Join our expert-led webinar on January 22nd at 10:00 AM MST to discover the top four strategies for achieving career success and accelerating your growth.
A closer look at a successful transformation journey
“Ultimately it’s not about the SAFe framework. It’s about people. It’s about engagement. It’s about satisfying our customer that is ultimately what matters.”
— Hao Li, iSPCT, Allianz
Industry:
Insurance, Financial Services
Quick Facts:
With 159,000 employees worldwide, the Allianz Group serves more than 122 million customers (private and corporate) in 30+ countries
The BMP is organized around value streams in four business areas, with more than 95+ assets in its portfolio targeting over 66% of Allianz Group Property and Casualty Gross Written Premium
Key Takeaways:
Implementing SAFe allowed Allianz BMP to build trust, address five problem areas and find answers to:
Make data quality and measurement practices more consistent and transparent
Increase team delivery and predictability by addressing excessive work in progress
Improve alignment and address conflicting priorities across product segments, markets, operating entities, and stakeholder needs
Improve ownership and engagement to ensure clear connectivity between objectives and individual efforts
Decrease resistance to change with better change management structure
Overview
The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers. Allianz is the world’s #1 insurance brand, ranking among the top 30 global brands according to Interbrand 20241.
Within Allianz, the Business Master Platform (BMP) represents one of the largest transformation programs in the company’s history. The BMP aims to simplify and scale products and processes across the property and casualty business units. The platform involves multi-year transformation initiatives that bring business and IT together to harmonize products and processes across 30 countries.
“Having data and tools in place of course requires that people are able to use them, use them in the right way effectively… Data is the driver of transparency. And transparency is fostering alignment, and alignment at the end of the day stimulates the clarity, and trust is built through clarity”
— Lucia Krajcovic, Head of Business Master Platform (BMP) Management, Allianz SE
Attend this Agile Meetup in Munich (Garching) to engage with SAFe® specialists and Business Agility Coaches. Dive into discussions on agile working, SAFe in practice, and Lean Portfolio Management.
Speakers
Michael Stump
Business Agility Accelerator, SAFe Fellow & Scaled Agile Practice Consultant Trainer (SPCT) – JLS
Fabiola Eyholzer
CEO & Co-Founder & SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) – JLS
Samia El Kertoubi,
Learning & Growth Advisor, SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) – JLS
Tobias Alexander Schönhaar
Digital Transformation Director EMEA & SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) – Fast Lane
Join us for our next Community Welcome Webinar, exclusively for new members. We’ll review what you need to know in order to succeed as a newly certified SAFe professional.
When:
December 4, 2024, 10:00 am – December 4, 2024, 11:00 am MST
The Power of 1%: How Small Improvements Drive Big Business Outcomes Webinar
Join us for this insightful webinar to explore the power of a 1% improvement and how these incremental gains can significantly enhance your business performance over time.
When:
October 22, 2024, 11:00 am – October 22, 2024, 11:30 am MST
Whether you’re looking to increase efficiency, improve customer satisfaction, or boost revenue, small changes can compound into major shifts in outcomes.
In this session, we’ll cover:
How the principle of marginal gains can be applied to business – Real-life examples of businesses that saw significant results with small changes
Strategies to identify and implement 1% improvements in key areas
Tools and techniques for measuring and tracking these improvements Discover how focusing on just a 1% improvement today can transform your business tomorrow!
Who Should Attend?: This webinar is ideal for business leaders, managers, and anyone responsible for driving growth and efficiency within their organization.
* Actionable guidance that bridges Agile theory and practice
* Flexible pathways for continuous learning
* Responsible integration of AI in Agile environments
Discover how the latest innovations from Scaled Agile drive business agility, improve team performance, and foster enterprise resilience.
Speakers
Andrew Sales
Chief Methodologist
As Chief Methodologist, Andrew is passionate about helping SAFe enterprises identify better ways of working by applying Lean, Agile, and DevOps at scale. In addition, he fulfills the role of Framework product manager, ensuring that Scaled Agile, Inc. has a clear vision, roadmap, and set of priorities for how SAFe will meet the needs of our customers.
Daniel Quick
Chief Customer Learning Officer
For over 20 years, Daniel has been on the front lines of educating customers, building results-driven customer learning programs at leading software brands, including Optimizely, Culture Amp, and Asana. Prior to joining Scaled Agile, he was SVP of Content Strategy at Thought Industries, one of the world’s fastest growing learning technology companies.
* Actionable guidance that bridges Agile theory and practice
* Flexible pathways for continuous learning
* Responsible integration of AI in Agile environments
Discover how the latest innovations from Scaled Agile drive business agility, improve team performance, and foster enterprise resilience.
Speakers
Andrew Sales
Chief Methodologist
As Chief Methodologist, Andrew is passionate about helping SAFe enterprises identify better ways of working by applying Lean, Agile, and DevOps at scale. In addition, he fulfills the role of Framework product manager, ensuring that Scaled Agile, Inc. has a clear vision, roadmap, and set of priorities for how SAFe will meet the needs of our customers.
Daniel Quick
Chief Customer Learning Officer
For over 20 years, Daniel has been on the front lines of educating customers, building results-driven customer learning programs at leading software brands, including Optimizely, Culture Amp, and Asana. Prior to joining Scaled Agile, he was SVP of Content Strategy at Thought Industries, one of the world’s fastest growing learning technology companies.
This one-day event intends to bring practitioners of agile together with those who are interested in seeing how to look different at hardware engineering. Explore this field with inspiring talks, workshops and interactive sessions.
Ethics-Driven AI: How Scaled Agile’s Approach Balances AI’s Advantages with Social Responsibility
Join us for an insightful webinar on “Ethics Meets Agility: Scaled Agile’s Approach to Achieving Responsible AI” where we will delve into the essential principles and best practices for developing and deploying AI responsibly.
When:
August 6, 2024, 9:00 am – August 6, 2024, 10:00 am MST
Where:
Online via Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Business Analyst, Director, Program or Project Manager, SAFe Program Consultant
This session will address the dual challenges of Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) and Fear of Messing Up (FOMU), offering strategies to harness AI’s potential while mitigating risks. A significant focus will be on how the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) can help organizations achieve these goals and realize the benefits of AI in a responsible manner. By leveraging the same patterns, roles, and practices that enable business agility, SAFe provides a structured approach to integrate responsible AI practices into your enterprise transformation efforts.
Speakers
Dr. Steve Mayner
Scaled Agile
Dr. Stephen Mayner is passionate about coaching businesses on digital age leadership, organizational change, strategy, continuous learning culture, artificial intelligence, Agile contracts, and SAFe® practice in government. His 35-year career in business includes roles as vice president in multiple Fortune 500 companies and chief technology officer for a health IT startup.
Doug is an energetic and relentless Agile Transformation Coach passionate about helping organizations navigate their journey to agility. He has over 20 years of multidisciplinary consulting service experience, with the last decade aimed at driving the adoption of Agile values, principles, and practices to help people go beyond DOING Agile to BEING Agile.
Real options promote flexibility in decision-making and enable organizations to pivot, change course, or seize new opportunities as circumstances evolve.
When:
May 21, 2024, 12:00 pm – May 21, 2024, 1:00 pm MST
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Consultant, Director, LACE Member, Program or Project Manager, SAFe Program Consultant, Transformation Leader
