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Thu, 06 Feb
Amsterdam (NL): SAFe with Org Topologies™ Masterclass
AFC, Sportpark Goed Genoeg
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06 Feb 2025, 09:30 – 17:30
AFC, Sportpark Goed Genoeg, Maurice Ravellaan 4, 1083 HR Amsterdam, Netherlands
In this one-day masterclass, we will look at SAFe's organizational benefits through the lens of thoughtful organization design with Org Topologies. We will apply Org Topologies to improve SAFe configurations.

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Alexey Krivitsky

Aug 121 min read

Org Topologies Podcasts

Click on the Podcast logos below to listen: 6 June 2024 by Agile Focus Point: 16 May 2024 by it-agile: 2 Feb 2023 by Zuzi Sochova:

Benjamin Igna

Aug 63 min read

[Deutsch] Einführung in Org Topologies™

In der heutigen schnelllebigen und sich ständig verändernden Geschäftswelt kämpfen viele Unternehmen damit, agile Methoden so zu implementie

Aligned Autonomy at Scale (from Spotify Model)

Roland Flemm

Jul 186 min read

Aligned Autonomy at Scale (from Spotify Model)

“Aligned Autonomy” is a concept that aims to strike a balance between autonomous decision-making and alignment with organizational goals...

Carlton Nettleton

Jul 123 min read

Org Topologies™ and Doing Better Scrum

Last month, I did something a bit unusual. Instead of being the instructor, I was a student and attended an Org Topologies™ Practitioner...

[Deutsch] Aha-Erlebnis mit Org Topologies: Warum wir ohne „Second Agile Wave” nicht wirklich agil arbeiten.

Bastian Kröckel

Mar 134 min read

[Deutsch] Aha-Erlebnis mit Org Topologies: Warum wir ohne „Second Agile Wave” nicht wirklich agil arbeiten.

Einige behaupten „Agilität ist tot!“. Bekannt ist, dass viele agile Transformationen scheitern bzw. aus Sicht der Sponsoren nicht die...

Alexey Krivitsky

Feb 236 min read

The Three Ecosystems

TL;DR Many people still see the challenge of creating a better value-creating organization as black-and-white: it is either waterfall or...

Sparkling the Second Wave of Agile Revolution

Alexey Krivitsky

Nov 5, 20233 min read

Sparkling the Second Wave of Agile Revolution

TL;DR Is Agile dead? It depends on what you mean by 'Agile'. If you mean that the organizations are not getting the promised benefits...

Determining Archetypes and Opportunities for Coaching

Alexey Krivitsky

Oct 24, 20234 min read

Determining Archetypes and Opportunities for Coaching

Have you read the introductory article Seven Archetypes (the Alphabet) of Org Topologies™? That would help. The big determining factor on...

A practical approach to improve the performance of your agile teams

Roland Flemm

Jul 17, 20236 min read

A practical approach to improve the performance of your agile teams

Part 1, improving an A-level ecosystem with horizontal scaling. The organizational archetypes of the Org Topologies™ map can be used to...

Elevating Katas

Alexey Krivitsky

4 days ago6 min read

Elevating Katas™ as Systemic Levers for Organizational Agility

Elevating Katas are repeatable, structured patterns or routines introduced into an organization’s ways of working that help teams and...

Tailwind Career Paths: Encouraging Growth in Multi-Skilled Organizations

Alexey Krivitsky

4 days ago4 min read

Tailwind Career Paths: Encouraging Growth in Multi-Skilled Organizations

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to build adaptive, multi-skilled teams....

Elevate Product Management to Drive Business Agility

Roland Flemm

Jul 1911 min read

Elevate Product Management to Drive Business Agility

This blog describes how moving up on the Org Topologies™ map shapes Product Management to achieve business agility.

Alexey Krivitsky

Jul 164 min read

Avoid Premature Platformization

Mind the gap! In the rush to platformization, organizations often create a chasm between the platform and their core operations.

Elevate a SAFe Adoption with Team of Teams and eARTS

Alexey Krivitsky

Jul 156 min read

Elevate a SAFe Adoption with Team of Teams and eARTS

What is Elevation by Org Topologies? Elevation by Org Topologies refers to the process of enhancing an organization’s design and...

Michael Voorhaen

Jul 153 min read

Cognitive Load And The Product Owner

Product Owners must manage their cognitive load. Adopting Org Topologies Type3 Team of Teams approach fosters agility and reduces complexity

Alexey Krivitsky

Jul 133 min read

Elevate Scrum!

Scrum, often limited to the team level, can create silos and hinder cross-team collaboration, impeding true business agility.

Alexey Krivitsky

Apr 284 min read

Systemic Reduction of Cognitive Load

Why Cognitive Load Matters * This text is a version of the foreword I wrote for the free e-book Navigating Complexity of Cognitive Load...

How to Facilitate an Outstanding Sprint Review in “Bazaar Mode”

Roland Flemm

Dec 8, 20237 min read

How to Facilitate an Outstanding Sprint Review in “Bazaar Mode”

Review Bazaar is one of the Elevating Structures that help to uplift your ecosystem up the levels of the Org Topologies™ mapping: This...

Case Studies

Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)

Raúl Herranz

Nov 188 min read

Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)

Eurecat – FPED background Eurecat is the Technology Centre of Catalonia in Spain, dedicated to research and development of technology for...

[Français] Initier l’alignement de son organisation et de sa stratégie avec Org Topologies™

Théo Moussaoui

Aug 135 min read

[Français] Initier l’alignement de son organisation et de sa stratégie avec Org Topologies™

Une organisation choisie ou subie ? Toute entreprise a une organisation (structure) qui a tendance à guider les interactions entre ses...

[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business

José Coignard

Aug 1324 min read

[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business

Une série d'articles sur Org Topologies et la Stratégie Kanban aidant progressivement une unité business d'une organisation à devenir de...

[Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologies

Olivier Ledru

Aug 134 min read

[Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologies

Contexte du cas d'usage J'ai eu la chance de participer début mars 2024 à la toute première formation OrgTopologies en France avec les...

Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies

Michael Voorhaen

Aug 613 min read

Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies

I recently co-authored a case study about our journey at Strobbo over the past few years: ‘Strobbo Adopts Professional Scrum to...

Experience Report: Towards Business-Oriented Org Design at Raiffeisen Bank

Yana Bort

Aug 55 min read

Experience Report: Towards Business-Oriented Org Design at Raiffeisen Bank

My name is Yana Bort. I work in a Ukrainian branch of Raiffeisen bank. I joined the bank in mid-2021 to drive the Retail Banking (non-IT)...

Harnessing the Power of Org Topologies: A Journey in Designing Agile Organizations

Jürgen De Smet

Jul 194 min read

Harnessing the Power of Org Topologies: A Journey in Designing Agile Organizations

In the world of agile transformations and organizational design, the integration of innovative frameworks like Org Topologies™

Initiate the alignment of your organization and strategy with Org Topologies™

Théo Moussaoui

Jul 165 min read

Initiate the alignment of your organization and strategy with Org Topologies™

A chosen or imposed organization? Every company has an organization (structure) that tends to guide the interactions between its members....

Case-Study: Loglass Using Org Topologies to Set Target Org Design

Takeo Imai

Jul 124 min read

Case-Study: Loglass Using Org Topologies to Set Target Org Design

Exploring Org Topologies at Loglass This article is also available in Japanese. I have recently become interested in Org Topologies - a...

Dive Deeper

Alexey Krivitsky

4 days ago6 min read

Elevating Structures

Elevating Katas™ as Systemic Levers for Organizational Agility

Elevating Katas are repeatable, structured patterns or routines introduced into an organization’s ways of working that help teams and...

Alexey Krivitsky

4 days ago4 min read

Elevating Structures

Tailwind Career Paths: Encouraging Growth in Multi-Skilled Organizations

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to build adaptive, multi-skilled teams....

Raúl Herranz

Nov 188 min read

Case Studies

Case Study: Using Org Topologies to Assess the Evolutionary Journey Within Eurecat-FPED, an R&D Organization from Catalonia (Spain)

Eurecat – FPED background Eurecat is the Technology Centre of Catalonia in Spain, dedicated to research and development of technology for...

How to make value flow without interruptions in SAFe

Roland Flemm

Sep 211 min read

Framework Mapping

How to make value flow without interruptions in SAFe

In 2022, Andrew Sales ( Chief Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.) was talking at the Tecnifor SAFe Day. You can find...

Théo Moussaoui

Aug 135 min read

Case Studies

[Français] Initier l’alignement de son organisation et de sa stratégie avec Org Topologies™

Une organisation choisie ou subie ? Toute entreprise a une organisation (structure) qui a tendance à guider les interactions entre ses...

José Coignard

Aug 1324 min read

Case Studies

[Français] Org Topologies & Stratégie Kanban pour augmenter son agilité business

Une série d'articles sur Org Topologies et la Stratégie Kanban aidant progressivement une unité business d'une organisation à devenir de...

Olivier Ledru

Aug 134 min read

Case Studies

[Français] Cartographie d'un groupe d'équipes avec OrgTopologies

Contexte du cas d'usage J'ai eu la chance de participer début mars 2024 à la toute première formation OrgTopologies en France avec les...

Alexey Krivitsky

Aug 121 min read

Essentials

Org Topologies Podcasts

Click on the Podcast logos below to listen: 6 June 2024 by Agile Focus Point: 16 May 2024 by it-agile: 2 Feb 2023 by Zuzi Sochova:

Michael Voorhaen

Aug 613 min read

Case Studies

Case Study: Enhancing Strobbo's Agile Journey with Org Topologies

I recently co-authored a case study about our journey at Strobbo over the past few years: ‘Strobbo Adopts Professional Scrum to...

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