Very seldom will an organization only deliver using Agile. Some work lends itself better in using Waterfall. The need for a dual operating model will drive the need for a deliberate tooling architecture that will usually include a PPM and an Agile tool.

Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) is one of the seven SAFe components of the Lean Enterprise. LPM helps organizations solve numerous challenges by decreasing the delivery of time to value, enabling the organization to pivot quickly in ever-shifting markets, and more.

PMOs/EPMOs are feeling some pressure from Agile disruptors in their organizations. Some Agile purists insist that they can do everything with an Agile tool and no PMO governance, but this really isn’t the case. If you belong to a PMO or EPMO, this session will help you to better collaborate with your Agile counterparts in finding better and more holistic solutions to value delivery.

The movement from managing technology organizations and development by Products instead of Projects has grown in recent years. This has many advantages, but only if there are critical changes in defining and funding the development. First, we shift from defining specific solutions to developing and defining the outcomes we want to accomplish with that development. Second, we should rethink how we fund development. Instead of funding a specific scope of work, we should fund the capacity to develop products.