Program Number: C020-20170221
Agile at Scale - Beyond SAFe
Category: A
Activity Sponsor: PMINJ Chapter (C020)
PDUs: - 1.5
Leadership - 0.5
Strategic - 0.0
Technical - 1.0
Agile at Scale - Beyond SAFe will give
you a first-hand look at one agile-at-scale approach (SAFe)
and the questions you need to ask to fully realize the
high-value results from an Enterprise Agile Transformation.
Since the advent of the Agile (Software Development)
Manifesto in 2001 we have seen near exponential progress in
the adoption of agile development in many
corporations. For some, that may simply be using a Program
Kanban to manage work flow while for others it may mean
adoption of the software focused Scrum Framework and/or
Extreme Programming (XP) techniques, possibly in conjunction
with complementary processes such as Test Driven Development
(TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and other agile
techniques.
We are faced with a need to scale these approaches to where
they are usable for major software development efforts at a
program level. That may involve hundreds or even
thousands of software developers across multiple teams and
multiple geographic locations. This need leads
to the evolution of agile at scale processes including the
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and Large Scale Scrum (LeSS),
Scrum@scale, the Nexus Framework and others. But are
they sufficient to address business agility more
holistically? Do they preserve the
“light-weight”, “light-touch” foundations of Agile? Are
there changes in system architecture that more readily
accommodate agile practices? Are there organizational
structure and role changes for those involved that
facilitate an evolution towards the empathetic, high-trust
culture required to have a thriving agile environment?
Bio:
John Hudson is an Enterprise Agile Coach guiding his
clients, including AIG and SE2.com, through their Agile
transformations; developing agile teams at all levels of the
organization and providing them with the training, coaching
and mentoring needed to realize their full potential in
adopting agile practices.
He has over 30 years’ experience as a systems development
professional in the financial services sector with companies
including Prudential Financial, Morgan Stanley, UBS and TD
Waterhouse in the US and Canada, Lehman Brothers in London,
Standard Chartered Bank and the International Bank of Asia
in Hong Kong, ABN Amro in Johannesburg and the Bank of
Butterfield in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
John holds an honors degree In Computer Science, is a PMI
Project Management Professional and Agile Certified
Practitioner, Certified Scrum Master and a Scaled Agile
Program Consultant.
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