Feb 17, 2020 We’ve heard the message of DevOps: Automate Everything. Automate code testing. Automate workflows. Automate infrastructure. Create the no-touch deploy. Empower the application developer to deploy directly into production. Sounds simple enough, right? As your organization begins its DevOps transformation, you may become preoccupied with automation, forgetting that there are other DevOps concepts to …
Sep 23, 2020 When a company invests in DevOps, it’s investing in speed: speed to market, speed to new ideas, speed to respond, and speed to recover. DevOps is a lot like roller coasters, sports cars, or anything else that goes zoom — if you don’t first build in safety, nobody will be comfortable going …
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Dec 5, 2019 As a coach who helps implement Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe), I’ve encountered many organizations where the product development teams (software and otherwise) are not immediately sold on Agile change. Agile tends to appeal more to the business side, less so to the ones doing the work. Why is this? The first …
Nov 18, 2019 As the Lead Transformation Coach at Aegon Asset Management, Charlene Cuenca presented her story of how AAM began implementing SAFe Agile Architecture out of the gate, the challenges and pitfalls overcome along the way, and the resulting successful Global Architecture Team that exists today. Presented at the SAFe® Summit in San …
Nov 18, 2019 It is often stated that while agility works for software, it is not as easily applied to hardware. In this presentation, you will learn how SAFe’s Core Values and Principles apply to Agile Hardware Development. Duane discusses real world considerations when executing within a Portfolio configuration, including: How is Hardware different? Horizon …
2019 SAFe® Summit Presentation: Hardware Agility with SAFe’s Core Values Read More »
Aug 20, 2020 Business agility is an increasingly important focal point for companies across all industries. It’s a necessity for survival, and this was true long before 2020. But now, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, business agility is more important than it ever has been. If you want to stay ahead of your competition, then …
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Apr 17, 2019 As Agile Coaches we are constantly faced with the responsibility of training, mentoring, facilitating, and coaching. I’m going to suggest that coaching is about raising awareness in an organization, with clients who are whole and well. The client has everything they need to accomplish what they desire. As their coach, we are …
Sep 18, 2019 How does a Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe) Transformation stick and sustain? An important key to success is having communicative leaders who commit to organizational culture change. While this commitment is best obtained from the C-suite or VPs early in the sales cycle, it is also the hardest. SAFe Transformations tend to start and stop …
A Coach’s Guide to Spreading Agility through the Enterprise Read More »
Dec 4, 2019 As a member of an Agile Team, have you ever had one of the following complaints about management? Their deadlines are too tight. Their expectations are unfair because they don’t follow Agile processes. They don’t take time to learn more about the work that’s being done. It’s true, management can be a …
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March 15, 2021 We see it more often than we’d like. The program or team is humming along, when a key stakeholder walks in with a New, Shiny Object (NSO) that needs to be done ASAP. This idea may be totally worth it. Or maybe not. How do you help your stakeholder decide if this …
My Stakeholder Has Shiny Object Syndrome! Now What? Read More »
