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Since 2016, the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE)

 has worked hand-in-hand with CCSQ's Information Services Group to guide

 has worked closely with CCSQ to guide, support, and

foster the adoption of Agile

foster the adoption of Agile, Scrum, Lean,

 and 

 and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices.

 By providing

Our certified SAFe program consultants have provided hands-on program and team level

support and training

support and training to over 700 individual members of the CCSQ

Community, we have supported and guided the CCSQ community to become committed Agile practitioners that

community to foster growth of committed Agile practitioners who value transparency and continuous improvement.

 

We have

worked

and continue to work closely with

ISG program

leadership to guide

CCSQ’s transition to a product-driven software development approach, and provided

CCSQ's transition to an agile mindset and provide direct coaching support for multiple

ISG

CCSQ programs. Through portfolio assessment, training, and program/team level coaching, we have developed Lean-Agile change agents across the CCSQ community. The

LACE provides:
  • Support of seven certified SAFe Program Consultants  

  • Experience guiding and optimizing

    LACE  team:

    • Provides Scrum

     Scrum
    • , Kanban,

    and SAFe implementations 
    • and SAFe implementation guidance

    • Coaches and facilitates

    Expertise in coaching and facilitating practices organized into learning paths. In addition to traditional instructor led training, the LACE supports the community with
    • activities at the team and program level

    The members of the LACE are experienced trainers who have collectively trained over 2000 learners in over 20 unique courses covering Lean/Agile ideas and 
    • Facilitates over 20 unique courses related to Agile and Lean ideas and practices as well as through open door "Bring Your Own" work sessions

    , where LACE Coaches will provide guidance on improving your techniques. See the full course catalog here.


     Do you need support from the LACE team? Contact us below

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    The LACE will work with you to tailor program-specific sustained engagement and/or support as needed by request. 

    • Program observation, analysis, maturity roadmap, and growth planning 

    • Program support planning 

    • Integration with software development organizations 

    • Program ceremony attendance, support, and facilitation 

    • Team ceremony attendance, support, and facilitationPI Planning support with hands-on coaching

    • “Open Door” policy for any member of the program

    The LACE is developing and maintaining CoPs that focus on agile values, principles, best practices, lessons learned, and help foster discussion among their members. CoPs will meet individually on a monthly cadence unless otherwise determined by their participants and the conversation will continue in their respective Slack channels. CoP presentation and discussion materials, and occasional Zoom recordings of CoP sessions may be posted on their respective pages with permission from CoP attendees, and can be found in the left-hand navigation of this site.

    More Information


    Click the calendar events for more information on the trainings and to sign up via Eventbrite.


    Team Calendars
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