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What is the CCSQ LACE?Since 2017 |
About the CCSQ LACE
For the past three years, the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) |
has worked closely with CCSQ to guide, support, and foster |
the adoption of |
Agile, Scrum, Lean, |
and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices. Our certified SAFe program consultants have provided hands-on program and team level support |
and training to over 700 individual members of the CCSQ |
community to foster growth of committed Agile practitioners who value transparency and continuous improvement. |
Agile Expertise
We have worked closely with ISG program leadership to guide CCSQ’s transition to a product-driven software development approach, and provided direct coaching support for multiple ISG 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 Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe implementations
- Expertise in coaching and facilitating activities at the team and program level
Program Engagement
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 facilitation
- PI Planning support with hands-on coaching
- “Open Door” policy for any member of the program
How can the LACE support you? |
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Program and Product Delivery AccelerationNo matter where your team or program is in it's Agile Journey, the principle of continuous improvement applies. Having a recurring issue with delivery? Scope changes? A team or program level ceremony? Need help with requirements? Contact the LACE to see how we can support your programs delivery, from targeted issue triage to holistic and comprehensive program support. Read more about our Program and Product Delivery Acceleration services. | ||||||||
New LACE video: What is a Value Stream?
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Enterprise Maturity and PerformanceMeasuring a successful Agile Transformation is more than just a maturity model. In CCSQ, multiple programs, products and divisions require a holistic approach to observing and maturing the enterprise. Through the integration of operations, quality, and customer satisfaction metrics, the LACE is working hard to provide the enterprise with line-of-sight access to areas of excellence and improvement opportunities. Through community events, education, onboarding, development of enterprise standards, the LACE elevates practice, behavior, and alignment across the enterprise. Read more about how the LACE supports Enterprise Maturity and Performance. | ||||||||
Continuous Learning and Innovation SupportProfessional continuous learning is now a survival skill. Technology is predicted to replace 25 percent of U.S. jobs, replacing routine tasks in nearly every field, sector, and discipline, including technology fields. While continuous learning is part of our everyday lives, adult learning and continuous improvement are necessary skill to stay relevant it the modern digital workplace and is required for success and career growth. The LACE's learning catalog and other learning services support the CCSQ Community in ongoing learning and innovation at the enterprise, program, team, and individual levels. Read more about how the LACE can help with Continuous Learning and Innovation. |
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Training
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 practices.
LACE Training: Free (but valuable!) agility basics
- Introduction to Agility
- Product Owner Training
- Scrum Master Training
Scaled Agile (SAFe): Courses with SAFe 5 certification eligibility (SAFe community membership and exam fees included)
- Implementing SAFe
- Leading SAFe
- SAFe for Teams
- SAFe Scrum Master
- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master
- SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager
- SAFe Agile Product Management
- SAFe Release Train Engineer
- SAFe Agile Software Engineering (technical)
- SAFe DevOps (technical)
- SAFe for Government
LACE Workshops
Free 2-4 hour training sessions targeting specific practices and behaviors.
- Technical Practices Overview
- DevOps overview
- Crafting good Objectives with OKR
- Test-Driven Development (technical)
- Refactoring Techniques (technical)
LACE Clinics
Free “Bring Your Own Work” sessions to provide help, guidance, advice, and techniques for improvement.
- OKR Clinic
- User Story Clinic
- Refactoring Clinic (technical)
- Test-Driven Development Clinic (technical)