SAFe® for Architects Enable continuous value flow by aligning technical strategy with business goals, communicating that strategy to development teams, and applying Agile architecture practices. Attendees can improve collaboration and alignment in a SAFe® Lean-Agile enterprise when they become a SAFe® 5 Architect. The SAFe® for Architects course prepares System, Solution, and Enterprise Architects to engage across the organization as effective leaders and change agents who collaboratively deliver architectural solutions. During this course, attendees will explore the roles, responsibilities, and mindset of Agile Architects, and appreciate how to align architecture with business value and drive continuous flow to large systems of systems while supporting SAFe® program execution. What you will Learn To perform the role of a SAFe® Architect, you should be able to: Architect using SAFe® principles Align architecture with business value Develop and communicate architecture vision and intent Plan architectural runway to enable delivery success Architect for continuous delivery and Release on Demand Lead and coach architects and team members during Program Increment (PI) Planning and execution Provide leadership during a Lean-Agile transformation Exemplifying Lean-Agile architecture Architecting for DevOps and Release on Demand Aligning architecture with business value Developing Solution Vision, Solution Intent, and Roadmaps Preparing architecture for Program Increment (PI) Planning Coordinating architecture throughout PI Planning Supporting Continuous Delivery during PI execution Supporting new Strategic Themes and Value Streams Leading as an architect during a Lean-Agile transformation
SAFe® for Architects: In-House Training Enable continuous value flow by aligning technical strategy with business goals, communicating that strategy to development teams, and applying Agile architecture practices. Attendees can improve collaboration and alignment in a SAFe® Lean-Agile enterprise when they become a SAFe® 5 Architect. The SAFe® for Architects course prepares System, Solution, and Enterprise Architects to engage across the organization as effective leaders and change agents who collaboratively deliver architectural solutions. During this course, attendees will explore the roles, responsibilities, and mindset of Agile Architects, and appreciate how to align architecture with business value and drive continuous flow to large systems of systems while supporting SAFe® program execution. What you will Learn To perform the role of a SAFe® Architect, you should be able to: Architect using SAFe® principles Align architecture with business value Develop and communicate architecture vision and intent Plan architectural runway to enable delivery success Architect for continuous delivery and Release on Demand Lead and coach architects and team members during Program Increment (PI) Planning and execution Provide leadership during a Lean-Agile transformation Exemplifying Lean-Agile architecture Architecting for DevOps and Release on Demand Aligning architecture with business value Developing Solution Vision, Solution Intent, and Roadmaps Preparing architecture for Program Increment (PI) Planning Coordinating architecture throughout PI Planning Supporting Continuous Delivery during PI execution Supporting new Strategic Themes and Value Streams Leading as an architect during a Lean-Agile transformation
Overview Intro. Translating Strategy into Goals and Metrics Components of Strategy Understanding the failure of strategies Analysing you and your organisation mission, vision and strengths Introduction into Strategy Implementation Understanding Performance Management System Objectives and Measures The importance of strategy planning
SAFe® for Architects: Virtual In-House Training Enable continuous value flow by aligning technical strategy with business goals, communicating that strategy to development teams, and applying Agile architecture practices. Attendees can improve collaboration and alignment in a SAFe® Lean-Agile enterprise when they become a SAFe® 5 Architect. The SAFe® for Architects course prepares System, Solution, and Enterprise Architects to engage across the organization as effective leaders and change agents who collaboratively deliver architectural solutions. During this course, attendees will explore the roles, responsibilities, and mindset of Agile Architects, and appreciate how to align architecture with business value and drive continuous flow to large systems of systems while supporting SAFe® program execution. What you will Learn To perform the role of a SAFe® Architect, you should be able to: Architect using SAFe® principles Align architecture with business value Develop and communicate architecture vision and intent Plan architectural runway to enable delivery success Architect for continuous delivery and Release on Demand Lead and coach architects and team members during Program Increment (PI) Planning and execution Provide leadership during a Lean-Agile transformation Exemplifying Lean-Agile architecture Architecting for DevOps and Release on Demand Aligning architecture with business value Developing Solution Vision, Solution Intent, and Roadmaps Preparing architecture for Program Increment (PI) Planning Coordinating architecture throughout PI Planning Supporting Continuous Delivery during PI execution Supporting new Strategic Themes and Value Streams Leading as an architect during a Lean-Agile transformation
Certified ScrumMaster® This course is an introduction to Scrum and the principles and tools required to be an effective Scrum Product Owner. You will come away with a good understanding of the Scrum framework and the underlying principles required to make effective decisions regarding the application of the Scrum framework to different situations. Participants successfully completing this course earn a Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) designation. The Scrum Alliance certification includes a one-year membership with Scrum Alliance. What You Will Learn You'll learn how to: Use the principles, practices, and tools required to be an effective Scrum Product Owner Make effective decisions regarding the application of the Scrum framework to different situations, including: Setting product vision and goals Chartering the project Writing user stories and structuring your product backlog Scaling the Product Owner Estimating for forward planning Applying prioritization techniques Planning and tracking release progress Getting Started Introduction Course structure Course goals and objectives Agile Principles and Scrum Overview Process control models Incremental and iterative development Shifting the focus on product management Overview of the Scrum process Agile principles Lean principles Scrum Roles and Responsibilities Scrum roles Cross-functional teams Product Owner Responsibilities The Scrum Project Community What happens to my traditional role in Scrum? Chartering the Project Establishing a shared vision Elevator Statement Data sheets Product Vision Box Magazine Review / Press Release Product Backlog and User Stories Product uncertainty and progressive refinement User role modeling User Stories Product backlog characteristics Getting backlog items ready Slicing User Stories Using the product backlog to manage expectations Sprints Done and Scaling Done The Scrum process in detail Sustainable pace The Product Owner's role in each of the Scrum meetings Scaling the Product Owner Scaling Scrum Approaches to scaling the Product Owner Estimation for Forward Planning Why comparative estimation works Planning Poker Affinity Estimation Prioritization Techniques Additional Product Backlog Prioritization Techniques Kano Analysis Theme Screening Release Planning and Tracking Progress Velocity Release Planning Tracking release progress
Certified ScrumMaster®: In-House Training This course is an introduction to Scrum and the principles and tools required to be an effective Scrum Product Owner. You will come away with a good understanding of the Scrum framework and the underlying principles required to make effective decisions regarding the application of the Scrum framework to different situations. Participants successfully completing this course earn a Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) designation. The Scrum Alliance certification includes a one-year membership with Scrum Alliance. What You Will Learn You'll learn how to: Use the principles, practices, and tools required to be an effective Scrum Product Owner Make effective decisions regarding the application of the Scrum framework to different situations, including: Setting product vision and goals Chartering the project Writing user stories and structuring your product backlog Scaling the Product Owner Estimating for forward planning Applying prioritization techniques Planning and tracking release progress Getting Started Introduction Course structure Course goals and objectives Agile Principles and Scrum Overview Process control models Incremental and iterative development Shifting the focus on product management Overview of the Scrum process Agile principles Lean principles Scrum Roles and Responsibilities Scrum roles Cross-functional teams Product Owner Responsibilities The Scrum Project Community What happens to my traditional role in Scrum? Chartering the Project Establishing a shared vision Elevator Statement Data sheets Product Vision Box Magazine Review / Press Release Product Backlog and User Stories Product uncertainty and progressive refinement User role modeling User Stories Product backlog characteristics Getting backlog items ready Slicing User Stories Using the product backlog to manage expectations Sprints Done and Scaling Done The Scrum process in detail Sustainable pace The Product Owner's role in each of the Scrum meetings Scaling the Product Owner Scaling Scrum Approaches to scaling the Product Owner Estimation for Forward Planning Why comparative estimation works Planning Poker Affinity Estimation Prioritization Techniques Additional Product Backlog Prioritization Techniques Kano Analysis Theme Screening Release Planning and Tracking Progress Velocity Release Planning Tracking release progress
To facilitate a group, family, team or organisation in thinking together around a given challenge or issue here is an opportunity to experience for real the person centred, futures planning tool – MAP (Pearpoint, Forest et. al. 1989). This is a process not a training day. Let us facilitate your planning and refocus your story whilst strengthening you and your group. This tool uses both process and graphic facilitation to help any group develop a shared vision and then to make a start on working out what they will need to do together to move towards that vision. MAPS are great for threshold moments. Is your team stuck? Want to move on, haunted by the past cannot get any useful dialogue about the future? Facing a challenging transition into a new school or setting? Leaving school? Bored with annual reviews, transition plans and review meetings? Want to find a way of making meetings and planning feel more real and engaging? Need an approach, which engages a young person respectfully together with his or her family and friends? Want the ultimate visual record of the process of a meeting, which will help everyone, keep track? Want to problem solve and plan for the future of a small or large group, service or organisation up to the size of an LEA Learning Objectives To create a shared vision To talk through the story so far and reflect upon it To name the worse nightmares that will block progress To strengthen the group by focussing on gifts and capacity To detail needs To specify an Action Plan To create a visual graphic record of the whole event Course Content The MAP process has 6 Steps: The story so far. The group is required to think back over the years to describe their collective experience of changes and events over time within their settings. Stories and events are recorded on the graphic. Building Shared Dreams. The group thinks together about what they would love to see happening for children, families and practitioners in their settings if they could have it all. If there were no constraints on time, money, resources, people or anything else what do they see happening in their imaginations? The various ideas that the group comes up with are then recorded in key words, images and colours on the MAP graphic. The purpose of this Step is to give the group a sense of direction, their North Star, an image of the place they want to work towards. Nightmare. In this Step, the group imagines the worst scenarios. What is the opposite of their dreams? How bad could it get? This is a shorter but powerful process that can give some groups more energy than dreaming together. Gifts and Capacity. In this Step the group is asked to take explicit stock of their capacities and what they already have going for them as they begin working towards the vision. This is a strong reminder for any group of the wealth of knowledge and experience that is already and always in the room. Needs. In this Step the group is invited to begin to name some of the needs they will have if they are to move forward to wards the dream and away from the nightmare. Actions. This is the final Step in the MAP and calls for individuals within the group to name a range of very specific actions (however small) that they will take within a definite time scale. This is not a time for declaring good intentions or suggesting good ideas for someone else to do. The purpose of this Step is to end the MAP process with a range of clearly understood actions that carry this planning process forward into the real world.