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# Ariel Partners

Welcome to Ariel Partners

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- [Optimizing Samsung’s IT Infrastructure With Jira Service Management](https://arielpartners.com/optimizing-samsungs-it-infrastructure-with-jira-service-management/) - This case study details how Ariel Partners leveraged Atlassian Jira Service Management to help Samsung streamline IT operations, reduce service bottlenecks, and enhance customer satisfaction across its global network.
- [Jira Anti-Patterns](https://arielpartners.com/jira-anti-patterns/) - A couple of weeks ago I was coaching a group of new Jira users. Any time I am working with people new to the tool I always like to provide context along with anti-patterns. If you are not familiar with the term anti-pattern it simply means a common approach to doing something that seems like a good idea, but in the long-run likely won’t work out very well.
- [How Can We Speed Up Our Low Velocity Scrum Team?](https://arielpartners.com/how-can-we-speed-up-low-velocity-scrum-team/) - Our organization has a number of Scrum teams working on various projects. Some exhibit much higher velocity than others. Unfortunately, some of the teams with low velocity run the risk of not being able to complete high priority work items in the product backlog. Management is considering whether to replace team members with more experienced and/or skilled members. For example, replacing a mid-level developer with a more senior developer. However, some believe the team is understaffed and that we should add more team members. As consultant coaches, what are some things we should consider? How should we advise our client?
- [Configuring Jira For Maximum Agility: A DoD Case Study](https://arielpartners.com/configuring-jira-for-maximum-agility-a-dod-case-study/) - This paper illustrates the Jira configurations, processes, tips, and tricks we developed while supporting a large Department of Defense customer that was migrating to Atlassian Jira to support their adoption of Agile and DevSecOps principles and practices. Rather than providing an Agile transformation how-to recipe, we will describe some of the configurations, templates, processes, and systems we have helped our DoD client establish and the benefits that were observed. We will cover tips and tricks we used to help make the Jira experience amazing for teams of any variety. We will cover several scenarios such as supporting a large heterogeneous organization, scaling up to larger efforts, how to supercharge daily standups, enforcing governance, and finding better ways of doing backlog refinement.
- [Remote Work: How State Government can meet the challenge of adapting to a hybrid remote work environment](https://arielpartners.com/jira-remote-work/) - Over the last two years, the Covid pandemic has forced state and local governments throughout the US to scramble to support a fully remote work environment. Supporting a fully remote work force requires comprehensive changes touching every aspect of IT including cybersecurity, networks, workflows, tools, Agile practices, operating platforms, governance and oversight.
- [Five Common Kanban Questions](https://arielpartners.com/five-common-kanban-questions/) - Kanban is rapidly gaining popularity as the alternative path to agility, however, there are some common questions and misconceptions that we see frequently. Here are five questions and answers.

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- [Flight Levels](https://arielpartners.com/flight-levels/) - Flight Levels Training Flight Levels is a groundbreaking thinking model that delivers a holistic approach to reenergize stalled transformations. Ensure Strategic Alignment Cultivate Business Agility Strengthen Essential Collaboration Nodes Book Training Now Why Flight Levels? The Flight Levels model achieves peak returns on your investments by boosting your organization's transformation efforts with outcome-driven engagement. Improve
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## My Templates

- [Atlassian Solutions Page](https://arielpartners.com/?elementor_library=atlassian-solutions-page) - Atlassian Solutions Maximize your Atlassian investments with Ariel Partners' administration, configuration, consulting, training, and support services for the full Atlassian software suite. Streamline Workflows Improve Communications Increase Productivity Contact Us Now Why Atlassian? “Companies using Atlassian tools experienced a 50% reduction in time spent on manual tasks and a 23% increase in team productivity” -
- [Flight Levels Landing Page](https://arielpartners.com/?elementor_library=flight-levels-landing-page) - Flight Levels Training Flight Levels is a groundbreaking thinking model that delivers a holistic approach to reenergize stalled transformations. Ensure Strategic Alignment Cultivate Business Agility Strengthen Essential Collaboration Nodes Book Training Now Why Flight Levels? The Flight Levels model achieves peak returns on your investments by boosting your organization's transformation efforts with outcome-driven engagement. Improve
- [NASA SEWP VI Page](https://arielpartners.com/?elementor_library=nasa-sewp-vi-page) - NASA SEWP VI Contract NASA SEWP VI is designed to support NASA’s evolving IT needs by providing a competitive platform for advanced technology solutions. This solicitation targets a wide array of enterprise services that empower NASA to modernize its infrastructure, streamline operations, and drive digital innovation across the agency. Advancing Enterprise-Wide IT Solutions for NASA
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## Portfolio

- [HSBC Recruiting](https://arielpartners.com/cases/hsbc-recruiting/) - Synergistically evolve 2.0 technologies rather than just in time initiatives. Quickly deploy strategic networks with compelling e-business. Credibly pontificate highly efficient manufactured products and enabled data.
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- [WA Trekking](https://arielpartners.com/cases/wa-trekking/) - Dynamically target high-payoff intellectual capital for customized technologies. Objectively integrate emerging core competencies before process-centric communities. Dramatically evisculate holistic innovation rather than client-centric data.
- [ScalePay](https://arielpartners.com/cases/scalepay/) - Interactively procrastinate high-payoff content without backward-compatible data. Quickly cultivate optimal processes and tactical architectures. Completely iterate covalent strategic theme areas via accurate e-markets.
- [California Caris](https://arielpartners.com/cases/california-caris/) - Globally incubate standards compliant channels before scalable benefits. Quickly disseminate superior deliverables whereas web-enabled applications. Quickly drive clicks-and-mortar catalysts for change before vertical architectures.
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- [Business Planning](https://arielpartners.com/cases/business-planning/) - Dynamically target high-payoff intellectual capital for customized technologies. Objectively integrate emerging core competencies before process-centric communities. Dramatically evisculate holistic innovation rather than client-centric data.
- [Trust and Accuracy](https://arielpartners.com/cases/trust-and-accuracy/) - Distinctively exploit optimal alignments for intuitive bandwidth. Quickly coordinate e-business applications through revolutionary catalysts for change. Seamlessly underwhelm optimal testing procedures whereas bricks-and-clicks processes.
- [Strength in numbers](https://arielpartners.com/cases/strength-in-numbers/) - Globally incubate standards compliant channels before scalable benefits. Quickly disseminate superior deliverables whereas web-enabled applications. Quickly drive clicks-and-mortar catalysts for change before vertical architectures.
- [Knowledge for life](https://arielpartners.com/cases/knowledge-for-life/) - Distinctively exploit optimal alignments for intuitive bandwidth. Quickly coordinate e-business applications through revolutionary catalysts for change. Seamlessly underwhelm optimal testing procedures whereas bricks-and-clicks processes.

## Book Recommendations

- [Book Recommendation 2](https://arielpartners.com/book-recommendation/book-recommendation-2/) - Book excerpt
- [Book Recommendation 1](https://arielpartners.com/book-recommendation/book-recommendation-1/) - Book excerpt

## Clients

- [Bright Power / Fannie Mae](https://arielpartners.com/client/bright-power-fannie-mae/) - Ariel Partners developed a microservice integrating Bright Power utility reporting information systems with Fannie Mae for disclosure reporting and data warehouse reporting, supporting Fannie Mae’s $50B Green Loan initiative. Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association, FNMA) created the Fannie Mae Green Financing program to provide preferred pricing to borrowers who a) Implement energy and water-saving upgrades (Fannie Mae Green Rewards),
- [Samsung](https://arielpartners.com/client/samsung/) - Ariel Partners partnered with Samsung to streamline and modernize their global IT service operations by transitioning from Jira Software to a purpose-built Jira Service Management (JSM) solution. Samsung had previously used Jira Software to handle service requests, incidents, and change approvals—an approach that resulted in delays, backlogs, and missed escalations due to the lack of
- [United States Airforce](https://arielpartners.com/client/united-states-airforce/) - In 2020 Ariel, received a Federal prime award with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate to provide Jira Training to personnel in the Randolph, Wright-Patterson, and Gunter Annex Air Force Bases. BES is rolling out the Atlassian products suite as part of their initiative to transform their
- [United States Environmental Protection Agency](https://arielpartners.com/client/united-states-environmental-protection-agency/) - Supported the EPA’s Information Resources Management Division located in Research Triangle Park, NC. Ariel performed IT operations and telecommunications services, including network engineering and administration, Lotus Notes development and administration, LAN support, service desk, training, computer and workstation support and web applications/software development. We provided application development support to maintain more than 30 currently used
- [United States Department of Health and Human Services](https://arielpartners.com/client/united-states-department-of-health-and-human-services/) - Ariel assisted in the development of an application to maintain a registry of first responders for the Office of Emergency Management. Ariel consultants performed functional and technical analysis, design, programming, testing, support, debugging, and maintenance of mission critical web-based software components.
- [Social Security Administration](https://arielpartners.com/client/social-security-administration/) - Since September 2019, Ariel Partners has been working with the Office of the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration (SSA OIG). Ariel is designing an audit program for large-scale Agile projects and delivering a comprehensive training program covering all aspects of large-scale Agile software development. Ariel is providing the following training courses to SSA
- [FBI-CODIS](https://arielpartners.com/client/fbi-codis/) - We have worked with the FBI CODIS program since 2003 and continuously since 2012. CODIS is a critical biometrics law enforcement tool that leverages advanced forensic science to help identify violent criminals, missing persons, and unidentified human remains. CODIS is used daily by the FBI, State and Local forensic labs, and law enforcement agencies throughout
- [Liquidnet](https://arielpartners.com/client/liquidnet/) - Ariel placed some of the most specialized financial technologists for Liquidnet. We have retained Full-Stack Developers and Architects with PM/BA skills, UX/UI Designers, and a Senior WPF/C# developer to augment Liquidnet’s Trading Technology with a real-time front-end trading application.
- [HBO](https://arielpartners.com/client/hbo/) - Ariel consultants work with HBO’s Digital Products division building tools and technologies to support HBO’s flagship HBO GO, HBO NOW, and website media streaming platforms. Ariel provided Full-Stack Developers working with cutting-edge technologies on the PERN stack (PostgreSQL, Express, ReactJS/Redux and Node.JS). Ariel consultants developed a set of tools to facilitate on-boarding and off-boarding of
- [VectorMAX](https://arielpartners.com/client/vectormax/) - VectorMAX provides a one-of-a-kind carrier-grade software solution at a fraction of the cost of other alternatives. Their IPTV software based multicast offers a quick and cost-effective pathway to IPTV thereby avoiding the complexities of traditional hardware solutions.
- [PBF Energy](https://arielpartners.com/client/pbf-energy/) - Ariel is providing Kanban and Agile coaching across the entire IT organization consisting of multiple teams, multiple sites worldwide, and more than 100 people. We trained teams on agile requirements, metrics, User Stories, estimation and planning, and the systems thinking approach to implementing Kanban. For PBF Energy, Ariel Partners taught multiple workshops on user stories,
- [NYC Department of Education](https://arielpartners.com/client/nyc-department-of-education/) - The New York City Department of Education is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city’s public school system. The City School District of the City of New York is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,800 separate schools.
- [NYC Department of Youth & Community Development](https://arielpartners.com/client/nyc-department-of-youth-community-development/) - Ariel Partners developed and delivered a comprehensive two-day “bootcamp” workshop for Human Centered Design for approximately 20 people for IT and non-IT stakeholders. The workshop introduced new and better ways to understand the customer and develop more intuitive and user-friendly solutions. The HCD workshop teaches techniques including stakeholder mapping, empathy mapping, scenario mapping, persona definition,
- [NYC Department of Social Services](https://arielpartners.com/client/nyc-department-of-social-services/) - Since June 2016, Ariel Partners has provided a wide range of services to the New York City (NYC) Department of Social Services (DSS)/Department of Homeless Services (DHS). Ariel is assisting the NYC DSS Information Technology Services (ITS) division in its efforts to streamline and modernize its operations, which includes the establishment of a new virtualized

## Contracts

- [Navy SeaPort-NxG](https://arielpartners.com/contract/navy-seaport-nxg/) - SeaPort is the Navy Department's electronic platform for acquiring support services in 23 separate areas that include engineering, Financial Management, and program management. Task orders are competitively solicited, awarded and managed using this platform.
- [Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Solution for Information Technology Enterprise III (SITE III)](https://arielpartners.com/contract/defense-intelligence-agency-dia-solution-for-information-technology-enterprise-iii-site-iii/) - The Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise III (SITE III) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract supports both classified and unclassified programs on multiple security domains. SITE III is designed to provide information technology (IT) mission support mission partners across the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The SITE III contract features
- [DOJ ITSS-5](https://arielpartners.com/contract/doj-itss-5/) - Information Technology Support Services (ITSS-5) is a competitive multiple award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract designed to provide specific IT services to DOJ components at the task order level. The contracts provide favorable procurement and task administration conditions to DOJ bureaus and OBDs for tasks that would otherwise be procured through a more lengthy open competition process or through external contracting vehicles.
- [GSA Professional Services Schedule (PSS)](https://arielpartners.com/contract/gsa-professional-services-schedule-pss/) - The Professional Services Schedule (PSS) is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) multiple award schedule, providing direct access to simple or complex fixed-price or labor-hour professional services including: Advertising and marketing solutions; Business consulting solutions; Environmental solutions; Financial and business solutions; Language services; Logistics solutions; and Professional engineering solutions. Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (formerly MOBIS,
- [GSA IT-70, Small Business](https://arielpartners.com/contract/gsa-it-70-small-business/) - IT Schedule 70 delivers federal, state, and local customer agencies the tools and expertise needed to shorten procurement cycles, ensure compliance, and obtain the best value for innovative technology products, services,and solutions.
- [DISA Encore III](https://arielpartners.com/contract/disa-encore-iii/) - The Defense Information Systems Agency’s ENCORE III Small Business Set-Aside Suite is now available. This contracting vehicle provides a full range of information technology (IT) services and solutions required by the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and the intelligence community.
- [HHS / CMS SPARC](https://arielpartners.com/contract/hhs-cms-sparc/) - SPARC is a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), performance-based contract. Its purpose is to provide strategic, technical, and program management guidance and support services to facilitate the modernization of CMS business processes and supporting systems. It is available to all components within Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and all Health and Human Services (HHS) Operating Divisions to procure IT System development services, from end to end.

## Course Types

- [Scrum](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/scrum/)
- [Flight Levels](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/flight-levels/)
- [Atlassian](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/atlassian-2/)
- [Atlassian](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/atlassian/)
- [Systems Development](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/systems-development/)
- [Jira](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/jira/)
- [Kanban](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/kanban/)
- [Agile & Scrum](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/agile-scrum/)
- [SAFe Training](https://arielpartners.com/course-type/safe-training/)

## Courses

- [Scrum Training Placeholder](https://arielpartners.com/course/scrum-training/) - This is a placeholder description.
- [Flight Level Master Classes (Mix of 2 or All 3 Classes)](https://arielpartners.com/course/fl2d-fl3d-flsa-enterprise-kanban-at-scale-mix-match/) - Interested in taking more than 1 class in the next 9-12 months? Maximize your learning potential with our exclusive bundle training class offerings! For more information about bundle class options, please contact training@arielpartners.com .
- [FLIN: Flight Levels Introduction](https://arielpartners.com/course/flin-flight-levels-introduction/) - Are you experiencing the pain of ineffective Digital- and Agile transformation? Leading a transformation that you would like to succeed in? We explore the common failures, what causes them, and the good news of how you can prevent these problems and be successful. While there are common patterns, every company is different, and the difference
- [FL3D: Organizational Strategy & Lean Portfolio Management](https://arielpartners.com/course/fl3d-organizational-strategy-lean-portfolio-management/) - Lacking visibility into your strategic portfolio? Finding out of problems and opportunities too late? Struggling with People “resisting” your change programs? This workshop will help you turn your strategy into action. Learn how to define effective outcomes and translate outcomes into action in a world of dependencies and specialists.
- [FL2D: Achieving Flow At Scale via Value Stream Management](https://arielpartners.com/course/fl2d-achieving-flow-at-scale-via-value-stream-management/) - Are you battling with loads of dependencies, swamped by new requests, and planning the next cycle? Under pressure from your customers and stakeholders to deliver faster? The main impediment to flow is a lack of interaction between your teams, not the agility of individual teams. This course helps you uncover the big levers for improvement,
- [FLSA: Powering Agile Transformations with Enterprise Kanban](https://arielpartners.com/course/flsa-powering-agile-transformations-with-enterprise-kanban/) - Business Agility involves the entire organisation. However, most agile implementations focus on only team-level agility. Flight Levels take agility beyond the team beyond the portfolio and into strategy. Flight Levels Systems Architecture will help you: Establish business agility beyond team boundaries See how your organisation's strategy is progressing Know why any piece of work is
- [Jira Fundamentals Training](https://arielpartners.com/course/jira-fundamentals-training/) - In partnership with PMI, Ariel provides Jira fundamentals training. This training is targeted for team members and those in an oversight role for technology delivery and sustainment programs. The hands-on training teaches students how to use Jira to manage and track their work in an immersive environment that simulates a large, diverse organization. The course
- [Jira Intermediate Training](https://arielpartners.com/course/jira-intermediate-training/) - In partnership with PMI, Ariel provides Jira fundamentals training. This training is targeted for team members and those in an oversight role for technology delivery and sustainment programs. The hands-on training teaches students how to use Jira to manage and track their work in an immersive environment that simulates a large, diverse organization. The course
- [05.Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)](https://arielpartners.com/course/kanban-systems-management-kmp-ii/) - Kanban Systems Improvement is a 2-day advanced level course that will help participants build on their existing knowledge of Kanban Method and will help them take their current Kanban implementation to the next level. Building on KMPI, the KMPII course focuses on broadening beyond a single-team focus to upstream/customer Kanban and deepening to scale to
- [04.Kanban System Design (KSD)](https://arielpartners.com/course/04-kanban-system-design-ksd/) - Learn the alternative path to agility with certified kanban classes. Use Kanban to manage any process: human resources, sales, underwriting, corporate strategy, IT operations, and software development. Understand how Kanban systems can be used to visualize and manage delivery flow and drive continuous improvement.
- [](https://arielpartners.com/course/5743/) - This workshop will teach you the foundations for scaling regardless of the scaling framework being used. Over four days we will analyze the barriers to scaling Agile practices and reveal highly effective techniques for resolving them. Days one and two prepare you to effectively align and optimize flow across multiple teams. By understanding and recognizing
- [Okaloa](https://arielpartners.com/course/okaloa/) - This workshop will teach you the foundations for scaling regardless of the scaling framework being used. Over four days we will analyze the barriers to scaling Agile practices and reveal highly effective techniques for resolving them. Days one and two prepare you to effectively align and optimize flow across multiple teams. By understanding and recognizing
- [Jira Advanced Training](https://arielpartners.com/course/jira-advanced-training/) - Jira advanced training enables students to leverage the full power of Jira to address challenges that arise in larger organizations while also providing a foundation for those who wish to become Jira administrators. The first part of the course covers topics including advanced searching, project planning and forecasting, handling dependencies, reporting and dashboards. The second
- [Jira Service Management](https://arielpartners.com/course/jira-service-management/) - Jira service desk training teaches team members how to use Jira Service Management (formerly Jira Service Desk) to perform service management tasks including asset tracking and management, help desk, knowledge base management, ”level zero” (self-service) help, and many other tasks. The training demonstrates how to use JSM to perform tasks in a way that is
- [Team Spaces in Confluence](https://arielpartners.com/course/confluence/) - Confluence training helps users of all levels leverage the tool to the fullest extent, teaching best practices and pointing out pitfalls to avoid. This hands-on training teaches students how to use Confluence to manage important use cases including reference documentation, supporting software projects, and enabling support teams. The training covers page macros, templates, blueprints, and
- [Git and BitBucket](https://arielpartners.com/course/git-and-bitbucket/) - Understand how to use Atlassian BitBucket by diving in to experience a full end-to-end DevOps toolchain including Jira for issue tracking and Jenkins for automated builds. This 2-day intensive hands-on training will enable developers of all skill levels to master modern best practices for large-team software development using Git, Jira, and Bitbucket. We will review
- [Jira Fundamentals](https://arielpartners.com/course/jira-fundamentals/) - Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into
- [Scrum Master](https://arielpartners.com/course/scrum-master/) - In this two-day course, attendees gain an understanding of the role of a Scrum Master in a SAFe enterprise. Unlike traditional Scrum Master training that focuses on the fundamentals of team-level Scrum, the SAFe Scrum Master course explores the role of the Scrum Master in the context of the entire enterprise, and prepares attendees to
- [Product Owner](https://arielpartners.com/course/product-owner/) - Develop the skillsets needed to guide the delivery of value in a Lean enterprise by becoming a SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM). During this two-day course, attendees gain an in-depth understanding of how to effectively perform their role in the Agile Release Train (ART) as it delivers value through Program Increments. Attendees explore how
- [Leading SAFe](https://arielpartners.com/course/leading-safe/) - During this two-day course, attendees gain the knowledge necessary to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise by leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) and its underlying principles derived from Lean, systems thinking, Agile development, product development flow, and DevOps. Participants in the class gain insights into mastering Business Agility in order to thrive in the competitive market.
- [SAFe For Teams](https://arielpartners.com/course/safe-for-teams/) - Build the skills needed to become a high-performing team member of an Agile Release Train (ART)—and learn how to collaborate effectively with other teams—by becoming a SAFe® 5 Practitioner. During this two-day course, gain an in-depth understanding of the ART, how it delivers value, and what you can do to effectively perform your role using
- [06.Discovery Kanban, Human-Centered Design and Kanban Flight Levels: Innovation at Scale](https://arielpartners.com/course/discovery-kanban-human-centered-design-and-kanban-flight-levels-innovation-at-scale/) - “Innovation at scale doesn’t happen by accident. And it isn’t magic, either. How can we encourage innovation and at all levels, ensuring that insights and findings are incorporated into organizational strategy so that we can react and adjust quickly — enabling true business agility? Discovery Kanban and Human Centered Design provide the keys to understanding
- [01.Team-Level Scrum](https://arielpartners.com/course/team-level-scrum/) - This training course provides a comprehensive understanding of the Scrum agile process. In particular, it will explain what problems Scrum solves, how Scrum teams are organized and managed, and how the work is captured, managed, and tracked. This course is designed to prepare attendees to pass the Professional Scrum Master I and II certifications.
- [02.Agile for Leaders and Executives Seminar](https://arielpartners.com/course/agile-for-leaders-and-executives-seminar/) - Learn about what leaders and executives can do to support their agile organizations and lead a successful digital transformation. Understand the key role management plays in supporting agile teams. Learn about management 3.0 and “liberating structures:” cutting edge facilitation techniques that can significantly improve buy-in and engagement.
- [03.Scaling Scrum: LeSS, SAFe, Nexus, Scrum@Scale](https://arielpartners.com/course/scaling-scrum-less-safe-nexus-scrumscale/) - This training course provides a comprehensive understanding of the most popular methods for scaling Scrum across multiple teams, including Large Scale Scrum and the Scaled Agile Framework, among others. The course will review how these methods evolved, and how they organize and align the work of multiple Scrum teams to deliver much larger programs of
- [05.Agile Governance and Oversight at Scale](https://arielpartners.com/course/agile-governance-and-oversight-at-scale/) - Given the lack of detailed plans up-front, the reduced emphasis on documentation, and the eschewing of traditional metrics such as earned value, one might assume that governance and oversight is more challenging in the agile space. To the contrary, agile methods offer governance and oversight a wealth of new tools and capabilities, enabling a more
- [06.Agile Software Architectures](https://arielpartners.com/course/agile-software-architectures/) - This training course provides a brief overview of Agile software architecture—focusing on web-based and microservices architectures that are simple and scalable. We will review some key design patterns such as hexagonal design and design for testability and manageability. Come learn the ways companies like HBO and Netflix provide for both incredible scalability and simple manageability.
- [02.ALM Customization with Version One/TFS/JIRA](https://arielpartners.com/course/alm-customization-with-version-one-tfs-jira/) - Many teams struggle with their application lifecycle management tool’s out-of-the-box- configuration. Typically these tools provide overly complex or inappropriate workflows and forms and are not fully integrated into the ecosystem. On the other hand, some teams suffer from overly customized and disorganized configurations, and metrics that don’t make sense. What is needed is a middle
- [07.Fundamentals of Agile](https://arielpartners.com/course/fundamentals-of-agile/) - This two-day ICAgile certified course provides a whirlwind tour of the state of the art in agile processes: agile requirements, forecasting estimation and metrics, Kanban and scrum, human centered design, scaling, DevOps, test automation, and more. Highly interactive and engaging, this training provides an excellent background and preparation for joining an agile team or adopting
- [01.Team-Level Kanban](https://arielpartners.com/course/team-level-kanban/) - This training course provides a comprehensive understanding of the Kanban agile process. In particular, it will explain what problems Kanban solves, how Kanban teams are organized and managed, and how the work is captured, managed, and tracked. It will review how releases are planned and tracked and review the key metrics used to evaluate the
- [02.Certified Team Kanban Practitioner](https://arielpartners.com/course/certified-team-kanban-practitioner/) - Getting Started with Visualization and Limiting Work-in-progress is a highly interactive one-day entry-level course accredited by the Lean-Kanban University (LKU) that focuses on implementing Kanban at the Team Level. Participants will gain sufficient knowledge about the Kanban Method and related topics to get started by introducing Kanban in the existing process and taking that first
- [03.Scaling with Kanban: Flight Levels and Multi-Team Flow](https://arielpartners.com/course/scaling-with-kanban-flight-levels-and-multi-team-flow/) - “I didn’t know you could do that with Kanban!” This training course describes how Kanban can be applied at multiple levels within an organization, such as to coordinate the efforts of multiple Scrum development teams. We will explore how Kanban boards can be used in diverse industries and at multiple levels of the organization. We will explore
- [01.Human Centered Design](https://arielpartners.com/course/human-centered-design/) - Human-Centered Design (HCD) is an approach to problem solving commonly used in design and management frameworks that develops solutions to problems by involving the human perspective in all steps of the problem-solving process. HCD emphasizes immersion, observing, and contextual framing in which innovators immerse themselves with the problem and community. HCD, also known as customer
- [03.Agile Requirements, Story Splitting, Release Planning, Forecasting and Metrics](https://arielpartners.com/course/agile-requirements-story-splitting-release-planning-forecasting-and-metrics/) - Among the leading causes of project failure are unclear or poorly defined requirements. In addition, many projects are set up for failure due to being drastically underestimated from the start. This training course addresses both of these issues head on! First, we focus on the processes of requirements gathering, communication and coordination in an Agile environment. We will
- [04.Overview of DevOps and CI/CD](https://arielpartners.com/course/overview-of-devops-and-ci-cd/) - This course provides an overview of DevOps and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and why it became a dominant approach to software delivery. We will explore best practices in Continuous Development, Continuous Testing, Configuration Management and Continuous Integration, and finally, Continuous Monitoring of software throughout its development life cycle. We will learn about important
- [05.Management 3.0](https://arielpartners.com/course/management-3-0/) - Lean and agile practices were first introduced within the context of small, co-located, high-performing teams. Now more than 20 years later, the industry is starting to see the adoption of agile methods and practices across the enterprise and at scale. Nevertheless, there is relatively little guidance for what Agile means for managers or executives. What
- [06.Automated Testing and BDD](https://arielpartners.com/course/automated-testing-and-bdd/) - This course focuses on test automation, including automated acceptance testing and behavior driven development (BDD). Test automation came into its own in 1998 with the invention of jUnit, the Java-based automated unit testing framework that became a centerpiece of eXtreme Programming. BDD is a new, exciting approach to developing software that leverages and extends test
- [07.Kanban Management Professional KMP I + KMP II](https://arielpartners.com/course/kanban-management-professional-kmp-i-kmp-ii/)

## Events

- [Crain’s Forum: Hospital CEOs at The New York Athletic Club](https://arielpartners.com/event/crains-forum-hospital-ceos-at-the-new-york-athletic-club/) - Crain’s New York Business is launching its inaugural Hospital CEO Breakfast at a defining moment for New York City health care, with several major systems under new leadership and priorities being reset. Join healthcare leaders for high-value networking and a candid, CEO-level panel on the forces reshaping the city’s hospital sector—and what comes next.
- [Atlassian: Team On Tour Government](https://arielpartners.com/event/atlassian-team-on-tour-government/) - What is Team on Tour: Government? Team on Tour: Government brings mission-driven teams and Atlassian experts together to discuss the most pressing challenges facing government today and share real-world solutions. Discover how leading agencies are modernizing legacy systems, breaking down silos, leveraging data for smarter decisions, and building collaborative, efficient teams that deliver for citizens.
- ["Rebalancing Your Work Portfolio" Flight Levels® Flight Club — USA #3 (Guest Speaker: Dave Steege)](https://arielpartners.com/event/flight-levels-flight-club-usa-3-guest-speaker-dave-steege/) - Topic: Rebalancing your work portfolio by Dave Steege Join us as we explore Flight Levels, the powerful organizational flow and alignment approach created by Klaus Leopold. Flight Levels helps organizations connect strategy to execution by visualizing how work moves — not just within teams, but across departments and the enterprise. Rather than adding more processes or roles,
- [Flight Levels® Flight Club — USA #2 (Guest Speaker: Troy Magennis)](https://arielpartners.com/event/flight-levels-flight-club-usa-2-guest-speaker-troy-magennis/) - Date: May 5th 2026 Guest Speaker: Troy Magennis, CTO and Co-Founder of Predictability at Scale Join us as we explore Flight Levels, the powerful organizational flow and alignment approach created by Klaus Leopold. Flight Levels helps organizations connect strategy to execution by visualizing how work moves — not just within teams, but across departments and the enterprise. Rather
- ["What is Flight Levels and AI impacts on enterprise flow" Flight Levels® Flight Club — USA #1 (Guest Speaker: Klaus Leopold)](https://arielpartners.com/event/flight-levels-flight-club-usa-1-guest-speaker-klaus-leopold/) - Guest Speaker: Klaus Leopold, Creator of Flight Levels®, founder of FlightLevels.io and LEANability.com Topic: What is Flight Levels and AI impacts on enterprise flow Join us as we explore Flight Levels, the powerful organizational flow and alignment approach created by Klaus Leopold. Flight Levels helps organizations connect strategy to execution by visualizing how work moves — not just within teams, but
- ["Captivating and Activating Company Strategy" Flight Levels® Flight Club — USA #4 (Guest Speaker: Craeg Strong)](https://arielpartners.com/event/captivating-and-activating-company-strategy-flight-levels-flight-club-usa-4-guest-speaker-craeg-strong/) - . Topic: Captivating and activating company strategy by Craeg Strong Join us as we explore Flight Levels, the powerful organizational flow and alignment approach created by Klaus Leopold. Flight Levels helps organizations connect strategy to execution by visualizing how work moves — not just within teams, but across departments and the enterprise. Rather than adding more processes or
- [NYC Contracting Summit: A New Era for Small Business](https://arielpartners.com/event/nyc-contracting-summit-a-new-era-for-small-business/) - The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) is hosting the NYC Contracting Summit: A New Era for Small Business! Designed for operating businesses seeking to do business with the city. Networking with contract agents from all levels of government, corporate partners and other small businesses: City of New York government agencies and affiliated entities
- [City & State’s NY Diversity & Procurement Summit - Diversity & Government Procurement Conference](https://arielpartners.com/event/city-states-ny-diversity-procurement-summit-diversity-government-procurement-conference/) - City & State’s NY Diversity & Procurement Summit is the must-attend event for industry executives, public sector leaders, and academics committed to advancing equity and opportunity in New York’s procurement landscape. This full-day conference is dedicated to fostering business partnerships between state and local government, prime contractors, and
- [Information Security Summit 2025](https://arielpartners.com/event/information-security-summit-2025/) - City & State’s Information Security Summit is the must-attend event for public sector leaders, cybersecurity pros, and tech experts committed to safeguarding New York’s state and local government operations. As cyber threats grow in scale and sophistication, this event is for a vital forum exploring the strategies, tools, and partnerships needed to protect New York’s public
- [2025 SAFe Day Government - September 25, 2025 at The Westin DC Downtown Hotel](https://arielpartners.com/event/2025-safe-day-government-september-25-2025-at-the-westin-dc-downtown-hotel/) - 2025 SAFe® Day Government is a one-day event focused on the strategies for implementing SAFe in a government context. This conference brings together visionary leaders, policymakers, and Agile practitioners to explore and champion the adoption of Agile methodologies in government. Through collaborative discussions, real-world case studies, and interactive sessions, we aim to inspire, educate, and
- [New York City Technology Forum 2025 | December 8-9, 2025, Brooklyn, New York](https://arielpartners.com/event/new-york-city-technology-forum-2025-december-8-9-2025-brooklyn-new-york/) - The New York City Technology Forum is an event that brings together public sector leaders and technology professionals to explore innovative solutions to solve government problems. Key themes include cybersecurity, digital transformation, AI implementation, data governance, and fostering collaboration across multiple stakeholders. Attendees will benefit from expert discussions, peer networking, and insights into the future of government
- [DevFest New York City 2025 - Google Developer Groups](https://arielpartners.com/event/devfest-new-york-city-2025-google-developer-groups/) - DevFest New York City - a community-driven tech conference, igniting connections and knowledge. Annually hosted by GDG NYC, DevFest brings together professional developers and tech leaders for an unparalleled opportunity to dive into workshops, talks, and demos led by experts. It's the ultimate experience for learning, sharing, and networking! As a part of DevFest New
- [AWS Summit Washington, DC 2025 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center](https://arielpartners.com/event/aws-summit-washington-dc-2025-at-walter-e-washington-convention-center-washington-d-c/) - Experience the power of possibility—at no cost. Connect with fellow innovators and AWS experts in our nation's capital for a day of learning, sharing, and building together. Hear directly from public sector leaders who've transformed their missions with AWS. Our customer-led sessions show you real solutions to real challenges, while AWS experts guide you through
- [Department of the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower (DAFITC) 2025 – Montgomery, Alabama](https://arielpartners.com/event/department-of-the-air-force-information-technology-and-cyberpower-dafitc-2025-montgomery-alabama/) - Department of the Air Force Information Technology & Cyberpower (DAFITC) : A Training and Education Event The Department of the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Training and Education Event (DAFITC) will take place in Montgomery, AL from August 25-27, 2025. In 2024, thousands of Air Force
- [AWS Summit New York City at Javits Center - July 16, 2025](https://arielpartners.com/event/aws-summit-new-york-city-at-javits-center-july-16-2025/) - Experience AWS Summit This complimentary event is your opportunity to learn from industry leaders, collaborate with peers, and get the answers to your questions directly from AWS experts. Customize your experience by choosing sessions that best fit your business needs, such as interactive workshops or customer showcases, all while networking with like-minded professionals. Keynote Unlock
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- [[Virtual] Coaching leaders: How to get it right... and how to get it really, really wrong](https://arielpartners.com/event/coaching-leaders-how-to-get-it-right-and-how-to-get-really-really-wrong/) - About the talk: We've all been there: your grassroots Agile movement is going great, but the real success that comes from systemic change is being blocked by antipattern leadership behaviours. Everyone knows leadership desperately needs some coaching. Unfortunately, accessing your fearless leaders seems nigh impossible… and when you do finally get time with them the
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- [Come and see us! We are Booth #199 at the Intelligence and National Security Summit Conference in Maryland (09/15-09/16)](https://arielpartners.com/event/come-and-see-us-we-are-booth-199-at-the-intelligence-and-national-security-summit-conference-in-maryland-9-15-9-16/) - About the Intelligence and National Security Summit Powered by AFCEA International and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), #IntelSummit22 brings public and private sector leaders together to advance collaborative solutions to critical intelligence and national security challenges. The powerful two-day program features five plenaries and six breakout sessions that examine "ripped from the headlines"
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- [Now You See It! Observing Flow Using Kanban Boards Presentation at Kanban Global Summit 2022](https://arielpartners.com/event/now-you-see-it-observing-flow-using-kanban-boards-presentation/) - “I didn’t know you could do that with Kanban!” This interactive workshop explores Kanban boards that can be used in diverse industries and at multiple levels of the organization. We will explore several interesting examples, including Kanban boards for managing non-IT knowledge work, facilitating multi-team coordination at scale, and even planning and communicating corporate strategy.
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- [Helping "Agile" Teams Become Agile](https://arielpartners.com/event/helping-agile-teams-become-agile/) - Join us for our in person XP & Agile NYC Meetup Guillaume Marceau will share with us some tips, techniques, and improvements he has introduced, led, and observed in his career of working with Agile teams across New York, Boston, Montreal, and India. This talk is for all roles and all levels. We all love
- [A Kanban Clinic Episode](https://arielpartners.com/event/a-kanban-clinic-episode/) - Kanban Clinic with Craeg Strong & Shahin Sheidaei Date, Time and Location: Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Time: 8-9:30 PM EST Location: Online Join us for an exploration and discussion on Kanban. We are going to have a brief conversation around and about Kanban; and then open up to a group
- [The New York XP & Agile Meetup Group](https://arielpartners.com/event/virtual-agile-tool-celebrity-death-match-kanbanize-versus-jira/) - We Are Back! Virtual... for now Covid-19 changed the game, making remote work and distributed team members the norm. I think we all sense that something fundamental has changed in the nature of work, and many of these changes will persist even after the pandemic. Like it or not, whiteboards and sticky notes can no
- [Now You See It! Observing Flow Using Kanban Boards Presentation for Agile/DevOps](https://arielpartners.com/event/now-you-see-it-observing-flow-using-kanban-boards-presentation-2/) - “I didn’t know you could do that with Kanban!” This interactive workshop reveals how Kanban systems can help solve the governance and coordination problems that threaten large-scale initiatives. Too many strategic priorities chasing too few resources. Dependencies between teams. Delays due to lack of clear delineations of ownership and responsibility, and a crisp definition of
- [Configuring Jira for Maximum Agility: DoD Case Study](https://arielpartners.com/event/configuring-jira-for-maximum-agility-dod-case-study/) - Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 Time: 3:00pm ET; 12:00pm PT Duration: 60 Minutes Location: Online Defense agencies rely heavily on being able to send and receive information in real-time to ensure mission-critical projects succeed. Atlassian's suite of agile tools allows teams to transform the way they create and deliver software. Join us on March 29th at 3:00pm (ET)
- [Lean in Government Day - Jira and Kanbanize: Clash of the Titans](https://arielpartners.com/event/lean-in-government-day-jira-and-kanbanize-clash-of-the-titans/) - Covid-19 changed the game, making remote work and distributed team members the norm. I think we all sense that something fundamental has changed in the nature of work, and many of these changes will persist even after the pandemic. Like it or not, whiteboards and sticky notes can no longer cut it. We have to
- [The Well-Tempered [Jira] Clavier: Tips and Tricks for Configuring Jira to Support your Agile Transformation](https://arielpartners.com/event/the-well-tempered-jira-clavier-tips-and-tricks-for-configuring-jira-to-support-your-agile-transformation/) - A poorly tuned Jira is a daily struggle for your team. Join this session to learn tips and tricks for making the Jira experience amazing for teams of any variety. We will show you how to turn all the knobs to 11 and create a state-of-the-art Jira experience. With the right care and feeding Jira
- [Introducing Ariel Partners](https://arielpartners.com/event/i-didnt-know-jira-could-do-that-how-well-configured-jira-can-support-your-business/) - https://youtu.be/ZFy6eMjjfhQ
- [ADDO Adapting to Covid with Serverless](https://arielpartners.com/event/all-day-devops-conference/) - How going Serverless enabled us to support an Agile transformation in the middle of a pandemic This case study describes how we leveraged serverless technology and the AWS serverless application model (SAM) to support the needs of virtual training classes for a major US Federal agency. Our firm was excited to be selected
- [Agile Tool Celebrity Death Match](https://arielpartners.com/event/agile-tool-celebrity-death-match/) - Kanbanize versus Jira With Craeg Strong Covid-19 changed the game, making remote work and distributed team members the norm. I think we all sense that something fundamental has changed in the nature of work, and many of these changes will persist even after the pandemic. Like it or not, whiteboards and sticky notes can no
- [Discovery Kanban](https://arielpartners.com/event/discovery-kanban/) - Innovation at scale doesn’t happen by accident. And it isn’t magic, either. How can we encourage innovation and at all levels, ensuring that insights and findings are incorporated into organizational strategy so that we can react and adjust quickly — enabling true business agility? Discovery Kanban and Human Centered Design provide the keys to understanding
- [What Got You Here Won’t Get You There](https://arielpartners.com/event/what-got-you-here-wont-get-you-there/) - The results are in, and the conclusion is clear: Agile methods produce better results for knowledge work. Corporations have initiated large-scale Agile transformations in order to achieve these benefits across the entire organization. These transformations often involve retraining, retooling, re-organizing into “squads” and hiring dozens or hundreds of Scrum Masters and Agile coaches. Sadly, these
- [Agile + DevOps East](https://arielpartners.com/event/agile-devops-east/) - Bringing DevOps to an Entrenched Legacy Environment with the Kanban Method Innovative Silicon Valley companies like Etsy leverage DevOps and Continuous Delivery practices to achieve new levels of automation and agility, shrinking development lead times and deploying to production many times each day. However, many companies struggle to implement these practices for the
- [Behavior Driven Design Workshop at Agile Testing Days](https://arielpartners.com/event/behavior-driven-design-workshop-3/) - Learn Gherkin, the business language specially designed for automating acceptance tests and behavior driven design BDD is a new, exciting approach to developing software that has been shown to reduce rework and increase customer satisfaction. While other testing tools focus primarily on “are we building the thing right?”, BDD tools attack the problem of software
- [North America DevOps Group](https://arielpartners.com/event/north-america-devops-group/) - Topic: How Going Serverless Enabled Us to Support an Agile Transformation in the Middle of a Pandemic Description:NOTE: NADOG and EURODOG events are for IT practitioners and IT leaders only. Sales reps, recruiters, vendors, etc may only participate as sponsors. Contact info@nadog.com for information. Kick up your feet and join us from your desk for
- [Bringing DevOps to an Entrenched Legacy Environment with the Kanban Method](https://arielpartners.com/event/bringing-devops-to-an-entrenched-legacy-environment-with-the-kanban-method/) - Innovative Silicon Valley companies like Etsy leverage DevOps and Continuous Delivery practices to achieve new levels of automation and agility, shrinking development lead times and deploying to production many times each day. However, many companies struggle to implement these practices for the legacy systems that run their core business. To make matters worse, the agile
- [Agile Governance at Scale for the US Government Presentation at Lean In Government](https://arielpartners.com/event/agile-governance-at-scale-for-the-us-government/) - Abstract Remember healthcare.gov? The Boeing 737Max anti-stall system? Traditional governance methods focusing on heavyweight documentation deliverables and earned value metrics are obviously not working. In this session we will summarize a governance and oversight framework we put together for large-scale agile software development for the US government. The framework is designed to be agnostic as
- [Using Kanban and the Theory of Change to Transform an NYC Government Agency](https://arielpartners.com/event/using-kanban-and-the-theory-of-change-to-transform-an-nyc-government-agency/) - This is an experience report describing how we used Kanban plus the Theory of Change to begin a transformation of a NYC social services agency away from traditional ways of doing business and towards a more adaptable, responsive, and outcomes-driven approach and ultimately a better steward of taxpayer monies. Like many health and human services-based
- [Agile Governance and Oversight at Scale Presentation at DHS OCIO](https://arielpartners.com/event/agile-governance-and-oversight-at-scale/) - Traditional duties of IT governance and oversight include auditing timely completion of milestones and phase gates and tracking progress versus spend. They place heavy emphasis on correctness and completeness of documentation, managing risks and tracking metrics such as earned value and escaped defect counts. With the adoption of agile methods comes the need to adjust
- [Kanban Antipatterns: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Presentation at AgileDC 2019](https://arielpartners.com/event/kanban-antipatterns-what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you/) - This two-part interactive workshop begins with a detailed look at how to In this interactive workshop we will examine multiple examples of Antipatterns observed in real-world Kanban boards. In each case we will identify the issues and discuss ways to improve the situation. We will review a number of better alternatives and see how the
- [Faster Better Cheaper for a Highly Regulated Environment? Yes, we Kanban! Presentation at AgileDC 2018](https://arielpartners.com/event/faster-better-cheaper-for-a-highly-regulated-environment-yes-we-kanban/) - Is it possible to deliver software improvements faster and with better quality in a highly regulated environment? What if the organization only uses off-the-shelf commercial packages like SAP rather than custom software? Oh, and much of the team is still learning the ropes? And by the way, our business users are unavailable during monthly and
- [Bringing DevOps to an Entrenched Legacy Environment Presentation at Lean Kanban NA 2016](https://arielpartners.com/event/bringing-devops-to-an-entrenched-legacy-environment/) - Innovative Silicon Valley companies like Etsy leverage DevOps and Continuous Delivery practices to achieve new levels of automation and agility, shrinking development lead times and deploying to production many times each day. However, many companies struggle to implement these practices for the legacy systems that run their core business. To make matters worse, the agile
- [Behavior Driven Design Workshop at AgileDC 2016](https://arielpartners.com/event/behavior-driven-design-workshop-2/) - Behavior Driven Design (BDD) is a new, exciting approach to developing software that has been shown to reduce rework and increase customer satisfaction. While other testing tools focus primarily on “are we building the thing right?”, BDD tools attack the problem of software directly at its source: “are we building the right thing?” By retaining
- [An Unexpected Journey: Improving A Scrum Implementation with Kanban](https://arielpartners.com/event/an-unexpected-journey-improving-a-scrum-implementation-with-kanban/) - Over the last five years, Scrum has made significant advances and is now the best-known and most popular Agile framework by a wide margin. However, in recent years Kanban has emerged as an alternative to Scrum. Many companies are attracted to Kanban due to the promise of a flatter learning curve, easier adoption, and wider
- [Agile Governance at Scale Presentation for PMI NYC](https://arielpartners.com/event/agile-governance-at-scale/) - Ariel Partners has developed a comprehensive program for governance and oversight of large-scale agile projects in the US federal government. This program is structured as a set of eleven major focus areas. Within each focus area, there are specific oversight objectives, activities, and metrics. The output is captured in an excel spreadsheet that calculates a
- [Kanban Antipatterns Presentation at Innovate Virginia](https://arielpartners.com/event/kanban-antipatterns-presentation/) - In this interactive workshop we will examine multiple examples of Antipatterns observed in real-world Kanban boards. In each case we will identify the issues and discuss ways to improve the situation. We will review a number of better alternatives and see how the improvements map to the core principles of Kanban such as visualization, managing
- [National Small Business Federal Contracting Summit](https://arielpartners.com/event/national-small-business-federal-contracting-summit/) - Ariel Partners is very proud to have participated in the US Women’s Chamber of Commerce Small Business Summit at the US Senate Finance Committee Hearing Room. Senator Wyden of Oregon explained some new tax incentives that will help promote new Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) and help them grow! #wosb #taxes #smallbusiness
- [Let’s get this meetup (re)STARTED! Come for Pizza & Agile/Kanban/etc discussion](https://arielpartners.com/event/lets-get-this-meetup-restarted-come-for-pizza-agile-kanban-etc-discussion/) - Let’s get this meetup restarted! This is an opportunity to steer the future for who will speak and what topics we will cover over the next few months I think there are some interesting topics to discuss– lots going on now that agile has crossed the chasm and is well into mass adoption. Some thoughts
- [Kanban Intersections: XP Practices (Story Splitting and Test Automation) & PIZZA](https://arielpartners.com/event/kanban-intersections-xp-practices-story-splitting-and-test-automation-pizza/) - Lean and Kanban are not ends in themselves; they are great for shining a light on bottlenecks and enabling an efficient flow of work to deliver business value. But how do we deal with those bottlenecks, anyway? How can we prevent them in the first place? How can we analyze our requirements better so we
- [AgileCamp NYC: Now You See It! Observing Flow Using Kanban Boards](https://arielpartners.com/event/agilecamp-nyc-now-you-see-it-observing-flow-using-kanban-boards/) - This two-part interactive workshop begins with a look at how to interpret Kanban boards and ask thoughtful questions so that you can improve the work of your teams. I will briefly review the Kanban Method, provide a few example boards and then proceed through a series of several short exercises that will give you an
- [Agile Team Strategic Portfolio & Resource Mgmt: demo of a real working solution](https://arielpartners.com/event/agile-team-strategic-portfolio-resource-mgmt-demo-of-a-real-working-solution/) - Guillaume Marceau will present his innovative solution to portfolio and resource management: firepower. With firepower, Guillaume is able to allocate multiple resources across dozens of ongoing parallel initiatives, while avoiding over-committing and preserving the ability to adjust each week. Firepower enables IT to provide full visibility into the way IT resources are being allocated, so
- [Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks: Agile for Legacy Systems](https://arielpartners.com/event/teaching-an-old-dog-new-tricks-agile-for-legacy-systems/) - Agile software development methods are now well established in many commercial organizations and are starting to make inroads into government contexts. There are reports of software development projects using Agile methods that achieve significantly higher levels of productivity and quality compared with projects that used traditional methods. When it comes to brand new “start from
- [Kanban Response to Sprint Zero at US Department of Homeland Security](https://arielpartners.com/event/kanban-response-to-sprint-zero-at-us-department-of-homeland-security/) - Many new projects experience delays in the “fuzzy front end,” resulting in a compressed In a federal government contracting milieu, once a procurement is finally awarded, the contractor is expected to instantly spring into action and magically “do the right thing.” time schedule, unrealistic expectations, and staff burnout. How do you start “sprinting” when you
- [Matthieu’s Playbook Tried & True Patterns for Kickstarting Scrum Teams New & Old](https://arielpartners.com/event/matthieus-playbook-tried-true-patterns-for-kickstarting-scrum-teams-new-old/) - You recently completed a two-day training, and you are now a Certified ScrumMaster. There’s only one problem: what do you actually do next? Part of the genius of the Agile Manifesto is that it doesn’t tell you exactly what to do. It gives you a resilient foundation of values and principles that is grounded in
- [Craig Larman, Co-Creator of Large Scale Scrum (LeSS)](https://arielpartners.com/event/craig-larman-co-creator-of-large-scale-scrum-less/) - As the co-creator of LeSS, Craig Larman (with friend and colleague Bas Vodde), after a decade of working worldwide with large product groups in their adoption of LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), organizations are starting to realize that the main goal of LeSS is not to enable traditional big groups to “meet their commitment” more efficiently. And
- [Strangle Your Legacy Code (Interactive Session on the Strangler Pattern) & PIZZA](https://arielpartners.com/event/strangle-your-legacy-code-interactive-session-on-the-strangler-pattern-pizza/) - Given an ancient codebase that makes refactoring risky and expensive, how do you clear a path to continued delivery? The old wisdom says the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the next best time is today. But if you already have a gnarled old source tree, preserve your software investment
- [XSCALE – Descaling Transformation with XP + PIZZA!](https://arielpartners.com/event/xscale-descaling-transformation-with-xp-pizza/) - Only 4% of agilists say Agile adapts to changing market conditions in the 2018 State Of Agile survey. Four Percent. And that’s the largest and longest running survey in the agile world. If XP embraces change, and 98% of agilists in the same survey say agile benefits them at a team level, the problem here
- [From Chaos to Collaboration: Inviting Leaders to Adopt Kanban](https://arielpartners.com/event/from-chaos-to-collaboration-inviting-leaders-to-adopt-kanban/) - Agile adoptions are failing at a higher rate more than ever. Industry experience reports indicate that culture change is a major impediment for new ways of working to be accepted and creating a safe environment for sustainability. Many major consulting organizations are mandating and pushing bad practices on people instead of meeting stakeholders where they
- [Different Kanban Board Designs Can Drive Different Behaviors](https://arielpartners.com/event/different-kanban-board-designs-can-drive-different-behaviors/) - This two-part interactive workshop begins with a detailed look at how to interpret Kanban boards and ask thoughtful questions so that you can improve the work of your teams. We will provide an overview of the Kanban Method and then proceed through a series of several short exercises that will give you an opportunity to
- [Humanizing Human Services with Technology and Innovation + YUMMY FOOD](https://arielpartners.com/event/humanizing-human-services-with-technology-and-innovation-yummy-food/) - For decades, the homeless crisis in major US cities has continued to worsen. Major US metropolitan areas now provide shelter for tens of thousands of vulnerable inhabitants every night. How can technology help “turn the tide” and improve this situation? Come listen to a fascinating case study about IT transformation at a major US municipal
- [Cynefin & Complexity: A Gentle Introduction](https://arielpartners.com/event/cynefin-complexity-a-gentle-introduction/) - What do we really mean when we say that a problem is “complex”? Do we simply mean to say that a given problem is extremely complicated, or are complex problems something fundamentally different? We typically assume we are operating in a deterministic, ordered system where we can identify a cause and effect relationship, when in
- [Let’s do Agile Transformations the Agile Way](https://arielpartners.com/event/lets-do-agile-transformations-the-agile-way/) - Have you seen or experienced agile transformations that were planned long-term, start-to-finish, and possibly with a plan? Maybe you have also seen agile transformations being “rolled-out”, top-down? How about agile transformations that focused on only on one aspect of agile, for example time to market? If so, you are not alone. Why do so many

## Past Events

- [An Unexpected Journey: Improving A Scrum Implementation with Kanban](https://arielpartners.com/?past_event=an-unexpected-journey-improving-a-scrum-implementation-with-kanban) - Over the last five years, Scrum has made significant advances and is now the best-known and most popular Agile framework by a wide margin. However, in recent years Kanban has emerged as an alternative to Scrum. Many companies are attracted to Kanban due to the promise of a flatter learning curve, easier adoption, and wider applicability beyond

## Trainings

- [FL3D: Organizational Strategy & Lean Portfolio Management - May 6-7, 2025 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl3d-organizational-strategy-lean-portfolio-management-april-29-may-2-2025-online/)
- [Jira Fundamentals Online Class - December 4-5, 2024](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-fundamentals-online-class-december-4-5-2024/)
- [FLSA: Powering Agile Transformations with Enterprise Kanban - November 4-7, 2024 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/flsa-powering-agile-transformations-with-enterprise-kanban-november-4-7-2024-online/)
- [Kanban System Design Training Online - Private](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-training-online-private/)
- [FLSA: Powering Agile Transformations with Enterprise Kanban -October 31-November 3, 2023 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/flsa-powering-agile-transformations-with-enterprise-kanban-october-31-november-3-2023-online/)
- [Jira Fundamentals Class (05/17-05/18)](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-fundamentals-class-05-17-05-18/)
- [FL2D: Achieving Flow At Scale via Value Stream Management - March 13-16, 2023 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl2d-achieving-flow-at-scale-via-value-stream-management-march-13-16-2023-online/)
- [FLSA: Powering Agile Transformations with Enterprise Kanban - June 6-9, 2023 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/flsa-powering-agile-transformations-with-enterprise-kanban-june-6-9-2023-online/)
- [Jira Fundamentals Online Class (09/26-09/27)](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-fundamentals-online-class-09-26-09-27/)
- [Jira Intermediate Online Class (09/28-09/29)](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-intermediate-online-class-09-28-09-29/)
- [Human Centered Design Boot Camp In-Person (12/05-12/06)](https://arielpartners.com/training/human-centered-design-boot-camp-in-person-12-05-12-06/)
- [Kanban System Design Training In-Person (11/28-11/29)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-training-in-person-11-28-11-29/)
- [Jira Intermediate Online Class - May 15-16, 2023](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-intermediate-online-class-may-15-16-2023/)
- [Kanban System Design Training In-Person (12/04-12/05)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-training-in-person-12-04-12-05/)
- [Kanban System Design Training In-Person (02/09-02/10)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-training-in-person-02-09-02-10/)
- [Kanban System Design Training In-Person (03/11-03/12)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-training-in-person-03-11-03-12/)
- [Kanban Management Professional - KMP II (03/19-03/20)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-management-professional-kmp-ii-03-19-03-20/)
- [Kanban System Design - KMP I (04/15-04/16)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-kmp-i-04-15-04-16/)
- [Kanban Management Professional - KMP II (05/18-05/19)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-management-professional-kmp-ii-05-18-05-19/)
- [Okaloa 4-Day Master Class NYC (10/17-10/22)](https://arielpartners.com/training/okaloa-4-day-master-class-nyc-10-17-10-22/)
- [Kanban Management Professional - KMP II (01/29-01/30)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-management-professional-kmp-ii-01-29-01-30/)
- [Kanban System Design - KMP I (01/27-01/28)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-kmp-i-01-27-01-28/)
- [Kanban Management Professional - KMP II (11/18-11/19)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-management-professional-kmp-ii-11-18-11-19/)
- [Kanban System Design - KMP I (11/12-11/13)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-kmp-i-11-12-11-13/)
- [Kanban System Design - KMP I (11/02-11/03)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-kmp-i-11-02-11-03/)
- [Kanban System Design - KMP I (09/08-09/09)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-kmp-i-09-08-09-09/)
- [Jira Fundamentals Online Class - September 27-28, 2023](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-fundamentals-online-class-september-27-28-2023/)
- [FL3D: Organizational Strategy & Lean Portfolio Management - May 13-16, 2024 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl3d-organizational-strategy-lean-portfolio-management-may-13-16-2024-online/)
- [Jira Fundamentals Online Class - January 17-18, 2024](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-fundamentals-online-class-january-17-18-2024/)
- [Jira Intermediate Online Class - January 23-24, 2024](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-intermediate-online-class-january-23-24-2024/)
- [FL3D: Organizational Strategy & Lean Portfolio Management - April10-13, 2023 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl3d-organizational-strategy-lean-portfolio-management-april10-13-2023-online/)
- [FL2D: Achieving Flow At Scale via Value Stream Management - September 18-21, 2023 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl2d-achieving-flow-at-scale-via-value-stream-management-september-18-21-2023-online/)
- [FL3D: Organizational Strategy & Lean Portfolio Management - September 25-28, 2023 (Online)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl3d-organizational-strategy-lean-portfolio-management-september-25-28-2023-online/)
- [FL2D, FL3D & FLSA: Enterprise Kanban at Scale - Online (MIX OF TWO FLIGHT LEVELS)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl2d-fl3d-flsa-enterprise-kanban-at-scale-online-mix-of-two-flight-levels/)
- [FL2D, FL3D & FLSA: Enterprise Kanban at Scale - Online (ALL THREE FLIGHT LEVELS)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl2d-fl3d-flsa-enterprise-kanban-at-scale-online-all-three-flight-levels/)
- [Jira Fundamentals Online Class (05/17-05/18)](https://arielpartners.com/training/jira-fundamentals-online-class-05-17-05-18/)
- [FL2D, FL3D & FLSA: Enterprise Kanban at Scale - Online (Mix & Match)](https://arielpartners.com/training/fl2d-fl3d-flsa-enterprise-kanban-at-scale-online-mix-match/)
- [Kanban System Design Training In-Person - Private (06/15-06/16)](https://arielpartners.com/training/kanban-system-design-training-in-person-11-01-11-02-5/)

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