Current state of play and view of materials
Dean Leffingwell
“Distributed multinational development is what we do” - Alex did remote, Dean local.
See ourselves as a learning company As of today lean and agile are the best we know Build a really great IP stack
We rank higher because it works Agile teams are more fun More fun to be on high performing team
Agile to larger enterprise but without killing it
SAFe is work in progress, not done
Significant number of agile teams that require coordination through synchronized and cadence
Framework is unique as it has a UI - it's the big picture Made it approachable Need to have a noun - you want to buy a noun - Scaled Agile
Expand to help build of cyber-physical systems Not just IT
What is lean approach to cyber-physical systems? System of systems as well And it's part of the portfolio (it's our system)
Need to talk about a system of systems - value stream
“You cannot be smarter than your customer” – Alex Yakma “You cannot ever have diversity of opinion with yourself” – Dean Leffingwell
Old courses didn't have notion of “flow” which is critical
Use of “live polls”
Safe introduction white paper
Live lessons. Leading SAFe 4.0
Read about HR as well with SAFe
Book “The Rollout” by Alex Yakma
Tried a lot of different models in their executive team. Started scrum, then kanban, then walked toward it a lightweight scrum
Expecting a public SAFe for teams as well.
Expecting RTE course is soon.
Friendliest but toughest program manager And the best architect - could understand the system
Seeing more hardware Designing for integration points
Seeing more recognition - more than one transformation Spct and fellow program - thinkers
Planning event - let the people who know how to build it plan the work
Safe implementation roadmap - something for Exxon? Includes toolkits
Book jez humble / gene Kim new book