We are excited to introduce an Agile Scaling solution that is easy to track, manage and implement. By bringing together the most popular Agile Software (JIRA) with a popular Scaling Agile Framework, (SAFe®) and using our expertise as a Atlassian Platinum Expert Partner and a Gold SAFe Partner, we have developed a solution to address your Scaling Agile needs on JIRA.

1. SAFeTM on JIRA
Addressing your Scaling Agile needs on JIRA

2. Who is cPrime?
• Gold SAFeTM Partner
• Atlassian Platinum Expert Partner
• Scrum Alliance & PMI REP
• VersionOne Premier Partner
• Largest Agile Training Provider in US
• Focused on Agile Transformations for large
Enterprises
• Provide Agile Software & Consulting
Services

3. Who Are You?
How would you rate your knowledge of the
Scaled Agile Framework® on a scale of 1-5?
(5 Being extremely knowledgeable)

4. Who Are You?
How would you rate your knowledge of
JIRA on a scale of 1-5?
(5 Being extremely knowledgeable)

5. After the webinar…
We will send directions to collect the PDU you will earn
from attending this webinar
We will also send a links to the recorded webinar and
presentation slides once they are posted online
For more information, visit www.cprime.com

6. Today’s Presenter
Zubin’s education includes a B.S from USC, and a joint Masters'
from Columbia & UC Berkeley. He started his professional career as
an Analyst at Deloitte and quickly worked his way up to a Senior
Consultant before becoming the youngest Director at a large
Communication company. After a successful tenure, he moved to
the Bay Area to become a co-founder and CEO of cPrime..
Throughout Zubin's career he has been involved in large scale
multi-million dollar Projects on engagements as large as 400
people. Engaging with clients such as, AT&T, Ericsson, Oracle,
SAP, Disney, Macys, Visa, Sony, and Wells Fargo.
cPrime has been ranked Top 50 Private fastest growing
companies in the Bay Area 5 years in a row and is the largest
Agile Training company in the United States. cPrime is a full service
consultancy focused on Agile Transformation and Project Delivery
and has built a successful practice delivering solutions for the
biggest names in Silicon Valley and across the country.
Zubin Irani, CEO, MBA, CSM, PMP, ITIL

7. What we will cover today
• An introduction to some of the SAFe® Portfolio concepts
• An example of how you can setup JIRA Agile to support
the SAFe® levels (Portfolio, Program, Team)
• Note: There are multiple ways this can be done, we are
showing one example, but we have a number of other
solutions which we’ve implemented for Clients
• We will spend most of our time in Portfolio & Program levels
• Given the high-attendance, we have made some basic
assumptions that folks are familiar with the basics of
SAFe® and JIRA, but we will briefly review those

8. A Few Logistics
• Large-group, limited interaction and primarily one-way
• Other online training, tailored demo’s, and public or private
training options are more personalized and interactive if you
want those
• Questions can be addressed to me (Presenter) or our
Moderator
• Will try to address themes and patterns of questions where
appropriate
• Other feedback collected will be used for future blog posts,
updates or input for future iterations of this presentation
• Given the high-attendance, we may not get to your
question during the webinar
• We will do our best to answer those questions after the
webinar

9. SAFeTM – The Big Picture

10. Two Types of SAFe Epics
Business Epics:
• Large chunks of scope
• Customer-facing initiatives
• Realize business benefits
• Maintained in the Portfolio Backlog
Architectural Epics:
• Large chunks of scope
• Technology initiatives
• Realize technological change
– performance and scalability
– infrastructure obsolescence
– integration
• Maintained in the Portfolio Backlog

11. Business Epic Workflow
Decision Points:
• Validation of epic with a lightweight business case
• Research & Analysis
• Decision to go/no-go
Process:
• Kanban

12. Business Epic Workflow
Funnel:
• Identification of Business Epics takes place
• Ideas are captured / discussed
• No cost or value is assigned
• Epics stated in any format
– “Single sign on across all products”
Backlog:
• Queue of work that warrants further exploration
• WIP Limits pace resources
• Epic Owner is assigned to carry the scope through the
system
– rough sizing of effort
– estimated potential / value

13. Business Epic Workflow
Analysis:
• Research & Analysis prior to implementation
• Effort & Economic Impact are further defined
– WSJF Prioritization
– Decision Matrix
• Lightweight Business Case Developed
– Decision to go/no-go
Implementation:
• Business Epic has been approved
• Awaits space to schedule to a release train
• Epic can be further broken down to decentralize
– Split epics

14. Let’s Visualize the (BE) Workflow
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15. Epic Implementation Granted
Allocate Epic to Release Train:
• Epic passes analysis queue
• Ownership transferred to Program Level
– Decentralized planning
– Epic decomposed into features
• Program backlog queue of features
– WIP limits dictate capacity of the teams

16. Agile Release Trains
Program Team:
• 50-125 people
– Teams of Agile teams
• Dedicated to consistent development flow
– Value / Investment theme focus
– Release in sync on a fixed cadence
PSI’s:
• ~8-12 week increments
• Ongoing Frequency & Sequencing
– Define
– Build
– Test
– Deliver
• Scope is variable

17. Investment Themes
A more holistic view:
• Visualize your strategic intent
– Portfolio backlog of initiatives
• Investment themes are a capacity allocation
– Budgeting
– Resource Planning

18. Add-ons
Some of the addons you saw today:
• Structure
• LinksHierarchy
• Gantt Chart
• Folio
Others we like:
• Roadmaps for JIRA
• Burnup/Program Gadget
Contact us for more information about addons or licenses
purchases or trials atlassian@cprime.com