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Agile transformation : From Scattered to ScaledAgileNetwork
This document discusses transforming an organization from scattered agile practices to scaled agile. It begins by describing signs of scattered agile, such as inconsistent ceremonies, resistance to change, and teams operating on different cadences. It then recommends a step-by-step approach starting with small wins, identifying two problems to fix, customizing processes, and training teams. Aligning to a common cadence supported by regular demos and estimating capacity using relative estimation are presented as intermediate steps. The final step is scaled agile with faster time to market, ability to react swiftly to changes, and increased productivity and employee happiness. Key takeaways include taking a stepwise approach, focusing on small wins, selecting the appropriate framework, introspect
Agile governance: reality or dream in the US & UK Governments? webinar on Thursday 11th September. A transatlantic link up: US Government Accountability Office in Washington with UK National Audit Office in London.
This document discusses scaling agile across large organizations. It introduces agile mindset, values, principles and practices. It also covers several frameworks for scaling agile such as Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD). Adopting agile requires changes to organizational culture and giving autonomy and mastery to self-organizing teams. Scaling agile is not just about processes but transforming the mindset and empowering people.
The realities of working in an enterprise (distributed teams, multiple stakeholders, etc) present a series of challenges when trying to plan and scale agile development. Learn how Rosetta Stone knit together a dozen existing JIRA Agile boards into a coherent program-level view of their Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) release train using JIRA Portfolio – without sacrificing team autonomy.
The document promotes getting certified in Agile through the ACI (Agile Certification Institute). It encourages individuals to get certified to further their career and companies to enroll their employees in a corporate program to get certified in Agile. The corporate program offers a 25% discount on 6 credentials and free access to an Agile simulator.
Glasswall 'Squads and Maps' Framework v0.5Luke Robbertse
The document outlines Luke Robbertse's 'Squads and Maps' framework for technology operations. It discusses that squads are small, autonomous groups focused on delivering outcomes rapidly. Squads are populated by roles and have autonomy over how to work together. The framework also describes tribes as collections of squads covering the same business area, and guilds as communities of interest. It provides an example of how Glasswall uses tools like Jira, Zappier and Wardley maps to implement this framework at scale.
The QA Team was created in April 2008 to take on project management roles and was later restructured to become QA analysts. Members of the team received training in principles of software testing, test design, and test identification and execution. Since then, the QA Team has tested several projects, including their largest project to date. New QA requests are submitted through a SharePoint site and followed a process where an analyst is assigned, test cases are created and executed, and results are reported back to business analysts and developers. The QA Team uses various forms and methods for testing including test cases, test plans, test scripts, test case matrices, and S-curves.
Going Agile: build the right thing, execute faster than your competitionYuriy Koziy
This document provides an introduction to going agile and adopting agile practices. It discusses building the right thing by focusing on only the most important and used software features. It also discusses the need to execute projects faster than competitors. The document introduces agile concepts like focusing on individuals and interactions, working products, customer collaboration, and responding to change from the Agile Manifesto. It provides an overview of scrum as the most popular agile method and discusses expectations for transparency, collaboration, daily standups and value-focused iterative delivery when using agile. Finally, it outlines results organizations see from agile like clearer responsibilities, less unnecessary work, welcoming change, increased engagement and people seeing purpose in their work.
Agile transformation : From Scattered to ScaledAgileNetwork
This document discusses transforming an organization from scattered agile practices to scaled agile. It begins by describing signs of scattered agile, such as inconsistent ceremonies, resistance to change, and teams operating on different cadences. It then recommends a step-by-step approach starting with small wins, identifying two problems to fix, customizing processes, and training teams. Aligning to a common cadence supported by regular demos and estimating capacity using relative estimation are presented as intermediate steps. The final step is scaled agile with faster time to market, ability to react swiftly to changes, and increased productivity and employee happiness. Key takeaways include taking a stepwise approach, focusing on small wins, selecting the appropriate framework, introspect
Agile governance: reality or dream in the US & UK Governments? webinar on Thursday 11th September. A transatlantic link up: US Government Accountability Office in Washington with UK National Audit Office in London.
This document discusses scaling agile across large organizations. It introduces agile mindset, values, principles and practices. It also covers several frameworks for scaling agile such as Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD). Adopting agile requires changes to organizational culture and giving autonomy and mastery to self-organizing teams. Scaling agile is not just about processes but transforming the mindset and empowering people.
The realities of working in an enterprise (distributed teams, multiple stakeholders, etc) present a series of challenges when trying to plan and scale agile development. Learn how Rosetta Stone knit together a dozen existing JIRA Agile boards into a coherent program-level view of their Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) release train using JIRA Portfolio – without sacrificing team autonomy.
The document promotes getting certified in Agile through the ACI (Agile Certification Institute). It encourages individuals to get certified to further their career and companies to enroll their employees in a corporate program to get certified in Agile. The corporate program offers a 25% discount on 6 credentials and free access to an Agile simulator.
Glasswall 'Squads and Maps' Framework v0.5Luke Robbertse
The document outlines Luke Robbertse's 'Squads and Maps' framework for technology operations. It discusses that squads are small, autonomous groups focused on delivering outcomes rapidly. Squads are populated by roles and have autonomy over how to work together. The framework also describes tribes as collections of squads covering the same business area, and guilds as communities of interest. It provides an example of how Glasswall uses tools like Jira, Zappier and Wardley maps to implement this framework at scale.
The QA Team was created in April 2008 to take on project management roles and was later restructured to become QA analysts. Members of the team received training in principles of software testing, test design, and test identification and execution. Since then, the QA Team has tested several projects, including their largest project to date. New QA requests are submitted through a SharePoint site and followed a process where an analyst is assigned, test cases are created and executed, and results are reported back to business analysts and developers. The QA Team uses various forms and methods for testing including test cases, test plans, test scripts, test case matrices, and S-curves.
Going Agile: build the right thing, execute faster than your competitionYuriy Koziy
This document provides an introduction to going agile and adopting agile practices. It discusses building the right thing by focusing on only the most important and used software features. It also discusses the need to execute projects faster than competitors. The document introduces agile concepts like focusing on individuals and interactions, working products, customer collaboration, and responding to change from the Agile Manifesto. It provides an overview of scrum as the most popular agile method and discusses expectations for transparency, collaboration, daily standups and value-focused iterative delivery when using agile. Finally, it outlines results organizations see from agile like clearer responsibilities, less unnecessary work, welcoming change, increased engagement and people seeing purpose in their work.
About the talk
Ever thought about what scaling agile really means, how to go about it, do you need to, and indeed should you even try?
In this talk "Why Scale...?", David will be talking through Scaling Agile and what it really means for an organisation looking to do this. Cover topics such as scaling values, teams, frameworks, methodologies and what this also means for teams outside of IT.
Product tank - from waterfall to dual track agileNir Gazit
In the last 10 years I have been working in several companies in different product roles, from Product manager to Chief Product Officer. During this time, I have experienced first hand the migration from Waterfall to Agile and then to Dual tracking agile.
Though Agile is becoming more common, many companies still fail to understand the essence of it and focus on the ritual or the technical aspects (continuous deployment, TDD, BDD, etc. ).
In this session I shared insights from my own experience about the Agile methodologies and highlighted the important things that each Product Manager should focus on, on his path to the great product.
Glasswall uses freelancers from Upwork to help accelerate project delivery. Some benefits of using Upwork include being able to quickly scale engineering capabilities up or down as needed, enhancing their capabilities by delegating work, and keeping costs low with minimal onboarding needs. Glasswall aims to measure the value gained from using Upwork to ensure it exceeds the costs, and defines processes for requesting, approving, and managing projects and resources from Upwork.
Unlike traditional projects, Agile teams realized the importance of prioritizing the product backlog according to it's added value to the business.
In this webinar, we talked about how do Product Owners prioritize product backlog continuously in order to achieve the highest value product while sticking to the schedule and cost constraints.
Presentation at Agilia 2018 conference in Olomouc, Czech Republic by Geof Ellingham, Chair of the Agile Business Consortium. Overview of the Consortium's history, current activities and future plans.
This document discusses an integral agile view of team health presented by Lyssa Adkins and Michael K. Spayd at AgileNZ 2015. It introduces an integral agile transformation framework with four quadrants - leadership and engagement, organizational culture and relationships, competencies products and technologies, and organizational architecture and structure. The framework is used to examine team health from an integral perspective focusing on the individual, team, environment and business agility. Key skills for developing team health including coaching, teaching, facilitation and using analysis tools are also discussed.
This document discusses scaling agile practices in large organizations. It recommends scaling customization of issue types, fields, and workflows in project management software as the organization scales its culture. Specific tips include tracking who is involved in work, following story progress and understanding epic value across projects. Flexible tracking of investment details is also recommended.
The document discusses strategies for gaining executive buy-in and support for agile adoption. It recommends understanding executives' goals and priorities in order to frame agile changes as helping address executives' key challenges. The document suggests giving executives options to become involved and allowing them to help solve problems themselves. It also provides an exercise where participants discuss pains executives face and reframe issues in a way that shows how agile could help achieve executives' goals.
Successful Agile Transformation - Jim Grundner - Agile Maine agilemaine
This document discusses essential patterns for successful agile transformations. It emphasizes the importance of leadership commitment, forming a cross-functional transformation team, and having an adoption strategy such as piloting agile with a small team. It also recommends focusing on empowering teams, limiting work in progress, using metrics to encourage the right behaviors, and embracing an experimental mindset to continuously learn and improve.
Industry studies show more than half of the features we build are rarely or never used. Wouldn’t you like to know much earlier which features are not going to be valued by your market?
In this session, we will explore the weaknesses of the current standard Epic/User Story process and discover some new practices to ensure we are building the right features through quick market validation. I will propose a new approach you can try to replace the musty old stale User Story method.
Inner Stories Of Agile Software Delivery; Discovering The Golden Key OfShahin Sheidaei
What does it take for a software development process to result in a successful delivery? What are the factors that lead to that success? Join me for stories from the field to take you into the heart of a successful (and/or failed) software delivery process. How are the new ways of delivery (e.g. Agile Software Development) can assist? And how to begin with? Bring in your curiosity and don’t hesitate to ask any questions that come to your mind.
The document discusses the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for implementing agile practices in complex enterprise projects. It presents SAFe as an option for organizations that have multiple Scrum teams or one team with independent threads. The core values and principles of SAFe are described, including the release train, program increment planning, and that it focuses on Lean-Agile leadership. Some limitations are that SAFe requires Scrum practices within teams and training for both teams and management to understand and apply the framework effectively.
How do you take Agile to the next level, where your organization moves beyond basic Agile delivery to fully acting with Agility in everything you do? How do you move past predictable and productive delivery to fast response to market needs?
Many organizations are barred from this level of success by a project-centric mindset, which impedes your ability to maximize value delivery. David Hawks pushes for an evolution of the Agile Manifesto into a set of values and principles for outcome-driven development.
SAFe – A dangerous weapon. Techniques to implementing a lasting adoption of t...Yuval Yeret
Please join us on Wednesday January 27 in Burlington MA starting at 6:30 pm as senior enterprise agility coach Yuval Yeret describes several techniques that can be used to produce a lasting and productive adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework.
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a powerful and popular framework for implementing agile at large scale across the enterprise. However many organizations see their implementation of SAFe stall and even backfire since the adoption is mandated from its organizational leaders, instead of engaged teams participating and choosing their SAFe.
In this talk we will examine some dangerous implementation anti-patterns as well as healthier alternatives. You will learn some concrete techniques that help live up to the Lean/SAFe principles of respecting and engaging people. We will discuss field-proven ideas such as pull-based crossing the chasm approach to implementation, use of open space as part of the different SAFe ceremonies, and how Open Space Agility can combine with SAFe.
This document provides a brief introduction to Lean/Agile principles for quality assurance. It discusses key Lean concepts like eliminating waste, respecting people, and optimizing the whole system. The document emphasizes allowing work to flow smoothly, building quality in from the start, and integrating testing continuously and early in the process. It suggests that adopting Lean principles can help QA support smooth workflows through automation and drive continuous improvement across the entire system.
Agile Transformations, the Good, the Bad and the UglyRally Software
The document summarizes the keynote presentation by Wanda Marginean on agile transformations. It discusses that agile transformations can go well when there is a clear vision for why the transformation is happening, principles are established to guide how the transformation will occur, and the right practices are implemented. It also discusses how transformations can go poorly when the why, how, or what is lacking, such as by not establishing a clear vision, not slowing down to speed up, or not properly implementing practices like retrospectives and empowering teams. The presentation calls for organizations to seriously consider why they are transforming, establish principles and practices to guide the transformation, and take action to ensure successful implementation.
This document discusses how to address scaling agile needs on JIRA using SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework). It introduces cPrime as a SAFe and Agile training partner. It provides an overview of SAFe concepts like portfolio, program and team levels. It describes how business and architectural epics flow through the system from identification to implementation. It shows how epics can be allocated to Agile release trains and decomposed into features. Finally, it discusses investment themes and some JIRA addons for supporting SAFe.
This document is an introduction to the Cynefin framework presented by Hosny Ashry. The presentation agenda includes a history of agile, why agile is useful, an explanation of the Cynefin framework, and a question and answer section. The history of agile stretches from 1986 to the Agile Manifesto in 2001. The Cynefin framework categorizes problems as obvious, complicated, complex, or chaotic and prescribes different approaches to problem-solving in each domain.
This document contains copyright information for AgiliX Agile Consulting B.V. from 2014-2015. It discusses organizing teams into value areas based on customer domains to improve understanding. It also contains quotes from teams about challenges with testing, helping other teams, and standards. Finally, it outlines moving to self-managing feature teams organized for flow of customer value.
How to Build an Open Culture with the Tools You Use Every DayAtlassian
At Atlassian, we use our tools to create a platform where Atlassians can thrive while supporting the functional needs of the office.
Confluence is used for announcements, blogs, project plans and project management. Jira Service Desk is used to fulfill facilities and event requests and our employee recognition program, Kudos. (We’ve fulfilled 35,000+ Kudos requests globally!) Trello is used to manage the communications calendar, fitness classes, and new-hire onboarding. Statuspage informs employees about any facilities services or equipment outages.
Get an inside look into our teams, and learn how to think outside the box (and beyond your department) with Atlassian tools. Transform efficiency in your workplace and make every employee happier.
Quality Management System for Service CompaniesPECB
For most of the service companies, implementing ISO 9001 is a little bit difficult, but when you prepare one project plan for your job, this is going to be easier, just the most important part is to understand that your process should satisfy the requirement not your documents.
Main points covered:
• Simple guidelines to follow in the process
• How to prepare a project plan when implementing ISO 9001
• Tips to ensure process are satisfying requirements
Presenter:
This webinar was presented by Shahriyar Majlesein, PECB Certified Trainer and Executive Director/Operation Manager at SMEC Engineering Group.
Link of the recorded webinar published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UEUAStzGlGw
The document discusses how lean concepts can help manage agile projects more effectively. It outlines key elements of agile projects like iterative and incremental development, frequent releases, and adaptive planning. Common issues seen in agile projects are also analyzed. The document advocates applying lean principles like limiting work in progress, visualizing workflows, and measuring flow to address issues and promote continuous improvement. Theory of constraints and kanban concepts are discussed as a foundation for integrating lean thinking. Overall, the document argues that lean can help agile teams deliver value through practices like pull-based prioritization, reducing bottlenecks, and inspecting/adapting processes.
About the talk
Ever thought about what scaling agile really means, how to go about it, do you need to, and indeed should you even try?
In this talk "Why Scale...?", David will be talking through Scaling Agile and what it really means for an organisation looking to do this. Cover topics such as scaling values, teams, frameworks, methodologies and what this also means for teams outside of IT.
Product tank - from waterfall to dual track agileNir Gazit
In the last 10 years I have been working in several companies in different product roles, from Product manager to Chief Product Officer. During this time, I have experienced first hand the migration from Waterfall to Agile and then to Dual tracking agile.
Though Agile is becoming more common, many companies still fail to understand the essence of it and focus on the ritual or the technical aspects (continuous deployment, TDD, BDD, etc. ).
In this session I shared insights from my own experience about the Agile methodologies and highlighted the important things that each Product Manager should focus on, on his path to the great product.
Glasswall uses freelancers from Upwork to help accelerate project delivery. Some benefits of using Upwork include being able to quickly scale engineering capabilities up or down as needed, enhancing their capabilities by delegating work, and keeping costs low with minimal onboarding needs. Glasswall aims to measure the value gained from using Upwork to ensure it exceeds the costs, and defines processes for requesting, approving, and managing projects and resources from Upwork.
Unlike traditional projects, Agile teams realized the importance of prioritizing the product backlog according to it's added value to the business.
In this webinar, we talked about how do Product Owners prioritize product backlog continuously in order to achieve the highest value product while sticking to the schedule and cost constraints.
Presentation at Agilia 2018 conference in Olomouc, Czech Republic by Geof Ellingham, Chair of the Agile Business Consortium. Overview of the Consortium's history, current activities and future plans.
This document discusses an integral agile view of team health presented by Lyssa Adkins and Michael K. Spayd at AgileNZ 2015. It introduces an integral agile transformation framework with four quadrants - leadership and engagement, organizational culture and relationships, competencies products and technologies, and organizational architecture and structure. The framework is used to examine team health from an integral perspective focusing on the individual, team, environment and business agility. Key skills for developing team health including coaching, teaching, facilitation and using analysis tools are also discussed.
This document discusses scaling agile practices in large organizations. It recommends scaling customization of issue types, fields, and workflows in project management software as the organization scales its culture. Specific tips include tracking who is involved in work, following story progress and understanding epic value across projects. Flexible tracking of investment details is also recommended.
The document discusses strategies for gaining executive buy-in and support for agile adoption. It recommends understanding executives' goals and priorities in order to frame agile changes as helping address executives' key challenges. The document suggests giving executives options to become involved and allowing them to help solve problems themselves. It also provides an exercise where participants discuss pains executives face and reframe issues in a way that shows how agile could help achieve executives' goals.
Successful Agile Transformation - Jim Grundner - Agile Maine agilemaine
This document discusses essential patterns for successful agile transformations. It emphasizes the importance of leadership commitment, forming a cross-functional transformation team, and having an adoption strategy such as piloting agile with a small team. It also recommends focusing on empowering teams, limiting work in progress, using metrics to encourage the right behaviors, and embracing an experimental mindset to continuously learn and improve.
Industry studies show more than half of the features we build are rarely or never used. Wouldn’t you like to know much earlier which features are not going to be valued by your market?
In this session, we will explore the weaknesses of the current standard Epic/User Story process and discover some new practices to ensure we are building the right features through quick market validation. I will propose a new approach you can try to replace the musty old stale User Story method.
Inner Stories Of Agile Software Delivery; Discovering The Golden Key OfShahin Sheidaei
What does it take for a software development process to result in a successful delivery? What are the factors that lead to that success? Join me for stories from the field to take you into the heart of a successful (and/or failed) software delivery process. How are the new ways of delivery (e.g. Agile Software Development) can assist? And how to begin with? Bring in your curiosity and don’t hesitate to ask any questions that come to your mind.
The document discusses the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for implementing agile practices in complex enterprise projects. It presents SAFe as an option for organizations that have multiple Scrum teams or one team with independent threads. The core values and principles of SAFe are described, including the release train, program increment planning, and that it focuses on Lean-Agile leadership. Some limitations are that SAFe requires Scrum practices within teams and training for both teams and management to understand and apply the framework effectively.
How do you take Agile to the next level, where your organization moves beyond basic Agile delivery to fully acting with Agility in everything you do? How do you move past predictable and productive delivery to fast response to market needs?
Many organizations are barred from this level of success by a project-centric mindset, which impedes your ability to maximize value delivery. David Hawks pushes for an evolution of the Agile Manifesto into a set of values and principles for outcome-driven development.
SAFe – A dangerous weapon. Techniques to implementing a lasting adoption of t...Yuval Yeret
Please join us on Wednesday January 27 in Burlington MA starting at 6:30 pm as senior enterprise agility coach Yuval Yeret describes several techniques that can be used to produce a lasting and productive adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework.
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a powerful and popular framework for implementing agile at large scale across the enterprise. However many organizations see their implementation of SAFe stall and even backfire since the adoption is mandated from its organizational leaders, instead of engaged teams participating and choosing their SAFe.
In this talk we will examine some dangerous implementation anti-patterns as well as healthier alternatives. You will learn some concrete techniques that help live up to the Lean/SAFe principles of respecting and engaging people. We will discuss field-proven ideas such as pull-based crossing the chasm approach to implementation, use of open space as part of the different SAFe ceremonies, and how Open Space Agility can combine with SAFe.
This document provides a brief introduction to Lean/Agile principles for quality assurance. It discusses key Lean concepts like eliminating waste, respecting people, and optimizing the whole system. The document emphasizes allowing work to flow smoothly, building quality in from the start, and integrating testing continuously and early in the process. It suggests that adopting Lean principles can help QA support smooth workflows through automation and drive continuous improvement across the entire system.
Agile Transformations, the Good, the Bad and the UglyRally Software
The document summarizes the keynote presentation by Wanda Marginean on agile transformations. It discusses that agile transformations can go well when there is a clear vision for why the transformation is happening, principles are established to guide how the transformation will occur, and the right practices are implemented. It also discusses how transformations can go poorly when the why, how, or what is lacking, such as by not establishing a clear vision, not slowing down to speed up, or not properly implementing practices like retrospectives and empowering teams. The presentation calls for organizations to seriously consider why they are transforming, establish principles and practices to guide the transformation, and take action to ensure successful implementation.
This document discusses how to address scaling agile needs on JIRA using SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework). It introduces cPrime as a SAFe and Agile training partner. It provides an overview of SAFe concepts like portfolio, program and team levels. It describes how business and architectural epics flow through the system from identification to implementation. It shows how epics can be allocated to Agile release trains and decomposed into features. Finally, it discusses investment themes and some JIRA addons for supporting SAFe.
This document is an introduction to the Cynefin framework presented by Hosny Ashry. The presentation agenda includes a history of agile, why agile is useful, an explanation of the Cynefin framework, and a question and answer section. The history of agile stretches from 1986 to the Agile Manifesto in 2001. The Cynefin framework categorizes problems as obvious, complicated, complex, or chaotic and prescribes different approaches to problem-solving in each domain.
This document contains copyright information for AgiliX Agile Consulting B.V. from 2014-2015. It discusses organizing teams into value areas based on customer domains to improve understanding. It also contains quotes from teams about challenges with testing, helping other teams, and standards. Finally, it outlines moving to self-managing feature teams organized for flow of customer value.
How to Build an Open Culture with the Tools You Use Every DayAtlassian
At Atlassian, we use our tools to create a platform where Atlassians can thrive while supporting the functional needs of the office.
Confluence is used for announcements, blogs, project plans and project management. Jira Service Desk is used to fulfill facilities and event requests and our employee recognition program, Kudos. (We’ve fulfilled 35,000+ Kudos requests globally!) Trello is used to manage the communications calendar, fitness classes, and new-hire onboarding. Statuspage informs employees about any facilities services or equipment outages.
Get an inside look into our teams, and learn how to think outside the box (and beyond your department) with Atlassian tools. Transform efficiency in your workplace and make every employee happier.
Quality Management System for Service CompaniesPECB
For most of the service companies, implementing ISO 9001 is a little bit difficult, but when you prepare one project plan for your job, this is going to be easier, just the most important part is to understand that your process should satisfy the requirement not your documents.
Main points covered:
• Simple guidelines to follow in the process
• How to prepare a project plan when implementing ISO 9001
• Tips to ensure process are satisfying requirements
Presenter:
This webinar was presented by Shahriyar Majlesein, PECB Certified Trainer and Executive Director/Operation Manager at SMEC Engineering Group.
Link of the recorded webinar published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UEUAStzGlGw
The document discusses how lean concepts can help manage agile projects more effectively. It outlines key elements of agile projects like iterative and incremental development, frequent releases, and adaptive planning. Common issues seen in agile projects are also analyzed. The document advocates applying lean principles like limiting work in progress, visualizing workflows, and measuring flow to address issues and promote continuous improvement. Theory of constraints and kanban concepts are discussed as a foundation for integrating lean thinking. Overall, the document argues that lean can help agile teams deliver value through practices like pull-based prioritization, reducing bottlenecks, and inspecting/adapting processes.
Arish Ahmed has over 15 years of experience in software quality management, process improvement, and management consulting. He is currently the Head of Quality Engineering at NetSol Technologies where he leads departments in quality, security, and service management. The document provides details of his education, skills, certifications, experience implementing standards like CMMI and ISO, and achievements in managing process improvement projects.
This document provides an overview of an orientation session on quality. The session is 105 minutes long and covers topics such as quality concepts, benchmarking, quality tools and techniques, developing a quality master plan, and action planning. It includes the session structure and objectives, which are to understand why a quality approach is important, be able to gauge the organization against international benchmarks, take initial steps toward transformation, learn about key quality tools and when to use them, and align with the quality master plan. Sections provide more details on concepts covered, including introductions to quality thinking, definitions of quality, benchmarking, and quality tools and techniques.
This document discusses quality development and ISO certification services provided by BUILDING SUCCESS THROUGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. It offers various ISO standards like ISO 9000, ISO 14000, ISO 27001. It outlines the ISO certification process including documentation, implementation, internal audits, and certification audits. Benefits of ISO certification are also highlighted such as improved efficiency, productivity, customer satisfaction and competitive advantage. The document provides an overview of ISO 9001:2015 requirements and roles in the ISO system. It also lists many clients that the company has assisted with ISO certification.
Lean Kanban India 2015 | Kanbanize at all levels during Lean or Agile Adoptio...LeanKanbanIndia
The document discusses implementing Kanban at different levels during agile adoption at Sabre. It defines three levels - executives and VPs, directors and managers, and teams. Kanban core practices are applied at each level, including using Scrum at the team level. Some early success stories from implementation include reduced release cycles, increased automation and testing, and higher engagement and productivity among teams.
This document provides information about Six Sigma Concept, a company that provides Lean Six Sigma training and consulting services. It summarizes the company's vision, mission, accreditations, services, trainers, clients, and testimonials. The company aims to be a leading provider of management best practices training and consulting to improve quality, productivity and profitability for its clients. It has trained over 25,000 employees and certified over 3,000 Lean Six Sigma belts. Clients in various industries have provided positive feedback on the results and culture change achieved through Six Sigma Concept's engagement.
UNIT 1_QUALITY ASSURANCE_QC,QA,GMP,TQM and NABLSayali Powar
UNIT – I
Quality Assurance and Quality Management concepts: Definition and concept of Qualitycontrol, Quality assurance and GMP
Total Quality Management (TQM), NABL
This document provides an overview and agenda for an Agile Foundation training session on Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe. The session will cover setting the context for Agile, the Agile Manifesto, Scrum basics, and keywords. It will also discuss Scrum Master certifications and provide a deep dive into Scrum fundamentals and an overview of SAFe. The session aims to be interactive with participation from attendees.
Three Things You MUST Know to Transform into an Agile EnterpriseJosiah Renaudin
The farther we go down the path of scaled agile transformation, the more we learn that adding process and complexity can only take us so far. At some point, size and complexity are going limit our ability to be truly agile, and we must move toward greater organizational simplicity. The challenge is that large organizations are often complex and usually anything but simple. Most agile transformations start by either ignoring the complexity inherent in the system or by wrapping complexity in planning constructs that may help in the short run but ultimately doom your business agility. Mike Cottmeyer discusses three things you need to know to successfully transform any-sized organization into an agile enterprise: (1) patterns for creating cross-functional teams at scale, what gets in the way, and how to get there; (2) why clear backlogs are hard to create and what you need do to create them; and (3) why creating work-tested software is key to actually getting the business benefits your organization is seeking.
This document summarizes an awareness program on quality management systems (ISO 9001:2008). It discusses the growth of QMS standards since the 1990s and key elements of ISO 9001:2008, including a process approach. The quality management principles of customer focus, leadership, and continual improvement are covered. An overview is provided of the sections and requirements of a quality management system, including documentation, management responsibility, resource management, product realization, and measurement/improvement. The document encourages registering for training courses to upgrade skills in these areas.
The document discusses Scrum, an agile framework for project management. It describes common problems companies face with traditional project management approaches and how Scrum addresses these issues. Key aspects of Scrum covered include the Product Owner, Sprints, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning meetings, and Retrospectives. Data from Yahoo shows significant improvements in productivity, morale, accountability and quality when teams adopted Scrum. The document advocates for Certified Scrum Training and Consulting services.
Your Guide to the Certification path in Six SigmaEdureka!
The document provides an overview of Six Sigma methodology including its origins at Motorola in the 1980s, how it works to reduce defects and improve processes, and the various certification levels from Yellow Belt to Black Belt to Champion. It also outlines benefits companies have realized from Six Sigma implementation including billions in savings annually for companies like General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and Honeywell.
How to Jumpstart Enterprise Agile AdoptionTechWell
- Alan Padula presented on how to jumpstart enterprise agile adoption based on his experience leading Intuit Financial Services' (IFS) transformation to agile.
- IFS followed Kotter's 8-step change model, starting with establishing urgency and guiding teams, then getting the vision right and communicating it. They enabled action through extensive training, transition elements, and governance processes. Short-term wins and continuous improvement helped make the change stick.
- Key lessons included focusing on promoters over naysayers, allocating dedicated resources, investing in training and coaches, finding leaders to drive the change, and accepting it takes time for a mindset change.
An Introduction to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)CA Technologies
To compete in today’s application economy, organizations have adopted agile execution techniques. But is that enough? Learn about SAFe and how to leverage this methodology to elevate your agile teams to deliver quality outcomes and align at the enterprise level.
For more information, please visit http://cainc.to/Nv2VOe
Although it is difficult to define quality as every organization looks at it differently but the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs is most commonly considered as quality. If your organization is committed to ensure that its products and services are made as per customers’ requirements and intend to stay in the business by understanding and optimizing the whole system of value exchange; a quality management system can help you in fulfilling all these requirements.
Webinar: 6 Keys to Agile Transformation Success with David Hawks | Agile Velo...Agile Velocity
Most Agile transformations are failing to deliver results. They’re either never-ending or constantly restarting, which has created transformation fatigue for many individuals and organizations. In this webinar, David Hawks discussed 6 critical elements most companies are missing that will enable them to have a successful Agile transformation.
TQM - 3 - Standards and Awards related to TQM Joseph Ho
The International Organization for Standardization
ISO 9000 Series of Quality Standards
ISO 9000: 2000
Six Sigma
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
EFQM Model
Deming Prize
HKMA Quality Award
Webinar: Scaling Agility: 5 Practices to Get Your Organization StartedAgile Velocity
Agile ‘thinking’ can seem simple until you look at adopting an Agile methodology across an organization. Then it can become daunting, or at a minimum complex. Any way you look at it, most of us need some guidance to get and keep the ball rolling to empower our organizations to change.
In this webinar, Mike and Bryan discussed different tactics and practices that organizations can take as they begin to scale agility across the organization.
Key takeaways include:
– Signs it’s time to start scaling agility
– 5 practices your organization can implement to begin scaling agility
– Tips for evolving these practices into a framework that’s right for your culture
Learn how your organization can combat growing pains and increase agility.
The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR ComplianceAggregage
https://www.humanresourcestoday.com/frs/26903483/the-rules-do-apply--navigating-hr-compliance
HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.
This is a particular pain point for small HR departments, or HR departments of 1, that lack compliance teams and in-house labor attorneys. So, what do you do?
The goal of this webinar is to make you smarter in knowing what you should be focused on and the questions you should be asking. It will also provide you with resources for making compliance more manageable.
Objectives:
• Understand the regulatory landscape, including labor laws at the local, state, and federal levels
• Best practices for developing, implementing, and maintaining effective compliance programs
• Resources and strategies for staying informed about changes to labor laws, regulations, and compliance requirements
1. QA Managers IL
By Gavriel Hakimi
QA Managers IL Group Founder
Employee Retention
Face 2 Face Gathering
2. Agenda
19:30-19:40 - Word of the host
19:40-20:00 - About Me & Group vision
20:00-20:20 - Employees Retention
20:20-21:00 - Discussion groups
21:00-21:30 - Summary and what's next
By Gavriel Hakimi – QA Managers IL Group Founder