Lean-Agile Center of Excellence Workshop
Drive enterprise adoption of Lean-Agile practices and business results
The LACE is a small, dedicated team of leaders and change agents who are responsible for driving real and lasting organizational change.
An effective Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) is a critical success factor differentiating organizations fully committed to adopting Lean-Agile practices and achieving significant business results from those practicing Agile in name only.
The challenge is that most of the people qualified to drive change have full-time responsibilities in their current roles. While a significant portion of their time can perhaps be devoted to supporting the change, a smaller, more dedicated group of people is needed to drive SAFe® adoption throughout the organization.

During this one–day workshop, you will explore proven SAFe adoption patterns (as well as common pitfalls) and how they apply to your context, in order to:
- Create the mission statement and charter for the LACE
- Understand and learn how to carry out the responsibilities of the LACE
- Determine the organizational model for the LACE (centralized, decentralized or hub-and-spoke)
- Set up the LACE as an Agile team
- Build your initial SAFe Implementation Roadmap
- Learn how to prepare to launch your first Agile Release Train (ART)
Who will benefit?
- Executive sponsors
- Change agents
- Certified SAFe® Program Consultants (SPCs)
- Agile coaches
Prerequisites
- All participants must have attended an Implementing SAFe or Leading SAFe
- Completion and socialization of a Value Stream Workshop
What You’ll Learn and Accomplish
- Proven SAFe adoption patterns described in the SAFe Implementation Roadmap
- Which LACE organizational model is best for your organization
- LACE roles and responsibilities, and the key practices the LACE can leverage to drive enterprise adoption
- An action plan for generating the short-term wins critical to organizational change
- A roadmap and Kanban system to sustain and expand on early successes
- Fostering Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Scrum Master Communities of Practice (CoPs)
- Extending SAFe to Lean Portfolio Management, Human Resources, and Finance
Scaled Agile Advisory Services
-- Provided by Scaled Agile, Inc. and the Scaled Agile Partner Network
Lean-Agile Center of Excellence Workshop
Drive enterprise adoption of Lean-Agile practices and business results
Value Stream Workshop
Organize for value
SAFe® ART Quickstart
Accelerate your SAFe transformation
SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management Workshop
Focus and align productivity to strategic goals
Inspect and Adapt Workshop
Optimize the quality of your implementation through relentless improvement
