The Challenge
Are your teams truly aligned with your organization's goals? Or are they busy delivering outputs while leadership struggles to understand if investments are driving real business value?
In most enterprises using Azure DevOps, there’s a gap. Strategy lives in one place. Planning happens in another. And somewhere in between, "shadow work" emerges, unfunded initiatives that drain capacity while portfolio leadership remains blind to the disconnect.
This is exactly the challenge Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) is designed to solve.
Join SAI, Cprime and Nooga as we discuss the challenge in bridging the gap between portfolio strategy and team execution by leveraging AI and solutions by Nooga. This webinar isn't theory, you'll get practical tips from experienced leaders who work in the field with enterprise customers, showing you real approaches and a live demo using Azure DevOps.
What You'll Learn
✓ Visualize Your Portfolio Holistically: See how to connect strategy to teams creating a "golden thread*" that traces investment to value delivery.
✓ Identify and Eliminate Shadow Work: Discover how to surface hidden work that indicates a mismatch between what leadership funds and what teams actually execute.
✓ Solve the Dependency Headache: Learn how to visualize and manage cross-team dependencies, reducing the manual effort that consumes capacity.
*Golden thread concept from "Better Value Sooner Safer Happier" by Jonathan Smart (http://www.soonersaferhappier.com)
Why This Matters Now
Executives are asking: How do we get more efficient? Where can we cut waste? How do we prove ROI on our investments?
Right now, organizations struggle to answer these questions because they’re not seeing the whole picture, lacking visibility into whether work is aligned with strategy. The answer isn't throwing more money at the problem. It's gaining visibility into your execution. This webinar shows you how.
Who Should Attend
- CIOs and Portfolio Leaders
- Managers and Supervisors
- Change Agents
- LACE Members and/or Release Train Engineers (RTEs)
- Program and Delivery Managers
- Product Managers
- Agile coaches
- Anyone frustrated by the gaps Azure DevOps leaves in scaled agile environments
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About the Speakers
Rebecca Davis
LPM Thought Leader at Scaled Agile Inc.
Rebecca is a SAFe Fellow and Methodologist on the Framework Team at Scaled Agile, Inc., with over 15 years of experience leading Agile teams, trains and leaders across startups, mid-size companies and Fortune 100 enterprises. A recognised thought leader in Lean Portfolio Management, Rebecca has served as a Value Management Office (VMO) leader and portfolio leader at Global 50 companies, focusing on creating connections from strategy through to execution. She helps large organisations align investments with real business value and work more effectively at scale.
John Kosco
Enterprise Transformation Coach at Cprime
John is an executive with 30+ years of experience within Information Technology, with both Product and Services Delivery experience in the Aerospace, Financial, Healthcare, Nuclear and Energy industry. He fosters a constructive change culture, guides organizations through transformational programs and provides coaching in the adoption of the latest Lean Agile methods. He is recognized in the industry for advising on Enterprise Transformations, Agile Mindset, Product Management, Portfolio Management, Participatory Budgeting, Scrum, Kanban, XP, Scaling of Agility, DevOps, Organization Change Management and AI Strategic Adoption.
Michael Ginart
Lean Agile & Transformation Specialist, and Product Manager at Nooga
Michael has been working with Azure DevOps and its predecessor Team Foundation Server since 2005, bringing nearly two decades of hands-on experience to the platform. Starting out as a software developer across a wide range of industries, he grew deeply curious about how teams could work better, first through technology, then through lean and agile methodologies. That curiosity led him into a career as a Lean-Agile consultant before moving into product management. At Nooga, Michael focuses on process and methodology products within Azure DevOps, helping organizations improve the flow of value and adopt modern ways of working with the whole system in mind.