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Adventures in Scaling Agile

Understanding Cost in a SAFe World
Em Campbell-Pretty - June 30, 2019
Understanding Cost in a SAFe World
In a textbook SAFe implementation, Lean Portfolio Management allocates a budget to each Value Stream and, consequently, to each Agile Release Train (ART). The ART’s Product Manager works with the ART’s stakeholders to prioritise the work that Read more... about Understanding Cost in a SAFe World
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Tags: Agile Budgeting, Agile Metrics, Agile Release Train, Estimation, SAFe
Weighted Velocity: An Approach to Addressing the Impact of Planned and Unplanned Leave on Yesterday’s Weather
Em Campbell-Pretty - January 31, 2019
Weighted Velocity: An Approach to Addressing the Impact of Planned and Unplanned Leave on Yesterday’s Weather
Over the past few years, much has been written and tweeted about the evils of agile estimation (#noestimates). There has also been much consternation amongst agilists with respect to SAFe's approach to creating a shared basis for story point Read more... about Weighted Velocity: An Approach to Addressing the Impact of Planned and Unplanned Leave on Yesterday’s Weather
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Tags: Agile Metrics, Agile Release Train, Agile Teams, SAFe, Velocity
Podcast: Why Agile Transformations Fail
Em Campbell-Pretty - August 31, 2018
Podcast: Why Agile Transformations Fail
At the inaugural SAFe Regional Summit in Frankfurt, I was luck enough to chat with Gez Smith about Why Agile Transformations Fail (and what you can do to prevent it...) We discuss whether lean is Japanese, the role of discipline in an agile Read more... about Podcast: Why Agile Transformations Fail
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Tags: Agile, Agile Transformation, Japan, Lean, SAFe, Scaling Agile, Toyota
Agile Amped at the SAFe Summit: Tribal Unity & Scaling Human Relationships
Em Campbell-Pretty - October 11, 2017
Agile Amped at the SAFe Summit: Tribal Unity & Scaling Human Relationships
At thie 2017 SAFe Summit in San Antonio, Texas I caught up with SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse. You can check out our Agile Amped podcast here:
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Tags: ART Launch, Book Club, One Team Culture, Podcast, Safe Summit, Scaled Agile Framework, Tags: Scaling Culture, Tribal Unity
Live from Agile2017
Em Campbell-Pretty - September 04, 2017
Live from Agile2017
At Agile 2017 I  led a session at Agile called “The ART of avoiding a Train Wreck”, which offered guidance on how to better plan Agile Release Trains in Scaled Agile Framework. After which I had an opportunity to chat with Dave Prior about the Read more... about Live from Agile2017
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Tags: Agile 2017, Agile Release Train, Kanban, SAFe, Tribal Unity
SAFe from the Trenches @ Agile Australia
Em Campbell-Pretty - August 31, 2017
SAFe from the Trenches @ Agile Australia
In June, Pretty Agile partnered with Scaled Agile Inc. to sponsor the 9th Agile Australia conference. Included in this sponsorship arrangement was an opportunity to deliver a product demonstration to conference attendees. Given Scaled Agile Inc. Read more... about SAFe from the Trenches @ Agile Australia
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Tags: Agile Australia, Agile Release Train, Agile Transformation, ART Launch, Continuous Improvement, Culture, DevOps, QuickStart, SAFe, SAFe in Government, Scaled Agile Framework, Self Selection
Highlights from Agile2017: Gender, diversity—and lessons from the agilists
Em Campbell-Pretty - August 24, 2017
Highlights from Agile2017: Gender, diversity—and lessons from the agilists
This article was originally published on TechBeacon in August 2017. The themes of the Agile Alliance's Agile2017 conference earlier this month can be summarized as gender, diversity, and the impact of cognitive biases and how to overcome them. The Read more... about Highlights from Agile2017: Gender, diversity—and lessons from the agilists
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Tags: Agile, Agile2017, Diversity, Leadership, Learning, Spotify, Women in Agile
Learning from Re-Squadification
Em Campbell-Pretty - August 17, 2017
Learning from Re-Squadification
One of the things I love about the A&I Agile Release Train is their drive to learn. Following the Re-Squadification day, the train held a focused retrospective in order to understand what had gone wrong and how they could avoid a reoccurrence of Read more... about Learning from Re-Squadification
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Tags: Agile Release Train, Analytics Insights Agile Release Train, Autonomy, Chapters, Collaboration, Culture, Scaled Agile Framework, Tags: Scaling Culture, Self Selection, Spotify, Squadification
Re-squadification
Em Campbell-Pretty - August 03, 2017
Re-squadification
Three PIs after the 6-Day Quick-Start it was time to “re-squadify”. We had promised the teams during the initial self-selection event that they were not making life long commitments and that they would again have the opportunity to self-select in Read more... about Re-squadification
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Tags: Agile, Agile Release Train, Analytics Insights Agile Release Train, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Self Selection, Squadification
12 Lean Habits of the 21st-Century Technology Leader
Em Campbell-Pretty - April 21, 2017
12 Lean Habits of the 21st-Century Technology Leader
Lean is the term the Western world has come to use for the Toyota Production System (TPS).1 Created by Taiichi Ohno, TPS aims to reduce the time between a customer order and payment for the delivery of a vehicle by “reducing the non-value Read more... about 12 Lean Habits of the 21st-Century Technology Leader
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Tags: Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Leading Change, Lean, Learning, Middle Management, One Team Culture, Respect for People, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Visualisation
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