Presentation: TweetKEYNOTE: Know the Way, Show the Way, Go the Way: Building the Lean|Agile Enterprise with the Scaled Agile Framework

Tired of the myths that Scrum, XP and Kanban don’t scale to the enterprise level? Tired of management resistance to the real change that is required to scale these methods to the next level? If so, this tutorial is for you. In this tutorial, Leffingwell dispels these myths and describes the Scaled Agile Framework™, a public-facing set of proven practices for Agile Teams, Agile Programs, Agile Architecture and Agile Program and Portfolio Management, which have been used to successfully scale Lean|Agile development to hundreds—and even thousands—of practitioners at companies like BMC Corporation, John Deere and many others. In addition, Leffingwell focuses on the critical role software development managers, leaders and executives must play in implementing and supporting the framework so as to more readily achieve the full business benefits of enterprise agility.

Workshop: Leading the Lean|Agile Enterprise with the Scaled Agile Framework? Tweet

Training: April 8 & 9, 2013 // Certification: April 12, 2013

Tired of the myths that Scrum, XP and Kanban don’t scale to the needs of the larger enterprise? Tired of living at the intersection of Scrum orthodoxy, management resistance to real change, and lack of proven patterns to successfully scale Agile? If so, this two-day workshop is for you.

Renowned software executive, methodologist, author and Scaled Agile Framework creator, Dean Leffingwell will be conducting a two-day workshop on Scaling Lean|Agile development in Zurich, April 8-9, 2012. This workshop is intended for executives, managers and Agile change agents responsible for leading a Lean|Agile change initiative in the larger software enterprise. In this workshop, you will learn:

• How Lean Thinking and the Principles of Product Development Flow provide a principled, lean, and economic basis for decision making and change management as you lead the implementation of scaled Lean|Agile development in your enterprise
• How extensions to Scrum and XP can provide a technical and project management foundation for scaling agile to the program level.
• How you can continuously align Agile software teams to a common mission, achieve value stream optimization and achieve a step change in productivity, quality and customer satisfaction with the Agile Release Train
• How to apply proven principles of Agile Architecture to reinstate the critical role of software architecture in enterprise class systems, and how to successfully implement continuous Agile, architectural runway which supports new features, optimizes the flow of business value, and improves economic outcomes
• How to build an Agile Program Portfolio Management function that leverages the benefits of Lean, Agile thinking and Kanban, to the important functions of strategy and investment funding, program management and governance
• And finally, you will gain the leadership insights you will need to guide all that new-found Agile energy and entropy, while successfully unlocking the intrinsic motivation of software knowledge workers through autonomy, mastery and purpose.

You will be introduced to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) a new, innovative, conceptual framework and public-facing knowledge base of practices that have been used to successfully scale Agile development in enterprises employing hundreds, and even thousands, of software development practitioners. You will walk away with the knowledge principles, practices, and skills you will need to take Lean|Agile development to the next level in your enterprise.

Note: This course is a prerequisite for the SAFe Program Consultant implementation and certification course, which will be held on April 12, 2013.

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Dean Leffingwell is offering an accelerated SAFe implementation and certification program for consultants and Agile change agents. Normally a two-day class, this training will be held on one day, in Zurich on 12 April 2013. Prerequisite to the class is attendance at Leading SAFe, scheduled for 8-9 April.

On successful completion of a follow-on exam which is taken off-line the week after the class, attendees will be certified as Scaled Agile Framework Program Consultants and will be provided with the tools, artifacts and briefings they need to teach and implement SAFe in their business setting. SPCs are also be qualified to certify SAFe Agilists (“SA”). You will also become members of an active and private Community of Practice, where members share challenges, tips and lessons learned from their business environment.

Prerequisites include attendance at the workshop above, and a minimum of 10-20 years experience in software development with a minimum of five years of Agile experience.