By reducing the routine, repetitive tasks that create toil for the individual contributor, Gen AI tools enable more ‘time in zone’ for higher-order, critical thinking work.
When:
December 13, 2023, 10:00 am – December 13, 2023, 11:00 am MST
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Consultant, Product Manager, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, SAFe Members, Scrum Master
In this session, we will unravel the potent capabilities of tools to streamline technology product development and elevate creative and strategic focus.
• Generative AI Overview: Dive into generative AI and its positive impact on SAFe roles, offering a competitive edge in the tech development landscape.
• Practical Application Examples: Witness real-world examples of how top-tier generative AI tools replace mundane tasks, ensuring optimal utilization of human effort for pivotal roles.
• Transition to Higher-Order Tasks: Learn strategies to redirect workforce focus from repetitive tasks to critical thinking assignments, catalyzing innovation and strategic growth.
Speakers
Cheryl Crupi
Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Rebecca Davis
Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Building, Operating, and Scaling AI-Enabled Solutions with SAFe
SAFe Enterprises often encounter challenges integrating AI technology into their production solutions. Early adopters of AI have found ways to address the common barriers to building, operating, and scaling AI-enabled products.
When:
November 15, 2023, 10:00 am – November 15, 2023, 11:00 am MST
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Product Manager, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master
This webinar will examine the impacts of AI solution development on people, processes, and technology, as well as the commitments SAFe organizations should be prepared to make for creating desirable, viable, feasible, and sustainable AI solutions.
• Identify the new roles needed in Agile teams and ARTs, and the upskilling needed across all SAFe roles.
• Understand the new processes that must be added to the product development lifecyle to support AI solutions.
• Explore the new classes of tools that form the architectural runway needed to support AI development.
Speakers
Marc Rix
Methodologist & SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Harry Koehnemann
Methodologist & SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Dr. Wiselin Mathuram
SPCT, Chief Transformation Officer at International Business Consultants, LLC
Jeff Shupack
SAFe Fellow, President of Advisory Practice at Project & Team, Inc.
SAFe 6.0 featured new guidance providing a basic introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how enterprises can improve their AI adoption using patterns in the Framework.
When:
November 8, 2023, 10:00 am – November 8, 2023, 11:00 am MST
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master
SAFe 6.0 featured new guidance providing a basic introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how enterprises can improve their AI adoption using patterns in the Framework. With the recent explosion of Chat GPT and Generative AI, new opportunities and challenges have emerged for organizations wanting to embrace this rapidly evolving technology. This webinar will examine the current state of AI and how SAFe is also evolving to provide new guidance for adopting AI safely and effectively.
• Understand how Chat GPT and the explosion of Generative AI has launched a new technological revolution.
• Explore the three new dimensions of AI guidance that will be added to the Framework in the weeks ahead.
• Learn about the insights gained from recent research on AI adoption by SAFe enterprises.
Speakers
Dr. Steven Mayner
VP Framework, Methodologist & SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.
Applying OKRs in SAFe® to Create Clear Goals and Measure Outcomes
Join Amit Kaulagekar and Rohini Sharma, Industry Lead monday.com online session to help you deconstruct the concepts and provide practical application to bring it from concept to execution.
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is a collaborative framework for establishing clear goals and measurable outcomes. When used within SAFe, OKRs can help to support the Core Values of transparency and alignment between the Enterprise and Portfolio strategy and the work of the Agile Release Trains and Agile Teams to deliver on this strategy. Additionally, OKRs can be applied to measure organizational improvement activities, including the desired outcomes for the SAFe transformation. Join Amit Kaulagekar and Rohini Sharma, Industry Lead monday.com online session to help you deconstruct the concepts and provide practical application to bring it from concept to execution.
SK hynix memory solutions (SKHMS) is a subsidiary of the SK Hynix, Inc, which ranks #82 in the Fortune Global 500, and is the 5th largest semiconductor company in the world. Hynix memory is used by Apple, Asus, Google, IBM, Dell, and Hewlett Packard, as well as in products such as DVD players, cellular phones, set-top boxes, personal digital assistants, networking equipment, and hard disk drives.
Being a leading provider of custom system-on-chip (SOC) solutions for the solid state disk (SSD) storage market, SKHMS wanted to maintain their competitive edge via relentless improvement for producing enterprise grade SSDs. They teamed up with Scaled Agile Gold Partner, CPrime, to assess areas of improvement, and to understand the major impediments in their product delivery life-cycle. They gave careful attention to:
How hardware was coordinated with firmware development.
How testing was conducted throughout the current PDLC process.
Departments involved in building and delivering the product.
How often these products were released to the customer and/or to the market.
Source code management and build deployment.
Tooling in place to support the Agile pilot.
The U-Curve optimization (analysis of transaction costs) for delivering work.
They ultimately chose SAFe as the Framework best equipped for agility transformation and to address the complex issues often associated with the firmware development. Kicking off a 1-year pilot program, they started with 5 Scrum teams with 50 people to support their first Agile Release Train (ART), and set their Program Increments (PIs) at 3 months, with a two-week iteration cycle.
Software and Hardware Align Through Program Level, Value Stream
They decoupled the Hardware group from the Firmware ART because their work was not conducive to two week iterations with the Scrum Teams. Instead, the Hardware group worked in a Kanban like fashion with SLAs on their work based on the Backlog prioritization. For example, knowing what features were coming down the pipe, they were able to prioritize their own work and in some cases, put out proto-hardware for testing purposes during the Program Increment. This coordination was possible because representatives from the Hardware group attended critical Program level meetings as stakeholders and because they were part of the Value stream for delivering the product.
Early Results Reveal Tangible Value
The Pilot was off to a solid start and teams were embracing the change, and seeing the tangible value of using SAFe. The overall metrics and feedback indicated:
60% improved transparency
55% defect reduction rate
50% improved service delivery predictability
The 8-page study, provided below, is well worth the read, as it includes helpful detail and insights that include:
Their Preparation Checklist
Program Backlog Prioritization
Business Value
Timing Criticality
Opportunity Enablement/Risk Reduction
Feature Analysis & Architurecture Design
PI Planning
Continuous Integration
A big Thank you! to Johnny Lam, Director at SKHMS, and Dr. Sanjeev Raman Enterprise Agile-Lean Coach from cPrime, for sharing your SAFe experience.
