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Steve Mayner at the 2016 SAFe Summit discussing an Agile Transformation in the Federal Government, Third Time’s the Charm

AGILE MOMENT: Framing a User Story, a Visualization.

What does it mean to frame a user story? This often can be a difficult process to explain. Try to use this technique when you are teaching planning poker and writing user stories. As we work through the process of doing planning poker to create amazing estimates (based on: knowledge, uncertainty, volume, and complexity) weContinue reading “AGILE MOMENT: Framing a User Story, a Visualization.”

Booked! Leading SAFe

I am teaching Leading SAFe with my co-instructor Jose (Joe) LaTorre USMC (Ret.) this Friday! The kit is prepared! We have some prep work to do still but I am SUPER EXCITED about teaching the course! Thanks to the Scaled Agile, Inc. folks for the support and to my gracious and eager to learn clientsContinue reading “Booked! Leading SAFe”

SAFe Update – an awesome new essentials window

There was an update on the SAFe on June 23, 2016 where the good folks at Scaled Agile released a simplified version of the SAFe Big Picture. This new tool will make it easier to introduce the Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise to folks whom are not familiar with it.

Committing to Sprint Goals

Is your Scrum team developing a solid set of goals for each sprint? If you are doing so how well is the team meeting the commitment?

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Learning Journey

I am really thrilled to learn more about the Scaled Agile Framework after going through the SPC course and certification process. A big thank you to Eric Willeke as he is an amazing instructor and has clearly mastered the material. I am not a fan of certifications as a KPI for job applicants. Only asContinue reading “The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Learning Journey”