Scaling Agile and SAFe in organizations – An interview with Burkhard Schmidt

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For his latest book, We Run on Agile, Martin Seibert had the opportunity to sit down and chat with SAFe and Agile experts to gain insight into what it takes to succeed in this realm. This time, Martin talks with Burkhard Schmidt, a coach for the introduction of scaled agile methods (SPC), SAFe-Lean portfolio manager, Lean-Agile trainer and founder of bschmidt.com consulting GmbH.

SAFe Implementation Roadmap Part 7: Coach Agile Release Train (ART) execution

SAFe Implementation Roadmap Part 1

In part 6 of this series, you learned how to train your teams to lead up to your first ART launch. But just because SAFe Program Consultants (SPCs) have trained the teams does not mean they are completely agile yet. The agile teams need practice to truly hone their skills, and the SPCs need to be available to harness those skills. For these reasons, the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) should make a concentrated effort to coach agile execution. But what does that actually look like?

SAFe Implementation Roadmap Part 3: Identify Value Streams and Agile Release Trains

SAFe Implementation Roadmap

In part 3 of our SAFe Implementation Roadmap series, we’re talking all about identifying Value Streams and ARTs. Value streams are the primary constructs for understanding, organizing, and delivering value in SAFe. ARTs contain all the people and items necessary to enhance the flow of value. Understanding how they both work at this stage of the process is essential to any SAFe implementation.