Implementing SAFe® 6.0 with SPC Certification

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May 06-09, 2024
8:00am - 5:00pm

LIVE, VIRTUAL
(Central Time Zone)

Duane Bushman

Duane Bushman is a Consultant, Trainer, and Agile Transformation Coach with a genuine passion for helping organizations to understand and realize the business value of Lean and Agile principles. His pragmatic approach to applying principles and proven practices to develop a culture of continuous improvement has been cultivated from 10+ years of practicing and coaching Agile in IT and product development environments. Duane's journey in life-long learning includes being certified as a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) in 2014 and an SPC Trainer (SPCT) in 2016. Duane brings an engaging, energetic, and highly collaborative presence to both the classroom and the most challenging real-world scenarios. Guiding teams large and small, he has consistently helped leaders understand what it is they need to do to unlock the potential of their people and become truly Agile.

John Miller

John is a Transformation Coach, Trainer, RTE, POPM, SSM, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) SPCT5 with 20 years of experience in the Lean/Agile environment. He enjoys working at the Portfolio and Program Levels and has knowledge in all phases of systems and software engineering development and management. John has Performed ART Launches and PI Planning events for numerous Fortune 500 firms. He has provided training in the US, Canada, Europe, India, and China. Trained Engineers, Management, and others on SAFe, Agile, Systems Engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management, Software, CMMI, and other topics.

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Jun 03-06, 2024
8:00am - 5:00pm

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(Central Time Zone)

Charlene M. Cuenca

With over 31 years of professional experience, Charlene has been a leader in transforming organizations and teams into Agile and Scaled Agile best practices. Charlene has experience working with enterprise Agile initiatives with organizations large and small, Federal Government and Fortune 500 companies for over 18 years. She is passionate about Agile, and enjoys helping enterprises on their journey towards organizational agility.
Charlene has led several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations traveling the globe to provide enterprise, portfolio, program, team and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe and Asia. She has been leveraging SAFe since its earliest days and is a regular speaker at the Global SAFe Summits.
Charlene holds several certifications/designations including but not limited to SAFe Fellow, SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), Enterprise Business Agility Strategist (EBAS), and SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5), and SAFe Contributor. Charlene has been part of several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations providing enterprise, portfolio, program, team, and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
When she is not working Charlene can be found at the beach, listening to music, spending time with family and friends, sightseeing/traveling, volunteering, and knocking items off of her bucket list.

Doug Less

Doug is an energetic and relentless Agile Transformation Coach passionate about helping organizations navigate their journey to agility. He has over 20 years of multidisciplinary consulting service experience, with the last decade aimed at driving the adoption of Agile values, principles, and practices to help people go beyond DOING Agile to BEING Agile.
Doug's coaching approach involves applying compassion, humor, flexibility, and creativity to navigate some of the most challenging transformation situations and motivate people to do extraordinary things. He has been a SAFe SPC since 2015 and became an SPCT in August 2022. He has trained and coached teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Management, Engineering Management, and Executives at several large and international Scaled Agile Transformations.
Doug draws his energy from a very active and adventurous family, including his wife Kerri and their three children, Mackenzie, Miranda, and Mason.

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Jul 09-12, 2024
8:00am - 5:00pm

LIVE, VIRTUAL
(Central Time Zone)

Duane Bushman

Duane Bushman is a Consultant, Trainer, and Agile Transformation Coach with a genuine passion for helping organizations to understand and realize the business value of Lean and Agile principles. His pragmatic approach to applying principles and proven practices to develop a culture of continuous improvement has been cultivated from 10+ years of practicing and coaching Agile in IT and product development environments. Duane's journey in life-long learning includes being certified as a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) in 2014 and an SPC Trainer (SPCT) in 2016. Duane brings an engaging, energetic, and highly collaborative presence to both the classroom and the most challenging real-world scenarios. Guiding teams large and small, he has consistently helped leaders understand what it is they need to do to unlock the potential of their people and become truly Agile.

Matt Aaron

Matt has been helping people build better business solutions for over twenty years. He has consulted or worked full-time for travel, retail, financial, medical, consumer products, and technology companies (many of which were Fortune 100 companies) giving him a wide variety of experience and knowledge. Matt was introduced to Agile methods in 2000 through Extreme Programming and has embraced Lean and Agile practices since that time. Matt implemented his first SAFe Lean-Agile transformation in 2012 after being introduced to SAFe by a colleague and has been helping large companies with their SAFe Lean-Agile transformations since that time. Matt was certified as a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) in early 2014 and as a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) in January of 2017.
Matt has coached people on every level inside and outside of IT - executives, managers, developers, testers, operations personnel, infrastructure personnel, product managers, product owners, business owners, support specialists, etc. He has coached and worked with offshore groups all over the world and has extensive experience managing highly distributed teams. Matt has helped companies apply Lean-Agile principles and practices in finance, HR, recruiting, consumer product development, marketing, sales, business operations, and at the executive level as well as other business areas outside of IT.
Besides helping many companies as an outside consultant, Matt has also held key positions in different companies where he was instrumental in their transformation and adoption of Lean-Agile principles. He has been a Vice President of Technology and Lean Portfolio Management at a multi-billion-dollar travel company, a Vice President of Globalization and CFO at a software services company, a Director of Business Analysis and Quality Assurance at a healthcare analytics company, and a Director of Quality Assurance and Internationalization at a voice of the customer company.

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Aug 12-15, 2024
8:00am - 5:00pm

LIVE, VIRTUAL
(Central Time Zone)

Charlene M. Cuenca

With over 31 years of professional experience, Charlene has been a leader in transforming organizations and teams into Agile and Scaled Agile best practices. Charlene has experience working with enterprise Agile initiatives with organizations large and small, Federal Government and Fortune 500 companies for over 18 years. She is passionate about Agile, and enjoys helping enterprises on their journey towards organizational agility.
Charlene has led several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations traveling the globe to provide enterprise, portfolio, program, team and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe and Asia. She has been leveraging SAFe since its earliest days and is a regular speaker at the Global SAFe Summits.
Charlene holds several certifications/designations including but not limited to SAFe Fellow, SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), Enterprise Business Agility Strategist (EBAS), and SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5), and SAFe Contributor. Charlene has been part of several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations providing enterprise, portfolio, program, team, and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
When she is not working Charlene can be found at the beach, listening to music, spending time with family and friends, sightseeing/traveling, volunteering, and knocking items off of her bucket list.

John Miller

John is a Transformation Coach, Trainer, RTE, POPM, SSM, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) SPCT5 with 20 years of experience in the Lean/Agile environment. He enjoys working at the Portfolio and Program Levels and has knowledge in all phases of systems and software engineering development and management. John has Performed ART Launches and PI Planning events for numerous Fortune 500 firms. He has provided training in the US, Canada, Europe, India, and China. Trained Engineers, Management, and others on SAFe, Agile, Systems Engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management, Software, CMMI, and other topics.

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Sep 16-19, 2024
8:00am - 5:00pm

LIVE, VIRTUAL
(Central Time Zone)

Charlene M. Cuenca

With over 31 years of professional experience, Charlene has been a leader in transforming organizations and teams into Agile and Scaled Agile best practices. Charlene has experience working with enterprise Agile initiatives with organizations large and small, Federal Government and Fortune 500 companies for over 18 years. She is passionate about Agile, and enjoys helping enterprises on their journey towards organizational agility.
Charlene has led several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations traveling the globe to provide enterprise, portfolio, program, team and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe and Asia. She has been leveraging SAFe since its earliest days and is a regular speaker at the Global SAFe Summits.
Charlene holds several certifications/designations including but not limited to SAFe Fellow, SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), Enterprise Business Agility Strategist (EBAS), and SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5), and SAFe Contributor. Charlene has been part of several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations providing enterprise, portfolio, program, team, and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
When she is not working Charlene can be found at the beach, listening to music, spending time with family and friends, sightseeing/traveling, volunteering, and knocking items off of her bucket list.

Doug Less

Doug is an energetic and relentless Agile Transformation Coach passionate about helping organizations navigate their journey to agility. He has over 20 years of multidisciplinary consulting service experience, with the last decade aimed at driving the adoption of Agile values, principles, and practices to help people go beyond DOING Agile to BEING Agile.
Doug's coaching approach involves applying compassion, humor, flexibility, and creativity to navigate some of the most challenging transformation situations and motivate people to do extraordinary things. He has been a SAFe SPC since 2015 and became an SPCT in August 2022. He has trained and coached teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Management, Engineering Management, and Executives at several large and international Scaled Agile Transformations.
Doug draws his energy from a very active and adventurous family, including his wife Kerri and their three children, Mackenzie, Miranda, and Mason.

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Oct 07-11, 2024
8:00am - 5:00pm

LIVE, VIRTUAL
(Central Time Zone)

Doug Less

Doug is an energetic and relentless Agile Transformation Coach passionate about helping organizations navigate their journey to agility. He has over 20 years of multidisciplinary consulting service experience, with the last decade aimed at driving the adoption of Agile values, principles, and practices to help people go beyond DOING Agile to BEING Agile.
Doug's coaching approach involves applying compassion, humor, flexibility, and creativity to navigate some of the most challenging transformation situations and motivate people to do extraordinary things. He has been a SAFe SPC since 2015 and became an SPCT in August 2022. He has trained and coached teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Management, Engineering Management, and Executives at several large and international Scaled Agile Transformations.
Doug draws his energy from a very active and adventurous family, including his wife Kerri and their three children, Mackenzie, Miranda, and Mason.

John Miller

John is a Transformation Coach, Trainer, RTE, POPM, SSM, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) SPCT5 with 20 years of experience in the Lean/Agile environment. He enjoys working at the Portfolio and Program Levels and has knowledge in all phases of systems and software engineering development and management. John has Performed ART Launches and PI Planning events for numerous Fortune 500 firms. He has provided training in the US, Canada, Europe, India, and China. Trained Engineers, Management, and others on SAFe, Agile, Systems Engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management, Software, CMMI, and other topics.

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Nov 18-21, 2024
8:00am - 5:00pm

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(Central Time Zone)

Charlene M. Cuenca

With over 31 years of professional experience, Charlene has been a leader in transforming organizations and teams into Agile and Scaled Agile best practices. Charlene has experience working with enterprise Agile initiatives with organizations large and small, Federal Government and Fortune 500 companies for over 18 years. She is passionate about Agile, and enjoys helping enterprises on their journey towards organizational agility.
Charlene has led several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations traveling the globe to provide enterprise, portfolio, program, team and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe and Asia. She has been leveraging SAFe since its earliest days and is a regular speaker at the Global SAFe Summits.
Charlene holds several certifications/designations including but not limited to SAFe Fellow, SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), Enterprise Business Agility Strategist (EBAS), and SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5), and SAFe Contributor. Charlene has been part of several proven large-scale Global Agile Transformations providing enterprise, portfolio, program, team, and Exec/Sr leadership coaching and training, across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
When she is not working Charlene can be found at the beach, listening to music, spending time with family and friends, sightseeing/traveling, volunteering, and knocking items off of her bucket list.

John Miller

John is a Transformation Coach, Trainer, RTE, POPM, SSM, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) SPCT5 with 20 years of experience in the Lean/Agile environment. He enjoys working at the Portfolio and Program Levels and has knowledge in all phases of systems and software engineering development and management. John has Performed ART Launches and PI Planning events for numerous Fortune 500 firms. He has provided training in the US, Canada, Europe, India, and China. Trained Engineers, Management, and others on SAFe, Agile, Systems Engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management, Software, CMMI, and other topics.

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Learn how to lead a Lean-Agile Transformation using the practices and principles of SAFe® and the 7 core competencies of the Lean Enterprise that enable Business Agility.

In this course, you'll practice how to coach programs, launch Agile Release Trains (ARTs), create a DevOps culture to build a Continuous Delivery Pipeline, and empower a Lean Portfolio. Leading SAFe® taught during the first few days, gives you the foundation to teach SAFe® to leaders. The following days focus exclusively on what it takes to successfully implement SAFe® in your organization. By becoming a change agent and a Certified SAFe® 6 Practice Consultant (SPC), you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to implement a Lean-Agile SAFe® transformation—and guide the enterprise toward success in disruptive, fast-moving markets.

Lead a Lean-Agile Enterprise Transformation
Implement SAFe®
Implement Lean Portfolio Management
Perform Value Stream identification
Launch and Coach Agile Release Trains
Coordinate multiple Agile Release Trains with a Solution Train
Use the 7 core competencies to achieve Business Agility
Train managers and executives in Leading SAFe®
Continue your learning journey and become enabled to train other roles in a SAFe® enterprise

Leading SAFe®

Thriving in the digital age with Business Agility
Becoming a Lean-Agile Leader
Establishing Team and Technical Agility
Building Solutions with Agile Product Delivery
Exploring Lean Portfolio Management
Leading the change
Becoming a Certified SAFe® Agilist

Implementing SAFe®

Reaching the Tipping Point
Designing the Implementation
Launching an Agile Release Train
Coaching ART Execution
Extending to the Portfolio
Accelerating to Business Agility
Becoming a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC)

Professional Services Consultants
Internal Change Agents, Lean-Agile Center for Excellence (LACE) participants, Agile Working Groups
Business and Technology Executives, Leaders, Managers & Directors
Portfolio Managers and Fiduciaries, Project/Program Management Office (PMO) personnel
Development, QA & IT Managers
Program & Project Managers
Product & Product Line Managers
Process Leads & Lifecycle Governance Personnel
Enterprise, System & Solution Architects

All stakeholders in a Lean-Agile Transformation are welcome to attend the course, regardless of experience. However, the following prerequisites are highly recommended for those who intend to take the SAFe® 6 Practice Consultant certification exam and serve as a SAFe® 6 Practice Consultant (SPC):

5+ years of experience in software development, testing, business analysis, product or project management
3+ years of experience in Agile
One or more relevant Agile certifications

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Full Price: $3,195.00
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Strongly recommend this course. It provides instrumental tools to help the Agile practitioner expand beyond the bounds of dev teams to identify and quantify bottlenecks in the flow/delivery of outcomes from an idea's inception to delivery to customers.

ICON's SAFe DevOps class struck a great balance of establishing foundational concepts and equipping participants with tactical tools to influence outcomes. You’ll take away a tangible game plan to create efficiencies, better empower teams and instill proven practices to transform your delivery pipeline.

I can tell stories or describe capabilities, but it boils down to two things in my experience with ICON – highly skilled, passionate professionals who can also adapt to the local business context.

ICON has not only raised awareness of gaps in our understanding of Agile development, but has been instrumental in closing those gaps through training, coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.

Many thanks to ICON and Dan [James] for his fabulous instruction. This class was not a DevOps refresher. The ongoing discussion and activity forced me to think about my operational value stream in a way I hadn't before. I feel like I have some strong, data-based arguments for change - and that's what it's all about.

Thoroughly enjoyed and learned a great deal from the course. Can't imagine anyone doing it better!

ICON has been a great partner for Vantiv as they have been instrumental in our Agile Transformation, providing knowledgeable, experienced Agile coaching and guidance.

True to the course description, this course will enable Agile leaders to implement 'Order Of Magnitude' advancements, regardless of your company's Agile maturity.

With ICON's help in the Agile transition, our business partners and leadership started realizing the benefit of fast delivery and better-quality software. Agile teams are happier due to being empowered to make a difference and seeing the fruits of their labor faster.

I really enjoyed the course, given the current situation with remote work/learning, ICON has really nailed the ability to deliver this content online. Thank you all so much for a great course.

ICON Agility has been a valued partner for Intrado’s Scaled Agile transformation. Not only have their coaches been top notch, but ICON has also gone the extra mile to work with Intrado in identifying coaches who fit well into our company culture, ensuring we maximized the value of the coaching engagement.

I recently attended one of the highest value, 1-day training sessions of my career. Led by Larry LaSalle and offering a comprehensive look at the pathways and pitfalls to implementing OKRs at enterprise, I heartily recommend this opportunity.

I felt that our Instructors, Kathy and Doug, did an excellent job of presenting the SAFe program. They were diligent about keeping us on track and focused on the end result of making sure that we all understood the processes and practices of SAFe in preparation for the exam. I believe their presentations combined with the interactive activities kept everyone highly engaged.

Thanks to Kathy Marshak I got the highest score I've ever gotten on a SAFe exam.

Tom was a fantastic partner, teaching SAFe for Teams with me Tuesday and Wednesday. I appreciated his knowledge first and foremost, but also his adaptability and collaboration as he was thrown right in and was instrumental in pulling off a successful training. Fingers crossed we get to work together again, but if other ICON partners are half as good to work with as Tom, I’ll be thrilled.

I recently attended one of the highest value, 1-day training sessions of my career. Led by Larry LaSalle and offering a comprehensive look at the pathways and pitfalls to implementing OKRs at enterprise, I heartily recommend this opportunity.

Covid forced training to a fully remote style. The folks at ICON have responded with class offerings that mash up the standard training slides from SAFe with tools that nicely facilitate remote training gaining the engagement of the class participants and team breakouts.

I really appreciated how the perspective of the Architect was always compared to the Business Perspective and IT Perspective. Whether the topic was DevOps, aligning to Strategy, or steps in the Program Increment Planning; it really helped me to see what the Business or IT representative would be thinking, compared to what I need to be thinking about for the architecture, and how to relate to them as collaborators in the process.

The training did a nice job packaging and presenting core software development practices that have been foundational to excellent software development over the last several years.

The SAFe DevOps training helped me understand how DevOps principles and practices are critical to delivering business value faster and equipped me as an RTE to help support our organization's journey towards DevOps. Dan James is one of my favorite SAFe course instructors who brought a depth of knowledge, real-world experience to make concepts understandable, and a fun sense of humor which made the class an engaging experience.

As an instructor, I found Dan James' DevOps class to be extremely well organized, exceptionally presented, and immediately relevant. Our team began using the SAFe methods right after the class and found tremendous benefit, initially saving over 30 hours of waste time in each iteration. We revisit every program increment and continue to see improvement. Our Value Stream and Health Check evaluations continue to be the single most impactful ceremony for our team.

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