As organizations start to modernize and manage work by product, traditional roles are changing. PMO roles—such as Program and Project Managers—are expanding and evolving due to the reorientation of organizations toward value-based outcomes. So what does the shift from the PMO to the VMO (Value Management Office) really look like?
When:
September 27, 2022, 11:00 am – September 27, 2022, 12:00 pm
Agile Rising’s team of SPCTs, including Chris Ruch, Marshall Guillory, and Andrew Keener, will discuss the organizational structure of a VMO, the key role the VMO plays in driving the transformation across both technology and business, and how an effective VMO can accelerate your transformation by:
Identifying where work is flowing across your product value streams
Establishing the cadence of events to lead the delivery of value
Generating flow metrics to measure value delivery correlated to business results
Creating a successful VMO implementation roadmap
Join us for this interactive session, where you will have the opportunity to explore your experiences and challenges in small group discussions with your peers and an experienced SPCT.
Speakers
Marshall Guillory
Vice President, Government Practice, SPCT (Agile Rising)
Marshall has over twenty-five years of business experience in software development, information technology, product management, and Government fields and sectors. He has spent the past 10+ years focused on leading digital and organizational transformations. Marshall most recently completed successful implementations of the SAFe and Lean-Agile practices, enterprise organizational change for the FAA, Emerson, the Dept. of Veteran Affairs (VA); and is currently the lead enterprise agility coach for an ongoing implementation at the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA).
Andrew Keener
Director, Training Solutions, SPCT (Agile Rising)
Andrew Keener applies expert knowledge, industry experience, and relentless energy to solving a company’s issues. As a SAFe SPCT, Andrew specializes in working with companies as they launch their Lean Enterprise transformation utilizing the Scaled Agile Framework. As the Director of Training Solutions at Agile Rising, Andrew works with leaders and managers to facilitate Value Stream workshops, identify Agile Release Trains, and launch them—combining teaching, coaching, and consulting to spread best practices in Lean Portfolio Management, Scrum, and Kanban development, and DevOps Continuous Delivery. With more than a dozen years of experience in technology management and the successful launch of seven Agile Release Trains, Andrew has the ability to work effectively with leaders and teams, listen to their ideas, and help them implement the changes necessary for successful lean-agile transformation. Andrew has worked as an implementation partner with large enterprises, including Allstate Insurance, United Airlines, and Emerson Process Automation.
Chris Ruch
CEO (Agile Rising)
Chris Ruch, SPCT has more than two decades of experience as a leader and executive in software development, Agile Product Management, and Lean Portfolio Management. He leads Agile Rising’s our team of Enterprise Transformation Coaches and specializes in large, complex transformation strategy, lean portfolio management, and SAFe across the enterprise. Chris is a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) with many years of experience overseeing agile transformations across a broad range of industries, including finance, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and government. He is based in Agile Rising’s headquarters office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Join us at the interactive fireside chat with Phil Alfano (Apptio), Francisco Loras (Wi-Tronix), and Joe Vergara (Agile Rising) and learn how you can become the catalyst in your organization.
When:
September 15, 2022, 11:00 am – September 15, 2022, 12:00 pm
Leading organizations in the digital age are expanding agile operating models from a team to a corporate level. And agile leaders play a critical role in the transformation. They understand the company’s vision – the north star – and the chasm between the current state and the vision. In essence, agile leaders must be the catalyst to drive change management within the organization. Agile leaders need to recruit champions that can translate the value of agile to the company’s vision to their colleagues and, most importantly, business leaders.
This session will cover:
How to design a structure for the organization to expand agile to the enterprise level
Getting the right stakeholders in to align on the company’s vision – from strategy to execution
Finding the right champions that will become the backbone of the transformation
Speakers
Phil Alfano
Field CTO (Apptio)
As Field CTO, I act as the bridge between Apptio’s solution factory and our field organizations. Reporting to the Chief Revenue Officer, I liaise between Product Marketing, Product Management, Presales, and Customer Success to ensure that what we demonstrate matches what Apptio delivers. My professional purview includes partner business development, competitive surveillance, and go-to-market messaging.
Francisco Loras
RTE & Agile Coach (Wi-Tronix, LLC)
Add a short Technology enthusiast studied Industrial Engineering in Spain and obtained a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering in Chicago. Started working for Wi-Tronix LLC as a hardware intern and grew into a Release Train Engineer role as part of a Digital Transformation at Wi-Tronix.-3 sentence bio here.
Joe Vergara is a Sr. Agile Transformation Consultant and SPCT Candidate with more than ten years of experience helping organizations improve their operations and achieve their strategic objectives using Lean and Agile approaches. Having served as a consultant and coach to multiple Department of Defense (DoD) and Fortune 500 organizations, as well as several small public and private companies, Joe brings a wealth of experience and expertise across various industries. Joe has helped multiple organizations across various industries realize their objectives by empowering people, evolving processes, and enhancing technology solutions. As part of this, Joe commits to the personal and professional growth of others by meeting individuals where they are and helping to generate opportunities for learning and growth.
Scaled Agile & Volvo Cars: Tomorrow’s Automotive Industry
Radical change is happening in the automotive industry. The sector leaders and suppliers need a faster, more cohesive, and more efficient way to build and deliver products.
When:
September 28, 2022, 4:00 pm – September 28, 2022, 5:00 pm
Where:
Zoom
Who:
Agile Coach, Director, Product Owner, Program or Project Manager
Volvo Cars is our first guest for a webinar series that brings leaders who think about business challenges differently with fresh perspectives while building tomorrow’s automotive industry.
Speakers
Harry Koehnemann
SAFe® Fellow and Principle Contributor (Scaled Agile Inc.)
Harry Koehnemann is a SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant at Scaled Agile Inc., where he helps organizations build and deliver solutions faster, more predictably, and with high quality. He has spent the past two decades consulting with aerospace, defense, automotive, and other organizations to adopt better engineering practices, including Lean, Agile, MBSE, requirements management, quality management, and the related activities necessary to support compliance. Harry is a regular presenter on Lean-Agile topics and engineering practices at Agile, Systems Engineering, and government conferences.
Maria Hansson
Director Continuous Improvement and Change (Volvo Cars)
Maria Hansson is a senior Change Leader targeting product development within Volvo Cars. Her main focus is directed to drive transformation in collaboration with the organization. She holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and have held a number of managerial positions within the organization over 25 years, mainly within system engineering environmental technology and powertrain controls
