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SAFe®

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PERSON

WORKSHOPS

PROCESSING GROUP LLC

Rebecca Robinson

Rebecca Robinson, the visionary Founder and CEO of Processing Group, has been a trailblazer in the industry since 1999. Her journey began as a Project Manager, collaborating with industry giants like Motorola, Daimler Chrysler, and CNN.

In 2014, she ventured into Agile spaces, working with prestigious organizations such as Delta Airlines, Florida Power and Lights, Edward Jones, and the University of Minnesota.

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Processing Group LLC, where innovation meets excellence in the realm of technical development services and training. Our mission is to empower startups, higher education institutions and smaller businesses, providing them with the tools and expertise needed to compete effectively in the ever-evolving Digital Age.

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About Processing Group LLC Evolution of Processing Group LLC

Over the years, Rebecca's passion for evolving IT and Product Models led to the establishment of Processing Group LLC.

Today, the company boasts an international presence with offices in Atlanta and Amsterdam. We are proud to introduce ACR University, our Agile Training division, and PG Consulting Team, an international Consulting Firm partnering with companies across Europe and the United States.

At Processing Group, we are driven by a commitment to delivering high-quality services that catalyze growth for businesses of all sizes. We understand the challenges faced by startups and smaller enterprises in navigating the complexities of the digital landscape. That's why we offer a comprehensive suite of solutions tailored to meet their unique needs.

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Our Commitment Join Us in Shaping the Future

Processing Group LLC is not just a service provider; we are your strategic partner in navigating the challenges and opportunities of the Digital Age. Join us on this journey of transformation and empowerment as we shape the future together.

COURSE CURRICULUM

Innovation. Excellence. Evolution.

SAFe® PRODUCT

OWNER/ PRODUCT

MANAGER

Delivering value through effective

Planning Interval Execution.

The course covers the tactical responsibilities of these roles in the Agile Release Train (ART). This course and resulting certification give you the guidance and tools to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

Learn how product owners and product managers should work together to achieve the best possible customer and business outcomes. The SAFe POPM course will teach you how to adopt a customer-centric approach to building products, using the Scaled Agile Framework® to deliver more value, faster. Topics covered in this course include the daily role of POs and PMs;

collaborating with engineering teams and business stakeholders; how to write epics, features, and stories; and how to design, prioritize, build, test, and deliver products with increased productivity and higher quality.

SAFe® PRODUCT OWNER/PRODUCT

MANAGER CLASS

Transform Your Career in 30 Days: Master Agile Product Ownership and Propel Your Professional Journey The Agile SAFe® POPM+ 30 Day Bootcamp —an immersive experience designed to equip you with the skills, certifications, and practical insights needed to thrive in the dynamic world of Agile.

What's Included:

Certification Course: SAFe® Product Owner/ Product Manager (POPM):

Kickstart your journey with the SAFe® POPM certification course, where you'll delve deep into the crucial role of a Product Owner or Product Manager within the SAFe framework. Gain a comprehensive understanding of product ownership, strategy, and delivery.

Custom Agile Workshops:

POPM Workshop: Feature Writing Transformative Feature Creation: Unleash the power of feature writing. Dive into transformative feature creation techniques that bridge the gap between vision and execution, ensuring your products align with strategic goals.

MANAGER BOOTCAMP

Unlock Agile Excellence with OKRs: Master the art of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) within the Agile context. Learn to set ambitious yet achievable goals, driving excellence and alignment across your Agile teams.

Agile User Story Workshop: Elevate your user story crafting skills. This workshop empowers you to create user stories that resonate with stakeholders, enhance communication, and drive successful product development.

1-Hour Group Zoom Session: Connect with fellow Bootcamp participants in a dynamic group Zoom session. Share insights, ask questions, and collaborate in real-time, fostering a supportive learning community.

MANAGER BOOTCAMP (continued)

SAFe® SCRUM MASTER

Coach Agile teams to deliver value at scale.

The course teaches you the tactical skills needed to be an effective Scrum Master in a SAFe® organization. It also gives you the guidance and tools necessary for working in remote environments with distributed teams.

If you want to become a certified scrum master with the skills to help leading companies succeed with Agile and scrum, this course is for you.

Learn how scrum masters empower and lead Agile teams. Understand how to facilitate Agile events like iteration planning, team sync, and iteration retrospectives. And discover how to help teams plan and complete their work using SAFe® Scrum and SAFe® Kanban. You’ll also learn the principles of servant leadership, so you can help develop high-performing, engaged, continuously improving teams in your own organization.

SAFe® SCRUM MASTER CLASS

Master the art of creating highly effective teams as a Scrum Master in a SAFe®organization. This bootcamp gives you the guidance and tools necessary for working in remote environments with distributed teams.

An immersive experience designed to equip you with the skills, certifications, and practical insights needed to thrive in the dynamic world of Agile.

What’s Included:

Certification Course: SAFe® Scrum Master (SM): Kickstart your journey with the SAFe® SM certification course, where you'll delve deep into the crucial roles within the SAFe framework. Learn how scrum masters empower and lead Agile teams, improve team process, remove impediments, prepare for iteration review and facilitate team events. Discover how to help teams plan and complete their work using SAFe®Scrum and SAFe® Kanban.

You’ll also learn the principles of servant leadership, so you can help develop high-performing, engaged, continuously improving teams in your own organization.

SAFe® SCRUM MASTER BOOTCAMP

Custom Agile Workshops:

1. User-Centric Ideation: Develop features with the end-user experience in mind, considering the challenges faced by homeless individuals in LA.

2. Prioritization Techniques: Utilize Agile prioritization methods to identify key features that align with the benefit hypothesis and leading indicators.

3. Interactive Feature Mapping:

Collaboratively map out features, ensuring each aligns with the non-functional requirements and contributes to the overall benefit hypothesis.

4. Risk and Mitigation Planning: Identify potential risks in feature implementation and strategize mitigation plans to ensure a smooth development process.

5. Feedback Loop: Engage in a dynamic feedback loop to refine and enhance proposed features, incorporating insights from workshop participants.

This workshop aims to not only create features but to instill a deep understanding of the transformative impact these features can have. Let's embark on this journey of innovation, empathy, and meaningful change.

Together, we can make a difference.

SAFe® SCRUM MASTER BOOTCAMP (continued)

VALUE STREAM

IDENTIFICATION

WORKSHOP

Collaborating with stakeholders to identify Value Streams and Team of Teams Structure

The Value Stream Identification Workshop provides a structured, proven approach for collaborating with stakeholders to identify Value Streams and Team of Teams structures (ARTs in the context of a SAFe implementation). In the workshop we agree on target optimizations and organizational constraints and identify a structure that works within these boundaries.

In this workshop, an experienced facilitator works together with enterprise stakeholders to identify and validate value streams and ARTs, and define next steps for the first ART launch. Enterprise-level Value Stream Identification workshops are run by our SAFe SPCTs/Fellows with combined experience helping dozens of enterprise-level organizations organize around value.

The workshop helps stakeholders optimize their design by considering coordination requirements, dependencies, Epic distribution, and organizational change impact.

VALUE STREAM IDENTIFICATION

WORKSHOP

The workshop run will be in the context of a large-scale agile transformation where it follows a high level implementation strategy workshop and/or some agile scaling training (such as Leading or Implementing SAFe®). Regardless of the context, before the workshop we make sure to get to know the organization, its context, its needs through a set of empathy interviews and some observations of current processes/artifacts.

The Value Stream and ART Identification Workshop duration is one to two days, based on the content and exercises delivered.

VALUE STREAM IDENTIFICATION

WORKSHOP

SAFe® LEAN

PORTFOLIO

MANAGEMENT

Aligning Strategy with Execution using the Scaled Agile Framework

Aligning strategy with execution is critical to any organization’s success and a key aspect of Scaled Agile Framework®. With this course, you can collaborate across silos, empower teams, and organize around value to adapt to what customers want, faster.

The Lean Portfolio Management course helps executives, project management officers (PMOs) and other key stakeholders plan dynamically and be flexible enough to adjust initiatives and budgets as the market changes. The LPM course provides the guidance and tools attendees need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams. You’ll learn how to connect portfolio strategy and initiatives to the agility planning and execution of work, how to integrate feedback from participatory budgeting, and how to adapt to change while maintaining your funding vision and roadmap.

SAFe® LEAN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Master collaboration and learn how to connect the portfolio to the enterprise, how to maintain portfolio vision and roadmap, how to establish Lean budgets and guardrails and lastly, how to create portfolio flow

What’s included:

Certification Course and SAFe Studio access to help you prepare to take the certification exam, claim your digital badge, and tools to get started in your SAFe role Custom Agile Workshops:

POPM Workshop: Feature Writing Transformative Feature Creation: Unleash the power of feature writing. Dive into transformative feature creation techniques that bridge the gap between vision and execution, ensuring your products align with strategic goals.

BOOTCAMP

Unlock Agile Excellence with OKRs: Master the art of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) within the Agile context. Learn to set ambitious yet achievable goals, driving excellence and alignment across your Agile teams.

BOOTCAMP (continued)

SAFe® RELEASE TRAIN

ENGINEER

Facilitating Agile Release Trains

PRE-REQUISITE: SAFe® Scrum Master Class or Bootcamp Unique to SAFe®, the Release Train Engineer s part of the trio of leaders, including product managers and system architects. This is critical in leading Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to deliver value. The RTE must create the right environment, have the right conversations, facilitate the right meetings, and gather the right people to make decisions based on the right data.

In this course, you’ll learn to execute SAFe and continuously improve PI Planning and other vital SAFe® events. You’ll discover how to coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in new processes and mindsets.

And you’ll get the guidance and tools you need to work effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

SAFe® RELEASE TRAIN ENGINEER CLASS

AGILE PRODUCT

MANAGER

Using Design Thinking to Create Value Products in the Lean Enterprise

PRE-REQUISITE: SAFe® POPM Class or Bootcamp In SAFe®, product managers play a key role in the trio of leaders, including architects and the Release Train Engineer. These roles work together to lead the Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in continuously delivering value.

In the Agile Product Management course, you’ll explore how to use design thinking to put your customers at the center and create products that are desirable, feasible, and sustainable. You’ll discover how continuous exploration fuels innovation. And you’ll explore how to define a vision, strategy, and roadmap to satisfy existing customers and attract new ones.

AGILE PRODUCT MANAGER CLASS

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