The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a proven framework for implementing agile practices at enterprise scale. Implementing Agile, for example SCRUM, for 1 team is already a significant challenge but scaling Agile to multiple teams, across the enterprise can be particularly daunting. Seeking business agility, SAFe aims to provide a solution for scaling agile. This session is designed those who wish to better understand the purpose and foundations of the framework as well as the business benefits that it can deliver. Finally, As a Microsoft ALM Partner with certified SAFe consultants, InCycle will present how Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) can be used to support the framework.
#IBMInterConnect - DCB-3094 Scaling Agile - Launching an Agile Release Train ...Reedy Feggins Jr
In this talk we discuss some of the best practices we have learned for successfully Launching an ART. We discuss how Rational Team Concert (#RTC) can be used to help coordinate the various team activities such as use story analysis, portfolio program and sprint planning, and communicating with the PPM, Agile program and team.
The presentation is from the 2015 #ibminterconnect Conference #feggreed2021
DCB-3094 Scaling Agile Launching a SAFe Agile Release Train using Rational Team Concert – Lesson Learned
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) 5 mins overview - Roni TamariAgileSparks
Why Scale? When choose each scaling approach? SAFe? LeSS? Enterprise Kanban? Other? Scaling experts will compare the different approaches, share from their experience and answer questions from the audience
This is the SAFe section presented by Roni Tamari
Foundations of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe® ) 4.5netmind
El Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) es una base de conocimientos para adoptar métodos de trabajo ágiles en grandes organizaciones. SAFe presenta de forma gráfica un modelo de gestión para escalar la aplicación de las prácticas ágiles de un equipo a la gestión de programas, y de la gestión de programas al conjunto de la organización.
Este modelo para la adopción y transformación ágil de las organizaciones fué diseñado por Dean Leffingwell, a partir de sus libros “Agile Software Requeriments: Lean Requeriments for Teams Programs and the Enterprise” y “Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprise”, y se ha implementado con éxito en grandes organizaciones de todo el mundo. 60 de las 100 compañías más grandes de Estados Unidos están utilizando SAFe como guía de referencia para la adopción de Agile.
El modelo de gestión propuesto por SAFe cubre el conjunto de la organización, desde los equipos, hasta los niveles de mayor responsabilidad. El modelo estructura en tres niveles: Equipo, Programa y Portfolio, aunque en la última versión, SAFe 4.0, introduce un 4º nivel opcional para soluciones de extremadamente grandes y complejas. Para cada uno de estos niveles SAFe define los roles, estructuras, actividades, artefactos, prácticas y técnicas adecuadas.
Deconstructing the scaled agile framework - Lunch and Learn seriesAngela Dugan
Deconstructing the Scaled Agile Framework - boiling down the "big diagram" and talking about when and how SAFe *might* be an appropriate direction for you or your team. Also covers practices from SAFe that could be useful regardless of the size and complexity of your organization
VERY Short Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Overview for Leankit All Hands MeetingYuval Yeret
During a visit to LeanKit (The company behind the awesome visualization kanban tool LeanKit Kanban) this week I was asked to deliver a very short overview of SAFe, what trends I see in the market around it, how it connects to Kanban, etc. Here it is... Note this isn't self-explanatory. So if you're interested in what I meant to say here, reach out. Maybe I'll follow up with a blog post at some time if there's enough interest.
A common practice among teams in IT companies adopting the latest trends, Agile can be scaled to enterprise level once applied properly. In this Innovation Session, Maduri Senadheera from the Project Management team talks about the Agile mindset, the need for scaling and the benefits of a Scaled Agile Framework for better aligning business processes.
#IBMInterConnect - DCB-3094 Scaling Agile - Launching an Agile Release Train ...Reedy Feggins Jr
In this talk we discuss some of the best practices we have learned for successfully Launching an ART. We discuss how Rational Team Concert (#RTC) can be used to help coordinate the various team activities such as use story analysis, portfolio program and sprint planning, and communicating with the PPM, Agile program and team.
The presentation is from the 2015 #ibminterconnect Conference #feggreed2021
DCB-3094 Scaling Agile Launching a SAFe Agile Release Train using Rational Team Concert – Lesson Learned
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) 5 mins overview - Roni TamariAgileSparks
Why Scale? When choose each scaling approach? SAFe? LeSS? Enterprise Kanban? Other? Scaling experts will compare the different approaches, share from their experience and answer questions from the audience
This is the SAFe section presented by Roni Tamari
Foundations of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe® ) 4.5netmind
El Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) es una base de conocimientos para adoptar métodos de trabajo ágiles en grandes organizaciones. SAFe presenta de forma gráfica un modelo de gestión para escalar la aplicación de las prácticas ágiles de un equipo a la gestión de programas, y de la gestión de programas al conjunto de la organización.
Este modelo para la adopción y transformación ágil de las organizaciones fué diseñado por Dean Leffingwell, a partir de sus libros “Agile Software Requeriments: Lean Requeriments for Teams Programs and the Enterprise” y “Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprise”, y se ha implementado con éxito en grandes organizaciones de todo el mundo. 60 de las 100 compañías más grandes de Estados Unidos están utilizando SAFe como guía de referencia para la adopción de Agile.
El modelo de gestión propuesto por SAFe cubre el conjunto de la organización, desde los equipos, hasta los niveles de mayor responsabilidad. El modelo estructura en tres niveles: Equipo, Programa y Portfolio, aunque en la última versión, SAFe 4.0, introduce un 4º nivel opcional para soluciones de extremadamente grandes y complejas. Para cada uno de estos niveles SAFe define los roles, estructuras, actividades, artefactos, prácticas y técnicas adecuadas.
Deconstructing the scaled agile framework - Lunch and Learn seriesAngela Dugan
Deconstructing the Scaled Agile Framework - boiling down the "big diagram" and talking about when and how SAFe *might* be an appropriate direction for you or your team. Also covers practices from SAFe that could be useful regardless of the size and complexity of your organization
VERY Short Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Overview for Leankit All Hands MeetingYuval Yeret
During a visit to LeanKit (The company behind the awesome visualization kanban tool LeanKit Kanban) this week I was asked to deliver a very short overview of SAFe, what trends I see in the market around it, how it connects to Kanban, etc. Here it is... Note this isn't self-explanatory. So if you're interested in what I meant to say here, reach out. Maybe I'll follow up with a blog post at some time if there's enough interest.
A common practice among teams in IT companies adopting the latest trends, Agile can be scaled to enterprise level once applied properly. In this Innovation Session, Maduri Senadheera from the Project Management team talks about the Agile mindset, the need for scaling and the benefits of a Scaled Agile Framework for better aligning business processes.
Learn more about the scaled Agile Framework + scaling Agile. After a short introduction to several frameworks that aim to support the scaling of Agile (DAD, LeSS, SAFe®), this power point presentation from our webinar dives deeper into the details of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®). Find the truth behind the often cited sentence “As Scrum is to the Agile team, SAFe® is to the Agile enterprise.”
A Quick Intro to Agile, DevOps & Lean Development in the EnterpriseTasktop
Agile, DevOps and Lean are common approaches to modern software delivery. But how are they actually being used in large enterprise? What do you need to consider to make your transformation successful? Visit www.tasktop.com for more information.
Scaling Agile With SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)Andreano Lanusse
Apresentação feita no Agile in Rio, mostrando como um conjunto de 5 à 10 equipes ágeis podem entregar objetivos em comum usando Scaled Agile Framework® ou SAFe, e como iniciar o lançamento de um Agile Release Train.
This presentation will give you a great overview of how you can execute agile program planning, namely using the scaled agile framework in JIRA. We will describe the journey from an early stage of Agile adoption and show a typical path to adopt the Scaled Agile Framework. In order to support the effort, scaling tools are important. We will show you how JIRA, a very popular Agile tool, can be used to manage the process.
Be agile. Scale up. Stay Lean with SAFe by Michael StumpAgile ME
Today’s successful companies are recognizing that software is increasingly a competitive advantage for their business. Real, tangible software development value occurs only when end-users are successfully operating the software in their environment. To ensure a faster flow of value to the business, the Scaled Agile Framework helps teams successfully deliver a differentiated and engaging customer experience, achieve quicker time to value, and gain increased capacity to innovate. The process of deploying software builds to production is no less important than developing and testing the new functionality. As an industry, we are currently mastering more Agile, better and faster methods for incrementally developing potential user value. In practice, however, these achievements are jeopardized by poorly managed deployments that happen too late in the lifecycle and delays value delivery. Bringing deployment operations (DevOps) onboard the Agile Release Train, engaging them in the PSI planning and other program level events, and establishing environments, practices and disciplined procedures in support of a continuous deployment pipeline helps the enterprise enable faster feedback and a more predictable value delivery rhythm. Join Michael Stump (Principal Contributor to SAFe), Thought Leader from Scaled Agile Inc. and software industry veteran to get an in-depth overview of how SAFe together with DevOps can provide the most customer value and quality in the sustainable shortest lead time.
Sa fe 4.0 implementing Enterprise Agile using the Scaled Agile Frameworkevatjohnson
The adoption of Agile is spreading across various industries, in organizations of all sizes. However, most experts agree that scaling Agile for enterprise use is a challenge. SAFe®, the Scaled Agile Framework, was created to resolve this problem. SAFe® provides a fully controlled way to adopt and scale Agile across large companies, and to align Agile processes to business strategy.
The Scaled Agile Framework's latest edition 4.0 introduces the optional Value Stream level to synchronize all the Agile Release Trains, as well as other updates compared to SAFe® 3.0. Our webinar helps you to learn more about implementing enterprise Agile with the Scaled Agile Framework, and the differences between SAFe®'s previous versions and its recently released 4.0.
Accelerate DevOps and Quality with IntegrationTasktop
This is the slide deck from our webinar with Jeff Downs, Principal Solutions Architect at Tasktop, and Gernot Brandl, Solutions Manager at Tricentis explaining and demonstrating the critical role of integration and automation when collecting defects from multiple sources, flowing defects round-trip to development for correction, and flowing requirements to test automation tools for efficiency and traceability.
Scrum & Kanban - Better Together? Talk delivered at Agile Boston w/ Dave West of Scrum.org in October 2018
It's time to call an end to this stupid civil war within the agile camp. The best agile teams already know that it is not a choice between Scrum and Kanban, but they are complementary. Scrum teams improve when they start to look at flow inside and outside their sprints. Kanban teams improve when they have a disciplined cadence, and effective Product Ownership and Scrum Mastership.
In this session, we will look at:
Common Ground - The foundations that both approaches highlight
Complementary Practices - what can we add from Kanban to our Scrum and vice versa
Key differences - where you really need to make a choice
Myths - differences that are talked about which really are not there
DevOps, SAFe and critical information bearers: A practical approach for plann...Bosnia Agile
A lot of enterprises have successfully adopted agile practices and are now challenged by the questions: How do we scale it? How will we know what is going on in development, product management and deployment? How do we know that we develop according to business priorities? How do we make the quicker development cycles lead to faster market response and more frequent releases? To answer these some companies have turned to a DevOps approach and use concepts like the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Join us in this session to look at the critical information bearers in such a setup and how information from business planning, portfolio management, program management and release planning are connected.
Creating a pull for DevOps in an Agile TransformationTimothy Wise
This presentation was used to start a conversation with the Atlanta DevOps community around patterns for introducing DevOps in large organizations. During the session, I presented findings from coaches around the US.
Abstract:
More and more organizations are realizing that in order to achieve business agility they need to go beyond implementing agile in specific teams/projects. Real agility requires scaling agile to the program/portfolio/enterprise level. In this session we will explore the options organizations have when looking to scale agile, with an emphasis on SAFe(tm) - the Scaled Agile Framework - one of the most popular options these days.
Learning Objectives:
• When does it make sense to Scale Agile
• What are the leading scaling approaches
• An introduction to SAFe's Big Picture and implementation configurations
• How to implement SAFe - The Implementation Roadmap
• Typical Results of implementing SAFe
• Key risks/red flags to be aware of when implementing SAFe
Анна Мамаєва: When SAFe is safe. Agile для дорослих компанійLviv Startup Club
Kyiv Project Management Day 2016 Анна Мамаєва: When SAFe is safe. Agile для дорослих компаній
Сайт конференції: http://pmday.org/
Спільнота в мережі Linkedin: http://bit.ly/PMDayLin
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Twitter конференції: https://twitter.com/LvivPMDay
Scrum vs SAFe | Differences Between Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework | EdurekaEdureka!
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/c2e0BchglOc
** Certified Scrum Master Training: https://www.edureka.co/certified-scrum-master-certification-training **
This Edureka PPT on "Scrum vs SAFe" video will help you understand the key differences between the two most popular frameworks Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). The topics discussed in this course are listed below:
What is Scrum?
What is SAFe?
Major Differences Between Scrum and SAFe
Follow us to never miss an update in the future.
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Introduction to SAFe, the Scaled Agile Frameworksrondal
Sans doute vous identifiez vous dans une ou plusieurs des situations suivantes:
- plusieurs équipes Scrum travaillent dans votre entreprise, parfois sur un même projet ou des projets connexes
- la coordination entre équipes Scrum n'est pas optimale
- vous-même, ou certains stakeholders, ont besoin d'une vue plus long terme sur vos projets Agile, plus que "juste le prochain sprint"
- sur base du succès de Scrum dans votre entreprise, vous voulez allez plus loin et vous voulez rendre plus agile l'entièreté de votre entreprise
Si c'est le cas, venez découvrir le framework SAFe.
Après une présentation du framework et de ses fondements, vous serez en mesure de mieux le comprendre, et de voir ce qu'il peut apporter ou non à votre entreprise.
Dev up 2016 Demystifying the scaled agile frameworkAngela Dugan
Just when companies seems to be warming up to agile, here comes SCALED agile. But how is SAFe really different than agile? Does using the SAFe framework undermine the scrum teams? Isn’t SAFe just a glorified version of waterfall that companies adopt when they can’t handle “real” agile? I decided the best solution was to go through the training and spend some time practicing it in the field. What I found was that SAFe leverages the best of Lean, Kanban, and scrum. SAFe is intended for large, enterprise customers delivering extremely complex and interdependent systems, but that doesn’t mean it offers nothing to smaller teams. Since becoming a Safe program consultant, I have coached a number of my smaller customers on improving their software development and delivery processes leveraging techniques from SAFe. In this interactive session, I plan to quickly walk through the tenets of SAFe, share some of my learnings with you, and help you to understand when and how SAFe can benefit your team!
IT Risk Management & Leadership 30 March - 02 April 2014 Dubai UAE360 BSI
Are you effectively securing your organization’s IT systems that store, process, or transmit organizational information?
Is your IT risk management plan tailored to the specific risk profile of your business and being coordinated across all functional and business units?
With the release of IT Governance frameworks, requirements for risk management and new international standards entering the market, the pressure is mounting to ensure that all your IT risks are identified and the necessary action is taken – be this to mitigate them, accept or ignore them. So, how safe is your IT system? What are the risks that your organization is being exposed to?
The solution to this challenge is to establish an effective risk management process that protects the organization, not just its IT assets, and provides it with the ability to perform its mission.
Risk management is the process of identifying and assessing risk and taking preventive measures to reduce it to an acceptable level. It is critical that you develop an effective risk management program that assesses and mitigates risks within your IT systems and better manages these IT-related mission risks.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THIS WORKSHOP
Identify common IT project risks
Learn how to assess threats and vulnerabilities to create a risk response strategy
Understand what qualifies as risk with IT projects
Understand the most common IT risk sources
Qualify and quantify IT risks
Learn the difference between negative and positive IT risks
Develop an IT risk management plan
Plan risk response methods for IT risks
Create risk mitigation and contingency plans
Monitor and control project risks
Overcome resistance from stakeholders and team members
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP
IT risk managers
IT security managers
Compliance officers
Program and project managers
IT project managers
IT operation manager
Contact Kris at kris@360bsi.com to register.
Learn more about the scaled Agile Framework + scaling Agile. After a short introduction to several frameworks that aim to support the scaling of Agile (DAD, LeSS, SAFe®), this power point presentation from our webinar dives deeper into the details of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®). Find the truth behind the often cited sentence “As Scrum is to the Agile team, SAFe® is to the Agile enterprise.”
A Quick Intro to Agile, DevOps & Lean Development in the EnterpriseTasktop
Agile, DevOps and Lean are common approaches to modern software delivery. But how are they actually being used in large enterprise? What do you need to consider to make your transformation successful? Visit www.tasktop.com for more information.
Scaling Agile With SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)Andreano Lanusse
Apresentação feita no Agile in Rio, mostrando como um conjunto de 5 à 10 equipes ágeis podem entregar objetivos em comum usando Scaled Agile Framework® ou SAFe, e como iniciar o lançamento de um Agile Release Train.
This presentation will give you a great overview of how you can execute agile program planning, namely using the scaled agile framework in JIRA. We will describe the journey from an early stage of Agile adoption and show a typical path to adopt the Scaled Agile Framework. In order to support the effort, scaling tools are important. We will show you how JIRA, a very popular Agile tool, can be used to manage the process.
Be agile. Scale up. Stay Lean with SAFe by Michael StumpAgile ME
Today’s successful companies are recognizing that software is increasingly a competitive advantage for their business. Real, tangible software development value occurs only when end-users are successfully operating the software in their environment. To ensure a faster flow of value to the business, the Scaled Agile Framework helps teams successfully deliver a differentiated and engaging customer experience, achieve quicker time to value, and gain increased capacity to innovate. The process of deploying software builds to production is no less important than developing and testing the new functionality. As an industry, we are currently mastering more Agile, better and faster methods for incrementally developing potential user value. In practice, however, these achievements are jeopardized by poorly managed deployments that happen too late in the lifecycle and delays value delivery. Bringing deployment operations (DevOps) onboard the Agile Release Train, engaging them in the PSI planning and other program level events, and establishing environments, practices and disciplined procedures in support of a continuous deployment pipeline helps the enterprise enable faster feedback and a more predictable value delivery rhythm. Join Michael Stump (Principal Contributor to SAFe), Thought Leader from Scaled Agile Inc. and software industry veteran to get an in-depth overview of how SAFe together with DevOps can provide the most customer value and quality in the sustainable shortest lead time.
Sa fe 4.0 implementing Enterprise Agile using the Scaled Agile Frameworkevatjohnson
The adoption of Agile is spreading across various industries, in organizations of all sizes. However, most experts agree that scaling Agile for enterprise use is a challenge. SAFe®, the Scaled Agile Framework, was created to resolve this problem. SAFe® provides a fully controlled way to adopt and scale Agile across large companies, and to align Agile processes to business strategy.
The Scaled Agile Framework's latest edition 4.0 introduces the optional Value Stream level to synchronize all the Agile Release Trains, as well as other updates compared to SAFe® 3.0. Our webinar helps you to learn more about implementing enterprise Agile with the Scaled Agile Framework, and the differences between SAFe®'s previous versions and its recently released 4.0.
Accelerate DevOps and Quality with IntegrationTasktop
This is the slide deck from our webinar with Jeff Downs, Principal Solutions Architect at Tasktop, and Gernot Brandl, Solutions Manager at Tricentis explaining and demonstrating the critical role of integration and automation when collecting defects from multiple sources, flowing defects round-trip to development for correction, and flowing requirements to test automation tools for efficiency and traceability.
Scrum & Kanban - Better Together? Talk delivered at Agile Boston w/ Dave West of Scrum.org in October 2018
It's time to call an end to this stupid civil war within the agile camp. The best agile teams already know that it is not a choice between Scrum and Kanban, but they are complementary. Scrum teams improve when they start to look at flow inside and outside their sprints. Kanban teams improve when they have a disciplined cadence, and effective Product Ownership and Scrum Mastership.
In this session, we will look at:
Common Ground - The foundations that both approaches highlight
Complementary Practices - what can we add from Kanban to our Scrum and vice versa
Key differences - where you really need to make a choice
Myths - differences that are talked about which really are not there
DevOps, SAFe and critical information bearers: A practical approach for plann...Bosnia Agile
A lot of enterprises have successfully adopted agile practices and are now challenged by the questions: How do we scale it? How will we know what is going on in development, product management and deployment? How do we know that we develop according to business priorities? How do we make the quicker development cycles lead to faster market response and more frequent releases? To answer these some companies have turned to a DevOps approach and use concepts like the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Join us in this session to look at the critical information bearers in such a setup and how information from business planning, portfolio management, program management and release planning are connected.
Creating a pull for DevOps in an Agile TransformationTimothy Wise
This presentation was used to start a conversation with the Atlanta DevOps community around patterns for introducing DevOps in large organizations. During the session, I presented findings from coaches around the US.
Abstract:
More and more organizations are realizing that in order to achieve business agility they need to go beyond implementing agile in specific teams/projects. Real agility requires scaling agile to the program/portfolio/enterprise level. In this session we will explore the options organizations have when looking to scale agile, with an emphasis on SAFe(tm) - the Scaled Agile Framework - one of the most popular options these days.
Learning Objectives:
• When does it make sense to Scale Agile
• What are the leading scaling approaches
• An introduction to SAFe's Big Picture and implementation configurations
• How to implement SAFe - The Implementation Roadmap
• Typical Results of implementing SAFe
• Key risks/red flags to be aware of when implementing SAFe
Анна Мамаєва: When SAFe is safe. Agile для дорослих компанійLviv Startup Club
Kyiv Project Management Day 2016 Анна Мамаєва: When SAFe is safe. Agile для дорослих компаній
Сайт конференції: http://pmday.org/
Спільнота в мережі Linkedin: http://bit.ly/PMDayLin
Спільнота в мережі facebook: http://bit.ly/PMDayKyivFB
Twitter конференції: https://twitter.com/LvivPMDay
Scrum vs SAFe | Differences Between Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework | EdurekaEdureka!
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/c2e0BchglOc
** Certified Scrum Master Training: https://www.edureka.co/certified-scrum-master-certification-training **
This Edureka PPT on "Scrum vs SAFe" video will help you understand the key differences between the two most popular frameworks Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). The topics discussed in this course are listed below:
What is Scrum?
What is SAFe?
Major Differences Between Scrum and SAFe
Follow us to never miss an update in the future.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/edurekaIN
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edureka_learning/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edurekaIN/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/edurekain
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edureka
Castbox: https://castbox.fm/networks/505?country=in
Introduction to SAFe, the Scaled Agile Frameworksrondal
Sans doute vous identifiez vous dans une ou plusieurs des situations suivantes:
- plusieurs équipes Scrum travaillent dans votre entreprise, parfois sur un même projet ou des projets connexes
- la coordination entre équipes Scrum n'est pas optimale
- vous-même, ou certains stakeholders, ont besoin d'une vue plus long terme sur vos projets Agile, plus que "juste le prochain sprint"
- sur base du succès de Scrum dans votre entreprise, vous voulez allez plus loin et vous voulez rendre plus agile l'entièreté de votre entreprise
Si c'est le cas, venez découvrir le framework SAFe.
Après une présentation du framework et de ses fondements, vous serez en mesure de mieux le comprendre, et de voir ce qu'il peut apporter ou non à votre entreprise.
Dev up 2016 Demystifying the scaled agile frameworkAngela Dugan
Just when companies seems to be warming up to agile, here comes SCALED agile. But how is SAFe really different than agile? Does using the SAFe framework undermine the scrum teams? Isn’t SAFe just a glorified version of waterfall that companies adopt when they can’t handle “real” agile? I decided the best solution was to go through the training and spend some time practicing it in the field. What I found was that SAFe leverages the best of Lean, Kanban, and scrum. SAFe is intended for large, enterprise customers delivering extremely complex and interdependent systems, but that doesn’t mean it offers nothing to smaller teams. Since becoming a Safe program consultant, I have coached a number of my smaller customers on improving their software development and delivery processes leveraging techniques from SAFe. In this interactive session, I plan to quickly walk through the tenets of SAFe, share some of my learnings with you, and help you to understand when and how SAFe can benefit your team!
IT Risk Management & Leadership 30 March - 02 April 2014 Dubai UAE360 BSI
Are you effectively securing your organization’s IT systems that store, process, or transmit organizational information?
Is your IT risk management plan tailored to the specific risk profile of your business and being coordinated across all functional and business units?
With the release of IT Governance frameworks, requirements for risk management and new international standards entering the market, the pressure is mounting to ensure that all your IT risks are identified and the necessary action is taken – be this to mitigate them, accept or ignore them. So, how safe is your IT system? What are the risks that your organization is being exposed to?
The solution to this challenge is to establish an effective risk management process that protects the organization, not just its IT assets, and provides it with the ability to perform its mission.
Risk management is the process of identifying and assessing risk and taking preventive measures to reduce it to an acceptable level. It is critical that you develop an effective risk management program that assesses and mitigates risks within your IT systems and better manages these IT-related mission risks.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THIS WORKSHOP
Identify common IT project risks
Learn how to assess threats and vulnerabilities to create a risk response strategy
Understand what qualifies as risk with IT projects
Understand the most common IT risk sources
Qualify and quantify IT risks
Learn the difference between negative and positive IT risks
Develop an IT risk management plan
Plan risk response methods for IT risks
Create risk mitigation and contingency plans
Monitor and control project risks
Overcome resistance from stakeholders and team members
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP
IT risk managers
IT security managers
Compliance officers
Program and project managers
IT project managers
IT operation manager
Contact Kris at kris@360bsi.com to register.
Visual Studio ALM 2013 - Edition ComparisonSteve Lange
A comparison of the various editions of Visual Studio 2013, specifically focused on ALM capabilities. It excludes discussion specific to Visual Studio Online subscriptions.
Webinar: Kanban or Scrum – Is Scrum for developers and Kanban for IT support?Intland Software GmbH
Watch this webinar recording to learn about the fundamentals of the two most popular Agile approaches: Scrum and Kanban. The webinar explains why, how and when these are best used, and the benefits commonly associated with their use. The video also talks about Scrumban, the approach combining the benefits of Scrum and Kanban, and discusses how you could benefit from using Scrumban in your organization. As usual, a live demonstration then shows how codeBeamer supports all Agile processes.
http://intland.com/webinar/2015-03/kanban-or-scrum-is-scrum-for-developers-and-kanban-for-it-support-4/
Scaling Scrum using Lean/Kanban in AmdocsYuval Yeret
Learn how Amdocs and Agilesparks took an enterprise Scrum implementation to the next step with Lean/Kanban - Presented in the Lean Software and Systems Conference 2010 in Atlanta
Transforming How We Deliver Value: Agility at ScaleTechWell
Continuous delivery in software development allows us to deliver incrementally, get quick feedback, and react. A key enabler is the adoption of agile techniques and methods; key inhibitors in the enterprise are size, scale, and complexity. The Rational ALM organization is a typical enterprise, and our teams have (mostly) adopted agile principles. But agility at enterprise scale is not the same as team-based agile development. Now we must coordinate work across multiple interdependent teams to deliver value, rather than focusing on developing a single product or application. Amy Silberbauer shares her experience of adapting SAFe in an enterprise organization and describes the struggles, mistakes, and successes throughout that process. Amy identifies the key challenges, including the need to identify value, provide the right data for various audiences, and the inherent required culture shift. Learn how to avoid some common pitfalls as you and your own organization embark on this same transformation.
Leading SAFe Certification Training in VietnamSPOCLEARN
Spoclearn is a trusted provider of Leading SAFe Certification in Vietnam. Elevate your skills in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) with our comprehensive training. Gain insights into agile principles, practices, and the SAFe framework. Join us to become a certified SAFe professional and lead successful agile transformations in your organization.
Sapui5 is a client UI technology based on JavaScript, CSS, and html5. In this sap ui5 tutorial learn the overview of sap ui5, sap ui5 architecture, sap ui5 applications, advantages of sap ui5, sap ui5 versions, and also the features of sap ui5.
10 Safe Essential Elements to Achieve the Benefits of SAFeCprime
This presentation explores what could happen as the Agile Release Train progresses with each later Program Increment. You will learn how to keep the train on the tracks with 10 essentials of SAFe, so you can achieve the full benefits of SAFe.
Scaling your agile implementation across multiple teams in large organizations is always a challenge.
In this webinar, Ragia and Asmaa shared their experiences about:
- Why scaling?
- Different scaling frameworks?
- SAFe configurations
- SAFe pros & cons
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Agile ways of working can be scaled from very small organizations to very large organizations. This requires adapting the teams and organization as the scale of operations change. Scrum and Kanban as well as Scrum-Ban can be used simultaneously in the organization. Ideally, individual teams should be able to select the best suited way to apply agile to their work. Priorities and changes should come both from top down and bottom up. Transparency is essential for right and justified decisions.
Lean IT provides transparency.
Avoids the old games between development and business.
Shows how business and development processes do not have to be poles apart.
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IT Agility Model - Supercharge your development and test activities with Micr...InCycle Software
Presentation that introduces Microsoft Azure for development and test to drive greater responsiveness and agility. With Microsoft Cloud, access to additional infrastructure quickly and simply for web and application servers, databases, virtual machines, etc. Discover how IT, Development and QA teams can work together to deploy environments and release applications faster, with more flexibility and efficiency.
Learn how to bring more IT agility with DevOps and Cloud computing practices. Organizations facing big IT challenges, such as growing workload and business pressure can take advantage of this new model for development, QA and IT teams.
L'agilité TI - Accélerez vos activités de développement et test avec Microsof...InCycle Software
Presentation in French - Présentation en Français.
Avec Microsoft Cloud accédez à plus d'infastructures plus simplement et plus rapidement (serveurs et applications web, bases de données, VM etc..). Vous découvrirez comment les équipes TI, le développement et la qualité peuvent travailler ensemble pour déployer des environnements et livrer des applications plus rapidement avec plus de flexibilité et d'efficacité.
Apprenez comment apporter plus d’agilité en TI avec les pratiques DevOps et le Cloud Computing. Les organisations faisant fassent à des défis TI importants, comme l’augmentation des charges de travail et la pression du marché peuvent prendre avantage de ce nouveau modèle pour tous les membres du département TI.
Reducing release cycles with Visual Studio: a DevOps perspectiveInCycle Software
Reduce the time to release and simplify your Build-deploy-test-release process! Learn how Release Management practices and tools can significantly reduce the risks and costs related to release. Application Release is often complex, brittle and error-prone resulting in delays and many frustrations along the way. Thanks to new tools and approaches, the release process can now be successfully automated and managed.
Agenda:
• Source Control, Build & Packaging
• Provisioning for Testing on Azure
• Provisioning for Testing on Premise
• Automated Deployments
• Releasing to Operations
InCycle presents how to leverage Azure in your development and testing cycles in order to increase your agility and have less reliability on operations.
InCycle Software presents: Quality enablement using agile practices with TFS ...InCycle Software
In this session we will provide an introduction of agile testing practices and how they can be supported with the Microsoft Visual Studio ALM solution. This introduction will focus on introducing the concepts behind agile testing practices. The different types of test and how they integrate within a Scrum agile process will be covered. It will also provide a brief overview of the test tools available in the Microsoft Visual Studio ALM solution and how they relate and support these different types of test. Author: Ryan Riehle. More information on Agile with Visual Studio: www.incyclesoftware.com
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
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The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
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Thank you Nathalie for the kind introduction and getting us started today.First off, I must admit, I am delighted to present to you this afternoon. As a ALM consultant, agile coach and certified program consultant (or SPC), it pains me to see companies, large and small alike, fail to take agile to the next level. In essence, these organizations are leaving opportunity (or money) on the table. As consultant, with “professional” skin in the game --- is can sometimes be very frustrating. To use a sports football analogy, in my mind, having a bunch of scrum teams, is like having a really potent offence, that marches up and down the field --- but only kicks field goals! If you’ve ever played in an NFL pool, you know field goals alone are very frustrating. The truth is, in today’s hyper competitive and fast moving market --- we need touchdowns to win. And a good defense, of course. Based on what is now almost ten years of field experience working in an agile world, InCycle has found that our most successful customers have a shared AND common vision across the enterprise --- including top management on the business side. I point that out because to scale agile and implement SAFe --- you need more than a really ambitious CTO. As we will see momentarily, SAFe transcends the enterprise and all departments.
Of course, this wouldn’t be a webinar without the mandatory “About us” slide. We’ll, actually, it could be --- but we know marketing wouldbe upset. So… let me tell a little bit about InCycle.I think from a customer perspective, the big take away is that we are not only Microsoft ALM and TFS experts (think build, workflow, test and release management etc.), but we equally excel on the “process” side.For example, we provide services ranging from agile adoption, product management and product owner training, as well as SAFe certification and consulting. In other words, InCycle uniquely combines and delivers services around BOTH agile processes and Microsoft tooling. For success, it’s our experience that you can’t really have one -- -without the other.To conclude, we’ve been doing this since 2002 (or slightly over a decade), we are an ALM gold partner and have several locations in across North America to serve you needs.Moving on --- let’s look at the AGENDA.
Pause…Today’s agenda is quite simple. As advertised --- we will focus on two main objectives:The first one is to provide you with a glimpse into SAFe --- more specifically, the Scaled Agile Framework. On that note, many of you may be wondering what the “e” stands for in the SAFe acronym --- the truth is it doesn’t stand for anything. It simply makes an otherwise lousy acronym --- pronounceable and memorable. The second item, is to showcase how TFS can be used to support a SAFe implementation. Based on our experience, we’ll show you how TFS can be used and configured to support a SAFe rollout (pun intended). Did you get that?Finally, we’ve reserved a few minutes at the end to address questions. Keep in mind, at any time throughout the presentation, feel free to submit a question in the text box in the meeting console. Nathalie will compile questions and we’ll do our best to respond as time permits.
“Lean/Agile” target and realized benefits.Four things that we hold dearly, think core values.Code QualityProgram ExecutionAlignmentTransparency (lean/agile is base don trust --- while the framework can’t give you trust, but we have that that if we provide transparency we are taking a solid step in that direction.Based, on field experience, these core values are all necessary to achieve success.Leadership – your role in making an effective lean agile transformation work
Before we get to deep, I’d like to address the question --- “Why now?” Why do we need another software development approach? Why do we have to revisit how we develop software?To begin, if we look around, I think it’s clear we are surrounded by software. What’s interesting is how the industry has (or hasn’t) evolved.Think about it…Today, software development remains largely manual. Millions of lines of code are hand crafted every day.On the hardware side – Moore’s law is ever present. Essentially doubling output (or horse power) every 2 years. We see it in batteries, processor speeds, mobile phones and TV displays.Yet, our software development practices have NOT evolved --- nor have they kept pace. That puts development shops like us routinely behind the 8-ball. Quite simply, our traditional approach to development is being out paced by the speed and frequency of changing customer requirements and market dynamics.In short, we need a new approach. One that harnesses the power of agile and lean --- but also applies to large enterprises. SAFe builds on the principles of lean and practices of agile. In fact, SAFe was largely developed because of the lack of guidance beyond team level SCRUM. With agile adoption at all time highs, increasingly the market was searching for new ideas and tools at the program and portfolio level. While we love SCRUM, the truth is, SCRUM doesn't provide much guidance for scaling…Let’s consider SCRUM for a moment…Does it scale to the program level? Doesn't; really have artifacts for thatDoes it describe how to handle a roadmap, architecture --- not exactly.Does it provide guidance how to manage product flow at the portfolio level? Absolutely not.Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge SCRUM advocate. But from experience in the field working with large enterprises, it’s clear that SCRUM “alone” is not the solution. SAFe addresses the enterprise solution gap.___________________________________Truth be told, we haven’t yet solved this problem, but we are on a path, a journey towards the best effective solution.
Ok, let’s look at roots of SAFe.Basically, there are 3 major areas of influence.Lean thinking --- largely influenced by lean movement of Japan, became prevalent in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The avoidance of waste has a long history. In fact, many of the concepts now seen as key to lean have been discovered and repurposed over the years. SAFe and software development is a prime example.Agile development --- which we are increasing familiar with Product development flow – lean manufacturing principles. Also from Japan. In essence, SAFe leverages lean manufacturing principles such as: Value Stream Mapping, Kanban (pull systems), poka-yoke (is a Japanese term that means "mistake or error proofing”. In our context, think test driven development or unit testing.But that’s not all ---> It’s these 3 items combined with real world field experience that has shaped the Scaled Agile Framework into what it is today. Certainly, SAFe is not something purely academic put rather a proven approach to scale agile to the enterprise.
Why SAFe? Why is SAFe so important? Why SAFe now?Actually, this is my favorite slide. Not because of what it says of the remarkable benefits organizations can expect to realize --- although admittedly, they are impressive ---- but rather because of what is DOESN’T say. Let me ask you a question: How many of you are in IT? Or better yet, how many of you work in or report to someone in IT? I suspect the overwhelming majority or you can relate to IT. PAUSE.Let’s be clear --- scaling agile and implementing SAFe is NOT an IT project. I’ll repeat: implementing SAFe is not an IT project. Yes, “IT” will be involved and is a major stakeholder. But if the goal is “enterprise or business agility” --- it can NOT be done without the participation and commitment on our colleagues on the business side. Unlike SCRUM, there are no CHICKENS in SAFe. The business my be equally committed.In other words, the results you are looking at were not achieved in a vacuum. But the result of a company wide visions commitments.Business agility is a competitive advantage with first mover benefits. Well you could realize the same results that others have…Before you get suspicious --- remember, these are not my numbers, but actual numbers that have been reported by customers.
Two case studies on the web… Great reads. BTW, there is a growing body of information as well as additional case studies on the web. The last time I looked there were 9…
These are just some of the numbers… but the evidence continues to mount.To learn more --- visit www.scaledagile framework.comOthers include:Tradestation – online trading company (stocks, forex etc.)Mitchell (insurance and medical claims processing)Infogain (outsourcing)
Next, moving away from the benefits --- and focusing the SAFe principles and underlying philosophies --- we have the “House of LEAN”. These are the principles that help you to drive the organization…In my early career --- I was lucky enough to study lean manufacturing and TPS, or the Toyota Production system. Little did I know it would serve me well in my software career. If I would have known --- I would have at least kept my books!Ok, let’s take a closer look.
The GOAL of lean is simple: Sustainably shortest lead timeTo do so, we must eliminate delays, handoffs and non value-added activities through the software development process. Essentially, eliminating all forms of waste, regardless of there incarnation or form, improves overall customer value.
Lean, like agile is based on people --- people, individuals and teams build products. Treat people with respect, let them do their jobs and they will reward your organization handsomely.Interestingly, “lean” has a broader perspective of the customer (that is, beyond the final consumer). More specifically, “Lean” emphasizes the notion of internal customers. In our context, a good example of an internal customer, is the relationship between development and QA or between release management, production and/or operations.For these relationships --- lean provides us a with a set of basic customer rules:Your customer is whomever consumes your workDon’t trouble your customer (minimize their effort, objections or friction)Don’t make them wait! No body likes wait --- why? Because you are waiting their time!Don’t overload them ---> Let me ask, are you overloading DevOps, IT? Is there twice as much work in SW development than you can achieve in the given time frame? If so, you, like many others are over loaded! Being overloaded in lean is a sure way to decrease throughput. If you want to get less stuff out software development, just put more in!These are just some of the insights on lean thinking that support the scaled agile framework.
Next,we need to talk about Product development flow…First off, it’s important to note that lean thinking advocates an economic view –> how many of you have a economic framework for decision making? How many use it to drive product priorities? Have you ever seen a business case? If so, have you ever seen the results --- post implementation? In other words, how do you know if it was successful or not?Product development flow means “Actively managing queues”. To do so, it’s not uncommon to reduce batch sizes (think Kanbanvs SCRUM) and apply work in progress or WIP limits.For those of you considering SAFe, this concept cannot be over emphasized. From experience, the real impact of managing WIP isn’t fully realized until we sit down with clients and look at their current projects. It’s not uncommon to see 50-100 projects on the go --- at the same time! I’ve seen single teams with well over 10 projects. This type of excessive WIP slows down value creation. In some instances, it can grind delivery almost to a hault.If you take away one this from this slide it’ “START FINISHING ---- AND ----STOP STARTING!”.
Last but not least --- Kaizen (CIP), is the 3rd pillar in SAFe. Just like the first time you used SCRUM, if you remember those first few sprints... AND if you are like most of us, I suspect they weren't perfect. Well, your initial SAFe experience won’t be perfect either. A myriad of things can and will come up.The good news is that SAFe provides a mechanism to help navigate and support continuous improvement. Just like in SCRUM, where we practice post sprint retrospectives --- SAFe advocates steady, small incremental improvements in the form of “inspect and adapt” workshops. Keep in mind, these sessions don’t remove team retros --- but rather build on them. Only in this case, at the program level.Ok, now let’s shift our attention to the framework itself.
Wow! The BIG Picture ---- all on one slide! For those of entirely new to SAFe --- this is probably your WTF moment. No worries, take a breath and rest assured we’ll walk through the key components individually. Trust me, with time the framework becomes less and less intimidating.Having said that, something I really liked and appreciated early on about the Scaled Agile Framework is that it continues to involve. It’s not only public facing but it is also a body of knowledge that continues to grow everyday based upon new leanings.As of today, I believe the framework itself is on version 6.X. Essentially, Dean and company, the folks behind SAFe, are not stuck in a form of idealism--- but rather they chosen to not only share the framework but they have also committed to evolving it based on feedback and field experience (that is, from people like me and you). In short, as new processes, practices, technical or environmental conditions arise --- you can also expect the framework to evolve as well.Aright – let’s look under the hood.
Let’s start with the team AND code quality.If we take a horizontal view of the BIG picture, the building blocks of SAFe start at the team level. This is also why it’s important to focus on agile and/or SCRUM adoption. Besides --- it really really works. I’ve seen in action many times over. Early on, you can expect to focus of the fundamental team construct--- and the reason why this is important is because that is precisely what we are going to scale. Without solid teams, your organization will struggle to scale. If your teams are not a good scrum unit and can’t produce good working software in a time box, your SAFe adoption will squander and your organization we have nothing to show for it.At this level, sound scrum fundamentals are akin to blocking and tackling in football – the basics as well as the bear minimum to be successful.____________________________________________Example: Self organizing teamsThe guys need to be self organizing --- no choice! We have multiple teams, 5, 10, 15 or 20, you can’t afford to have someone slowing down the teams asking team to team “what are you doing --- AND --- what are you doing?” . No, in agile and in SAFe, they need to work that out for themselves.
Thesame way you can’t scale crappy teams --- or teams that don’t regularly deliver working software ---> you can’t scale crappy CODE!Largely influenced by Xtreme Programing and Kent Beck, to scale agile organizations must pay paramount attention to code quality. Development practices like TDD, automated builds, continuous integration and automated testing are necessary pre-requisites to achieve the maximum success. However, the can be addressed like eating an elephant --- one bit at a time.Incidentally, if you didn’t already know --- Microsoft’s ALM platform supports all of these capabilities and more. From experience, even customers that already have TFS sometimes need help and guidance implementing these and related practices. If that resonates, and you would like assistance, I urge to reach to our team, info@incyclesoftware.com to learn specifically how we can help.
Now, having said that, it important to note that solid teams delivering quality software isnot enough. But we know that – that’s why we are talking about SAFe today.So, why do we need a program level? To answer, let’s ask ourselves a couple questions.At the team level --- does SCRUM scale?Can I have 2 teams? Yes. 10 teams? Yes. 20? Sure.What mechanisms or guidance does SCRUM provide for multiple team projectsAre thinking SCRUM of SCRUMs?That is true AND has some value…But what if you need a system architect to hold it altogether?What if your teams are supporting multiple products?Who is the content authority and makes decisions?SCRUM does what it does --- but it doesn’t natively bring these things to the forefront.To address these and other concerns, SAFe adds a layer to the team level. SAFe calls is the PROGRAM level (or agile release train (“ART” for short). A release train, typically made of 50-100 people aligns teams to a common mission, single program backlog, schedule, and cadence and helps implement continuous product development flow.In doing so, we create self-managing teams of agile teams (or programs). Traditional management has little input --- besides setting the vision. These work very well. Like SCRUM teams, the are self managing (that is, the train runs’ itself).Finally, planning is not at the story level, but typically at feature level. This is necessary to bridge the gap between business and technology. The PM/PO take on the bulk of this “translation” responsibility.
Finally, the third level is the Portfolio level. This is the most business focused.As the enterprise becomes more agile, you can start thinking about the portfolio differently. Keep in mind, just because we empower our teams at the team AND program level are self-organization --- it’s still not a democracy. Nor is it the sum of customer requirements that we build. For one, customers often don’t know what they want. Besides, they have almost no insight into our organization’s business objectives.But rather, it is the business strategy of the enterprise, which determines what we build. Which may or may not be aligned with the customer. I think it was Edward Deming the said “innovation happens at the producer --- not the customer”. So, what we need is a mechanism that allows us to evaluate and prioritize work at the portfolio level --- in an agile fashion. Notice the use of Kanban… For those of you unfamiliar with Kanban, it’s and excellent approach to help control the flow of work. At the portfolio level, we also introduce the notion of EPICS, of two kinds, business or architectural. Based on pull mechanisms, Kanban is a light weight mechanism to see EPICS move through the system.Incidentally, this aspect will be addressed a second momentarily when we shift to the TFS DEMO portion of this presentation.___________________________________________________________________________________________That means making that work visible --- yet with a centralized strategy. Something's should be centralized. We with decentralize execution, planning and governance.
As we round out the SAFe overview section of this presentation, I’d like revisit the house of lean and address the foundation --- LEADERSHIP.Who providesleadership? It’s you, me, your colleagues at work and the community. This means that you, the people on this call --- are the all change agents.If lean has taught us anything … it’s that we don’t need traditional managers --- telling people what to do. On the other hand, we need managers,teachers and mentors that think and breath lean. The difference between agile and lean is that for agile you start at the team level. For lean, you start with the managers and provide them with the training and tools to for problem solving. Final note: Management untimely has responsibility for success of the enterprise AND if lean and agile is going to succeed, its’ because “we” (YOU!) take responsibility for the effort. Most of us already have responsibility for success, and if you believe SAFe is the best path --- then SAFe is indeed the path you should take.
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Additionalfields to handle the two corridors in the kanban portfolio level.
Multiple choicedepending on flexibilityrequired. More flexibility = more complexityhowever…
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Educate yourself - But it’s time to get up to speed now. You can educate yourself formally or informally. Read a book --- the Toyota Way, browse the framework or you can get certification. Browse the frameworkRead the case studiesGet CertifiedPartnersExecutive OverviewInvite us to introduce SAFe to your organizationOne of the interesting service we provide is an agile assessment, including process, tool and practice readiness. Call us --- we’d be happy to talk shop!
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ToolbasedimplementationTools are just an ingredient, you need process and training of individual along with the toolsParalysis by analysisStart! Don’t try to foresee everythingNever a good/perfect time… You’ll learn and adpatNo experienceUse an agile coachEven if you are one - brainstorm with others, adaptNo change managementAn important aspect of transforming a team or an organization is changing the culture.Changing a culture takes time and it takes a lot of "selling", "guiding", "adjusting", and repeatingIf you don't believe in it, who will? If you can't be the "evangelist" then find somebody else that can play that roleOk now we are agile, we've put a Kanban board or we are following Scrum practicesYou do not promote "your" (ETC team, agile teams) successPart of the change management process is to promote the success