Learn how suppliers in a SAFe environment differ from Suppliers in a traditional environment, how to integrate a large number of suppliers into a SAFe transformation, what to do about supplier dependencies over which you have no control and more.
Jan 28, 2020•19 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Dean Leffingwell highlights changes to the Big Picture on 5.0, including design thinking, continuous learning culture and organizational agility.
Jan 14, 2020•17 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how Airbus used SAFe to improve its operations, how value streams behave in a large solution environment how to conduct I & A for large solution trains and more.
Dec 18, 2019•19 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Learn the meaning behind why there is no Portfolio Engineer role in Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) and how LPM is facilitated.
Dec 03, 2019•21 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how to integrate SAFe into a large ERP system to achieve business agility and the value of automation in these implementations
Nov 19, 2019•18 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Learn the why and the how of applying the principles of SAFe to a marketing organization. Melissa Reeve, SPC and Dwayne Stroman, SPCT discuss the role modifications and correlations needed as well as success and anti-patterns of SAFe + Marketing.
Nov 14, 2019•19 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Join Joe Vallone, SAFe Fellow and SPCT, and Don Reinertsen, author of Principles of Product Development Flow, as they discuss how to apply WSJF in a SAFe context using dollars, not just Fibonacci numbers, and how to involve finance in WSJF conversations.
Nov 14, 2019•13 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how continuous learning helps leaders lead the change, how one organization embraced a culture of continuous learning, how design thinking drives innovation and suggestions for becoming more empathetic with the customer.
Nov 06, 2019•22 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast A conversation between SAFe Fellow, Joe Vallone and newly minted SAFe Fellow, Brian Tucker, talking about patterns they see forming within the people, around teams, program layer, even up at portfolio, and how these patterns are the building blocks, the fundamentals of how everything gets put together.
Oct 31, 2019•11 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast From our 2019 Global Summit, we get up close and personal with our motivational keynote speaker, Jade Simmons, who moved our audience while teaching them how to “Move like a Maverick.”
Oct 30, 2019•10 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how assuming variability and preserving options helps unlock the value of data, how to quantify the impact of choices in SAFe. We’ll also answer questions around how deep to go with WSJF and using Monte Carlo simulations to predict epic completion rates.
Oct 22, 2019•27 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how Enterprise Architecture is evolving, how one company’s success patterns integrating Architecture when implementing SAFe and how to allocate capacity for Architecture enablers.
Oct 08, 2019•18 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how Intel is achieving business agility by streamlining data, as well as implementing Agile and DevOps. Hear how optimizing value streams helped an organization and answer questions about incorporating DevOps into a SAFe transformation.
Sep 24, 2019•20 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how the Department of Defense is using artificial intelligence and SAFe to reduce queue lengths for background checks, and how a government agency transformed itself from a lagging to a leading organization. We’ll also be addressing how to run remote problem solving workshops, along with how to measure the impact of an Agile Release Train on the organization.
Sep 10, 2019•23 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Learn the six responsibilities of managers in an agile organization, success patterns for rolling out a SAFe transformation. We’ll also be addressing the difference between System Demo and PI system demo, along with how to estimate Epics and Features.
Aug 27, 2019•23 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how a media provider in the Nordics is using SAFe to keep up with market changes, how one organization moved from an annual planning based cadence to a more Agile planning cadence. We’ll also be addressing the role of the management review meeting and how to avoid antipatterns when developing PI and Solution Roadmaps.
Aug 13, 2019•14 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Listeners will learn the benefits of adopting Lean-Agile UX into SAFe and how to balance the roles of the PO, PM and Business Owners. We’ll also be addressing how servant leadership differs from traditional leadership and common antipatterns when writing PI Objectives
Jul 31, 2019•16 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how SAFe is enabling smart devices to get smarter and examples on how SAFe is being used to enable Lean Portfolio Management. You will also learn about the role of systems architects in SAFe and about lean-agile budgeting.
Jul 16, 2019•23 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Hear about Dean Leffingwell's keynote presentation at the 2019 European SAFe Summit - Digital Disruption is Dead: Welcome to the Age of Software!
Jul 02, 2019•17 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Hear SAFe Creator and Chief Methodologist opine on the customer stories he heard at the 2019 European SAFe Summit.
Jun 18, 2019•19 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how SAFe embraces architectural roles, the struggles around identifying value streams and the meaning behind WSJF. You will also learn the minimum an organization can implement and still call it SAFe.
Jun 04, 2019•18 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how to weave agility throughout your corporate culture, why predictability is even more important than increased production and answer listener questions around DevOps and assigning business value....
May 06, 2019•20 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how the US Department of Defense is using SAFe to build out a cyber-factory to defend against cyber-attacks. Understand the difference between leadership buy-in and engagement, why engagement is so much more powerful and how to get it. Hear answers to commonly asked questions around remote PI planning and normalized story points....
May 06, 2019•26 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast