This online live talk, scheduled for the beginning of May, is dedicated to answering your questions and facilitating a meaningful dialogue on applying agility to address the rapid changes in the sector.
Speakers
Harry Koehnemann
SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant (Scaled Agile, Inc.)
Harry Koehnemann is a SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant at Scaled Agile, Inc., where he helps organizations build and deliver solutions faster, more predictably, and with high quality. He has spent the past two decades consulting with aerospace, defense, automotive, and other organizations to adopt better engineering practices, including Lean, Agile, MBSE, requirements management, quality management, and the related activities necessary to support compliance. Harry is a regular presenter on Lean-Agile topics and engineering practices at Agile, Systems Engineering, and government conferences.
Jeff Shupack
SAFe Fellow, President of Advisory Practice (Project & Team)
Jeff Shupack helps organizations deliver some of the world’s most complex virtual and physical products at scale. As a SAFe Fellow & SPCT, he is a sought-after transformation expert focusing on digital enterprise, cyber-physical delivery, and change leadership. Jeff is President of Advisory Practice at Project & Team, specializing in digital transformations within highly regulated and complex environments for the Fortune 100 and government agencies.
Markus Vogg
Global Head of the Business Agility practice (Capgemini Invent)
As Global Head of the Business Agility Practice at Capgemini Invent, Markus has a strong passion for Agile Transformations. In recent years he has focused on helping organizations introduce the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and is continuously working with (senior) stakeholders to achieve a sustainable Agile transformation based on a fundamental shift in mindset. As a SAFe SPCT, he has coached many different corporations across the globe, combining deep knowledge of SAFe with practical knowledge of Agile@Scale in general.
Since the March launch, you have reviewed SAFe 6.0 and considered how it will affect your enterprise. You likely have thought of questions for the teams working on the updated guidance then. This Ask the Experts session is your chance to ask those questions!
Speakers
Deema Dajani
SAFe Fellow, Product Management Director (Scaled Agile)
A SAFe® Fellow and Product Management Director at Scaled Agile, Deema helps large institutions create the environment to shape disruption like a startup with business agility and Lean Portfolio Management (LPM). Deema has spent the past 2 years in researching LPM implementations across various types of organizations and at different stages, she has been synthesizing the proven patterns into online assets that can help change agents implement and advance their LPM. Co-founder of Women in Agile, a non-profit organization focused on breaking barriers and inclusivity in the agile community.
Alysa Kirkpatrick
Director Product Management (Scaled Agile)
Dean Leffingwell
Co-founder, Chief Methodologist (Scaled Agile)
Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell is an entrepreneur and software development methodologist best known for creating SAFe®, the world’s most widely used framework for business agility. His best-selling books, Agile Software Requirements, Scaling Software Agility, and SAFe® Distilled, form much of the basis of modern thinking on Lean-Agile practices and principles. Founder of several successful startups, including Requisite, Inc. (acquired by Rational), Mr. Leffingwell also served as Chief Methodologist to Rally Software, and prior to that, as Sr. Vice President at Rational Software (now part of IBM). He currently serves as Chief Methodologist to Scaled Agile, Inc., which he co-founded in 2011.
Tamara Nation
SAFe® Fellow, Senior Director Product Management (Scaled Agile)
Discover SAFe® 6.0 – The Next Evolution with Dean Leffingwell
Here at Scaled Agile, we were thrilled to announce the launch of SAFe® 6.0 and SAFe Studio this month. These new updates will deepen SAFe’s impact, help you build resiliency and reshape the way you approach transformation. On 30 March, Dean Leffingwell is joining us for a deep dive into what these changes mean for you in the APAC region.
When:
March 30, 2023, 11:12 am – March 30, 2023, 11:25 am
The Scaled Agile APAC team is thrilled to host our Co-founder and Cheif Methodologist, Dean Leffingwell, to share his insights about SAFe 6.0. Learn directly from Dean about how these updates enable you to work differently and build the future.
11:30 am AEDT 6:00am IST 8:30am SGT 8:30am CST 9:30am JST
Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell is an entrepreneur and software development methodologist best known for creating SAFe®, the world’s most widely used framework for business agility.
His best-selling books, Agile Software Requirements, Scaling Software Agility, and SAFe® Distilled, form much of the basis of modern thinking on Lean-Agile practices and principles. Founder of several successful startups, including Requisite, Inc. (acquired by Rational), Mr. Leffingwell also served as Chief Methodologist to Rally Software, and prior to that, as Sr. Vice President at Rational Software (now part of IBM). He currently serves as Chief Methodologist to Scaled Agile, Inc., which he co-founded in 2011.
Unique to SAFe®, the Release Train Engineer (RTE) is part of the trio of leaders, including product managers and system architects. This is critical in leading Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to deliver value. The RTE must create the right environment, have the right conversations, facilitate the right meetings, and gather the right people to make decisions based on the right data.
In the SAFe® RTE course, you’ll learn to execute SAFe and continuously improve PI Planning and other vital SAFe events. You’ll discover how to coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in new processes and mindsets. And you’ll get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.
Attendees learn:
How to lead ARTs and large solutions in a SAFe organization
How to apply Lean-Agile knowledge and tools to release value
How to foster relentless improvement
How to build a high-performing ART by becoming a servant leader and coach
SAFe® Release Train Engineer answers the questions:
How do I plan for and execute a PI?
How do I create an environment of relentless improvement?
Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
One-year access to SAFe® Studio with your first class attendance
Access to RTE Essentials Online Learning Series
Facilitation Guides for all ART events
Online collaboration tools for facilitating SAFe ART events, like PI Planning and System Demo
Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice Scaled Agile Framework every day
SAFe® Release Train Engineer certification exam
Adapted for interactive remote learning with SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
What people say about SAFe® Release Train Engineer
“Mastering the role definitely comes with practical experience, however, this was certainly a 100% life skill foundation.”
What people say about SAFe Release Train Engineer
“I really appreciate the RTE role and how SAFe takes the best of Agile and Lean methodology.”
What people say about SAFe Release Train Engineer
“The course exercises were relevant and well paced to provide input and supplement our learning.”
What people say about SAFe Release Train Engineer
“It reminds RTEs of the importance of coaching, how to manage conflicts, and building high performing teams.”
Enabling Technical Agility for the Lean Enterprise
What skills do you need to deliver high-quality, software-centric solutions faster and more predictably? In the Agile Software Engineeringcourse, you’ll learn how modern practices like XP, behavior-driven development (BDD), and test-driven development (TDD) enable continuous value flow and built-in quality. This interactive, three-day course also provides guidance and tools to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.
The Agile Software Engineering course will give you and your team the knowledge and tools to apply and build a test-first technical infrastructure. You’ll learn how to detail, model, design, implement, verify, and validate stories in a Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe) continuous delivery pipeline, and how to use automated testing. You’ll also develop a foundational understanding of Lean, Agile, and DevOps principles to apply in everyday practices.
Attendees Learn:
How to apply the test-first principle to align tests and requirements
How to detail, model, design, implement, verify, and validate stories in a SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Practices such as abstraction, encapsulation, and SOLID that build quality into code and design
Foundational Lean, Agile, and DevOps principles and practices
How to use the test infrastructure for automated testing
How to design from context for testability.
Agile Software Engineering answers the questions:
How do I build a test-first, principle-based team environment and technical infrastructure?
How do Agile teams use BDD to create a shared understanding?
How do we build in quality throughout the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
One-year access to SAFe Studio™ with your first class attendance
Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
SAFe Agile Software Engineer certification exam
What people say about Agile Software Engineering
“Very well put together. Everything just flows so nicely.”
What people say about Agile Software Engineering
“Very crisp and great Ideas. Great value-add to me even after two decades of design and development experience.”
What people say about Agile Software Engineering
“This is [a] great course for the entire team where we have content to cover the TDD, BDD, etc.”
Using Design Thinking to Create Value Products in the Lean Enterprise
In SAFe®, product managers play a key role in the trio of leaders, including architects and the Release Train Engineer. These roles work together to lead the Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in continuously delivering value.
In the Agile Product Management course, you’ll explore how to use design thinking to put your customers at the center and create products that are desirable, feasible, and sustainable. You’ll discover how continuous exploration fuels innovation. And you’ll explore how to define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to satisfy existing customers and attract new ones.
Attendees learn:
How to create innovation in the value stream
How to use design thinking to achieve desirable, feasible, and sustainable products
How to use product strategy to set clarity and direction for the ART
How to develop and evolve short-term roadmaps that result in long-term value
Agile Product Management answers the questions:
How can I use design thinking to achieve customer centricity?
How do I prepare a product strategy, vision, and roadmap for my ART?
What are the right mindsets, skills, and tools to create successful products?
Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
One-year access to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
SAFe® Agile Product Manager certification exam
Adapted for interactive remote learning with SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
What people say about Agile Product Management
“Course well organized and presented very well … group activities were good.”
What people say about Agile Product Management
“Course was well organized and explored various examples out of the standard study material. Study material is helpful to understand the integrities.”
Advancing Scrum Master Servant Leadership with SAFe
As a practicing scrum master in a SAFe organization, you have the tactical skills to coach Agile teams to deliver business value. Build on that solid foundation in the SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master course and discover how to facilitate success for Agile teams, Agile Release Trains (ARTs), and the organization. And get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.
Take your leadership skills to the next level. The SAFe® Advanced Scrum Mastercourse will give you the tools to improve your coaching and facilitation skills, avoid common missteps, and encourage relentless improvement. You’ll learn how to apply Lean, Kanban, DevOps, and SAFe principles to improve team and business outcomes. You’ll up-level your facilitation skills for key Agile and SAFe events, whether they’re in person or across teams and time zones. And you’ll discover how communities of practice can support continuous improvement.
Attendees learn:
How to apply SAFe principles to facilitate, enable, and coach in a multi-team environment
How to adopt scalable engineering practices, Kanban, DevOps, and Agile architecture to optimize flow
How to advance your facilitation skills for ART and team event planning, execution, and delivering end-to-end value
How to build communities of practice to support high-performing teams and ART efficiency
How to lead distributed teams effectively in remote environments
SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master answers the questions:
What’s the next step in my learning as a SAFe Scrum Master?
How can I improve my coaching and facilitation skills to support my team?
What are common anti-patterns to avoid when encouraging relentless improvement at scale?
Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
One-year access to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
Team Event Facilitator Guides
Online collaboration templates for all SAFe team events
Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning
Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
SAFe Advanced Scrum Master certification exam
Adapted for interactive remote learning with SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
What people say about SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master
“Good content and great training for the aspirants who are moving towards an Agile Coach from a Scrum Master.”
What people say about SAFe Advanced Scrum Master
“I liked the team assignments and interactions in our training group the most.”
Establishing Team Agility for Agile Release Trains
What does it mean to be part of an Agile team on an Agile Release Train (ART) that delivers value to customers? SAFe® for Teams covers the tactical skills to be a high-performing member of an ART. The course also gives you the guidance and tools to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams. Get the most out of your learning experience by taking it in context with your team and other teams on your ART.
SAFe for Teams will teach you how to plan and execute work, how to apply Scaled Agile Framework® and Agile principles, and how to continuously improve. Taking Scaled Agile Framework® for Teams gives your team the collective knowledge to collaborate effectively, do the best possible work, and hit the ground running before your next planning event.
Attendees learn:
Your role on the team and your team’s role on the ART
How to apply SAFe principles to scale Lean-Agile delivery
How to plan and execute iterations and PIs
How to continuously improve the ART
SAFe® for Teams answers the questions:
How does an Agile team function inside of an ART?
How do we as an Agile team plan and execute iterations and the PI?
How do we work with other teams on the ART to effectively deliver value?
Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help prepare you to take the certification exam, claim their digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
Remote learning via SAFe Virtual Classrooms
One-year access to SAFe® Studio with your first class attendance
Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
Access to content, tools, and resources you need to practice SAFe every day
SAFe® 6.0 Practitioner certification exam
Adapted for interactive remote learning with SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
What people say about SAFe® for Teams
“I really enjoyed the course. It’s changed my perception on ways of working for the better.”
What people say about SAFe for Teams
“The course provided me with invaluable knowledge to excel in my day-to-day job activities.”
What people say about SAFe for Teams
“I loved every single minute of it. Outstanding.”
What people say about SAFe for Teams
“I found the course to be very helpful and interesting, I can see and understand the need for SAFe after taking this course.”
What people say about SAFe for Teams
“This curriculum and training program were very well organized for those already knowledgeable and practicing Agile, as well as beginners.”
New to the Scaled Agile Framework®? Leading SAFe® offers an introduction to the foundations of SAFe and provides the principles and practices to confidently drive your Lean-Agile transformation. The course and resulting certification equip you with the guidance and tools to build a culture of resiliency and a shared language that engages employees and focuses on customers so that organizations can work with agility at scale.
Take a Leading SAFe course to discover how companies can build business agility, and how to make SAFe work inside your organization. You’ll come away with an understanding of how to align your entire organization around the same clear objectives, and how to improve the flow of value and work from strategy to delivery. You’ll learn what makes companies more customer-centric and how to run key SAFe alignment and planning events, like PI planning.
Attendees learn:
How to realize the benefits of SAFe, including:
How to establish Team and Technical Agility and organize around the flow of value
How to align massive organizations around clear, common objectives
How to participate successfully in critical SAFe events, such as PI Planning
How to adopt a customer-centric mindset
Leading SAFe® answers the questions:
What is SAFe?
What is business agility and how does SAFe support it?
How does an organization get started with the Scaled Agile Framework®?
Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
One-year access to SAFe® Studio with your first class attendance
Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
Curated content-playlists based on your interests and roles, including templated resources and facilitation guides to get you started
SAFe Agilist certification exam
Adapted for interactive remote learning with SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
What people say about Leading SAFe
“Very good course to follow the process for an organization or to apply to any of the domains or areas. Enjoyed the training with good case study and scenarios.”
What people say about Leading SAFe
“Great to get an overview of the fundamentals of SAFe and to learn by practical exercises.”
What people say about Leading SAFe
“It covers a good range of the necessary foundations for embracing an Agile mindset and the tools necessary for implementing SAFe at scale. I’m really happy that it also embraces many of the modern philosophies and theories.”
What people say about Leading SAFe
“Nice journey through this powerful framework. I’d love to apply it in my current work.”
Implementing SAFe® offers attendees the broadest level of insight into each layer of a SAFe implementation. This course and resulting certification will help you understand the roles of each person in a SAFe organization and then plan and guide a SAFe transformation. It’s also the first step toward becoming a certified SAFe Practice Consultant.
You’ll learn how to identify value streams, launch agile release trains, optimize flow, and apply OKRs to Strategic Themes that define the targeted outcomes for the SAFe transformation. You’ll also practice the principles of Agile product management and product delivery. If you’re looking for a comprehensive and practical understanding of how to help an organization achieve business agility effectively, Implementing SAFe® is the right course for you.
Attendees learn:
How to coach a SAFe transformation
How to launch Agile Release Trains
How to Organize around Value Streams
How to build solutions with Agile Product Delivery
How to empower a Lean portfolio
How to understand each role within a SAFe implementation
Implementing SAFe® answers the questions:
How do I plan and coach a SAFe transformation?
How can I demonstrate your expertise in and promote business agility?
How do I build successful solutions using Agile product management principles and skills?
Languages available:
Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese
Course workbook and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role
Remote learning via SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
One-year access to SAFe Studio with your first class attendance
All the materials that you need to get started as a SAFe Trainer including complete trainer guidance and online enablement
Downloadable toolkits to help you prepare, facilitate and take action from key SAFe activities like Organizing Around Value
Platform access to e-learning modules and curated members-only content to support your SAFe transformation
Member discussion forms to engage in ongoing conversations on the SAFe framework or how to better perform as part of an Agile Team
SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) Certification Exam
Adapted for interactive remote learning with SAFe® Virtual Classrooms
What people say about Implementing SAFe
“It was a very qualitative, successful training! I had some fears upfront about the ‘online’ formula but that didn’t bother me after all!”
What people say about Implementing SAFe
“Terrific and challenging course that provides all the theoretical and practical knowledge required to build mastery in this domain. Delighted to join the club of SPCs.”
What people say about Implementing SAFe
“Enjoyed the course and the learning journey! Refreshed a lot of knowledge on agile development and added a lot of knowledge of its scaling potential. I am eager to apply my knowledge!”
What people say about Implementing SAFe
“I loved this class. Highly recommended to progress in your journey.”
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