Pretty Agile blog posts about Collaboration

Learning from Re-Squadification

Em Campbell-Pretty - August 17, 2017

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...

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SAFe Applied

Tags: Agile Release Train, Analytics Insights Agile Release Train, Autonomy, Chapters, Collaboration, Culture, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Scaling Agile, Scaling Culture, Self Selection, Spotify, Squadification

Can Agile Actually Work in Big Organisations? Cucumber Podcast

Em Campbell-Pretty - December 01, 2015

As part of my participation in CukeUp Australia last month, the team at Cucumber invited me to join them in recording a podcast about Scaling Agile and how large organisations can make it work. You can tune in to the discussion with Terry Yin, Read more...

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Interviews

Tags: Agile Release Train, Agile Transformation, Collaboration, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework

The ART of Awesome PI Planning

Em Campbell-Pretty - September 24, 2014

“100 people in a planning meeting sounds like a contradiction in terms.” That was not exactly the supportive sentiment I was hoping to get from my parents. It was the weekend before PI Planning, and I was trying to explain to my parents Read more...

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SAFe Applied

Tags: Agile Release Train, Collaboration, Culture, Facilitation, Leadership, PI Planning, RTE, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework

Release Train Engineer - Batman or the Wonder Twins?

Em Campbell-Pretty - May 05, 2014

A couple of months back I wrote about launching my first Agile Release Train and some of our specific challenges with creating the right organisational structure. In particular I pointed out that : “For us the Release Train Engineer (RTE) role as Read more...

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SAFe Roles

Tags: Agile Release Train, Collaboration, EDW Release Train, Leadership Team, Release Train Engineer, RTE, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework

Communication Cadence - The Heartbeat of Scaled Agile

Em Campbell-Pretty - March 25, 2014

In my life as a business sponsor of software development programs, I spent innumerable hours in program meetings - project status meetings, RAID meetings, Steering Committees, Governance meetings, “Come to Jesus meetings”, you name it. When I Read more...

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Tribal Unity

Tags: Agile Release Train, ART Sync, Blogs, Cocktail Hour, Collaboration, Communication, EDW Release Train, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Scaling Agile, Scaling Culture, Scrum of Scrums, Transparency, Tribes, Visualisation

How I Fell in Love With Impact Mapping...

Em Campbell-Pretty - February 25, 2014

12 months ago my team was engaged to provide a very rough estimate for a large new reporting and analytics program. Over the next 5 months we cycled back and forth until eventually the sponsor decided to proceed and nominated a “business Read more...

Category:

SAFe Tips & Tricks

Tags: Agile, Build the Right Thing, Collaboration, Facilitation, Feature Defintion, Impact Mapping, Visualisation

Can You Be SAFe Without PI Planning?

Em Campbell-Pretty - February 12, 2014

The concept of a Program Increment (PI), is generally considered the corner stone of cadence in SAFe. In simple terms, SAFe recommends that a PI consists of between 4 and 6 two-week sprints including a IP sprint (Innovation & Planning.) and each Read more...

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SAFe Applied

Tags: Agile, Agile Release Train, Agile Teams, Collaboration, EDW Release Train, PI Planning, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Scaling Agile

Unity Day - Creating a One Team Culture

Em Campbell-Pretty - January 27, 2014

It recently occurred to me that I have yet to share the history and context of Unity Day, our often referenced iteration kick off event. Given the creation of Unity Day is actually one of the pivotal moments in the history of the EDW Release Read more...

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Tribal Unity

Tags: Agile Release Train, Agile Teams, Collaboration, Culture, EDW Release Train, Fun, High Performance Team, PI Planning, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Scaling Culture, Tribal Unity

My Agile 2013 Experience - Day 4 of 6

Em Campbell-Pretty - August 22, 2013

Wednesday When NOT to Have All the Answers: Stop Giving Advice and Start Asking Questions Judith Mills and Christopher Avery Judith started by telling us about her addiction to giving advice and her realisation: "If I was going to be Read more...

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Conferences

Tags: Agile Coaching, Agile2013, Collaboration, Culture, Empowerment, Enterprise Agility, Flow, Giving Advice, Leadership, Leadership Gift, Responsibility, Trust, Vulnerability

Inspiring Software Engineers to Embrace Facilitation

Em Campbell-Pretty - July 10, 2013

At the beginning of June, I travelled to Boulder, Colorado to attend and speak at RallyON 2013. This was my first time attending RallyON and I wasn't sure what to expect. I diligently downloaded the Spotme app as suggested by the event Read more...

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Tribal Unity

Tags: Agile Release Train, Collaboration, Continuous Leaning Culture, EDW Release Train, Facilitation, Scaling Culture, Self-organising Team, Tribal Unity

The "Bubble Up" Approach to Scaling Retrospectives

Em Campbell-Pretty - June 25, 2013

One of the many initiatives I am really passionate about within our EDW Release Train is the commitment of my extended leadership team to continuous improvement. However, we have had some challenges identifying the right targets to improve! Read more...

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Tribal Unity

Tags: Agile Release Train, Collaboration, Communication, Continuous Improvement, EDW Release Train, Inspect & Adapt, Leadership, Retrospectives, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Scaling Agile

The Power of Haka

Em Campbell-Pretty - May 27, 2013

According to Wikipedia, the Haka “is a traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge... performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment.” When I attended Dean Leffingwell’s Read more...

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Tribal Unity