Please don’t come to my Implementing SAFe workshop
The wrong reasons people sign up for SAFe SPC certification, and what you should actually expect to get out of an Implementing SAFe workshop.
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Making sense of agility, scaling, OKRs, product operating models, and leadership: written from 15+ years in the field.
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User Stories don’t belong in the Marketing Backlog
User stories are a poor fit for marketing backlogs. What marketing work items should look like, and how to build a backlog that actually delivers.
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Improving SAFe thru Professional Scrum
SAFe implementations often under-develop team-level Scrum discipline. How Professional Scrum training and coaching strengthens the foundation SAFe sits on.
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Kanban ·
Adding Flow Metrics to Your SAFe Implementation
SAFe implementations often focus on ceremonies and roles while ignoring the underlying flow. Adding Kanban-style flow metrics makes the system evidence-based.
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Forecasting in SAFe Without Story Point Theater
Forecast in SAFe with smaller slices, throughput, and cycle time instead of story-point-heavy PI planning. A lighter way to size features and plan.
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Agility ·
Planned vs Actual vs Actual Actual Business Value
Planned, Actual, and 'Actual Actual' Business Value in SAFe PI Objectives: why the gap between them signals broken goal-setting, and what to do about it.
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