The document outlines the essential elements for a successful quickstart into Agile methodology, emphasizing the importance of team training and executive buy-in. Key findings suggest that proper preparation and full team engagement can lead to significant improvements in engagement, cycle times, and defect rates. It also highlights the challenges of transitioning to Agile and the importance of structured training for effective implementation.

1. Em Campbell-Pretty
Partner, Context Matters
@PrettyAgile
www.prettyagile.com
au.linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/
em@contextmatters.com.au
Banking on a
SAFe QuickStart

4. Welcome to

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10. Who will be the RTE?
How will we get to teams
of 7 +/- 2?
Who is in the System
Team?
Who is the System
Architect?
How will Product
Management work?
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11. Top 10
features
Vision
ProgramBacklog
Capacity Allocationfor this PI
New Features
Architecture
Capacity Allocation
Product
Owner
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13. SAFe
Scrum
Master
Orientation
SAFe
Product
Owner
Orientation
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
4 Train everyone at
the same time
4 Same instructor,
same method
4 Most cost effective
4 Align all teams to
common objectives
4 Commitment
4 Continue training
during planning
4 Orientation for
specialty roles
4 Open spaces
4 Tool training
for teams
Tooltraining
Go.
SAFe.
Now.
Training:
SAFe for Teams
Prepare
PI Planning
THE QUICKSTART – A ONE WEEK LAUNCH
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20. SAFe
Scrum
Master
Orientation
SAFe
Product
Owner
Orientation
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Tooltraining
Training:
SAFe for Teams
PI Planning
ADAPTING THE PLAN
WedWed Thu Mon
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26. 60 people
8 teams
2 days
2 trainers
1 room
1 Agile Release Train

27. When you turned up and
sat through the whole two
days of team level training
with us, we knew you were
serious about SAFe!

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30. PI PLANNING

33. HOW DID THE TEAMS FEEL ABOUT THE PROCESS?

34. WHERE ARE WE NOW?

35. • Team Engagement ↑
• Business Engagement ↑
• Cycle time ↓
• Defects ↓
AND THE RESULTS….

36. • A lot of pre-work goes into a ”one-week” launch and
its hard to do this with a part time RTE.
• Executive buy in is essential.
• How you start sets the standard for how you
continue.
• Teams buy in when their leadership shows up and
participates.
• Triple check that everyone is scheduled to get the
training they need to do their job.
• You can take 100 odd people on a journey from
waterfall to agile in one week!
LESSONS LEARNT

37. Em Campbell-Pretty
Partner, Context Matters
@PrettyAgile
www.prettyagile.com
au.linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/
em@contextmatters.com.au
QUESTIONS?