The client is on a journey to implement the full SAFe® methodology in order to realise the full benefit of Agile delivery in a complex environment and programme.  Requirement was for a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC6)

Provide and experienced SAFe® Change Agent to coach and advise on implementation of SAFe® across a large £1.1Bn programme.

I have been qualified as a Change Agent – SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC).  For this client, I etablished a Lean Agile Centre of Excellence (LACE) as an Agile team with full a backlog and Kanban.  I trained and coached Leaders, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Architects and Teams on SAFe® .  Facilitated and introduced ALM tooling (Digital.ai AGILITY) to provide MI.

Over two years, I led the SAFe® transition for the client using the Implementation Roadmap as the LACE Lead alongside four other SPCs.  I reported to the Programme Executive on implementation progress and training at each monthly Portfolio Sync and quarterly Strategic Portfolio Review event.

I coached business units as Agile teams to work either Kanban or Scrum so that they have transparency and consistency.

The Programme Portfolio Office Lead reports that they have focus and objectives they never had and “output has improved massively”.  Additional benefits were that the LACE and the PMO were able be an exemplar to the rest of the business by showing a clear way forward and demonstrating the effectiveness of Agile ways of working.

• Agile coaching
• Agile implementation coaching and mentoring
• agile transformation
• Business Change Management & Communication
• Benefits Management
• change management
• Continuous Improvement

• Aerospace and Defence