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Fall is almost upon us and that means JiraCon is just a few weeks away! This virtual conference for people who want to "DO COOL $#!% WITH JIRA" will take place at the end of September, and of course, we'll be there too with Agile Hive! Find out more about the conference and how you can get a discount on your ticket in this article.

Leadership in organizations has long evolved from the days of working in cubicles and pure top-down decision-making. Want to know how to lead your employees in a modern, agile way? Well, read on to find out!

Change can be a scary thing, like when your company grows and grows and grows... until it's very different from that startup that you created a couple of years ago. Or maybe your company is already very big, but you need to keep up with those rapidly changing startups. But this kind of change is nothing to be scared about; it can just be a bit […]

After vacation is before the SAFe® Summit: Join the Agile Hive team at this year’s Global SAFe® Summit in Denver, Colorado, from August 22-25! Regardless of your level of experience, this is an incredible opportunity to learn firsthand from the premiere SAFe® experts. There will be a plethora of resources, training, and partners to help you […]

Why are the long-standing, successful businesses, slowly losing value and therefore market share? Why are startups able to exist in markets where big brands have led the way for decades? One word; agility. In this article, you can read how you as a large company can be just as agile as those startups with the help of SAFe and Agile Hive.

In many companies, orders are given from the top down, and employees are not encouraged to make decisions themselves. For companies that are following the Lean-Agile practices, though, decentralization is the norm. Want to know how this works and how Agile Hive can help? Well, read this blog and find out!

Held at the end of each program increment (PI), I&A is a critical component of Scaled Agile Framework® or SAFe®. It’s the event where the development team demonstrates and evaluates the current state of the product in development, as well as the processes used to get it there.

Can you imagine a modern workplace without Atlassian products? Neither can we! This is why we are excited to announce that we are attending at META-INF Atlassian Day 2022 in Hungary!

In theory, agile transformations should go a certain way: the decision to become agile is made, and the process starts. A lot of planning, effort, and dedication is needed to complete the transformation successfully. This does not always go well, in which case you end up in a state of simulated agility. What this is and how to leave it behind […]

Working for Vodafone since 1993, Ingo Schneider, a Release Train Engineer, has seen it all. Read on and watch the video to learn how SAFe and Agile Hive helped Vodafone become more agile.

Small startups and enterprises both need to harness agility in order to work in the most efficient way possible. The agile revolution is still thriving throughout the world and large organizations are starting to pick up on the advantages their startup competitors have. So how do enterprises scale the agile practices that seem to come so easily to […]

It would appear the change of seasons has put a “spring” in the steps of our Agile Hive Development team. They’ve been hard at work implementing a number of features and functionality. See what they've cooked up for you this time!

When working with SAFe®, it is important to always keep track of your prioritization. Luckily, there's a system for this: WSJF, which is based on the Cost of Delay and the individual job size. In this article, you'll learn what this is and how you can use WSJF in combination with Jira.

The Agile Hive development team has been busy. Very busy. In this article, you'll find what they've been up to, including a number of improvements to the Breakout Board.

One of the many things we do at Seibert Media is helping to enable teams to do Agile at scale. In our journeys across various industries and use cases, we occasionally come across organizational changes that we feel could be interesting to a wider audience. One of those organizations is Toom Baumarkt Gmbh.

The benefits of an agile working environment are huge, and without argument. One of the most well-known and used frameworks is the Scaling Agile Framework for Lean Enterprises SAFe®. But what does a culture for an agile environment look like and which tools can you use? You'll find out in this article.

Agile Hive is the fully integrated SAFe® solution that seamlessly integrates into your existing Jira and optionally automates documentation in Confluence. This article will explore the role Confluence plays throughout both Agile Hive and Jira, as well as another powerful creative tool that can be included in the mix; Aura. To begin, let’s take […]

Over the last twenty years, agile has gained more and more traction in not only the technology world, but across all business sectors. Now, it is almost a no-brainer for startups and enterprise organizations alike. While startups seem to thrive with agile, larger organizations tend to struggle when attempting to scale the methodology. This is why […]

For his latest book, We Run on Agile, Martin Seibert had the opportunity to sit down and chat with SAFe and Agile experts to gain insight into what it takes to succeed in this realm. This time, Martin talks with Burkhard Schmidt, a coach for the introduction of scaled agile methods (SPC), SAFe-Lean portfolio manager, Lean-Agile trainer and founder […]

  What do a steam locomotive and agile scaling have in common? Not much, right? Think again! Both are at ...

Enterprise success depends on the ability to rapidly design and deliver quality products and services. Digital transformation has made its ...

JiraCon’ 2021: Excited to be a part of it!  Calling all Jira lovers to JiraCon’ 21! This international conference is ...

In this blog series, we are taking a quick look at each of the 12 steps in the SAFe Implementation ...

At this point, you have implemented SAFe across all or most of your value streams. Your teams, leaders, and stakeholders are all well trained in agile principles. What now? In part 9 of our SAFe Implementation Roadmap series, we'll look at how to extend to the portfolio.

The train has left the station. It’s now time to accelerate. What now? In part 8 of our SAFe Implementation Roadmap series, we'll look at how to launch more ARTs.

You and your colleagues have decided; it’s time to embrace the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) within your Jira environment. That was the easy part. Now comes the planning, development, and implementation. But what exactly does it take to carry out a SAFe rollout in Jira?

Every step of our SAFe Implementation Roadmap series has built up to the launching of your first ART but what does that launch actually entail? Are you truly prepared so that it's all systems go? Read on to find out!

Join Agile Hive at Jira Day 2021! Become a part of a one-of-a-kind Atlassian Ecosystem experience! It is the second-largest event of its kind in the world, right after the Atlassian Summit.  Agile Hive will be there to tell you all about how you can simplify SAFe in Jira, so be sure to drop by and say hello.

External dependencies play a relevant role in product development and in the collaboration of the individual teams in the ART (Agile Release Train) and in collaboration with other teams. For efficient collaboration, any dependencies, blockers, or risks should be directly identified and resolved. In addition, external teams that are not in the ART […]

  With the new Agile Hive release, we have taken a big step towards enabling business teams and are introducing ...

During the last sprint, our team worked diligently on new features and improvements for Agile Hive. Version 3.10 of the Jira SAFe solution is now available. We have made various improvements to the breakout boards for the current release and further optimized the system in terms of usability. Read on to take a look at all the great new features!

While SAFe is a great starting point to kick off your agile journey, it can be quite complicated to find your way through at the beginning. Anyone getting familiar with SAFe® processes for the first time might feel overwhelmed by the abundance of terms and components. In practice, all these elements should fit together and mesh to ensure an […]

Get ready for remote PI planning Whether you're new to PI planning or have done it in person, 2020 has ...

Agile Hive 3 is here! PI planning is one of the Scaled Agile Framework's focal points, and it mainly supports ...

Each Scaled Agile transition is unique- and observers can draw instructive insights from each project to transform their own company. ...

When a company with 140,000 employees begins to transform work processes, it can prove a daunting task.  This is the ...

Why do organizations use SAFe? Ultimately for the same reasons that they introduced Scrum at the team level: to increase productivity, improve product quality, shorter, market-oriented release intervals, a higher customer focus, and higher employee satisfaction. Only on a much larger scale.

Scaling Agile beyond the single-team level has taken on a higher priority in more and more organizations. The Scaled Agile ...

A framework for Agile scaling The scaling of Agile methods and processes has started to become more of a priority ...

There are several models that can help organizations tackle scaling in an effective and structured way. One of the most well-known and proven approaches is the Scaled Agile Framework: SAFe.

SAFe with Atlassian Tools & Agile Hive From the project kick-off until the first PI planning, we zipped through our ...

Manage the roles, responsibilities, and activities necessary to achieve alignment and collaboration across the entire organization with Agile Hive and SAFe

The larger the company, the more complex and multifaceted its structure becomes. Thanks to software solutions such as Scrum or Kanban, we can now scale planning and management processes, but they no longer cut it if you want to implement a comprehensive approach for all of your teams. Introducing: Agile Hive, our own SAFe with Atlassian tools, […]

The Corona crisis is omnipresent right now, and we are also experiencing it first-hand, too. Luckily, we have the experience and resources to continue our collaborations remotely with useful and productive replacements for in-person meetings (temporarily or perhaps permanently). There's no need for our collaboration and coordination to suffer – […]

In these times shaped by the COVID-19 virus, more and more SAFe® practitioners are asking about how to conduct a PI planning event remotely. There are so many different tools we can use to communicate with each other. However, many companies still aren't quite sure how to make it work most effectively.

What is SAFe®? SAFe® is designed to tame the scope of agile processes beyond the actual development teams. You could describe it as a way to make product development agile throughout the entire company.  A Scaled Agile Framework provides a structure that is not limited to the team level but also integrates programs, larger solutions, and […]

The COVID-19 Coronavirus is forcing agile communities to consider adopting a course of action we would normally reject: to avoid meeting in person when possible, especially with regards to gathering in big crowds. Under these circumstances, we must rethink strategies such as Program Increment (PI) Planning, a critical element of the Scaled Agile […]

We're happy to announce the release of the new version of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®, version 5.0, which aims to help companies scale agile principles and methods beyond agile IT and development teams to the entire organization. Onboarding all employees to the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe® requires a comprehensive and detailed plan, and […]

Summit 2020 is quickly approaching and is the most talked about Atlassian event of the year! Whether you are interested ...

The 8th annual Tools4AgileTeams conference took place in Wiesbaden this past November and we were delighted to have received a ...