership etc. and organizational change. These are this is a bottom up kind of approach, right? And you just mentioned like some form of middle management and that was reduced or removed. You're not saying unfix we're not have any managers or leaders? And I think we were very clear about this. What is the role of though of leadership? If it's a bottom up movement? How can leadership support unfix? within an organization? If we're seeing on one side, there is some form of streamlining going on within an organization, which I think many organizations would benefit from, as well. Right. But on the other side, it might be the the the question of a leader that says, I don't know what my role is, in all this. How can I support unfix to make the organization a better place?Jurgen Appelo 20:46 So well, that's where my previous work on management 3.0, comes in, I always say manage the system and not the people. And the very same thing, I suggest with the unfix model, where we have the governance crew, which is the team of chiefs, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer chief whatever. At the base level, and the base is what I'd hire would be the micro enterprise, some might call it a tribe, a self sustaining business unit, whatever small units of, of maybe up to 100, people maybe a little more, but not much, much more than that, that is the unit that we're looking at, that should be autonomous self managing, with a very specific business model proposition that they offer to either the world outside to customers or users or to other parts of the network in within the company. And that unit needs to be managed, that someone has to take responsibility for the success of that unit. All of those 4,000 micro enterprises hat Haier are managed by a chief. And actually, the fascinating thing at hire is that if the chief is not doing well, for three months, there's an automatic re-election triggered, where other people can volunteer to take up the role of the chief and see if they can do better that is interesting. But I will not go there yet with my suggestions because that makes some managers very scared of their of their job. But the fact is, the unit needs management but management of the unit of the system, how does that system work because you need to put some constraints in place on on how those 20 50,100 people in that base, collaborate with each other. And we want to make and that's what the name is about unfix we want to keep that unit as flexible as versatile as possible with its organization structure. That means that you should try and not have managers on teams. So no manager on a scrum team, no manager on a team of coaches, no manager on a platform team or anything because as soon as you have a manager to the air, you create territories, I know from personal experience, how hard it is to change those territories when you put someone there, this is this is now the place that you are going to manage and you will decide how much people get paid within this part of the organization. Then you you just put into in cement a part of your organization, you you should try and not do that. You can have a captain, on on on a crew, for example, that is something else that is like a pilot on a plane. That is a person who has the responsibility for the mission. But the pilot does not decide how much the stewards and stewardesses get paid. They don't have HR responsibility. They do report to the Chiefs how well the mission has gone and who deserves some extra credits or compliments or whatever it is they know everything that goes on, on that mission, but they do not have management responsibility. They are leaders of course captains are leaders that so we offer a captain role and what we call crews as an option, you don't need a captain maybe but it is an option that you can consider and I know companies have great success with Mission leads as they call them. For example, well I call him Captain but that's the same thing. We call that pattern the captain role. But as long as you keep that management responsibility out of it and with management I mean people management HR responsibility and desirable gets paid and career Development and so on, remove that out on the teams put that in the governance crew level, so that the rest of the bases stays flexible.Joe Krebs 25:11 Very, that's very interesting. And I think when you just said that, and you had a smile on your face about exactly like the managing the pay and managing promotions, etc. And I think everybody out there who's listening to this right now might say, that's true in my organization that is a blocker, if we're removing that, that might change the environment. And that makes it a case for a pattern has proven micro solution for a common for a common problem. So this is, this is really cool. What I want to touch on one thing you just mentioned the word crew. What I like about the flexibility of these patterns is that you it's almost like you have name suggestions for these patterns. But you always make the link to alternatives where we say like you might have heard this word before. And this is really what it means over here. So it's like the name of the pattern, right? The same in a cookbook, where it could be a Sicilian tomato sauce, and we could be Northern Italian Italian sauce, but at the end of the day, there will be a tomato in it right? In either or, with subtle nuances in it, but you do speak about a crew. And I think that's like one example I want to take you just mentioned that. I don't know them all from the top of my head. But there are different crews, you just set the governance crew, there's I think there's a platform crew. This might be a lot of crews for somebody who looks at unfix. In the beginning. I like your approach of starting somewhere lowest hanging fruit you mentioned when but why are there different crews? What's What's the benefit of looking at the crews in different ways from different angles?Jurgen Appelo 26:53 Well, let's let's take the two topics. separately first, naming is important. So indeed, I've used the word crew instead of team because the word team is overloaded these days people use the word team for anything. Basically, crew is a bit more specific. I use word base for what other people would call a tribe. Some people complain about cultural appropriation and things like that. So I've tried to steer away from the tribe word. Base is the home the place where people return to I like that word. And we use forum instead of Guild because by default, people assume that guilds are things that emerge bottom up that it always volunteers, that is possible. But a forum could be more formal. So it could be something bottom up. But a forum could also be installed by managers, for example, where they say we want alignment across bases on a certain technology, like we don't want five different testing platforms, we will not one, because that's cheaper. Now you go and figure out with each other which one it is going to be and we want a forum to take care of that. So language is important. But indeed, people can use their own words in the pattern language, you need words to identify things. And I think about what is the best word that comes with as little baggage as possible. But I leave it to people to use their own words in their own organization. If you like the word, pod or squad, instead of crew, go ahead, knock yourself out. The second part of the question was indeed the different crew types I borrow for from Team topologies. Actually, they simply identified 4 patterns before I did, and I credit them for that, which is the typical value stream team, Scrum Kanban. Team, whatever, we know how that works. And then the three exceptions which they call the enabling team, the complicated subsistent team and the platform team. Those are three different kinds of teams that are inward facing. And I borrowed the same ones I changed the name a little bit maybe too off topic to discuss all the reasoning behind it, but I just borrowed the same four and they added three other times that I thought were useful, which is experienced crew partnership crew and the governance crew and we just talked about so the set is seven, seven kinds of crews are teams within the base and they are like Lego blocks you use them as you want. I always tell people I hope you have as many value stream grooves as possible because that is like the most popular block. The Lego block the most beneficial ones I hope seventy percent of your teams aren't that type. But an enterprise of 100,000 people is not 20,000 Scrum teams, that doesn't work, you need some other kinds of teams to hold it all together. And that is why team topologies identify the different kinds. Because not everyone is offering value to a customer, some people are offering value internally to the other employees. And there are different kinds of behaviors that you can identify like a platform, through, as I call them, they offer a value to others on a self service basis, almost like an API, or sometimes literally through an API, in terms of technical infrastructure, or in DevOps capabilities, whatever. But I have seen kindergarten on site at a company where I was a couple of years ago. And you could bring your baby and toddler and throw them in the basement. And by the end of the day, you could pick them up. That's an API as well. That is that is also a platform crew, the kindergarten team. So that's that's that's one kind of platform crew. And then there's others the facilitation crew and capabilities. Again, alternative exceptions to the rule, you could say,Joe Krebs 31:25 but but I do want to reiterate and get your confirmation, this is not something you would be setting up all these crews up front, right, this is you're building piece by piece, you're starting somewhere start small. So this is not completing the picture. And having a crew everywhere, this is not installing unfix, you might start with the value stream crew. AndJurgen Appelo 31:46 I know it sometimes it's more clarifying what people are already doing, or giving it a name to something that seemed sensible. Actually, I had people reach out to me literally, when I published the unfix model for the first time where people said finally now, now we have a language for what we have already been doing for several years. And it seemed natural to us only we didn't we didn't see this visualized in other frameworks like like that. Yeah, so there are several case studies like that, on the unfix website web page already use the patterns, they they didn't have the names yet, I was just giving it a name and a color and that's it. But um, so what what can help is with a pattern language is it helps people to have a conversation, like, Okay, we have a couple of Scrum teams here. That is obvious or Kanban teams, whatever your preferred, agile approach, but a few of the other people are inward facing with the things that they do instead of outward facing what, what are they? Well, that depends on how they behave, do they literally sit with the others? Are they facilitating like agile coaches and so on then they would be facilitation crew, that's a different kind, but that gives you a name it gives you it gives those people recognition like that. So we we are this we are this pattern the facilitation group pattern. And now we we know how to explain what we do to to the others. And if you don't have it, then you might want to consider it like, Okay, you have 10 Scrum teams or something, maybe want to consider facilitation crew because it could offer these benefits. They might be interesting in your in your context. So read up on the available patterns and decide whether this building block is something for you. And then you use it or you don't.Joe Krebs 31:46 Yeah. Awesome. Yeah. So you're talking to a pattern freak, right? I love I love the thinking behind it. I have you know, read all this stuff in the past. And as you mentioned, this started a while back. So really cool stuff. And for everybody out there interested in in unfix obviously on fixed.com is the place to go to learn a little bit about it. As you said, you're on your way to a conference, you're speaking as well as the unfix conferences. What's what's your approach on You know, sharing the wealth of unfix with the world, more conferences is the training programs behind it, etc. How do you how do you multiply Jurgen around the world in a way cloning that your model is sticking?Jurgen Appelo 34:50 I'm glad that we cannot clone ourselves because I'm a difficult enough person as it is. So I wouldn't, I wouldn't want to bother the world where have multiple copies of me. But no kidding kidding, all kidding aside, I do want the word out. And of course, I want people to play with this. I love working on the model and pattern language itself. I'm very, very happy to be doing the research and then pattern analysis and coming up with names and visualizations. I have other people who in their own way try to bring this to an audience. So for example, the unfixcon is organized by other people in Berlin. I know them, well, they use the brand, I am involved, but it is not me doing this. I have a team that is working on partnerships, so people can sign up as a partner and then use the the courseware materials to the unfix foundation classes. And again, I have team for that is not what I do. There's someone else creating an app plotter app that you can use to design on your computer, your org design with the unfixed patterns again, that somebody else so I actually want to enable a lot of people who have an idea of how can I bring this pattern language to certain users customers in any way that that seems sensible, and then enable them to do that. I have someone who creating a webshop with mugs and T shirts, and so on. All right, thumbs up. So and and someone else might be writing books on the topics or creating courseware modules, all of that I delegate to others, I just want to focus on the Patreon side because that makes me happy.Joe Krebs 36:46 Awesome. Well, you're getting to you also speak about it. So have fun with that meet a lot of people. The unfix model is the first thing that's going to strike you when you go to the website is colors, lots of colors, and maybe that is an expression on diversity, diversity and the patterns the approach and maybe the ways of how people approach unfix in in many many different ways.Jurgen Appelo 37:13 true! the colors well actually what I use colors for for 15 years people know me I'm not I consider myself in eternal midlife crisis and I need colors. But at the same time, it gives people a sense of playing with a Lego or having a playful toolbox. It's it should not look boring. I find I find very important. So there is also marketing psychological. It has to be colorful because life is too. Life is too short to use only boring colors. JoeJoe Krebs 37:53 Yeah. Thank you another black T shirt guy. Jurgen thank you so much. Thank you too. And thanks for sharing your thoughts and, and good luck with that. Thank you for listening to Agile FM, the radio for the Agile community. 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Join Fred Champlain (Agile Evangelist) and Doug Page on this podcast episode as they discuss why shared goal frameworks are important and how Agile teams approach them. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is a widely popular framework with Agile teams as it's encompassed in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). OKRs encourage businesses to shift from task-based work to goal-orientated work while focusing on value delivery. Listen to find out more about how to best use OKRs and align different objectives. To learn more, you can read our eBook Goals: How strategy gets delivered with ServiceNow and check out our blog.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Fred Champlain (Agile Evangelist) and Doug Page on this podcast episode as they discuss why shared goal frameworks are important and how Agile teams approach them. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is a widely popular framework with Agile teams as it's encompassed in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). OKRs encourage businesses to shift from task-based work to goal-orientated work while focusing on value delivery. Listen to find out more about how to best use OKRs and align different objectives. To learn more, you can read our eBook Goals: How strategy gets delivered with ServiceNow and check out our blog.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Jill was working with a UI toolkit team. This team served a lot of other teams as their direct users/customers. All seemed to be going fine, but as the number of client teams was growing, senior management came in and asked them to adopt the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as a way to help coordinate the work of these multiple teams. This started a process of SAFe adoption that Jill describes in detail in this episode! About Jill Stott Jill Stott is here to make friends! She's worked in IT for too many years to count. She is passionate about assisting ScrumMasters to be successful and happy in their roles. Jill knows that there is no such thing as a perfect chocolate chip cookie and she isn't afraid to use puppets. You can link with Jill Stott on LinkedIn.
Join Fred Champlain (Agile Evangelist) and Doug Page on this podcast episode as they discuss the value of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and how to launch a SAFe transformation in your organization. Businesses have always been planning. However, as technology quickly evolves, organizations need to accelerate their processes to test, design, develop, and deliver software. SAFe enables organizations to be more efficient and deliver value faster to respond to volatile market conditions. Scaled Agile Framework is a collection of organizational and workflow values, constructs, and practices used to implement agile practices at an enterprise level. By transforming the planning approach from traditional (waterfall) to Agile, businesses have shorter timeframes to build smaller amounts of work. This allows them to be more customer-centric by having more check-ins to ensure they're building products that customers really want. To learn more, you can watch our webinar Using the Scaled Agile Framework to drive global digital marketing. You can also read our eBook or blog to further explore SAFe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Fred Champlain (Agile Evangelist) and Doug Page on this podcast episode as they discuss the value of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and how to launch a SAFe transformation in your organization. Businesses have always been planning. However, as technology quickly evolves, organizations need to accelerate their processes to test, design, develop, and deliver software. SAFe enables organizations to be more efficient and deliver value faster to respond to volatile market conditions. Scaled Agile Framework is a collection of organizational and workflow values, constructs, and practices used to implement agile practices at an enterprise level. By transforming the planning approach from traditional (waterfall) to Agile, businesses have shorter timeframes to build smaller amounts of work. This allows them to be more customer-centric by having more check-ins to ensure they're building products that customers really want. To learn more, you can watch our webinar Using the Scaled Agile Framework to drive global digital marketing. You can also read our eBook or blog to further explore SAFe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
So, is it really SAFe to Fail? Let's dig deeper… What systemic problems do organizations face to consider adopting Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)? What kind of financial structure supports SAFe? What kind of incentive structure supports SAFe? How much variability and ambiguity of the work does SAFe allow? What measure of adaptiveness does SAFe allow, if we were to count the number of transaction costs and switching costs required to complete the work? Are we truly increasing customer value, if the lead time in a SAFe portfolio/program is unspeakably long, the measure of adaptiveness is low, while the portfolio/program is inflated with specialization of roles? What influences (or diminishes) psychological safety in a SAFe model? What are common dysfunctional behaviors of teams in a SAFe model? Is failure defined as a missed deadline, a missed PI objective, or a missed customer opportunity? Is SAFe the problem or the lack of understanding the design of the organization itself? Is SAFe the problem or an organization's learning disability of its own business model and achieving what's needed to stay market relevant? Tune into the Season 3 premiere with the return of guest speaker, Matt Miller, and newest guest speaker,
“I absolutely hate SAFe!” -- Bryan Finster That is Bryan Finster, Distinguished Engineer at Defense Unicorns out of Colorado Springs. I was scrolling through LinkedIn a couple days ago, saw a thread on SAFe, The Scaled Agile Framework, and what I was seeing wasn't exactly… well, what you'd expect to hear about a framework that's being used by over 20,000 organizations, including the United States government. Before we get too much into it, here is the definition of SAFe. I took it directly off Scaled Agile, the creators and providers of the SAFe framework: “The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is a system for implementing Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices at scale. The Scaled Agile Framework is the most popular framework for leading enterprises because it works: it's trusted, customizable, and sustainable. If you want to build operational excellence, collaboration, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction into your organizational DNA, where do you start? SAFe provides a proven playbook for transformation.” Some people will argue with “because it works”, and Bryan is one of those people. Here's what started the whole thing. Bryan posted this on LinkedIn, “Example of terrible ideas propagated by #SAFe: feature teams. A feature team doesn't own anything. They act as coding mills and have no quality ownership. SAFe recommends them as a method to increase output. It's a hacky workaround for crappy architecture that results in increased support cost and more crappy architecture.” Tell us what you REALLY think, Bryan! In today's broadcast, we talk to three people who have varying degrees of opinions on SAFe: Tracy Bannon, Senior Principal/ Software Architect & DevOps Advisor at Mitre, David Bishop, Certified SAFe 5.0 Program Consultant, and of course, Bryan. Stay with for what's sure to be a fun ride. RESOURCES FROM THIS BROADCAST SAFe: Scaled Agile Framework https://www.scaledagileframework.com/ Bryan Finster https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-finster/ Tracy Bannon https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracylbannon/ David Bishop https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-bishop-08528220/
Emma Doyle and Jen Brice first met in 2006 when they were studying executive coaching together - thanks to The Open Door Coaching Group and their CEO, Natalie Ashdown. In fact, Jen, along with a remarkable group of 5 other women, have shared a lifelong friendship from this course and we are each other's cheerleaders. In this episode, you will hear Jen's authentic responses to coaching questions. She is full of wisdom and she invites us all to be present, listen, be deeply curious and find a way to have empathy for other human beings. If you want to be the best version of yourself, then this interview is not to be missed. Jen Brice is an executive coach, learning and development specialist and organisational leader with a passion for developing leadership capability. Jen engages people to discover and mobilise their capacity to lead effectively and achieve exceptional results, working across a range of industries including banking, professional services, health, government and the not for profit sector. Jen has over twenty years of experience including operational management and people leadership. With an Executive MBA, Jen combines advanced interpersonal skills with operational business acumen to create transformational change, inspiring people to connect with purpose and vision and successfully contribute to effective business outcomes. Jen is qualified in Business and Workplace Coaching, Integrative Development and Social Work. She is accredited in the Leadership Circle (360 Profile) and certified in applying the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Jen draws on knowledge of Positive Psychology and adult development principles, as well as other theoretical frameworks and their application to develop leaders. Website: www.jenbrice.com.au Elevate: Leadership by Design: https://learn.jenbrice.com.au/courses/elevate03 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferbrice/
Agile software development practices and methodologies have been around for a while and have indeed become mainstream. In particular Scrum and its many variants. In this episode I talk to Raj Heda, who helps organisations roll out agile methodologies. I was interested to find out, why "Agile" has become so successful, and what it is organisations need to look out for when they roll it out. I also wrote a brief blog post on Medium on the subject: https://medium.com/@pweschmidt/is-agile-still-agile-a13b20230bc There is plenty of material on agile methodologies out there. But here are a few pointers, some of which were also mentioned in the interviewAgile Manifesto https://agilemanifesto.org Scrum https://www.scrum.org Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) https://www.scaledagileframework.com Kanban https://businessmap.io/kanban-resources/getting-started/what-is-kanban What is Lean? https://theleanway.net/what-is-lean Toyota Just in Time manufacturing https://www.rcbi.org/updates/lean-manufacturing-made-toyota-the-success-story-it-is-today/ John Kotter: 8 steps to lead change https://www.kotterinc.com/8-step-process-for-leading-change/ Simon Sinek: empathy and perspective https://github.com/dwyl/leadership/issues/4 Business Agility Institute: https://businessagility.institute Digital AI (publisher of the State of Agile annual survey): https://digital.ai (go to Resources in the nav bar and select State of Agile)Support the Show.Thank you for listening and your ongoing support. It means the world to us! Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/codeforthought Get in touch: Email mailto:code4thought@proton.me UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie US RSE Slack (usrse.slack.com): @Peter Schmidt Mastadon: https://fosstodon.org/@code4thought or @code4thought@fosstodon.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
In this episode, Morley speaks with a Canadian ex-pat, living and working in New Zealand. Travis Koch discusses where a career in IT has taken him -- personally and professionally -- and the various implications of relocating internationally, working for start-up companies, and more! About Travis Koch Travis is a highly technical software development leader with over 25 years of experience developing software technology. He's built and led high performance, cross-functional teams across multiple geographies, disciplines and technologies. Travis has deep technical expertise in software development with many years as a senior engineer prior to moving into leadership roles. He has led teams delivering software-as-a-service, shrink-wrapped SDK products and complex on-prem enterprise deployments and has experience implementing and adapting software development processes including a transformation from ad hoc Agile/Scrum to full-on Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Connect with Travis Email: travisgkoch@gmail.com LinkedIn
Dr. Ivan Zak and Ryan Leech discuss the importance of having prioritization procedures in place to avoid running too many projects at once and resulting in failure.Additionally, we cover how the Consolidator Operating Framework adapted Kanban methodology, and how to implement Weighted Shortest Job First as used in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).Topics discussed: The importance of knowing and using prioritization techniques; What is the WSJF methodology; Weighted Shortest Job First and Cost of Delay formulas; Potential risks of having multiple projects in progress simultaneously; How prioritization at all the levels of the organization will help to prevent burnout;
Part 1: SAFe is a marketing framework, not an Agile scaling framework SAFe sells the illusion you can radically change without leaving your comfort zone Let's try to make a list of all the reputable names who support Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Think about it. Does anyone come to mind? Part 2: Why Good Arguments Make Better Strategy Strategy is hard — really hard — to do well. Many leaders will admit this privately: In an anonymous 2019 survey conducted by Strategyand, 37% of 6,000 executive respondents said that their company had a well-defined strategy, and 35% believed that their company's strategy would lead to success. Part 3: Why Good Arguments Make Better Strategy Great strategies exhibit logical coherence. They are composed of a set of logically interconnected reasons that necessarily produce the conclusion. With a valid argument, if you accept the premises, you must accept the conclusion. With an invalid argument, you run the risk of overlooking critical assumptions and flaws in your reasoning, which in turn can lead to your company's downfall. Logical formalization ensures validity. Thank you for listening. Your support is much appreciated. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maifors/support
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For more videos visit us www.aleph-technologies.com In the world of #Agile, it's hard to have not heard of #SAFe. One of the leading frameworks for enterprise-scale #Agile, it's been widely adopted within the past decade when it was first introduced. It's constantly evolving and adapting with the times, now on its fifth full iteration. It's worth asking, why has #SAFe exploded in popularity? What is #SAFe? #SAFe is an acronym, standing for Scaled #Agile Framework. #SAFe is just that-- an #Agile Framework existing to scale #Agile up to an enterprise-level for large organizations where traditional #Agile might otherwise fail. It works by building everything around the Seven Core Competencies of the Lean Enterprise, these competencies being Lean-#Agile Leadership, Team and Technical #Agility, #Agile Product Delivery, Enterprise Solution Delivery, Lean #Portfolio Management, Organizational #Agility, and Continuous Learning Culture. Since the time Scaled #Agile released #SAFe 4.6 in late 2018, they were taking feedback and analytics and developing something new that would sharpen the efficiency of the framework, as well as allow increased flexibility in business decisions. Implemented in 5.0 and shaking the foundations of #Agile, Business #Agility was introduced. It requires that everyone involved in delivering solutions-- like IT, #marketing, support, compliance, and more-- use Lean and #Agile practices in their own departments to continually deliver innovative, high-quality products. Like Scrum, #SAFe prides itself in its ease of use while remaining difficult to master. Mastery of these competencies enables enterprises to make decisions and react appropriately to turbulent situations, like a rapidly changing #market, developing technologies, and customer needs. Each of these Seven Core Competencies is built around providing businesses a safe, stable way to ensure employee contentment, client satisfaction, flexibility, and effective communication. #SAFe is widely supported with over 350 Scaled #Agile Partners across the world. Rigorous testing and education ensure that those who spread #SAFe's word-- #SPCs-- are of high quality and teach everything needed to know to implement #SAFe successfully. Ever since its inception, #SAFe has been constantly updated and adjusted to match changing conditions in the world of business, being consistently supported by Scaled #Agile to fit every business need, even when it may differ wildly from the ‘norm'. Scaled #Agile has the numbers to back up why so many businesses are scaling #Agile using #SAFe. Numerous case studies have shown that enterprises, both large and small, are greatly benefiting from #SAFe implementation. This includes a 20-50% increase in productivity, 25-75% improvement in quality, 30-75% faster time-to-#market, and a 10-50% increase in employee engagement and job satisfaction, which affects all other aspects of the company. This has led to #SAFe being #implemented in seventy percent of Fortune 100 companies. So, why should you choose #SAFe? Many would say the evidence speaks for itself, but it's important to keep asking and learning. #SAFe provides a highly effective and efficient platform for installing #Agile in organizations both large and small through techniques and elements both new as well as tried-and-tested. It has a flexible but sturdy system of seven core competencies that can apply to any business situation. Because #SAFe is so widely adopted, it will be supported and developed for years to come. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aleph-global-scrum-team/message
Dean Leffingwell, a business innovator and founder of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), has dedicated his work life in pursuit of a better way forward, both as a leader himself, and in building companies helping others to be better. Pete goes behind the curtain with Dean, not to explore his latest creation, but rather to explore the leader behind it. As a leadership mentor and advisor to Pete personally over the years, Dean shares his own leadership journey so we may learn from his experience.Explore more about Dean and my discussion with him on our website.
T.I.A. (Ep 23). Dharam Singh, founder and CEO of vCare Project Management, and a Program and Portfolio Management trainer and mentor, chats about paths to project, program or portfolio management as a career, essential skills for these roles, and how to overcome major challenges within projects. Dharam also talks about working as a Yoga instructor, using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to deliver projects, his association with a number of PMI Chapters around the world, mentoring programs, and his journey in management roles within Australia and the USA. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIyrMgzbfYQ Dharam Singh Website (vCare PM): https://vcareprojectmanagement.com/; YouTube (vCare PM): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWg9sBRmPCcpVy2KY5AtjQQ/featured Website (Ask Dharam): https://dharamsingh.co/YouTube; (Ask Dharam): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1Y44xk6N14PsIJTOYEr3Q LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dharamsingh/ Sponsored by The Lewis Institute: Website - https://lewisinstituteinc.com/; Project Leader Courses (60% discount) - https://lewisinstitute.kartra.com/page/Wif255 Business Agility Institute: Emergence Journal - https://businessagility.institute/emergence; promo code "analyst" (for 10% discount on annual subscription)
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In this special installment of StraightTalk, we answer your top-ten frequently asked questions about business architecture and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Business Architecture thought leader, Whynde Kuehn, interviews Jo Gilmore, marketing manager and seasoned business architecture professional at FedEx. Jo possesses over 20 years of experience in Product Development, Portfolio Strategy, and Marketing. She is a Certified Business Architect® and started the Marketing Business Architecture practice for FedEx. She is also certified as a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Program Consultant and for Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), and practices and teaches both SAFe and general Agile concepts.
Episode Summary1. She always had an interest in figuring out how things worked.2. She loves the environment and wanted to know what is wind energy. You not going to want to miss her answer. Its important.3. Her experience being the first and only isn't new for WOC but she decided to write about it as a way to heal herself. 4. Finding a tribe is important for your mental and spiritual health. The journey is long and the laborers are few but that few is MIGHTY.Dr. Malika Grayson Bio:She is a global keynote speaker and best-selling author. From being the first black American woman to graduate with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering to best-selling book on her journey through STEM, each experience and struggle has taught her a lesson on taking impossibilities and turning them into probabilities.As an engineer, she is skilled and driven with experience in data analysis, software development, project management, technical writing and editing . She has experience as a scrum master for agile teams with knowledge in SCRUM Framework and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for Teams and Product Owners/Management. Additionally, I have extensive experience in computational fluid dynamics, modeling and simulation, and wind tunnel experimentationHer passions include using her experience and journey as a platform to encourage minority women to pursue their advanced degrees. She has shared her story with students on all levels as well as companies in multiple forums around the country. Some of her topics include: Imposter Syndrome, Developing Professional Mentorship Relationships, Activating Your Network, Increasing Diversity, Inclusion and Representation and many others.Website: malikagrayson.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malikagrayson/Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/stemminginstilettos)
While the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has been making inroads at large organizations as they look to transform and scale their agile practices, the path to success is often challenging. Organizational culture, coupled with Agile practices & methods that seem inflexible, can lead to disruption. What other options are there? Why not consider Disciplined Agile (DA)? Join the board of Agile Hartford and noted Author, Speaker, & Executive Coach Kevin Martin as we discuss the DA Framework, keying in on critical foundation layer components of Principles, Promises, and Guidelines, along with a pass through additional scaling structures. Additional information on DA is available on PMI's website, here.
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In der aktuellen Staffel unseres Podcasts beschäftigen wir uns mit der Skalierung von Agilität nach dem Scaled Agile Framework SAFe. Nachdem wir in den ersten beiden Folgen eine Einführung in das SAFe-Konzept gegeben haben, sprechen wir diesmal konkret über Software-Lösungen, die Unternehmen dabei helfen wollen, die Agile-Skalierung digital zu unterstützen.
In der aktuellen Staffel unseres Podcasts beschäftigen wir uns mit der Skalierung von Agilität nach dem Scaled Agile Framework SAFe. Nachdem wir in den ersten beiden Folgen eine Einführung in das SAFe-Konzept gegeben haben, sprechen wir diesmal konkret über Software-Lösungen, die Unternehmen dabei helfen wollen, die Agile-Skalierung digital zu unterstützen.
In der aktuellen Staffel unseres Podcasts beschäftigen wir uns mit der Skalierung von Agilität nach dem Scaled Agile Framework SAFe. Nachdem wir in den ersten beiden Folgen eine Einführung in das SAFe-Konzept gegeben haben, sprechen wir diesmal konkret über Software-Lösungen, die Unternehmen dabei helfen wollen, die Agile-Skalierung digital zu unterstützen.
In der aktuellen Staffel unseres Podcasts beschäftigen wir uns mit der Skalierung von Agilität nach dem Scaled Agile Framework SAFe. Nachdem wir in den ersten beiden Folgen eine Einführung in das SAFe-Konzept gegeben haben, sprechen wir diesmal konkret über Software-Lösungen, die Unternehmen dabei helfen wollen, die Agile-Skalierung digital zu unterstützen.
Wann und warum entsteht in Organisationen das Bedürfnis, über Scrum und Kanban hinaus zu denken? Was führt das Scaled Agile Framework zusätzlich ein, um eine strukturierte Skalierung zu erreichen? Wie grenzt sich der Ansatz von alternativen Modellen ab? Und inwiefern ist SAFe eher als Werkzeugkasten denn als starrer Prozess zu verstehen? Antworten auf diese und weitere Fragen bietet unser Interview-Podcast mit Dr. Thorsten Janning, einem der führenden Scaled-Agile-Experten.
Kickass Software, Rock 'n' Roll Teams - Der Podcast von Seibert Media!
Wann und warum entsteht in Organisationen das Bedürfnis, über Scrum und Kanban hinaus zu denken? Was führt das Scaled Agile Framework zusätzlich ein, um eine strukturierte Skalierung zu erreichen? Wie grenzt sich der Ansatz von alternativen Modellen ab? Und inwiefern ist SAFe eher als Werkzeugkasten denn als starrer Prozess zu verstehen? Antworten auf diese und weitere Fragen bietet unser Interview-Podcast mit Dr. Thorsten Janning, einem der führenden Scaled-Agile-Experten.
Wann und warum entsteht in Organisationen das Bedürfnis, über Scrum und Kanban hinaus zu denken? Was führt das Scaled Agile Framework zusätzlich ein, um eine strukturierte Skalierung zu erreichen? Wie grenzt sich der Ansatz von alternativen Modellen ab? Und inwiefern ist SAFe eher als Werkzeugkasten denn als starrer Prozess zu verstehen? Antworten auf diese und weitere Fragen bietet unser Interview-Podcast mit Dr. Thorsten Janning, einem der führenden Scaled-Agile-Experten.
Wann und warum entsteht in Organisationen das Bedürfnis, über Scrum und Kanban hinaus zu denken? Was führt das Scaled Agile Framework zusätzlich ein, um eine strukturierte Skalierung zu erreichen? Wie grenzt sich der Ansatz von alternativen Modellen ab? Und inwiefern ist SAFe eher als Werkzeugkasten denn als starrer Prozess zu verstehen? Antworten auf diese und weitere Fragen bietet unser Interview-Podcast mit Dr. Thorsten Janning, einem der führenden Scaled-Agile-Experten.
Many project managers are currently having to pivot, shift, change plans, and start over due to the coronavirus pandemic. John Houser shares his story about wrapping up an adoption of a Scaled Agile Framework(SAFe)just as COVID-19 started to impact their operations at Spectrum Healthcare. Table of Contents 00:48 … Meet John 02:10 … Spectrum Healthcare Partners 03:05 … Scaled Agile Framework – SAFe 05:18 … Implementing SAFe at Spectrum 09:42 … COVID-19 Impact on SAFe Process 11:10 … Challenges the Team Faced 12:34 … Communication Tools 14:29 … Shifting Priorities – Pivot without Mercy 16:25 … Team's Reaction to Pivoting 17:28 … How SAFe Helped to Manage Projects 18:57 … Conducting the System Demo 22:35 … Unexpected Projects due to COVID-19 24:54 … Keeping up Morale in Remote Working 26:08 … Twice Daily Stand-Up Team Meetings 27:58 … Biggest Surprise 28:28 … Leadership Tools on the Tool Belt 29:28 … Lessons Learned 32:42 … Closing JOHN HOUSER: ...change is okay. Don't be worried about it. You may not know all the answers, but with that support you'll absolutely get there. WENDY GROUNDS: Welcome to Manage This, the podcast by project managers for project managers. I'm Wendy Grounds, and with me is Bill Yates. So particularly with COVID-19 still hovering around, many of you will have interesting stories about how your projects have been impacted, and we'd really like to hear from you. If you have a noteworthy story, please email me at manage_this@velociteach.com and tell us about your COVID-19 project story. So that's exactly what we're bringing to you today; aren't we, Bill. BILL YATES: Yes, I can't wait to hear from John Houser. So many project managers are having to pivot, shift, crumble up plans, throw them away, and start over, and John is going to walk us through an example with his company. I can't wait to dig into the details. Meet John WENDY GROUNDS: John Houser is the Director of Project Management at Spectrum Healthcare Partners, so he has over 25 years of project management experience. John, welcome to Manage This, thank you so much for joining us today. JOHN HOUSER: Glad to be here. WENDY GROUNDS: We want to hear your story, how you came to be a project manager. JOHN HOUSER: Sure, so I liked watching other people run projects, I think that's where it happened, or where the light went off the first time, and how they were able to put things together, look at this as like a Rube Goldberg machine almost, where you've got these different people, these different tasks, these different objectives. And somehow they're able to weave it all together and create this beautiful-looking plan and then end up with a deliverable at the end, and so that's what really intrigued me. When I was younger I would do a lot of those machines, so how you put it all together is what really got me into it and got me exited. BILL YATES: That's pretty cool, so that it's a little bit of engineering, and it's a little bit of teamwork that just appealed to you. I get that. Same kind of thing, so I mean, that's one of the beauties for this podcast for me has been seeing some of the just amazing things that project managers have done, you know, men and women have accomplished because they put together a team and went out and did it. I never thought about that comparison to the machine, though, so that's great. JOHN HOUSER: Yeah, demented mind, misspent youth, I don't know. Spectrum Healthcare Partners WENDY GROUNDS: Can you tell us a little bit about Spectrum Healthcare Partners, the company that you work for? JOHN HOUSER: Yeah, sure. So Spectrum Healthcare Partners is primarily owned by physicians, physicians that got together from their practices and really wanted to get that economies of scale that you get. When you have your practice, you don't need three of these type of people or four of those people. More back office, and to really get that leverage or that buying po...
Many project managers are currently having to pivot, shift, change plans, and start over due to the coronavirus pandemic. John Houser shares his story about wrapping up an adoption of a Scaled Agile Framework(SAFe)just as COVID-19 started to impact their operations at Spectrum Healthcare. Table of Contents 00:48 … Meet John 02:10 … Spectrum Healthcare […] The post Episode 110 – A Project Story – Pivot without Mercy appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.
En este nuevo episodio abrimos una serie de episodios (quizá no todos consecutivos) para conversar sobre los más importantes frameworks de Agile Escalado.Comenzamos con uno de los monstruos más grandes: Scaled Agile Framework - SAFe®, y para ello tenemos a grandes amigos que han vivido (¿y sufrido?) con este marco de trabajo: Luis Cariz, Fabian Aguilar, Matías Carrasco y Manuel Cabezas.Disclaimer: En este episodio los invitados y hormigas ahondaron bastante en los recovecos del marco analizado, por lo que en varios momentos la conversación se vuelve bastante especializada. Dado ello sugerimos un estudio previo mínimo a fin de sacar el mejor provecho del episodio (por ejemplo revisando algunas de las referencias indicadas en esta pagina).Si quieres saber más de este y otros episodios de Hormigas Agilistas, visita: https://medium.com/hormigas-agilistas#SAFe #ScaledAgile #Lean #Agile #Kanban #Scrum #M30 #Management3 #LeanInception #ChileAgil #HackerCultural #lcm #HormigasAgilistas #HormigasNomades---
Marc Roekens - Agile Quality Coach bij Sogeti - is tijdens deze podcast te gast. Marc heeft veel ervaring met watervalomgevingen, Agile-teams en alles daar tussenin. Hij heeft het met ons over het Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) en hoe dit toe te passen is bij bedrijven. Daarnaast hebben we ook uiteraard onze tech items: Facebook’s 3D photos can now be made using single-camera phones | Van gek idee naar groot succes: wat bedrijven kunnen leren van de natuurkunde | Hongerige huisdieren door storing slimme voerbak van Petnet
On today’s podcast, Dan Neumann is joined once again by Christy Erbeck! Christy is a principal transformation consultant at AgileThought and a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. She has over 25 years of experience in domestic and international consulting, training and coaching, and working in both software development and non-product-focused environments, including manufacturing (discrete and process), distribution, and sales and marketing. On top of all of Christy’s licenses and titles, she is also a Certified SAFe® Program Consultant — which is also the topic of today’s show! There are a lot of horror stories around SAFe implementations because, in many cases, the original intent has been corrupted. So in this episode, Christy is breaking the SAFe framework down for listeners. She’s busting the myths that have given SAFe a bad rap and then providing her tips for a successful and effective implementation of SAFe! Key Takeaways What is SAFe? SAFe is a framework for predictability at scale Empowers complex organizations to achieve the benefits of Lean-Agile software and systems development at scale Christy busts some myths regarding the SAFe: “Waterfall disguised as Agility” — not true; it is a framework with elasticity in how it can be implemented “It’s very prescriptive” — though there is an overarching framework and path that is laid out, the fundamental mindset underneath it is Agility “SAFe stops at training the leaders about velocity” — untrue! Just train the leaders and just get started “You can just put aside vulnerability” — you cannot, so instead get in front of it and break down the walls by discussing the discomfort and change that comes with implementation “SAFe always goes wrong and completely goes against an Agile mindset” — SAFe as a framework does not do this; it’s perpetrated by the consultants and the organizations that don’t fully commit to implementing it How to ensure your SAFe implementation is effective and successful: Start small and ‘nail it before you scale it’ Start with training your leaders and give them a compelling ‘why’ Create a Lean-Agile center of excellence where you can bring everyone together to help identify the system-level items and issues that are going to need to be addressed as you all move through the implementation roadmap As a manager, reject bad plans (this is very beneficial towards getting more predictable deliveries) Implement the events within SAFe well (and safely) so that your organization can be set up for success Understand Lean thinking Establish safety within the team and the organization to build trust Stay nimble Listen to what the client needs, not what you think they need Mentioned in this Episode: Christy Erbeck’s LinkedIn Scaled Agile Framework Certified SAFe® Program Consultant Agile Coaches’ Corner Ep. 1: “Do Scrum Well Before Scaling!” Agile Coaches’ Corner Ep. 22: “The Role of Managers in Agile Organizations with Esther Derby” Brené Brown Brené Brown — Dare to Lead Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, by Simon Sinek Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons, by Bryon Powell How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business, by Douglas W. Hubbard Christy Erbeck’s Book Pick: Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do, by Jordan Raynor Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!
Part 2 of our interview with Carri Bugbee and Joe Butson. Alan Annis, of Rocket Walk, gets their take on the tactical aspects of Agile Marketing.Discussion Includes:- Backlog grooming through prioritization- Kanban vs. Scrum- Virtual scrum boards. How do you choose a program?- The value of retrospectives- Project size estimationCarri has over 20 years of experience in managing marketing/creative teams, campaigns, projects, and events. She is often called upon to provide training or guidance to marketing teams (and executives) to help boost their knowledge and usage of social media, digital platforms/tools, and Agile methodologies.Joe is an Agile coach with experience in Agile DevOps, Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE), Disciplined Agile Delivery, XP, and Lean software development. He is a seasoned Agile practitioner and expert in helping cross-functional teams increase productivity, collaborate better, and cultivate collegial work environments.
Alan, Co-Founder of Rocket Walk, discusses the strategic side of Agile Marketing with Carri Bugee and Joe Butson. Carri has over 20 years of experience in managing marketing/creative teams, campaigns, projects, and events. She is often called upon to provide training or guidance to marketing teams (and executives) to help boost their knowledge and usage of social media, digital platforms/tools, and Agile methodologies. Joe is an Agile coach with experience in Agile DevOps, Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE), Disciplined Agile Delivery, XP, and Lean software development. He is a seasoned Agile practitioner and expert in helping cross-functional teams increase productivity, collaborate better, and cultivate collegial work environments. Discussion Includes:- Tips for implementing Agile Marketing- Benefits of Agile Marketing- Creating environments that promote both collaboration and individual responsibility- How to get team buy-in to change processes- How to create teams that are both happy and productive- Benefits of cross-trainingIf you'd like more information on Agile Marketing, or if you are interested in appearing as a guest on our show, please contact us at info@rocketwalk.com or visit our website, www.rocketwalk.com
In this episode of the #PAY Podcast Bruce Burke speaks with Betsy Irizarry, Founder of FreshTilt Partners. Business agility is the ability to nimbly respond to your customer's needs and market opportunities as a matter of course. And, to do so with engaged, empowered employees. So how do you get there? At FreshTilt, we will start by getting to know your story and your goals. Then, we will work with you to carefully craft a plan which draws from a range of practices and approaches to help you move forward on your journey. We will partner with you to actively inspect and adapt the plan as we learn along the way. Betsy is a coach, consultant, trainer, and empathetic partner for your journey. After working closely with you to understand your goals and challenges, She draws from a range of practices and tools across the fields of Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, and scaled agile/SAFe. Betsy and her team use a highly facilitative approach with frequent feedback loops to help you achieve your goals. Your journey is unique. We respect that. Our aim is to understand your vision within the context of your bigger story. Then, we can we can help you forge a fresh path forward. Our team draws from a diverse range of experiences and techniques from the fields of Business Agility, Design Thinking, Agile, Scaled Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and more. We use an empathetic and facilitative approach to help you achieve your goals. We listen carefully and partner closely. We strive to develop an understanding of your unique organizational dynamics. Then, we work with you to identify and implement effective approaches toward your transformation goals. FreshTilt Partners service offerings include: Business Agility Consulting From strategic planning through tactical execution, we can help you find ways to achieve greater agility. Coaching and Facilitation Transformation coaching at the team, program, portfolio, and enterprise levels. Training We can deliver industry standard Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) training to your teams. Or, we can create customized, targeted training for your specific needs. Customized Workshops We can develop and deliver engaging, impactful workshops to help you dig deeper and collaborate. Let's find your fresh perspective! Connect with Betsy and her team at https://www.freshtiltpartners.com ----------- Don't miss Betsy's workshop on Monday August 19, 2019 during the #PAY Pre-Conference day events. BUSINESS AGILITY FOR A COMPETITIVE EDGE This interactive workshop will guide participants through an exploration of agile practices which can help them nimbly respond to change and scale business outcomes. This two-hour session will be highly engaging and hands-on as we walk through a series of concepts and tools that can help you maximize your time, talent, and resources. Attendees will explore how organizations of all sizes can use agile approaches to embrace change for their competitive advantage as they deliver excellent customer experiences on a regular, rapid cadence. This workshop will provide attendees with foundational agile knowledge as well as a set of practical tools they can carry forward into their work. Learn more and register today at https://www.paysymposium.com/pre-conference Betsy will also be one of our judges of the Fintech Startup Showcase - with ten startups pitching to win the Golden Hashtag Award! Register Using Code SAVE For A 30% Discount! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bruce-burke/support
Agile Methodology is a people-focused, results-focused approach to software & systems development that respects our rapidly changing world. It’s centered around adaptive planning, self-organization, and shorter delivery times. While it seems that nowadays most systems engineers & software developers claim they are doing Agile, it is also a well-known fact that many teams are only following part of the practices that characterize Agile systems & software development. Join the Continuous Engineering Experts’ Bryan Smith as he welcomes IBM Solutions Architect, Amy Silberbauer to the show, as she shares with us some tips, tools and templates that you can use to ensure a successful Agile deployment in your organization. Short on time? Just click on any of the links below and jump to that section of the interview: 0:01:32 – How popular are Agile practices in a place like IBM? 0:04:10 – What are the most important concepts to grasp for organizations to implement Agile successfully? 0:06:04 – What are some of the tools specifically in the Watson IoT suite that help support Lean, Agile & SAFe Development? 0:09:25 - Why did IBM adopt the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in their templates and toolset? 0:12:40 – Why would an organization choose IBM tools to adopt Agile and specifically the Scaled Agile Framework? 0:13:14 – How does the IBM CLM suite specifically support SAFe? You mentioned there were SAFe templates built in? How do you apply them and how much does it cost? 0:20:35 – Can the tools and templates provided calculate things like “Definition of Done” or “Retrospectives? --- things of this nature? 0:27:32 – Can you share with us a success story from a customer who wanted to Scale Agile and use IBM’s tooling?
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is the practice of developing a set of related system models that help define, design, and document a system under development. These models provide an efficient way to explore, update, and communicate system aspects to fellow System Engineers and business stakeholders (like clients or software engineers) while significantly reducing or eliminating dependence on traditional documents. When combined with Agile & Lean practices - where the focus is based on adaptive planning and fast-learning and shorter delivery times – Agile & MBSE become a powerful discipline that allows engineers to quickly and incrementally learn about the system under development before the cost of change gets too high. Join the Continuous Engineering Experts’ Bryan Smith as he welcomes Dr. Bruce Douglass – IBM’s Chief Evangelist for their Watson IoT division – as they discuss the benefits to adopting Agile and Model Based Systems Engineering and how you can get started with aMBSE in your organization. Short on time? Just click on any of the links below and jump to that section of the interview: 0:03:41 – What does it mean to be “Agile” in Systems Engineering? How do you do Agile in a practical way in Systems Engineering? 0:04:48 – What do you mean by “verification & validation” and how important is this when applying Agile in Systems Engineering? 0:06:35 – How do elements like UML and SysML come together in an Agile MBSE (aMBSE) process? 0:14:01 - Where does aMBSE fit within a larger, engineering effort that combines software, firmware and hardware? 0:23:47 – How do organizations get started in adopting Agile MBSE? 0:31:14 – Is there a place for the Harmony aMBSE process and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to work together, or are they inherently different?
Scott Ambler and Mark Lines are the co-creators of Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD), and together they gave an overview of this framework in their “Disciplined Agile Master Class” at Agile2017. The duo enlighten us on the difference between their process-decision framework and scaling frameworks like Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or Large-Scale Agile (LeSS). And while they’re at it, they open the Pandora’s Box of “What’s better than Agile? And what does it mean to be “beyond Agile?” Howard Sublett hosts at Agile2017 in Orlando, Florida. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: bit.ly/SIQYouTube, bit.ly/SIQiTunes, www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/Follow: bit.ly/SIQTwitterLike: bit.ly/SIQFacebook
The White Horse, Milton, Cambridge, UK Geoff and Paul discuss the "art of the possible" and how being positive can affect a ScrumMaster's ability to lead a Scrum team. The guys also give their thoughts on the merits of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and how Geoff has developed a tendency to feel "hangry"!
Anthony Crain on Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Das Stichwort ”Agile” ist seit Jahren in aller Munde und kommt in immer mehr Unternehmen zum Einsatz. Aber was bedeutet es eigentlich, ”agil” zu arbeiten? Dahinter steckt mehr als Frameworks wie Scrum, die uns helfen sollen, das agile Mindset zu verinnerlichen, unsere Arbeitsweise zu verbessern und deren Ergebnisse zu optimieren. In dieser Folge sprechen wir über die Basics, darüber wie die Agilität 2016 in Unternehmen aussieht und welche Möglichkeiten es gibt, mit möglichen Hindernissen umzugehen. Links zu dieser Folge: Definition ”Agile Software Development”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development Cynefin-Framework (Dave Snowden: https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Cynefin-Framework Theory X / Theory Y (Douglas McGregor): https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y Scrum: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Scrum_(software_development) Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe): http://www.scaledagileframework.com/ Annual State of Agile Report (Version One): https://versionone.com/pdf/VersionOne-10th-Annual-State-of-Agile-Report.pdf Cargo Cult: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Cargo_cult
Technical Director for Veteran programs at CSRA Michael Peter sits down with Agile Amped to share the successes and challenges of implementing Agile approaches including Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) at the Department of Veteran Affairs. Within the first year, the project was able to establish Agile teams that continuously and consistently delivered on commitments and deployed working code. Over time and with a deeper understanding of the the VA enterprise, they discovered that what they were being asked to build wouldn’t likely return the best value to the Veteran and the VA. This helped them improve processes to identify value, so that their users–who are frequently veterans returning from a tour of duty, perhaps with life-altering injuries–could get the most value out of the VA’s products. However, there is still much work to be done. SolutionsIQ's Howard Sublett hosts at Keep Austin Agile 2016 (http://conference.agileaustin.org/). About Agile Amped The Agile Amped podcast series engages with industry thought leaders at Agile events across the country to bring valuable content to subscribers anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook
Renee, Craig and Tony (with a lurking Em Campbell-Pretty) in a very busy corridor with random bells ringing, catch up with Dean Leffingwell, author of numerous books including “Agile Software Requirements” and “Scaling Software Agility” and the creator of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in a very candid discussion: the journey to SAFe included as a developer … Continue reading →
In this version of our Sound Notes with Dave Prior, we speak with LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer on the rise of Bimodal IT Enterprises and how it is impacting modern businesses. Based on new research coming out of Gartner, we explore where Bimodal IT found it's roots and how it is being applied today. From there, Mike and Dave discuss the differences between mode 1 and 2, as well as how organizations can make the journey from a more traditional form of delivery with mode 1, to a more exploratory and nonlinear model with mode 2. Lastly, we'll explore how mode 1 and mode 2 relate to LeadingAgile's Compass for Enterprise Transformation, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and what it takes to make the shift from mode 1 to mode 2.
Creator of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Dean Leffingwell, stops by the BigVisible booth to talk about recent updates. The latest version of SAFe features extensive refinements to many elements of the methodology infrastructure, as well as new content and guidance that helps enterprises better organize around value delivery, and improve coordination of large value streams.
This week on The Guardian Podcast with Ryn Melberg, Ryn discusses how Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) can positive impact governance at all levels of a company.
This week on The Guardian podcast with Ryn Melberg, we are going to discuss the merit of training and certification for Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
Ryn “The Guardian” Melberg And Different Models for Implementing Agile and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) This Week This week on her podcast, Ryn “The Guardian” Melberg discusses 2 well known models of implementing Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and another that she helped develop. Top down, bottom up and Minimum Viable Product or M.V.P. each has advantages and trade offs to offer. The podcast is offered at no charge and can be heard on Sound Cloud, iTunes or her web site, www.rynmelberg.com. To contact The Guardian directly, click the “contact Ryn” tab on her web site.
At Agile Australia 2014 in Melbourne; Craig, Renee and Tony catch up with Em Campbell-Pretty to talk about the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as well as Impact Mapping and a variety of other topics: Em’s Agile journey and how she came to Agile from the business side and discovered SAFe before it was SAFe Australia’s first … Continue reading →
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