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Highlights from Agile2017

Em Campbell-Pretty - August 24, 2017

Check on my musings on Agile2017 on TechBeacon - Women in Agile, "The Spotify Model" and more!

Highlights from Agile2017: Gender, diversity—and lessons from the agilists

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Conferences

Tags: Agile, Agile2017, Diversity, Leadership, Learning, Spotify, Women in Agile

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

The 6-Day SAFe Quick-Start with Self-Selecting Teams

Em Campbell-Pretty - November 29, 2016

Updated 6 February 2024 to reflect SAFe 6.0 terminologyFor those not familiar with the SAFe, “Quick-Start" (also known as the one-week launch) is a proven pattern for launching an Agile Release Train. A textbook Quick-Start goes something like Read more...

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SAFe Applied

Tags: Agile Data Warehousing, Agile Transformation, Analytics Insights Agile Release Train, ART Launch, QuickStart, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Scaling Agile, Self Selection, Spotify, Squadification, Squads, Team Building, Tribal Unity

Good PI Planning is the Enemy of Great PI Planning

Em Campbell-Pretty - December 17, 2015

When I first met Dean Leffingwell (the creator of SAFe), I had already launched the EDW Release Train - without doing PI Planning. I was attending one of the early SPC classes in Boulder, CO. It was day 3 before I built up the courage to ask Read more...

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SAFe Applied

Tags: Agile Release Train, Agile Transformation, PI Planning, SAFe, Scaled Agile Framework, Scaling Agile, Spotify

Spotifying SAFe with Guilds, Chapters and Squads

Em Campbell-Pretty - July 14, 2015

Last month’s Agile Australia conference played host to both Dean Leffingwell, the creator of the Scaled Agile Framework and Anders Ivarsson, Spotify Agile Coach and co-author of the Scaling Agile @ Spotify paper. Those who were able to drag Read more...

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SAFe Tips & Tricks