Tag Archives: SAFe

Scaling Agile and SAFe in organizations – An interview with Burkhard Schmidt

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For his latest book, We Run on Agile, Martin Seibert had the opportunity to sit down and chat with SAFe and Agile experts to gain insight into what it takes to succeed in this realm. This time, Martin talks with Burkhard Schmidt, a coach for the introduction of scaled agile methods (SPC), SAFe-Lean portfolio manager, Lean-Agile trainer and founder of bschmidt.com consulting GmbH.

Value Glide 2021 (11/11/2021) – Adapting to Turbulent Times

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Especially during the last couple of years, it has been made clear that companies need to adapt their way of working and especially their leadership in order to weather storms that occur in their projects and be successful after all. But how can businesses adapt to these turbulent times? The Value Glide virtual conference on November 11th focuses on this question specifically – of course with a lot of expertise about SAFe® too.

SAFe Implementation Roadmap Part 7: Coach Agile Release Train (ART) execution

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In part 6 of this series, you learned how to train your teams to lead up to your first ART launch. But just because SAFe Program Consultants (SPCs) have trained the teams does not mean they are completely agile yet. The agile teams need practice to truly hone their skills, and the SPCs need to be available to harness those skills. For these reasons, the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) should make a concentrated effort to coach agile execution. But what does that actually look like?