Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Is an Agile Transformation Coach any different than being an Agile Coach? When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. If that’s your definition of an Agile Transformation Coach, you’d be right—but only partially.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

What is SAFe agile. Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile.

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Leading Agile

MAY 16, 2023

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? Video Transcript Agile is a way of enabling work cells in that factory. But what is the factory?

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Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

We facilitated a roundtable discussion of our customers at the 2019 Planview Horizons Customer Conference where enterprise agility in financial services organizations was discussed. Since financial services institutions typically work within well-established practices to mitigate risks, new ways of working aren’t always immediately accepted.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Agile delivery does not mandate the use of software tools, but when scaling agile within large organizations with greater numbers of stakeholders, geographic distribution of pods, compliance requirements and similar enterprise challenges, tooling can improve efficiency and effectiveness. Interoperability. Usability.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Many enterprises struggle with these challenges, but there's a strategic way to turn things around. A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. You're not alone. Don't let your projects be another measurement of failure.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

If you could magically create a new world where large organizations had overcome the barriers to Business Agility and Agile came naturally, what would have to be true about that world, the organizations, and the people working there? And how would we know that this new Agile world was any good?

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Large organizations face challenges to respond to change with speed and relative ease. Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework.

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Agilemania

MARCH 16, 2023

Copyrights: © Scaled Agile, Inc. offers the newest and most effective Lean-Agile practices, enabling forward-thinking enterprises to navigate today’s rapidly changing challenges and opportunities. The power of the Agile Team has never been more critical in achieving this. Why SAFe® 6.0? The SAFe ®6.0

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Incorporating models, methods, and artifacts can transform your approach, thus promoting agility, informed decision-making , and effectiveness. These strategies enhance team dynamics and facilitate time and budget management as the project progresses, whether for leading small teams or managing large-scale projects. By: Meredith G.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 9, 2023

Everyone wants to focus on practices first. We can get trainers to come it, we can get coaches to come in, we can teach practices. Maybe it works sometimes, but in most large companies practices first is never the right way to go. We are orthogonal to the practices and cultures that you’re trying to get to.

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Agilemania

MARCH 10, 2022

Scaled Agile Framework is rising in popularity. And to further testify the benefits of SAFe, 37% of the organizations use SAFe as per the 15th State of Agile Report. The path to these SAFe jobs are the SAFe certifications offered by Scaled Agile. . 30-75% Faster Time to market . 20-50% Increase in productivity .

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

You want to embrace Agile as part (or maybe all) of your Project Management practice. Which Agile Certification program should you follow? Classifying the Agile Certification Providers. I have also included the Axelos PRINCE2 Agile qualifications here. Tier 1: Principle Promotors of Agile Project Management.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Those are cultural attributes that the people that I was talking to in the agile community were prioritizing for. Preamble, Introductions, and Text for Deck What I wanted to talk with you guys about today is a topic that I’ve been noodling around on for about 13, 14, 15 years in the Agile community.

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Agilemania

MARCH 21, 2023

Copyrights: © Scaled Agile, Inc. These powerful accelerators of value are relevant to all Framework levels, but the challenges differ for each Four new flow articles, Team Flow, ART Flow, Solution Train Flow, and Portfolio Flow, describe applying the eight flow accelerators from Principle #6. Built-in Quality – SAFe 6.0

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Those are cultural attributes that the people that I was talking to in the agile community were prioritizing for. Preamble, Introductions, and Text for Deck What I wanted to talk with you guys about today is a topic that I’ve been noodling around on for about 13, 14, 15 years in the Agile community.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. And what we are is we’re a consultancy that’s focused on doing Agile Transformation specifically. Transcript.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Today, we’re exploring what it looks like to transform the way your company finances itself in a new, agile world. Annual funding, long wait times for approvals, and all the read tape that goes along with that, aren’t as agile as the teams are. So it’s very similar. How are you guys doing? Andy Fine I appreciate it, Mike.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2019

Also, organizations that embrace the whole digital product view still need help governing the ongoing process. They describe the factors at play and provide ideas for guidance around planning, funding, staffing and governance.    “ Continuous Digital: An agile alternative to projects for digital business ”.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And that’s typically how I think about a lot of the talks that I give because everything in the agile communities about doing it and learning from it and sharing with people and getting feedback and figuring out how to do it better and that kind of stuff. Video Transcript We have to respect both sides of the equation.

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Digite

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

was launched by Scaled Agile Inc. in 2016 as a method to help organizations scale up their existing agile practices. But isn’t that also the reason behind organizations adopting Scaled Agile framework in its glorious entirety? What was the need for Scaled Agile Inc. The Challenge.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. Today, some of the same principles seem to present impediments or unnecessary challenges for many teams and organizations. Let’s begin with some parts of the Agile canon itself.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

This concept is vital across methodologies like Agile and Waterfall , where its application significantly influences project outcomes. From individual coding tasks to large-scale releases, the DoD sets the bar for quality and completeness, ensuring everyone - from developers to stakeholders - is on the same page.

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nTask

MAY 3, 2019

From the 1960s to early 2000s, Agile Framework adoption was still in its infancy. Teams and organizations who were looking to expand, unknowingly adapted to a specific set of daily rituals that were later termed as Agile Project Management, PMP and other such condiments. Why Are Project Management Certifications Important?

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Agile to Agility Website. So, I’m the CEO of a company called Leading Agile, started about 11 years ago, I’m based in Atlanta, Georgia. Listen now.

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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

A methodology is a framework of processes, methods, and practices that project managers employ for the design, planning, implementation and achievement of their project objectives. All in all, with the right project management methodology, you can: Adapt to new project challenges easily and quickly. How will you test each iteration.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 11, 2020

Agile Unplugged is your chance to explore LeadingAgile’s freshest ideas, mental models, frameworks, and solutions with the people that are actually doing the work of leading large-scale Agile Transformation, out in the field. Welcome to an all-new podcast hosted by LeadingAgile’s CEO, Mike Cottmeyer. Transcript.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

This is Mike Cottmeyer's talk from AgileIndy 2021 on The Executive's Guide to Why Agile Transformation Fails. Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from AgileIndy, 2021 on “Why Agile Transformation Fails.” So I got involved with agile back in like 2003 and I was working in this company called CheckFree.

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The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 30, 2021

It requires a great deal of skill, years of developing in practice, and a unique mentality and approach. At the same time, there are lots of professionals who have built careers in large businesses, government, small and medium enterprises, and non-profits. An industry wide, community of practice support infrastructure.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In this video, Mike Cottmeyer sits down with our Managing Director of Consulting to discuss some of the challenges associated with moving your applications to the cloud and what you can do about it. It’s kind of agile transformation adjacent. Video Transcript Mike Cottmeyer Hey everybody, thanks for joining us today. Hey Dennis.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In this video, Mike Cottmeyer sits down with our Managing Director of Consulting to discuss some of the challenges associated with moving your applications to the cloud and what you can do about it. It’s kind of agile transformation adjacent. Video Transcript Mike Cottmeyer Hey everybody, thanks for joining us today. Hey Dennis.

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nTask

AUGUST 22, 2019

As an Agile project manager, I have seen my fair share of so-called “Scrum Masters” and “Agile Experts” claiming to be masters of their craft. The truth, however, is that they don’t know a lot of things about Scrum and Agile. Scrum Project Management is a framework from the Agile project management methodology.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

January 31 — Beyond Agile Israel 2021 with this year’s topic “Agile Innovations” invites everyone who’s curious about Agile methodology to take part in the event. Join and manifest your vision of the Agile transformation and share your methods of overcoming barriers on the way. Pricing: 5 EUR. Pricing: 5 EUR.

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Today, Mike Cottmeyer sits down with Andrew to discuss how LeadingAgile is talking about OKRs and KPIs, the impact governance and teaming strategies have on your ability to run them effectively, why your project mentality might be getting in the way, and how you can get started using them in your business. Andrew Young Yeah, of course.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Remember to subscribe and listen to Agile Unplugged on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean—and watch each and every episode on YouTube , IGTV , and Facebook. . Soundcloud. – Yeah. When did we first meet?

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

And choosing from the many different project management software types can be quite a challenge. And choosing from the many different project management software types can be quite a challenge. But how do you go about choosing one? Let’s dive in. Types of project management software based on the use case.

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