Recording from our most recent Singapore Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe5) “Ask an SPCT” session.
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For everyone who is interested in the Scaled Agile Framework and how to apply it in real life. This month we will have an “Ask an SPCT session” with Ashwinee Kalkura, and Ramesh Nori.
Both Ramesh and Ashwinee are Scaled Agile SPCT Trainers. John Okoro (SPC Co-Trainer) will also join top answer questions and moderate the session. You can ask any burning questions that you have about SAFe Transformation, Agile, Scaling, Digital Transformation, and any other topics in the=is month’s AMA format session and discussion.
6:30-7 Networking and Intro 7:00-8:00 Presentation / Discussion 8:00-8:30 Q&A and Closing
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This month’s MeetUp covered SAFe Portfolio and Agile Finance / Budgeting. An interesting topic that many of us encounter during the course of Agile initiatives and Scaled Agile engagements.
February 9th Singapore SAFe MeetUp – Lean Portfolio Management and Agile Finance
If You want to learn more about Scaled Agile Lean Portfolio Management and get SAFe certified you can register for our upcoming class below:
Also join the next Singapore SAFe MeetUp (free / virtual) February 9th. Topic will be Scaled Agile Portfolio and Agile Finance. An interesting topic that many of us encounter during the course of Agile initiatives and Scaled Agile engagements. Speaker will be John Okoro (me). RSVP for this free MeetUp at the link below:
This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog takes a look at the VersionOne – Collabnet State of Agile Report for 2020. Lot’s of interesting developments. SAFe and Scrum continue to dominate Agile Scaling and Team level Agile. We will cover many other Agile and DevOps developments in the video.
We had a great session introducing Blockchain to the African Diaspora this weekend, and introducing how Bitcoin & Blockchain also help Africa and the Developing World.
With so much happening in the past few months, on-line privacy, and censorship have come center stage. This week’s Auspicious Blockchain video blog takes a look at privacy and the blockchain. We cover private browsers, video and messaging platforms, VPNs and other considerations to prevent on-line censorship and enhance your digital freedom and privacy on-line.
Re-sharing our book (Guide to Distributed Agile Framework), for those currently working remotely, in distributed teams, or working from home. Our book covers all types of distributed Agile teams, distributed teams, and groups working in multiple locations. Hope you are able to find some useful tips – https://amzn.to/2v6DLlH
Happy New Year! New Auspicious Agile video blog for 2020. Scaled Agile Framework 5.0 – A Practitioner’s Perspective. We look at the addition of Business Agility to SAFe along with other new additions.
This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog covers trends in Agile, DevOps, and Business Agility for 2019 & 2020. Business Agility covers areas of Agility extending beyond traditional IT and Software and extending to all business functions like executive leadership, marketing, operations, finance, legal…
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Auspicious Agile has reached 1000 subscribers on YouTube! Thanks to all of our subscribers! Coming up our next video blog is planned to cover trends in Agile, DevOps, and Business Agility for 2019. So look out for that video soon. Again, thanks for helping us to reach 1000 subscribers, and looking forward to continuing to provide you with great content, and continuing to grow the channel. Stay Agile!
This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog takes a broad look at the area of Agile Finance. We will be covering Agile Finance Mindset, Beyond Budgeting approach to Agile Financial Leadership & Management, along with the Eco-System associated with Agile Finance. Join us for a look at this key area of Business and Organization Agility.
I am launching my new “Auspicious Blockchain” channel on Vimeo, to share videos and content to teach about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Digital Assets. You can see it here – https://vimeo.com/showcase/6208188 . Videos are in a short and entertaining white board animation format. Also, appreciate feedback on the new channel format and topics of interest.
This week’s Auspicious Blockchain video blog covers the tokenization (digitalization) of everything. From Real Estate, to Gold, Art work to Stocks and Bonds it seems that everything is being “tokenized” and put on the blockchain. Let’s find about the interesting and potentially very profitable area of the blockchain.
For those looking for the next Auspicious Agile video blog, there should be a new one coming up shortly – and happy to have your suggestions for the next topic.
This question comes up a lot. People ask if “now that we have DevOps do we still need Agile”. Or “Does Agile work with DevOps”, “Should they be separate teams or initiatives”? In this week’s video blog we will try to answer these questions with a quick though exercise.
This week we take a look at DevOps in a Scaled Agile environment, specifically Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). We will look at how this compares with DevOps approaches from the DevOps Handbook, Jez Humble and Gene Kim. We will also explore some adaptations used in the Scaled Agile approach.
For the past few months it has been conference season for me. I have had multiple speaking engagements on the topics of Agile, DevOps and Blockchain for Singapore to Hong Kong and Thailand. In today’s post I am going to share some of my favorite moments and photos from this nearly completed “Conference Season”. I hope you enjoy, and that there are some though provoking nuggets as well.
Hubbis Digital Wealth Management Conference – Hong Kong
At this conference I spoke about “The 4 Waves of Agile”, DevOps and I touched on Blockchain as part of the “4th Wave” – Digital Innovation. Digital Assets (cryptocurrencies) were a pretty big topic of discussion. Here is a highlight video from the conference:
This was a great opportunity to share and network with blockchain enthusiasts in Singapore. Below is the link to the Youtube playlist from my talk “Blockchain the Road Ahead” where I discuss the history, present and future of the blockchain, and why it matters.
DevOps 2018 Singapore
I participated in a Panel on “the DevOps Talent Pipeline” discussing DevOps talent and careers. This was an interesting panel. I was joined by several other participants from large companies that are running DevOps Initiatives.
I also presented a talk – “The Culture Change of Agile & DevOps”. One of the highlights was a “Thought Exercise” I did with the audience on why Agile & DevOps need to work together. Video clip below:
This is always a fun conference. This is my third time speaking at the conference. Thanks to Agile66 who organized the conference and took pictures and video. My talk at the conference was titled “The 4 Waves of Agile & DevOps”. The talk really focuses on how Agile and DevOps work together (a repeating theme this season) and also on the “4 Waves of Agile”. Unfortunately, some of the video on the “4 Waves of Agile” was clipped from the beginning of the video.
I also spoke at the Knowledge Hut Testing Automation Conference. I spoke about “The Culture Change of DevOps and Test Automation”.
I also had a few more Agile, DevOps and Blockchain speaking engagements in the past few months. You can find them of my YouTube Channel, and pictures + videos on the Auspicious Agile Facebook page.
If You enjoy Auspicious Agile you can support us on Patreon – Controbutions of $5 or more will get early access to our full “Distributed Agile Framework” ebook when it is available – https://www.patreon.com/AuspiciousAgile
This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog takes a look at Holocracy and Management 3.0. These are two popular Agile leadership and Agile Management techniques.
If You enjoy Auspicious Agile you can support us on Patreon – Controbutions of $5 or more will get early access to our full “Distributed Agile Framework” ebook when it is available – https://www.patreon.com/AuspiciousAgile
This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog continues the blockchain series. This week we look at Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Airdrops. Two of the ways that Blockchain projects raise funds, and publicity. This is also a way that people invest in blockchain projects and in many cases make allot of money.
If You enjoy Auspicious Agile you can support us on Patreon – Controbutions of $5 or more will get early access to our full “Distributed Agile Framework” ebook when it is available – https://www.patreon.com/AuspiciousAgile
Our new Guide to Distributed Agile Framework eBook has just been published on Amazon! We appreciate your support and feedback! Our team has been working on the book for ~2 years now, and we are proud to present the product of this effort. We hope it helps many people to be more successful with Agile and distributed Agile teams.
Introduction
Distributed teams are the norm for many organisations today. Companies are global, communications technologies allow people to live away from the “office” location and many of the new workforce are nomads. Even though most people will acknowledge the wisdom that collocated work is easier, reality is often different. Companies distribute their offices and partners globally and people running projects need to find ways to collaborate remotely. With the advent of new technology, this movement will only grow.
We as authors have experienced the challenges of distribution. Cultural, time zone and geographical distance, make collaboration more challenging.
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Continuing with native Linked-in video posts: This week’s video blog looks at the latest trends in Agile Scaling (SAFe, LESS, Scrum) and DevOps for 2018. We will find out which Agile Scaling methods are most successful, and why people are choosing to use DevOps. Full references, links, sources, and support options are available on YouTube (also subscribe, like, and share) – https://youtu.be/AHHtSxrfHvE
Continuing the Auspicious Agile Blockchain Series (uploaded to Linked-in Native video). This week we take a look at what cryotocurrency is, including how it is used and what some of the currencies are.
For reference links, news sources, and other supporting information take a look at the comments on the full video on YouTube. https://lnkd.in/f62Hnz4
If You enjoy Auspicious Agile you can support us on Patreon – Controbutions of $5 or more will get early access to our full “Distributed Agile Framework” ebook when it is available – https://www.patreon.com/AuspiciousAgile
Continuing the Auspicious Agile Leadership Series – looking at Distributed Agile Leadership. This video blog goes along with the recent release of our distributed Agile team’s InfoQ article on Distributed Agile Leadership, and the release of our mini-book on InfoQ. Look out for our full ebook which will be released soon.
InfoQ article and Mini-book links are included below:
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Presenting our Distributed Agile team’s latest InfoQ article on Distributed Agile Leadership. Also look out for our Distributed Agile mini book to be released shortly on InfoQ.
New Auspicious Agile Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Series. Agile is about supporting innovation, and arguably the greatest innovation since the Internet is the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. We will look at crypto currencies, coin mining, ICOs, Blockchain technologies, and related areas. Looking forward to a profitable series and 2018!
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Happy New Year 2018! This year we will be starting a new series on Agile Leadership, a very key topic for succeeding with Agile. We will look at the Lean Leadership foundations of Agile, Modern Agile & Leadership, Business / Organization Agility, and Distributed Agile Leadership. Look forward to a great series, discussion, and a great 2018!
What is Growth “Agile” Mindset, and does it really matter? Have you been involved in an Agile transformation or initiative. Was the “Growth” mindset present or missing? In today’s Auspicious Agile video we take a look at how important “mindset” really is to Agile and innovation.
The latest InfoQ article from our team working on an approach for Distributed Agile Teams. The approach is based on a series of Questions, Virtues and Practices. This article looks at Engineering practices, tools, and Culture for Distributed Agile Teams and covers DevOps. Feedback is welcome as we crowd source additional content for our Distributed Agile Approach.
This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog returns to the popular and evolving topic of Kanban. We revisit this Agile method which continues to grow in popularity. We will take a look at the basics of Kanban, along with how it is used with DevOps and Agile Scaling.
The original Auspicious Agile Kanban Agile Method video blog can be found here – https://youtu.be/4ksLe3qKa9o
I attended and spoke at the #SGSIN Singapore Global Scrum Gathering 2017 this week. It was a really good conference, and I enjoyed taking part in it. Special thanks to the organizers and Scrum Alliance. I will be giving a summary of my talks at the Scrum Gathering along with some video clips, and playlists of the talks. I will also include some other noteworthy talks and events at the Scrum Gathering from my perspective.
One of my talks during the conference was on Agile and The Design Sprint, and was a talk explaining how Design Sprints connect Agile and Design Thinking. I discussed experiences and experiments I have been involved in using different variations of the Design Sprint concept, particularly the Google Ventures variation defined in the book Sprint(Amazon Affiliate link). Here are some of the highlights from that 20 minute talk:
The Auspicious Agile video blog on Agile and The Design Sprint can be found here. The Youtube playlist that has video of the entire 20 minute session can be found here.
My other talk at the Singapore Global Scrum Gathering 2017 was on Distributed Agile Scaling and Leadership. I shared on some of the work I have been collaborating on with three others in this area that is available for review and feedback in Gitbook format currently. Here are some video clips from the session:
For those who would like to watch the full 45 minute Singapore Global Scrum Gathering session the YouTube playlist can be found here.
There were also many other great talks and sessions during the conference. Here are some that I thought were interesting and noteworthy:
There was an impromptu Open Space Agility session with Daniel Mezick, which was quite informative and entertaining. You can learn more about Open Space Agility (which was used to facilitate our Tuesday Open Space sessions for the conference) here.
Thomas Friend had an informative look at how NASA uses Agile methods, and also gave some good clarification on the Agile Joint Strike Fighter (SAAB Gripen).
Pete Behrens talk on Agile Leadership, and mistakes commonly made in Agile Leadership was also particularly informative. I particularly enjoyed this talk as well because I believe leadership is a critical element in the successful adoption of Agile and Scrum.
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If you want to see the materials for these presentations and others they should be made available here. Of course a great part of every Global Scrum Gathering is getting to catch-up with new and old friends. This conference was no exception:
Continuing the Auspicious Agile DevOps series, this week’s video blog takes a look at DevOps for Mobile. We will take a look at differences from traditional DevOps, mobile DevOps tools, and challenges.
This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog takes a look at an updated set of Agile scaling methods. There is coverage from VersionOne’s 11th Annual State of Agile Survey, which provides some good perspective. Methods covered included SAFe, Scum-of-Scrums, LESS, RAGE, Disciplined 2.0 and many more (believe me there are allot).
This month’s Auspicious Blockchain video blog covers an introduction to blockchain based decentralized finance (DeFi). Learn about this exciting new area of finance and how it presents new opportunities to build wealth.
Our next live Wakanda Blockchain and Crypto currency MeetUp is Scheduled, this live MeetUp will feature Oduwacoin (Pan-African and African owned crypto currency), and also a crypto market update by Azuka, Sanjay and I looking at the latest developments of interest to Africa / Diaspora in the Bitcoin and Crypto market.
Some quick updates, Bitcoin and the crypto market have started another upward (bullish) move in the past week. Cardano (ADA) and Ethereum (ETH) both have major upgrades planned this month that have potential to push prices up significantly in the overall crypto market. Hope to see you at this week’s MeetUp:
The MeetUp will be on Friday August 6th at 11pm Singapore, 4pm UK, 11am US EST (on-line / virtual).
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Bitcoin’s price has been rapidly, in this video we look at some of the reasons why this is happening, and also some ways you can still grow your own wealth in the Bitcoin / cryptocurrency space. Web Site –
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Also join the next Singapore SAFe MeetUp (free / virtual) February 9th. Topic will be Scaled Agile Portfolio and Agile Finance. An interesting topic that many of us encounter during the course of Agile initiatives and Scaled Agile engagements. Speaker will be John Okoro (me). RSVP for this free MeetUp at the link below:
Sharing our Auspicious Agile’s first (with new partner Planck Era) virtual public Scaled Agile certification. The class will take place January 13th – 15th based in Singapore, it will be a virtual class. Please find the class registration link here – https://www.eventbrite.sg/…/leading-safe-50-singapore…
Scaled Agile is the leading method for Agile Scaling globally, and a great certification & career skill to have. A recent Auspicious Agile video blog talking about the most recent trends in Agile for 2020 / 2021 is included in the comments (I will be teaching the class along with another experienced certification instructor).
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