"SAFe Planning in Action" with Aaron McKenna

Synopsis

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has a special event that is held for every Program Increment (5 sprints-ish). This is a large scale, collaborative event including everyone from the Agile Release Train (50 people plus). This workshop will be a highly interactive event where all participants will be involved in one of many teams collaborating together to plan a single Program Increment for a single product.

The schedule will roughly contain:

Overview of SAFe Program Increment Planning

(Fictional) Business Context

Product / Solution Vision

Architecture Vision And Development Practices

Planning Session 1

Draft Plan Review

Planning Session 2

Final Plan Review

Risk ROAMing

Confidence Vote

Retrospective

This will be a fast-paced, high octane session with a lot of fun!

About Aaron

Aaron is the Commercial Director of McKenna Consultants, along with being a Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) Program Consultant, Certified ScrumMaster, Advanced ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Professional and Agile Coach. In 2014, Aaron was nominated on the shortlist to receive an award for "Best Agile Coach or Mentor – Process" at the 2014 UK Agile Awards.