Many companies and organizations face a complex challenge to realize new systems and services. This involves a combination of internal teams and external suppliers in which new technologies are introduced. Often also in a combination of hardware and software. An additional requirement is that people must be able to respond flexibly to a sometimes rapidly changing world; we have all experienced this past year…

Scaled agile working
In order to achieve a Flow in the development of new products and services, it has proven to be very effective to use a framework for flexible and adaptive customer requirements. The core of this consists of using principles that were already available before the emergence of scaled agile frameworks such as SAFe. Consider, for example, working in a common cadence, early integration and using small work packages.

Competence Centers

Within CIMSOLUTIONS we work in various ways to proactively support customers in complex development challenges. For example, various propositions are available from the Competence Center SAFe, DevOps and Agile. For example, thinking about the appropriate framework for your organization, or analysis and support if agile transformation is not going smoothly. We aim to share the knowledge, experience and insights from the Competence Centers with each other as colleagues and especially with customers.

The client practice
I myself have been working for some time for a customer who is working on the introduction of the new European train security; to run more trains safely, smoothly across national borders. We have set up the challenge of collaborating with multiple internal and external suppliers on one result based on SAFe principles; this is one of the leading frameworks for scaled agile working. The fact that this is a project worth many millions of euros, with a multi-year horizon – in the context of a program worth billions – indicates the complexity of the assignment. I combine the roles of Agile project manager and SAFe Program Consultant: achieving results on the one hand and setting up parallel scaled agile working within my assignment on the other.

CIMSOLUTIONS
What makes working at CIMSOLUTIONS interesting, in addition to participating in the aforementioned Competence Centers, is the space for own initiative. For example, I have given training to colleagues in the field of SAFe; they made this their own and certified themselves, so that we can support customers even better in this area. And last year, the training courses were also adapted to the situation that we work together remotely. I am currently preparing an internal training or workshop (as needed) for 'SAFe for architects'.

Harm van Beek
Agile Project Manager