{"id":24555,"date":"2024-08-08T23:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T06:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?page_id=24555"},"modified":"2024-10-11T17:19:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T00:19:57","slug":"asvpm-meetups-and-events-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?page_id=24555","title":{"rendered":"ASVPM MeetUps And Events &#8211; February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23800 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1.png 600w, https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill Pratt and Bob Payne will present what it took to convert the Department of Homeland Security from a waterfall methodology to an Agile organization, including SAFe principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/meetup.asvpm.org\/MeetupFiles\/2024\/Feb_BillPratt_BobPayne\/Bill_Pratt_&amp;_Bob_Payne_ASVPM_Meetup_02152024.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video File<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/meetup.asvpm.org\/MeetupFiles\/2024\/Feb_BillPratt_BobPayne\/ASVPM_Meetup_FEB2024_DHS_SAFe-Final_SlidesDeck.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation File<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Steps for Successful Organizational Transformations<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Demystify Agile, SAFe, and DevOps to the uninitiated<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It won\u2019t happen overnight \u2013 be prepared for the long haul<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You need to figure out how to align with other ongoing initiatives<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You are never finished \u2013 your journey will morph with new technologies<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bill Pratt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23802\" style=\"width:95px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3.png 493w, https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill is the Executive Director of Customer Relations at the RELI Group Inc., a management consulting firm focused on Federal IT. Bill recently retired from the federal government, where he served for 22 years at the Department of Homeland Security, most recently as the Director of Enterprise Technology Governance. Bill managed the Agile transformation efforts at DHS, achieving a 100 percent level of Agile adoption for major IT programs in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bob Payne:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob is an early adopter of Extreme Programming (XP), and is a seasoned Agile Coach and practitioner with 25 years of experience in project management, software development, engineering, and business. He is a leading trainer in SAFe\u00ae and Agile methodologies, participating in the GAO Agile Experts panel to develop guidance for Agile methods in Government agencies. Holding an MS degree in Computer Architecture for AI, Bob has served as a principal coach and consultant at government and Fortune 100 organizations, including USCIS, Nike, Nationwide, IRS, Geico, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and more. Additionally, as the host of the Agile Toolkit podcast, he has produced over 170 episodes featuring industry leaders and Agile practitioners, with over a million downloads. Bob is a speaker and organizer for national and international conferences and a Certifying Trainer for SAFe, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Developer, and Certified Agile Project\/Program Manager classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees (60)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Bill Pratt and Bob Payne will present what it took to convert the Department of Homeland Security from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1760,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24555","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1760"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25576,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24555\/revisions\/25576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}