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Workshops Training and Other Events

A list of events I have worked. Events are things that have been prepared for, and worked. They do not count normal day-to-day activities.

2023 Completed Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
SAFe 6.0 Update Certification Upgrade Online 2023-03-17 Updated SAFe certification to the latest
Product Management Training Coaching, Training Online 2023-03-01 Bespoke training for Product Management organization (round 2)
Product Management Training Coaching, Training Online 2023-02-27 Bespoke training for Product Management organization.
Leadership Training Coaching, Training Online 2023-02-16 Bespoke training for Leadership organization (round 2)
Leadership Training Coaching, Training Online 2023-02-13 Bespoke training for Leadership organization.
What is the Impact of a Reorg on an Agile Transformation? Blog FiveWhyz.com, HansSamios.com 2023-01-25 Reducing the Impact of the Reorg on the Transformation to Agile

 

2022 Completed Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
PI Planning Coaching Weston 2022-11-15 Support for PI Planning event of new Train.
Teams in a Scaled Environment Training Online 2022-11-09 Bespoke team training for teams operating in a multi-team situation
Leadership Summit and LACE Workshop Coaching, Training Online 2022-11-02 Post initial set of kick off events, need to get buy-in on and establish a Lean Agile Center of Excellence for the organization.
PI Planning Coaching Weston 2022-10-18 Support for PI Planning event of new Train.
Organizational Assessment Workshop Coaching, Training Online 2022-10-05 As a result of discovery process - interviews, surveys, discussions, etc. - workshop to co-create aligned transformation plan.
Assessment Results and Alignment Workshop Coaching Online 2022-10-05 Following surveys, interviews, and observation co-create an agile transformation plan for an organization
Understanding ITIL Learn Online 2022-09-27 Understand the impact of ITIL on an agile transformation
PI Planning Coaching Weston 2022-09-27 Support for PI Planning event of new Train.
Teams in a Scaled Environment Training Online 2022-09-20 Bespoke team training for teams operating in a multi-team situation
SAFe for Architects Training Online 2022-08-25 Collaboration training for architects. SAFe event
Approaches to Presenting Flow Efficiency vs Resource Efficiency Coaching Online 2022-08-16 Coaching coaches and leadership on improving how we present flow efficiency
Feature Prioritization Workshop Coaching, Training Online 2022-08-19 Just-in-time training and then coaching based of Feature prioritization and sequencing based on Cost of Delay
SAFe for Architects Training Online 2022-08-01 Collaboration training for architects. SAFe event
Agile Mindset Workshop Participate Online 2022-07-28 Cross training of different agile approaches in the organization - understand what others are being taught
Building Influencer Muscles Coaching Online 2022-07-13 Focussed discussion with architects aimed at improving their ability to influence an organization.
Keeping Retrospectives Fresh Training Online 2022-07-07 Workshop helping Scrum Masters in particular keep retrospectives fresh and useful
Agile Media Club Coaching Online 2022-06-22 Establish lightweight learning for interested folks. Focus on blog posts, videos, podcasts rather than books.
Plant UML Learn Online 2022-06-10 Learn how to model using Plant UML
Personas Workshop Coaching, Training Online 2022-06-08 Just-in-time training and coaching to create key customer personas for an organization
Value Stream Mapping Level Set Coaching, Training Online 2022-06-08 Just-in-time training and coaching to help deliver improved developer experience using Value Stream Maps as a tool
Experiment - Setup Confluence for Agile Knowledge Base Coaching Online, Tool 2022-06-02 Idea is building a knowledge base for agile based on wiki like Frequently Asked Questions
SAFe for SM Coaching, Training Online 2022-05-24 Train Scrum Masters on the basics of working at scale. SAFe event
Feature Prioritization Workshop Coaching, Training Online 2022-05-06 Just-in-time training and then coaching based of Feature prioritization and sequencing based on Cost of Delay
Stakeholder Management Workshop Coaching, Training Online 2022-05-04 Just-in-time training and coaching to identify stakeholders for an organization and develop a plan to address the stakeholders
Feature Writing Party Coaching Online 2022-04-29 Just-in-time workshop to establish initial set of features
Empathy Interviews for Transformation Interview Online 2022-04-28 Formal empathy interviews to gauge where we are with the transformation.
SAFe for PO PM Coaching, Training Online 2022-04-19 Train Product Owners and Product Managers in the basics of working at scale. SAFe event.
How Do We Move Away from “Trust But Verify” Approach to Compliance? Publish Online 2022-04-08 Change thinking around compliance.
SAFe for Architects Pair Online 2022-04-04 Pair on training this event. SAFe event.
Empathy Interview Training Participate Online 2022-03-27 Learning about formal empathy interview process
Cyber Security Maturity Model Learn Online 2022-03-22 Understand impact of model on an Agile Transformation
What Is The Difference Between Value Stream Identification (VSID) and Value Stream Mapping (VSM)? Publish Online 2022-02-11 Initial version developed and published
Enterprise Architect Coaching Coaching Online 2022-03-01 Work with architects to improve how they influence the organization and drive architectural initiatives - developer experience improvements, improving modeling, immutable object system, decommissioning old systems
Feature Writing Party Coaching Online 2022-02-07 Just-in-time workshop to establish initial set of features
Agile Media Club Coaching Online 2022-02-04 Establish lightweight learning for interested folks. Focus on blog posts, videos, podcasts rather than books.
Scrum Master CoP Setup Coaching, Lead Online 2022-02-01 Setup SM CoP
PI Planning Coaching Online 2022-01-19 Support for PI Planning event of new Train. SAFe event
Transformation Leadership Team Setup Coaching Online 2022-02-01 Coaching to set up the formation of a leadership team responsible for the transformation of a division.
PI Planning Readiness Workshop Training, Coaching Online 2022-01-27 Workshop to discuss requirements for successful PI Planning event.
Agile Product Delivery Assessment Coaching Online 2022-01-26 Assist in running of first assessment at the organization. SAFe event
PI Planning Coaching Online 2022-01-19 Support for PI Planning event of new Train. SAFe event
LACE PI Planning Event Participate Online 2022-01-18 As part of overall LACE determine plan for next PI. SAFe event
PI 1 Inspect and Adapt Event Coach Online 2022-01-13 Work with RTEs through initial I&A event. SAFe event
SAFe for SM Coaching, Training Online 2022-01-10 Train Scrum Masters on the basics of working at scale. SAFe event
Team and Technical Agility Assessment Coaching Online 2022-01-06 Assist in running of first assessment at the organization. SAFe event

 

2021 Completed Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
SAFe for Teams Coaching, Training Online 2021-12-20 Introduction to SAFe using SAFe for Teams as a base. SAFe event
SAFe for Product Owner Product Manager (POPM) Coaching, Training Online 2021-12-13 Train Product Managers and Product Owners on the basics of working at scale. SAFe event.
Feature “Smells” Workshop Workshop Online 2021-12-09 Review of common (SAFe) Feature definition anti-patterns.
Kanban Team Coaching Online 2021-11-29 Discussion about use of Kanban for support teams and how they will execute in multi-team situation
Establish Execution Events Coaching Online 2021-11-17 Series of workshops and facilitated events aimed at establishing cadence work execution of PI Planning commitments
SAFe for Scrum Master Certification, Enablement Online 2021-11-17 Make sure I am up to date with latest (SAFe 5.1) materials.
PI Planning Event Coaching Online 2021-11-10 Fast track ART launch. 5 weeks ago there was no alignment to value stream. 2 weeks ago we had no Features. SAFe event.
SM and PO Roles in PI Planning Event Coaching Online 2021-11-08 Workshop aimed at helping people understand their roles as they head into the PI Planning event. Included Q&A.
Estimating and Forecasting using Story Points Coaching Online 2021-11-04 Back to basics workshop aimed at helping people who are used to estimating in hours understand and why story point estimating approach works
SAFe for Teams Coaching, Training Online 2021-10-27 Kick off Teams using SAFe for Teams as a base. SAFe event
Feature Writing Party Coaching Online 2021-10-27 Series of workshops aimed at getting first list of Features ready for initial PI planning event
Value Stream Identification Coaching Online 2021-10-21 Workshop to develop alignment of virtual ART structure to Value Stream and determine steps to launch
Leading SAFe Coaching Online 2021-10-11 Establishing leadership understanding of Lean and Agile thinking. SAFe event
What is the Purpose of a System Demo in SAFe? Coaching Online 2021-09-30 Workshop and materials aimed at helping people understand use of System Demo in SAFe. See link for general discussion used as preparation.
What's The Difference Between Kanban and Scrum? Coaching Online, Video, Materials 2021-09-20 Idea is to answer questions associated with Kanban implementations and improve the discipline so that it is more aligned with a real Kanban approach. Materials in link were used as basis
Agile Next Steps Workshop Coaching Online 2021-09-09 Group was interested in taking their agile implementation to the next level. From team orientation, to multi-team. From multiple work intake systems to single intake system. From using agile thinking to systems and lean thinking approaches. Also interested in rejuvenating in place agile practices such as estimation, forecasting, reinforcing behaviors
Strategy Back-brief Coaching Online 2021-09-08 Discussion aimed at really understanding whether the strategy and vision is really being acted on. Resulted in an experiment to use back-brief approach.
SAFe for Product Owner Product Manager (POPM) Certification, Enablement Online 2021-09-07 Make sure I am up to date with latest (SAFe 5.1) materials.
SAFe for Teams Certification, Enablement Online 2021-09-03 Make sure I am up to date with latest (SAFe 5.1) materials.
Leading SAFe Certification, Enablement Online 2021-09-03 Make sure I am up to date with latest (SAFe 5.1) materials.
Understanding CoD and WSJF Workshop Online 2021-08-31 Workshop aimed at helping people understand the why, how and application of economic decision making approach
Leading SAFe Coaching Online 2021-06-01 Establishing leadership understanding of Lean and Agile thinking. SAFe event
SAFe for Teams Coaching, Training Online 2021-05-24 Kick off Teams using SAFe for Teams as a base. SAFe event
Jira Align Training Learning Online 2021-05-19 Train the trainer approach to adoption of Jira Align
Improve Scrum Master Effectiveness Sessions Coaching Online 2021-05-10 Series of sessions aimed at helping Scrum Masters establish and become more effective in their role
SAFe Assessments (TTA and APD) Coaching Online 2021-03-15 Coaching of RTE and SMs in purpose and method for working through the assessments, and using the information to determine improvement opportunities.
PI Planning Event Coaching Online 2021-02-15 Fast track ART launch. 5 weeks ago there was no alignment to value stream. 2 weeks ago we had no Features. SAFe event.
SAFe for Teams Coaching Online 2021-02-01 Kick off Teams using SAFe for Teams as a base. SAFe event
Leading SAFe Coaching Online 2021-01-25 Establishing leadership understanding of Lean and Agile thinking. SAFe event
Roles Workshop Coaching Online 2021-01-12 Workshop aimed at helping people understand their roles as they move to SAFe and Agile

 

2020 Completed Events

2021 Completed Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
Let it Flow: Using Flow Metrics to Combat Cognitive Overload Webinar Online 2020-12-15 Discussion about using basic flow metrics to help detect where cognitive load is building as well as justifying investment in “debt” to address.
Executive Overview Coaching, Training Online 2020-12-04 6-hour Executive Overview workshop for SAFe Transformation, materials, discussions, breakouts, and activities
Executive Overview Coaching, Training Online 2020-11-18 6-hour Executive Overview workshop for SAFe Transformation, materials, discussions, breakouts, and activities
Mini Big-room (PI-) Planning Event Coaching Houston 2020-11-11 Purpose was to get to an aligned quarterly roadmap across 4 Teams and determine what was really possible (map demand to supply). Standing start to successful event in less that 2 weeks. SAFe event.
Scaled OKRs Intro and Overview Webinar Online 2020-10-30 Discussion with Icon coaches on how to help organizations put OKRs in place.
Six Decades of Software Engineering with Mary Poppendieck Webinar Online 2020-10-20 Listening to Mary help us understand that what is old is new again. Especially interested in the discussion on resiliency in systems we deploy, or rather how they are not resilient.
Introduction to Confluence Coaching, Training Houston 2020-10-15 Help establish Confluence as the corporate knowledge base by providing background. Self-developed materials.
SAFe for Teams Coaching, Training Houston 2020-10-05 Kick of Teams using SAFe for Teams as a base. SAFe event
SAFe for Teams enablement Enablement Online 2020-09-23 Ensure I am up to date with latest message from SAFe
The Power of Culture in SAFe Adoption Webinar Online 2020-09-01 Basic discussion on the link between SAFe and changing an organization's culture. Included good discussion of Westrum “cultural spectrum” model.
Applying Team Topologies to Large Supply Chain Networks Webinar Online 2020-08-18 Based on the book “Team Topologies” is there something we can apply to larger scale. Answer “yes” - applicable in general.
Measure and Improve Your SAFe Maturity Webinar Online 2020-08-05 Sales pitch for Agility Health radars.
SAFe Release Train Engineer Certification Online 2020-07-21 SAFe RTE course. Attended so I can also give the course.
Dynamic Re-Teaming Coaching Worldwide 2020-07-07 How to get good at Teams changing their personnel. Presentation to Coaches CoP.
Agile HR Webinar Online 2020-06-24 Basic presentation on the changes in HR that work with an Agile transformation. Presented in SAFe context.
SAFe Managed Contract with Dean Leffingwell Webinar Online 2020-06-24 Improved guidance on Agile contracts set up for win-win. Presented in SAFe context.
CoD and WSJF with Don Reinersten Webinar Online 2020-06-22 Useful discussion improving SAFe guidance on these subjects. Includes integration with standard accounting practice.
Estimating Epics in Support of Participatory Budgeting and Portfolio Flow Webinar Online 2020-06-18 Useful discussion on changes coming to Lean Portfolio Management guidance of SAFe 5
SAFe 5 Program Consultant Upgrade Certification Online 2020-06-10 Review enablement, review new content, take practice test, pass test
Leading by Example with Personal Agility Coaching; Training Worldwide 2020-05-21 Session on being authentic through application of personal Agility; ideas on self-improvement
Dynamic Re-Teaming Coaching Worldwide 2020-05-12 How to get good at Teams changing their personnel. Internal presentation.
Anti-patterns (Smells) Work Coaching Worldwide 2020-05-11 What Kinds of Problems Do you Typically See As The Organization Transforms to Agile / Lean
Blog “Why Hasn't Our Agile Implementation Lead to Cost Savings?” Blog post Worldwide 2020-05-08 HansSamios: How Do We Use Agile to Reduce Costs?; FiveWhyz: Why Hasn't Our Agile Implementation Lead to Cost Savings?
Systematizing Organizational Impediment Removal Coaching Worldwide 2020-04-29 Initial release to LACE; expected wider rollout
Value Stream Analysis for Lean Agile Center of Excellence Coaching Worldwide 2020-04-16 Improve LACE offerings
Resiliency Analysis Coaching Worldwide 2020-04-15 Understand impact of reduction in contractors and working from home on effectiveness
Agile Mindset for Non-Agile Teams Coaching Worldwide 2020-04-14 Improve framing of DIY Agile implementation
Simple Customer Discovery Exercise Coaching Houston 2020-04-02 How to help Teams increase their ability to manage stakeholders
Virtual Open Space Coaching Worldwide 2020-04-01 Theme “You're the Coach Now”
Rework Transformation Initiatives (Multiple Events & Deliverables) Coaching Worldwide 2020-03-09 In the light of COVID-19 what needs to change wrt Agile Transformation
Portfolio Sync and Training Coaching Houston 2020-02-19 3 day event aimed at working portfolio issues and learning
Multi-Organizational Kaizen Event Coaching Houston 2020-02-10 Step back from Day-to-day to develop multiple experiments aimed at improvement
Enterprise Project Management Office Virtual Training Coaching Worldwide 2020-01-28 Engaging Agile Programs and Teams
Enterprise Business Agility Strategist Learn Dallas 2020-01-23 With EBAS Certification from icAgile

 

2019 Completed Events

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Driving the Flow of Value Coaching, Training Houston 2019-12-17 Workshop looking at how we define value and how we deliver value quickly
Cross-organization Value Stream Analysis Coaching Houston 2019-12-02 Work to improve the flow of value that touches to organizations without an restructuring
SenseMaking Workshop Coaching, Training Houston 2019-11-11 Excellent workshop lead by Dan Walsh (FiveWhyz). A better way to understand if your culture is improving.
Five Dysfunctions Workshop with Leadership Coaching Houston 2019-11-07 Improving teamwork of leadership group
Project Simulation Training Training, Participating Houston 2019-11-05 Projects community training to understand changes in approach as a result of agile
Introduce OKRs to Portfolio Management process Coaching Houston 2019-10-28 Experiment to add OKRs into existing LPM process in time for 2020 to improve organizational alignment
Agile Assessment Learning Washington, DC 2019-10-21 Assessment to understand current state of thinking, and provide recommendations for change
Business Agility Workshop Coaching Houston 2019-10-07 Direct business request to help them become more Agile
SAFe Summit Attend San Diego 2019-10-02 Learning opportunity. SAFe v5 released
Update Business Metrics for FI Coaching Worldwide 2019-09-05 Base metrics that were agreed to previously need to be updated to reflect current thinking
Blog “So You Want Set Up a Business as an Agile Coach?” Blog Post Worldwide 2019-09-01 12 part series on the steps you should take to set up an Agile business. HansSamios: So You Want Set Up a Business as an Agile Coach?; FiveWhyz: So You Want Set Up a Business as an Agile Coach?.
FI Team Churn Analysis Coaching Worldwide 2019-08-28 What happens to Team performance when Teams have turnover (churn) in their people?
Kick-off Coaches Craft CoP Coaching Worldwide 2019-08-20 Beyond Foundation Infrastructure group
Quarterly Alignment Session Coaching, Participating Houston 2019-08-13 Included retrospective, and introduction to OKRs
Projects Team Enablement Coaching Houston 2019-07-24 Response to survey. “Drain the glass” session
Blog “Why Do People Overcommit?” Blog Post Worldwide 2019-07-08 HansSamios: Why Do People Overcommit?; FiveWhyz: Why Do People Overcommit?
PI Planning Coaching Buenos Ares 2019-06-26 Service group. SAFe event.
Portfolio Synchronization Session Coaching Houston 2019-06-12 Multi-day alignment session
“Drain the Glass” session for new Transformation Coaching Houston 2019-06-10 Setup session to work pent up resentments
“Leveraging Agile Thinking for Sustainability” Coaching Dallas 2019-06-03 Session for Sustainability Leadership Forum.
Cynefin Practice Foundations Learning, Supporting Houston 2019-05-30 Excellent workshop lead by Dan Walsh (FiveWhyz)
Blog “I have opportunity to learn so much when you are on vacation.” Blog Post Worldwide 2019-09-01 FiveWhyz: I have opportunity to learn so much when you are on vacation.
Coaching Team Face to Face Coaching Houston 2019-05-07 Coaching team for FI working on the plan for sustainment model for the organization
FI Quarterly LPM Face to Face Coaching Houston 2019-04-30 Portfolio prioritization and learning (outcome vs output). Full suite of Product Managers, Release Train Engineers in the room. All (22 FI) coaches in the room to understand how these meetings work
FI Product Manager Orientation Coaching Houston 2019-04-29 Orient Product Managers to LPM and leverage opportunity to do some roles and responsibilities
Architect Orientation Workshop Coaching / Training Houston 2019-04-26 2 X sessions to help Architects get situated in their new role. Based on SAFe and discussion at How Does The Role of Architect Change in Agile?
FI Projects Team Enablement envisioning / planning Coaching Houston 2019-04-26 Develop base plan for this transformation
Initial PI Planning (Big Room) for Data Center Compute Product Coaching Houston 2019-04-24 Big room Planning event for large Train. SAFe event.
Initial PI Planning (Big Room) for Branch Product Coaching Houston 2019-04-24 Big room Planning event for large Train. SAFe event.
Sense-making Experiment Learning Houston 2019-04-11 Learning about different approach to gathering data from a complex system. Cool.
Staff Development Guardrails Session Coaching Worldwide 2019-04-03 Session for newly formed staff development group to discuss developments we are seeing, and offer opportunity to address issues seen by our managers.
Employee motivation Webinar Learning Online 2019-03-14 Online seminar. My notes are at “You Can Enhance Employee Motivation in 10 Minutes by Friday” - Gregg Lederman

 

2018 Completed Events

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Staff Development Manager workshop Coaching Houston 2018-12-10 Kick-off meeting for 3 teams (Houston, BA, KL) of Staff Development Managers
Lean Portfolio Management Meeting Coaching Houston 2018-11-06 Initial LPM meeting working complete portfolio Kanban and impediments. SAFe event
Leading SAFe Coaching, Training Houston 2018-10-02 14 people. SAFe event
PI Planning Coaching Houston 2018-08-22 Fuels and Lubes Train. 8 Teams. 70 people at event. SAFe event.
Value Stream Analysis Coaching Houston 2018-07-13 For Branch and Shared Services leading to Train design. SAFe event
Staff Development Manager workshop Coaching Houston 2018-07-07 Workshop aimed at on-boarding new organizational role of "development manager". Initial “team” workshop.
Leadership Workshop Coaching Houston 2018-07-06 Workshop aimed at helping top level supervisors align on direction. Next step in setting up portfolio, realign leadership on decisions (new members of the leadership team), alignment with McCrystal Strategic Alignment Framework (SAF) and Decison Space (we drove through Delegation Poker)
Portfolio Prioritization Coaching Houston 2018-06-19 Initial meeting to get “to do”, “in progress”, “done” columns in place. Main aim was to determine “what should we stop” as we needed to reduce some level of organizational WIP. See How Do I Facilitate a Prioritization Meeting for more information
Value Stream Analysis Coaching Houston 2018-06-11 For Data Center Compute leading to Train design. SAFe event
Portfolio Kanban workshop Coaching Houston 2018-05-23 Initial analysis of Foundation Infrastructure work (backlog, WIP) on the way to Portfolio Kanban.
Team Kick-off Coaching Worldwide 2018-05-21 Team kickoff for Gateway Train. 11 teams. SAFe event
PI Planning Coaching Houston 2018-04-17 Star Train (Network Core). 6 Teams. 90 people at event. SAFe event.
Value Stream Analysis Coaching Houston 2018-04-02 For Gateway Products leading to Train design. SAFe event.
DevOps for Agile Attend Dallas 2018-03-08 DevOps for the Agile Enterprise devops_for_agile.pdf
Leadership Workshop Coaching Houston 2018-03-05 Workshop aimed at helping top level supervisors align on direction
Product analysis Coaching Houston 2018-01-23 Round 2
Product analysis Coaching Houston 2018-01-23 Get architects into a room to determine product strategy for Infrastructure as a lead in to value stream mapping
PI Planning Coaching Houston 2018-01-15 Crazy (AtC). 5 Teams. 100 people at event. SAFe event.

 

2017 Completed Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
Leadership Workshop Coaching Houston 2017-11-28 Workshop aimed at helping top level supervisors understand what they need to know and do to drive the transformation
Value Stream Mapping Coaching Houston 2017-10-25 Value Stream mapping for Foundation Infrastructure group
Initial PI Planning Coaching Houston 2017-10-23 Crazy (AtC). 5 Teams. 100 people at event. SAFe event.
Leading SAFe Training Houston 2017-10-19 Leadership of the XOM FI AtC Train plus guests. 32 people.
SAFe for Teams Training Houston 2017-10-16 AtC (Crazy) Train. 42 people.
Kanban Team Kickoff Training Budapest 2017-10-09 New teams on the way to Agile Release Train
Initial PI Planning Coaching Houston, Buenos Ares, Kuala Lumpur 2017-10-02 Bullet (Storage). 3 Teams. Initial XOM Foundation Infastructure (FI) Train. SAFe event.
SAFe for Teams Training Houston 2017-09-25 Half the Storage (Bullet) Train. 24 people. New SAFe 4.5 materials.
Kanban Team Kickoff Training Houston / Buenos Aires 2017-09-12 2 new teams on the way to Agile Release Train
Leading SAFe Training Houston 2017-08-21 Leadership of the XOM FI Storage Train. 10 people. New SAFe 4.5 “Leading SAFe” materials.
Kanban Team Kickoff Training Houston 2017-07-24 2 new teams on the way to Agile Release Train
SAFe 4.5 Update Attend Virtual 2017-06-27 Understand updates for SAFe 4.5 (see summary at 5 Reasons to Update and My Notes)
Enterprise Lean-Agile Coach Course with OrgMindset.com Attend Boulder 2017-06-07 3 day course with Alex Yakyma. See My Notes. Passed test and certified as Enterprise Coach -
Value Stream Mapping and Lean Coffee Training Houston 2017-05-08 Train the trainer session. Facilitated
Leaders Introduction to Agile Training Houston 2017-05-01 Three sessions aimed at helping leadership understand how the pilots work, and understand what learning they will need.
Kanban Team Kickoff Training Kuala Lumpur 2017-04-17 3 Teams. Co-taught
Kanban Team Kickoff Training Houston 2017-04-10 2 Teams. Co-taught.
Ongoing until 2017-12-31 Transformation Coach Houston 2017-03-15 Co-coach with Transformation Team
Implementing SAFe Training / Coaching Scottsdale 2017-01-31 Co-taught
SAFe Advanced Scrum Master Enablement Certification Virtual 2017-01-27 SASM certification
Difficulties and Benefits of Working in Agile Environment Training Belmont University 2017-01-23 16 Seniors

 

2016 Completed Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
Essential SAFe - Dean Leffingwell Attend Milwaukee 2016-10-18 My notes
SAFe v4 PI Planning Coach Madison 2016-09-06 Part of SAFe v4 ART; New Train (7 teams)
SAFe for Product Owners Train / Coach Madison 2016-08-30 Part of SAFe v4 ART; 7 new teams
SAFe for Scrum Masters Train / Coach Madison 2016-08-30 Part of SAFe v4 ART; 7 new teams
SAFe for Teams Train / Coach Madison 2016-08-22 Part of SAFe V4 ART
Training Roadmap Workshop Workshop Madison 2016-08-02 Steps to identify inflight work to bring onto the SAFe train.
How to Work Personality Issues Without Sounding Like a Marriage Guidance Counsellor? Train / Coach Atlanta 2015-07-27 Ran 75 min workshop involving about 120 people. All new materials.
2016 Agile Conference Attend Atlanta 2015-07-25 My notes
Ongoing until 2016-11-18 - Coach Program / New Train of 7 teams Coach Madison 2016-07-18 Part of SAFe v4 ART
Leading SAFe Train / Coach Madison 2016-07-19 Part of SAFe V4 ART
Coaching Instructor Certification Virtual 2016-04-05 Certification through ICAgile
Agile Project Manager (APM) Certification Virtual 2016-04-25 Certification through ICAgile
Ongoing until 2016-06-30 - Coach 4 teams Coach Madison 2016-04-04 Part of SAFe v4 ART
SAFe v4 PI Planning Coach Madison 2016-04-18 Part of SAFe v4 ART
VersionOne for Scrum Masters Attend Madison 2016-04-14 Part of consulting engagement - learning with customer selected tool
VersionOne for Product Owners Attend Madison 2016-04-14 Part of consulting engagement - learning with customer selected tool
VersionOne at Scale Attend Madison 2016-04-13 Part of consulting engagement - learning with customer selected tool
VersionOne Foundations Attend Madison 2016-04-12 Part of consulting engagement - learning with customer selected tool
SAFe for Product Owners Coach Madison 2016-04-08 Part of SAFe v4 ART
SAFe for Scrum Masters Coach Madison 2016-04-07 Part of SAFe v4 ART
SAFe for Teams Coach Madison 2016-04-04 Part of SAFe v4 ART
“Scrum at Scale” by Jeff Sutherland Attend Virtual 2016-03-28 Some good ideas on the role of leadership and management in a Scrum transformation. See My notes
Executive Scrum Team Kickoff Coach Gulfport 2016-03-22 Executive team kick-off. Start with understanding goal, obstacles, metrics and personnel. Then work through creation of team, backlog, and so on to drive implementation.
“Scrum Master or Arm-chair Psychologist” by Angela Johnson Attend Virtual 2016-03-14 Simple presentation about the Scrum Master focussing on the coaching, not just facilitating or being a secretary. See My notes
Project Improvement Coach Gulfport 2016-03-08 Improving specific election of project using Agile thinking
Second Generation Lean Product Development Attend Virtual 2016-03-05 If you want to understand impacts of things like queuing theory, lean, and why variability should be preserved for new product development then this is the video for you. See My notes
SAFe ART PI Planing Coach Boston 2016-02-23 PI Planning for 2 new ARTs involving 250 people including teams and executive management. Part of a SAFe (Version 4 - the first one?) implementation.
Agile Enablement Training Virtual 2016-02-21 Train 9 people, located in Vietnam, in basics. Remote presentation with exercises. Part of a SAFe implementation.
Team Coaching Coach Virtual 2016-02-09 Work through issues on improving planning such as estimation, capacity planning, dealing with interruptions, etc. Part of a SAFe implementation.
Large-scale Agile at Ericsson Attend Virtual 2016-02-04 Experience report through the Scrum Alliance and the Learning Consortium. My notes
Agile Boot Camp Train / Coach Kirkland 2016-01-25 Train 55 people, but quickly turned into a bespoke course aimed at “what's next?”
Scrum Team Launch Training Atlanta 2016-01-18 Train 60 people, then kick off 6 teams over 4 days. Part of a SAFe implementation.
Agile Boot Camp Train / Coach Gulfport 2016-01-11 Train pilot team plus 2 days of executive coaching.

 

2015 Completed Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
SAFe Program Consultant v4.0 Certification Virtual 2015-12-28 SPC4 Certification
Effective Testing (QA) Certification Virtual 2015-12-21 Certification through ICAgile
Business Analyst (BA) Certification Virtual 2015-12-17 Certification through ICAgile
Agile Requirements Train Virtual 2015-12-14 14 PDUs, 14 CDUs
Agile for Construction Train Denver 2015-12-10 75 people. Training / Adapting / Coaching
Agile Boot Camp Training Charlotte 2015-12-07 20 people. Training. 21 PDUs
Product Owner Training Train / Coach Norman 2015-12-03 18 people. Started as standard training but client turned into bespoke course aimed at “what's next”. 14 PDUs
Agile Boot Camp Train Bentonville 2015-11-30 17 people. Training. 21 PDUs
Team / organization onsite Coach Boise 2015-11-09 Help get team kick started, work organizational issues
Team / organization onsite Coach Boise 2015-11-02 Help get team kick started, work organizational issues
General Certification Certification Virtual 2015-10-27 Certification through ICAgile
Team Kickoff Train Boise 2015-10-26 11 people. Training / setup
Agile Boot Camp Train / Coach Bentonville 2015-10-20 23 people. Training and coaching. 21 PDUs
Team Kickoff Train Des Moines 2015-10-13 20 people. Training and coaching
Initial review / goals set Assessment Des Moines 2015-10-06 Meet with leadership team to determine goals
Introduction to Scrum Workshop Sioux Falls 2015-09-29 105 people in room. 7 PDUs, 8 CPEs
PO Training Workshop Hartford 2015-09-24 Small group focussed on “big data” application. 14 PDUs
Scrum / Agile Lunch and Learn Workshop Huntsville 2015-09-21 Focussed Agile event
SAFe Program Consultant Attend Cincinnati 2015-09-14 Training with Icon
Agile Introduction Train Virtual 2015-09-10 7 PDUs, 8 CPEs
Agile Testing Workshop Virtual 2015-08-27 Focussed Agile event. A view of testing philosophy / approach
Making Scrum Work (Level 2) Workshop Huntsville 2015-08-25 Huntug users meeting - see materials
Agile Requirements Train Virtual 2015-08-24 14 PDUs, 14 CDUs
Scrum at Scale Webinar Attend Virtual 2015-08-19 My notes
2015 Agile Conference Attend Washington 2015-08-03 My notes
1/2 Day Agile Scrum Refresher Train Huntsville 2015-06-08 Updated materials
2015 Scrum Gathering De-brief Present Worldwide 2015-06-06
Agile Alliance Virtual Conf. Attend Online 2015-05-15
2015 Scrum Gathering Attend Phoenix 2015-05-04 My notes
External Organization Kickoff Train Coach Belo Horizonte 2015-04-27 4 teams, new Agile
Improved Forecasting and Risk Train Worldwide 2015-04-22 Monte Carlo / #noestimates
Confluence 5.7 Upgrade Train Worldwide 2015-04-09
Marketing team(s) Train Atlanta 2015-03-31 Adapt Scrum / Agile
Internal Conference Organize Huntsville 2015-03-18 Peer “Scrum” conference
IT team(s) Train Huntsville 2015-02-02 Adapt Scrum / Agile

 

2014 Completed (and Selected) Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
Lunch and learn Organize Huntsville 2014-12-22 Clean code practices
Development Process Refresh Train Worldwide 2014-11-18 Prepare for ISO audit
Engineer IT Meetings PO Hyderabad 2014-10-15 Meet new team
Agile Testing Workshop Hyderabad 2014-10-14
Scrum Master Workshop Train Coach Hyderabad 2014-10-13
Agile Testing Workshop Columbia 2014-09-23
New team training (3 teams) Train Coach Columbia 2014-09-22
Atlassian Summit Attend San Jose 2014-09-09 JIRA, Confluence, HipChat, Service Desk
Agile 2014 De-brief Present Worldwide 2014-09-03 Also presented at the Conference
Agile 2014 Conference Present Orlando 2014-07-28 See materials
Unit Testing for SM / PO Coach Worldwide 2014-07-24 Results of survey plus practice review
IMPACT Training Train Coach Huntsville 2014-07-07 Agile thinking for new hires
UX Kick-off Train Coach Worldwide 2014-07-01 Scrum for UX as well as team integration
Scrum Team Kickoff Train Coach Switzerland 2014-06-23 Two new teams - software embedded hardware
Aggressive Backlog Triage Coach Worldwide 2014-06-03 See materials
PO Training Train Coach Huntsville 2014-05-13
Product Backlog Refinement Train Coach Worldwide 2014-04-25 Special session for POs
Advanced PO / SM Materials Train Coach Lodz 2014-02-12 Systems thinking, Uber-Scrum, facilitation, etc
Scrum Team Kickoff Train Lodz 2014-02-10 New team
Scrum Team Kickoff Train Norcross 2014-01-08 Adapted for technical writer team

2013 Completed (and Selected) Events

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Event Type Location Date Comments
Advanced PO / SM Materials Train Coach Huntsville 2013-12-13 Systems thinking, Auber-Scrum, facilitation, etc
Advanced PO / SM Materials Train Coach Norcorss 2013-12-10 Systems thinking, Auber-Scrum, facilitation, etc
Scrum Master course Train Coach Huntsville 2013-10-10 How to be a great Scrum Master
Advanced PO / SM Materials Train Coach Hyderabad 2013-09-23 Systems thinking, Auber-Scrum, facilitation, etc
Scrum Team Kickoff Train Coach Scottsdale 2013-07-30 4 new teams
IMPACT Training Train Coach Huntsville 2013-07-11 Agile thinking for new hires
Scrum Team Kickoff Train Huntsville 2013-04-16 Adapted for product support team
Scrum Master course Train Coach Columbia 2013-04-08 How to be a great Scrum Master

 

Prior

And so on, and so on … Back to 2007.