Lean Release Management

Master adaptive Lean Release Management to deliver customer-focused solutions efficiently in dynamic environments.

Price

In-house

Duration

2 Days

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Purpose and Background

Based on proven principles and procedures for dealing with releases in a lean-agile environment, the aim of this workshop is to develop solution approaches for optimization of releases in your organization.

Additionally, the workshop aims to give participants the understanding and structure to implement, maintain and enhance release management processes in your organization.

Lean Release Management places the customer at the heart of the release process, emphasizing that releases are not mere final tasks, but crucial events in the product development lifecycle. This two-day workshop offers a comprehensive exploration of release management principles tailored for highly dynamic environments. Participants will engage in collaborative evaluations to analyze current challenges, with a strong focus on assessing how their organization is currently functioning. By identifying improvement opportunities, attendees will learn skills to make their organizations more adaptive and flexible in responding to changing market demands and how to integrate release management into existing processes to strengthen customer focus.

The workshop is designed primarily as an in-house event, allowing organizations to tailor the content to their specific contexts and needs. Through a blend of proven methodologies, including insights from the SAFe framework and adaptive approaches, participants will enhance their understanding of effective release management, ensuring that their solutions meet customer needs and reach them efficiently and effectively.

What outputs you can expect

Agreed understanding of 'release' and 'release management' within your organization.
Key insights into release management practices in scaled agile frameworks, including SAFe.
Effective methods to identify and resolve current release management challenges.
Strategies to integrate customer-centric release management into your overall portfolio strategy.
Practical approaches for adapting and streamlining existing processes to improve release effectiveness.
Techniques for optimizing releases in complex, heterogeneous environments.
Actionable steps to implement scalable and adaptable release structures aligned with organizational goals.
Creation of a prioritized backlog of actionable initiatives tailored to your organization’s unique needs.
Clear guidance for integrating release management into the current product and Lean Portfolio Management processes to enhance release value, learning and organizational adaptability.
A flexible framework for aligning release management with customer value, ensuring continuous improvement and adaptability.

Workshop Details and Agenda

Workshop Overview

This assessment, followed by a two-day workshop (available in English or German), offers a comprehensive exploration of release management principles tailored for highly dynamic environments. It is ideal for both existing and new implementation units—especially those operating in a SAFe environment—looking to optimize their approach to software delivery and release management.

Review and Assessment of Current Situation

Participants will engage in collaborative evaluations to analyze current challenges and assess how their organization is functioning. By identifying improvement opportunities, attendees will acquire skills to make their organizations more adaptive and responsive to changing market demands, integrating release management into their processes to strengthen customer focus.

Tailored Solutions for Organizational Needs

Designed primarily as an in-house event, the workshop allows organizations to tailor the content to their specific contexts and needs. Using a blend of proven methodologies, including SAFe framework insights and adaptive approaches, participants will deepen their understanding of effective release management while developing effective and pragmatic release management approaches for their organization. This ensures that solutions are designed for the specific environment while still addressing customer needs.

Practical Tools and Action Planning

The workshop covers various aspects of release management, particularly within lean-agile environments. It explains the underlying intentions of each facet, what needs to be considered, and why. Tools and methods are developed for addressing identified challenges, and initial concrete measures for improvement are defined, ensuring participants leave with actionable steps to implement immediately.

Detailed Agenda:

Pre-Workshop Assessment

Initial Review in which organization-specific issues and targets are considered so that workshop can be fine-tuned to specific needs and participaation can be considered.

Module 1: Introduction to Lean Release Management

Overview of release management concepts
Understanding the importance of customer-centric releases
Developing a common understanding of releases and release management

Module 2: Analyzing Current Practices

Collaborative discussions with stakeholders
Identification of current challenges, reflection on underlying intentions and differences to standard approach
Identification of areas with highest potential for improvement

Module 3: Implementing SAFe Principles